Soil Taxonomy
The second edition of Soil Taxonomy, A Basic System of Soil
Classification for Making and Interpreting Soil Surveys is now
available here in PDF format for printing or viewing. A printed copy is
also available.
The PDF file incorporates errata dated 5/00 and 8/02.
The following documents require
Acrobat
Reader.
Soil
Taxonomy Text (PDF; 9.9 MB)
Soil
Taxonomy Maps (PDF; 15.1 MB)
Errata
Sheet for Soil Taxonomy (PDF; 7 KB)
A printed copy of the second edition of "Soil Taxonomy" is
available from the following source:
Superintendent of Documents
U.S. Government Printing Office
P.O. Box 371954
Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954
Phone toll free: 866-512-1800
(D.C. area 202-512-1800)
FAX: 202-512-2250
Website:
http://bookstore.gpo.gov
Price U.S. $96.50
Non-U.S. $135.10
Stock number: 001-000-04663-2
Proposals to Amend Soil Taxonomy
Several proposals to revise Soil Taxonomy are posted. Check this site
for new proposals to be posted by February 29, 2008. The review period
extends through May 30, 2008. These proposals will be reviewed by the Soil
Taxonomy Committees at their respective NCSS conferences in June. For
conference details, see
http://www.soils.usda.gov/partnerships/ncss/conferences/regional.html.
The following document requires
Acrobat
Reader.
Proposals
– August 2007 (PDF; 250 KB)
The PDF file requires
Acrobat
Reader and the XLS file requires
Microsoft Excel.
Proposals
– January 2008 (PDF; 213 KB)
List
of Series – January 2008 (XLS; 195 KB)
The following document requires
Acrobat
Reader.
Proposals
– February 2008 (PDF; 250 KB)
The following document requires
Acrobat
Reader.
Proposals
– March 2008 (PDF; 250 KB)
The PDF file requires
Acrobat
Reader and the XLS file requires
Microsoft Excel.
Proposals
– April 2008 (PDF; 171 KB)
Series
with Gypsum – April 2008 (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Comments (email preferred) can be sent to your Regional Taxonomy Committee
Chairperson, or directly to:
Craig Ditzler
National Leader for Soil Survey Standards
USDA-NRCS-NSSC
100 Centennial Mall North, Room 152
Lincoln, NE 68508-3866
craig.ditzler@lin.usda.gov
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