IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Honuaulu
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000HI001007
  • User Pedon ID: S2000HI001007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000HI001007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0808
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12306
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 19.5421104
  • Std. Longitude: -155.9276733
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Wall Ranch; drive mauka 0.2 miles on main ranch road to concrete water trough, pedon is located 49 meters southeast at 120 degrees magnetic from water trough.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: THI0073—Kealakekua, Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bob Gavenda, Oliver Chadwick, Mike Kolman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Hydrous-skeletal, ferrihydritic, isothermic Typic Hydrudands
  • 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 #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Honuaulu
  • Taxonomic Class - Hydrous-skeletal, ferrihydritic, isothermic Typic Hydrudands
  • PSC - 0 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/20/2000
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • 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: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/20/2000 (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

    PECL2

    Pennisetum clandestinum

    kikuyugrass

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

    umbric epipedon

    andic soil properties

    lithic contact

    0—70

    0—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

    6

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    482

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    240

    1420

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    20

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; strong very fine and fine granular, and strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter aa lava fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P05027. (8 to 12cm)
    A2—10 to 17 centimeters (3.9 to 6.7 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silty clay loam; strong very fine and fine granular structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter aa lava fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P05028. (3 to 27cm)
    Bw1—17 to 35 centimeters (6.7 to 13.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), dry; silt loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter aa lava fragments; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 00P05029. (0 to 25cm)
    2C1/Bw2—35 to 70 centimeters (13.8 to 27.6 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), dry; extremely gravelly silt loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter aa lava fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter aa lava fragments and 60 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter aa lava fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 00P05030. (20 to 40cm)
    2C2—70 to 95 centimeters (27.6 to 37.4 inches); fragments. fragmental 'a'a clinkers.
    2R—95 centimeters (37.4 inches); fragments. Hard 'a'a bluerock.