IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kainaliu
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000HI001004
  • User Pedon ID: S2000HI001004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000HI001004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0805
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12303
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 19.5349998
  • Std. Longitude: -155.9491119
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From Alan Wall Ranch, proceed downslope on main ranch road to elevation 133 meters; soil pit is about 100 meters makai of water tank and 5 meters north of ranch road.
  • 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: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kainaliu
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, parasesquic Andic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/17/2000
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • 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

    lithic contact

    0—70

    15—70

    70—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

    10

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    133

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    230

    890

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    22

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; moderate fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, 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 subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter aa lava fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P05013. (5 to 10cm) Hydrophobic.
    A2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter aa lava fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P05014. (9 to 11cm)
    2C1/Bw1—15 to 31 centimeters (5.9 to 12.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), very dark brown (7.5YR 2/3), moist; extremely gravelly silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; loose, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter aa lava fragments and 55 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter aa lava fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P05015. (15 to 17cm)
    2C2/Bw2—31 to 70 centimeters (12.2 to 27.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), very dark brown (7.5YR 2/3), moist; extremely gravelly silt loam; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter aa lava fragments and 55 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter aa lava fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 00P05016. (38 to 40cm)
    2R—70 centimeters (27.6 inches); fragments. Hard 'a'a bluerock.