IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kawaihae
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965HI001006
  • User Pedon ID: S1965HI001006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965HI001006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5557
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42800
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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, Hawaii; Kawaihae Quadrangle - 20 deg 3 min 2 sec north latitude and 155 deg 50 min 02 sec west longitude, about 90 meters (100 yards) south of Honokaa gulch and 270 meters (300 yards) east of new Kawaihae Road.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: THI0068—Kawaihae, Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. Sato, L.D. Giese
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, isohyperthermic Sodic Haplocambids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kawaihae
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - KAWAIHAE
  • Classificaton Date - 5/6/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/6/1965 (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

    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    120

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    381

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    24

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; loose, very friable, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41734. Stones cover about 50 percent of the surface.
    B2—5 to 40 centimeters (2.0 to 15.7 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; 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 # 40A41735. about 10 percent stones by volume
    C1—40 to 60 centimeters (15.7 to 23.6 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, very friable, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 3 percent coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41736. about 10 percent stones by volume.; patchy - phpvsfiid 201227; patchy - phpvsfiid 201227
    C2—60 to 83 centimeters (23.6 to 32.7 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dusky red (10R 3/4), moist; loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 fine pores; 21 percent coats on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41737. about 30 percent stones by volume; patchy - phpvsfiid 201228; patchy - phpvsfiid 201228
    IIR—83 centimeters (32.7 inches); fragments. pahoehoe lava