COM 0061.000 1996-1998 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Y CLIMATE AND RAINFALL The subject parcel is located between the 1700 foot and 2300 foot elevation. Temperatures at this elevation are approximately 10 degrees cooler than coastal temperatures. Avecage annual rainfall, according to USGS Report R-47 is in excess of 75 inches. (see Annual Rainfall Map, Page 8) SOILS Soils underlying the subject parcel are identified as Kiloa: rKXD and Kona: rKYD (extreemly stony muck), with overall classification of "E" (poor). INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS The subject is accessed from Mamalahoa Highway, approximately 0.6 mile south of Palani Junction. Access continues mauka on an improved 60 foot wide private roadway (I-Ionokohau 2nd Subdivision), and further over a 60 foot wide road and utility easement which will also be used by the Department of Water Supply as access to the Honokohau Production Well site. The Department of Water Supply is in the process of improving the access with a 12 foot wide paved road. WATER The subject is located outside (above) the service area of the North Kona Water System. The applicant proposes to extend a privately operated system to serve the proposed development. FLORA AND FAUNA Approximately 50 % of the subject has been cleared and planted to pasture grass in recent years. The balance of the parcel contains primarily non-native vegetation such as Rose-Apple, Christmas Berry, and Guava. Some stands of Ohia remain in the upper elevations. The subject is approximately 1000 feet in elevation below the area identified as Essential Habitat for the Alala, Hawaii Creeper, Hawaii Akepa, and Akiapoiaau. v.