IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Paia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965HI009017
  • User Pedon ID: S1965HI009017
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965HI009017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5605
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42848
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 20.9194450
  • Std. Longitude: -156.3527832
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Paia Quadrangle - 5 meters (15 feet) north of upper Hamakuapoko Road and 360 meters (1,200 feet) west of Maui High School in field 101 of Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company plantation, 2.6 km (1.6 miles) northeast of Paia.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI009—Maui

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. G. Stephens and L. D. Giese
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Paia
  • Classificaton Date - 4/12/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/12/1965 (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

    SACCH

    WAIN

    Prosopis pallida

    Saccharum

    Waltheria indica

    kiawe

    sugarcane

    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

    4

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    88

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    813

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    22.8

    22.8

    22.8

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    Ap1—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), dry; silty clay; weak fine granular structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42049
    Ap2—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), dry; clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A42050
    B1—48 to 75 centimeters (18.9 to 29.5 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), dry; clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; 30 percent black stains; fragments; violent effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A42051
    B21—75 to 103 centimeters (29.5 to 40.6 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), dry; clay; moderate fine angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A42052. continuous - phpvsfiid 190692; continuous - phpvsfiid 190692
    B22—103 to 133 centimeters (40.6 to 52.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), dry; clay; moderate fine angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine pores; pressure faces on faces of peds and 35 percent black stains; fragments; violent effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42053. continuous - phpvsfiid 190693; continuous - phpvsfiid 190693
    B23—133 to 150 centimeters (52.4 to 59.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), dry; clay; moderate fine angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A42054