IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hilo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989HI001005
  • User Pedon ID: S1989HI001005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0661
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61761
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 19.7308331
  • Std. Longitude: -155.1092834
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Island of Hawaii, Hawaii. Above Hilo on Mauna Kea Sugar, Field V60B; center pit for rainulator site; stop 9C (see plot map)
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Nakamura
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial over hydrous, ferrihydritic, isohyperthermic Acrudoxic Hydrudands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hilo
  • Classificaton Date - 9/20/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hilo
  • Taxonomic Class - Thixotropic, isohyperthermic Typic Hydrandept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    122

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    270

    401

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    22

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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) medial silty clay loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03705. structure has few 4 to 10cm clods; gritty due to irreversible drying; 2.5YR colors appear as weathered bands of ash about 2cm wide; common very fine and fine roots
    Ap2—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) medial silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03706. structure has few 4 to 10cm clods; gritty due to irreversible drying; 2.5YR colors appear as weathered bands of ash about 2cm wide; common very fine and fine roots
    Bw1—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) hydrous silty clay loam; strong medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03707. common very fine and fine roots
    Bw2—64 to 94 centimeters (25.2 to 37.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) hydrous silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03708. few very fine and fine roots
    Bw3—94 to 124 centimeters (37.0 to 48.8 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) hydrous silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03709. few very fine and fine roots
    Bw4—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) hydrous silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03710. few very fine and fine roots
    Bw5—152 to 201 centimeters (59.8 to 79.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) hydrous silty clay loam; strong medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; fragments. Lab sample # 89P03711. few very fine and fine roots