IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MAHANA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965HI007003
  • User Pedon ID: S1965HI007003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965HI007003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5629
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42872
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 22.0536118
  • Std. Longitude: -159.6872253
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Island of Kauai, Kauai County, Hawaii. North 9,630 meters (32,000 feet), 20.2 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: THI0100—Makaha Point, Hawaii

    • PEDON

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


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • 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

    MEMI2

    SYCU

    Melinis minutiflora

    Syzygium cumini

    molassesgrass

    Java plum

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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

    6

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    747

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    225

    880

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    21

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3) silty clay loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42209
    B21—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and 21.0 fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A42210
    B22—30 to 58 centimeters (11.8 to 22.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and 21.0 fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A42211
    B23—58 to 88 centimeters (22.8 to 34.6 inches); 2.5YR 3/8 (2.5YR 3/8) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 3.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and 21.0 fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A42212
    2C—88 to 138 centimeters (34.6 to 54.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 medium and 3.0 fine pores; 30 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent pressure faces on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 40A42213