IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): AKAKA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007HI001002
  • User Pedon ID: S2007HI001002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2007HI001002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0376
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19293
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 19.9630032
  • Std. Longitude: -155.3323975
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: FROM MILE MARKER 32 ON THE HAWAII BELT ROAD (HIGHWAY 19) FOLLOW NIUPEA HMSTDS ROAD MAUKA APPROXIMATELY 4.8 MILES. PARK ON LEFT SIDE OF ROAD AT AREA THAT HAS BEEN CROSS FENCED. HIKE DUE EAST INTO THE FOREST RESERVE TO THE SITE LOCATION AT 19 DEGREES 57 MINUTES AND 58 SECONDS NORT AND 155 DEGREES 20 MINUTES AND 06.4 SECONDS WEST.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii
  • MLRA: 159A—Humid and Very Humid Volcanic Ash Soils on Low and Intermediate Rolling Mountain Slopes
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: THI0076—Keanakolu, Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: AMY SAUNDERS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Hydrous, ferrihydritic, isomesic Acrudoxic Hydrudands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - AKAKA
  • Classificaton Date - 8/19/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - perudic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - AKAKA
  • Classificaton Date - 2/14/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey volcanic ash
  • Landform: lava flow on shield volcano
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/14/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree 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

    2MOSS

    MECO10

    POLYS

    PSGU

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    Metrosideros collina

    Polystichum

    Psidium guajava

    Moss

    —

    hollyfern

    guava

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

    andic soil properties

    0—120

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    2/14/2007

    50

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    16
    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

    —

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    457

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    3048

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    363

    14

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    16

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    Oa—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) rubbed highly decomposed plant material; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N01920; moderately moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) rubbed medial silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N01921; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed medial silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume flat subrounded very weakly coherent cemented 2-45-75 millimeter basalt fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N01922; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—43 to 95 centimeters (16.9 to 37.4 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) rubbed medial silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N01923; moderately moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw4—95 to 120 centimeters (37.4 to 47.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) rubbed medial silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 07N01924; moderately moist when described; observed in pit, small