IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MAHANA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965HI007002
  • User Pedon ID: S1965HI007002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965HI007002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5628
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42871
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 22.0249996
  • Std. Longitude: -159.6863861
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Island of Kauai, Kauai County, Hawaii; 6.7 km (4.2 miles) N. 4 degrees E. of junction of highways 50 and 55 in Kekaha Town.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI007—Kauai
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: HI960—Island of Kauai, Hawaii
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: THI0078—Kekaha, Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MAHANA
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: gently sloping upland
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • 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

    ACHY

    ALOPE

    MEMI2

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Alopecurus

    Melinis minutiflora

    Indian ricegrass

    foxtail

    molassesgrass

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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

    4

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    570

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    225

    940

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    21

    21

    18

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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dusky red (10R 3/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), dry; silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky, and strong very fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42203
    B21—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A42204
    B22—28 to 50 centimeters (11.0 to 19.7 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 21.0 roots; 21.0 pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A42205
    B23—50 to 88 centimeters (19.7 to 34.6 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 0.5 roots; 21.0 pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A42206
    2B3—88 to 120 centimeters (34.6 to 47.2 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; weakly smeary; 0.5 roots; 21.0 pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A42207
    2C—120 to 153 centimeters (47.2 to 60.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 pores; pressure faces and slickensides (pedogenic) and 10R 3/8 (10R 3/8), moist, clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # 40A42208. continuous - phpvsfiid 205582; patchy - phpvsfiid 205583; continuous - phpvsfiid 205582; patchy - phpvsfiid 205583