IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kawaihae
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965HI001005
  • User Pedon ID: S1965HI001005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965HI001005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5556
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42799
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 20.0561104
  • Std. Longitude: -155.8338928
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Island of Hawaii, Hawaii County; Kawaihae Quadrangle. About 100 yards south of Honokoa gulch and 300 yards upslope of new Kawaihae road.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: THI0068—Kawaihae, Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, subactive, isohyperthermic Sodic Haplocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kawaihae
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - KAWAIHAE
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/15/1965 (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

    PRPA4

    WAIN

    Prosopis pallida

    Waltheria indica

    kiawe

    uhaloa

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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
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    A—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2/4), moist; extremely stony fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41730. stones cover about 50 percent of the surface; The A horizon has hue of 25YR through 7.5YR, value of 2 or 3 moist, and chroma of 3 or 4 moist, (2 to 4 inches thick)
    Bw—7 to 33 centimeters (2.8 to 13.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; stony silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41731. about 10 percent stones by volume; The B horizon has hue of 2.5YR or 10R, and value of chroma of 2 through 4 moist. It is silt loam or loam, (8 to 18 inches thick)
    Bn1—33 to 60 centimeters (13.0 to 23.6 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; stony loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, very friable, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41732. common gray patchy coatings on peds; about 10 percent stones by volume, The B horizon has hue of 25YR or 10R, and value and chroma of 2 through 4 moist. It is silt loam or loam. (6 to 10 inches thick)
    Bn2—60 to 90 centimeters (23.6 to 35.4 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; stony loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41733. many patchy gray coatings on peds; about 30 percent stones by volume; The B horizon has hue of 25YR or 10R, and value and chroma of 2 through 4 moist. It is silt loam or loam. (4 to 8 inches thick)
    2R—90 centimeters (35.4 inches); fragments. pahoehoe lava