IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kainaliu
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000HI001003
  • User Pedon ID: S2000HI001003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000HI001003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0804
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12302
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 19.5322227
  • Std. Longitude: -155.9563293
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From Alan Wall Ranch, Kainaliu proceed downslope on main ranch road to 32 meters elevation; soil pit is 6 meters north of rock wall, 6 meters south of ranch road; a little more than a 0.1 miles up slope of rock wall mauka of beach houses.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: THI0073—Kealakekua, Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bob Gavenda, Oliver Chadwick, Mike Kolman
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kainaliu
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, paramicaceous Andic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/17/2000
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: lava plain
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: aa lava
  • Surface Fragments: 15.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/17/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    URMA3

    Prosopis pallida

    Urochloa maxima

    kiawe

    guineagrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—61

    28—61

    74—99

    99—0

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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

    8

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    32

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    230

    640

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    23

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; gravelly silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter aa lava fragments and 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter aa lava fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P05007. (8 to 10 cm) Hydrophobic.
    A2/2C2—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; very gravelly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter aa lava fragments and 25 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter aa lava fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P05008. (13 to 23cm) Hydrophobic.
    Bw1/2C3—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very gravelly silt loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter aa lava fragments and 35 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter aa lava fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P05009. (13 to 18cm) Hydrophobic.
    Bw2/2C4—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter aa lava fragments and 35 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter aa lava fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P05010. (15 to 20cm) slightly hydrophobic.
    2C5/Bw3—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; extremely gravelly silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter aa lava fragments and 45 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter aa lava fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P05011. (8 to 18cm) slightly hydrophobic.
    2C6/Bk—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; extremely gravelly silt loam; massive; loose, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter aa lava fragments and 50 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter aa lava fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 00P05012. (23 to 38cm)
    2R—99 centimeters (39.0 inches); fragments. Hard 'a'a bluerock.