IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kohala
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965HI001004
  • User Pedon ID: S1965HI001004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965HI001004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5593
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42836
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 20.2218838
  • Std. Longitude: -155.7764435
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Hawi Quadrangle - Pit located about 50 meters (500 yards) E. of Halaula School and 30 meters (300 yards) S. of Highway 27 on Kohala Sugar Company.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. Sato and L. D. Giese
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kohala
  • Classificaton Date - 4/6/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/6/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    SACCH

    Saccharum

    sugarcane

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    10

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    107

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    0

    1524

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    22.8

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    Ap1—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay; cloddy parts to moderate fine granular structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41980
    Ap2—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41981
    B21—48 to 70 centimeters (18.9 to 27.6 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine pores; pressure faces; fragments; slight effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41982. patchy - phpvsfiid 190654; patchy - phpvsfiid 190654
    B22—70 to 123 centimeters (27.6 to 48.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 fine pores; 10 percent ; fragments; noneffervescent, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41983. patchy - phpvsfiid 190655; patchy - phpvsfiid 190655
    C1—123 to 140 centimeters (48.4 to 55.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41984
    C2—140 to 168 centimeters (55.1 to 66.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silty clay loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 vesicular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A41985