IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Paaloa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965HI003002
  • User Pedon ID: S1965HI003002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965HI003002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5623
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42866
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 21.6096230
  • Std. Longitude: -158.0252838
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Waialua Agricultural Company, from Kawailoa Camp 8 km (5.0 miles) toward the mountains to the intersection of Kawailoa and Pupukea Roads which turns north. Proceed 1.7 km (1.1 miles) to Ashby Road. Turn north on Cane Road .24 km (.15 mile). Pit located 15 meters (50 feet) east of Cane Road.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI003—Honolulu

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, sesquic, isothermic Humic Kandiudox
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Paaloa
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - PAALOA
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: gently sloping to sloping upland
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1965 (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

    ACKO

    SACCH

    Acacia koa

    Saccharum

    koa

    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

    3

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    360

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    1750

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    22

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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), 50 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and 50 percent red (2.5YR 4/6), dry; silty clay; massive, and strong fine subangular blocky, and strong very fine subangular blocky; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 75.0 roots; 0.5 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A42170; observed in pit, small
    B21t—30 to 55 centimeters (11.8 to 21.7 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), dry; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; dark red (10R 3/6), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and dark red (10R 3/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 7 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A42171; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 205433; continuous - phpvsfiid 205434; continuous - phpvsfiid 205433; continuous - phpvsfiid 205434
    B22t—55 to 75 centimeters (21.7 to 29.5 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), dry; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 3.0 fine pores; dark red (10R 3/6), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and dark red (10R 3/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 13 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42172; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 205431; continuous - phpvsfiid 205432; continuous - phpvsfiid 205431; continuous - phpvsfiid 205432
    B23t—75 to 98 centimeters (29.5 to 38.6 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), dry; silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; dark red (10R 3/6), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and dark red (10R 3/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 7 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42173; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 205429; continuous - phpvsfiid 205430; continuous - phpvsfiid 205429; continuous - phpvsfiid 205430
    B24t—98 to 118 centimeters (38.6 to 46.5 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; dark red (10R 3/6), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and dark red (10R 3/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A42174; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 205427; continuous - phpvsfiid 205428; continuous - phpvsfiid 205427; continuous - phpvsfiid 205428
    B25t—118 to 168 centimeters (46.5 to 66.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to strong very fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to strong very fine angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; dark red (10R 3/6), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and dark red (10R 3/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # 40A42175; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 205425; continuous - phpvsfiid 205426; continuous - phpvsfiid 205425; continuous - phpvsfiid 205426