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Amendments to the National Soil Survey Handbook

(These changes have been made in the current version of the Handbook and are listed in the “Revisions” section.)

• Amendment 17 (July 2008) (DOC; 56 KB)
• Amendment 16 (May 2008) (DOC; 37 KB)
• Amendment 15 (April 2008) (DOC; 42 KB)
• Amendment 14 (June 2007) (DOC; 41 KB)
• Amendment 13 (May 2007) (DOC; 37KB)
• Amendment 12 (May 2007) (DOC; 160 KB)
• Amendment 11 (September 2005) (DOC; 53 KB)
• Amendment 10 (December 2003) (DOC; 24 KB)
• Amendment 9 (December 2002) (DOC; 22 KB)
• Amendment 8 (July 2001) (DOC; 20 KB)
• Amendment 7 (May 2001) (DOC; 20 KB)
• Amendment 6 (April 2001) (DOC; 27 KB)
• Amendment 5 (September 1999) (DOC; 47 KB)
• Amendment 4 (September 1998) (DOC; 39 KB)
• Amendment 3 (April 1998) (DOC; 35 KB)
• Amendment 2 (November 1997) (DOC; 19 KB)
• Amendment 1 (September 1997) (DOC; 43 KB)

Note: Unlisted Parts are Reserved

Preface (DOC; 37 KB)

Contents  (DOC; 37 KB) -- 2007

General (Parts 600 to 604)

Introduction (Part 600) (DOC; 68 KB) -- 2002

National Cooperative Soil Survey Organization (Part 601) (DOC; 111 KB) -- 2008

National Cooperative Soil Survey Conferences (Part 602) (DOC; 238 KB) -- 2008

Operations And Management (Parts 605 to 612)

Working Agreements (Part 606) (DOC; 144 KB) -- 2008

Initial Soil Survey Preparation (Part 607) (DOC; 105 KB) -- 2007

Program Management (Part 608) (DOC; 1.34 MB) -- 2008

Quality Control, Quality Assurance, and Soil Correlation (Part 609) (DOC; 514 KB) -- 2008

Updating Soil Surveys (Part 610) (DOC; 270 KB) -- 2008

Soil Classification (Parts 613 to 616)

Applying Soil Taxonomy (Part 614) (DOC; 198 KB) -- 2005

Amendments to Soil Taxonomy (Part 615)

Soil Interpretations (Parts 617 to 625)

Soil Survey Interpretations (Part 617) (DOC; 177 KB) -- 2007

Soil Properties and Qualities (Part 618) (DOC; 2.16 MB) -- 2008

Soil Interpretations Rating Guides (Part 620) (DOC; 180 KB) -- 1996

Soil Potential Ratings (Part 621) (DOC; 84 KB) -- 1996

Ecological and Interpretative Groups (Part 622) (DOC; 256 KB) -- 2008

Soil Quality (Part 624) (DOC; 41 KB) -- 2002

Soil Survey Field Procedures (Parts 626 to 636)

Legend Development and Data Collection (Part 627) (DOC; 1.2 MB) -- 2005

Glossary of Landform and Geologic Terms (Part 629) (DOC; 1.08 MB) -- 2008

Benchmark Soils (Part 630) (DOC; 107 KB) -- 2005

Soil Survey Investigations (Part 631) (DOC; 103 KB) -- 2001

Soil Survey Information Systems (Parts 637 to 643)

Soil Data Systems (Part 638) (DOC; 46 KB) -- 1996

National Soil Information System (NASIS) (Part 639) (DOC; 68 KB) -- 1997

Soil Survey Publications (Parts 644 to 646)

Delivering Soil Survey Information (Part 644) (DOC; 594 KB) -- 2007

Soil Maps (Parts 647 to 650)

Soil Map Development (Part 647) (DOC; 729 KB) -- 2007

Land Resource Regions and Major Land Resource Areas (Part 649) (DOC; 115 KB) -- 2007

Information Delivery (Parts 651 to 659)

Advance Soil Survey Information (Part 651) (DOC; 57 KB) -- 2007

Technical Soil Services (Part 655) (DOC; 116 KB) -- 2005

 

Legacy Interpretive Guides (1993 NSSH, Part 620) (DOC; 492 KB)