Soil Survey Manual - Table of Contents

Chapter 1    Chapter 2    Chapter 3    Chapter 4    Chapter 5    Chapter 6    Chapter 7    Appendices & References

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1. SOIL AND SOIL SURVEY

• Early Concepts
• Modern Concept of Soil
• Factors that Control the Distribution of Soils
• Soil-Landscape Relationships
• Development of the Soil Survey
• Soil Survey and the Soil Map

CHAPTER 2. SOIL SYSTEMATICS

• Introduction
• Pedon and Polypedon
  • Soil Series
  • New Series, Variants, and Taxadjuncts
  • Phases
  • Miscellaneous Areas
• Map Units
  • Designing Map Units
  • Kinds of Map Units
  • Inclusions within Map Units
  • Naming Map Units
• Miscellaneous Areas
• Records and Definitions of Soil Taxa
  • Soil Series Definitions
  • Other Taxa
• Orders of Soil Surveys
  • Two Orders of Soil Survey in the Same Project
• Soil Maps Made by Other Methods
  • Generalized Soil Maps
  • Schematic Soil Maps

CHAPTER 3. EXAMINATION AND DESCRIPTION OF SOILS

• Introduction
• Some General Terms Used in Describing Soils
• Studying Pedons
  • Depth To and Thickness of Horizons and Layers
  • Land Surface Configuration
  • Soil Slope
  • Land Surface Shape
  • Vegetation
  • Ground Surface Cover
  • Parent Material
  • Material Produced by Weathering of Rock in Place
  • Transported Material
  • Material Moved and Deposited by Water
  • Material Moved and Deposited by Wind
  • Material Moved and Deposited by Glacial Processes
  • Material Moved and Deposited by Gravity
  • Organic Material
  • Contrasting Materials
• Erosion
  • Landslip Erosion
  • Water Erosion
  • Wind Erosion
  • Estimating the Degree of Erosion
  • Classes of Accelerated Erosion
• Soil Water
  • Inundation Classes
  • Internal Classes
  • Natural Drainage Classes
  • Inundation Occurrence
  • Internal Free Water Occurrence
  • Water-State Annual Pattern
  • Water Movement
  • Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity
  • Guidelines for K_sat Class Placement
  • Infiltration
  • Surface Runoff
• Soil Temperature
  • Characteristics of Soil Temperature
  • Estimating Soil Temperature
• Designations for Horizons and Other Layers
  • Master Horizons and Layers
  • Transition and Combination Horizons
  • Subordinate Distinctions Within Master Horizons and Layers
  • Sample Horizons and Sequences
  • Cyclic and Intermittent Horizons and Layers
  • Near Surface Subzones
  • Boundaries of Horizons and Layers
• Root Restricting Depth
  • Particle Size Distribution
  • Soil Separates
  • Soil Texture
  • Organic Soils
  • Rock Fragments
  • Rock Fragments in the Soil
  • Rock Fragments at the Surface
• Soil Color
  • Recording Guidelines
  • Dominant Color
  • Mottling
  • Color Patterns
• Soil Structure
  • Compound Structure
  • Extra-structure Cracks
  • Internal Surface Features
• Concentrations
  • Describing Concentrations Within the Soil
• Consistence
  • Rupture Resistance Block-like Specimens
  • Rupture Resistance Plate-Shaped Specimens
  • Plasticity
  • Toughness
  • Stickiness
  • Manner of Failure
  • Penetration Resistance
  • Excavation Difficulty
• Roots
• Pores
• Animals
• Selected Chemical Properties
  • Reaction
  • Carbonates of Divalent Cations
  • Salinity and Sodicity
  • Salinity
  • Sodicity
  • Sulfates
  • Sulfides

CHAPTER 4. MAPPING TECHNIQUES

• Documentation
  • Descriptive Legend
  • Soils Handbook
  • Supporting Data
• Maps
  • Imagery to Aid Field Operations
  • Base Material
  • Selecting Map Scale
  • Reference Maps
  • Index Maps for Field Sheets
• Field and Office Activities
  • Preliminary Research
  • Preparing the Mapping Legend
  • Field Operations
  • Completing Field Sheets
  • Cultural Features
• Equipment
  • Tools for Examining the Soil
  • Mapping Equipment
  • Transportation

CHAPTER 5. INFORMATION RECORDING AND MANAGEMENT

• Introduction
• Field Notes
  • Form and Storage of Notes
• Soil Profile Descriptions
  • Standard Forms for Soil Profile Descriptions
  • Block Descriptions of Pedons
• Maps and References
• Photographs
• Automatic Data Processing

CHAPTER 6. INTERPRETATIONS

• Approaches to Generalizing Relative Soil Behavior
• Interpretive Systematics
  • Management Groups
  • National Specific-use Placements
  • Local Relative Placements
• Interpretive Soil Properties
  • Assignment Guidelines
  • Setting
  • Field Water Characterization
  • Particle Size Distribution
  • Fabric-Related Analysis
  • Engineering Classification
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Physical Features or Processes
  • Erosion
  • Corrosivity
• Interpretative Applications
  • National Inventory Groupings
  • Land-Use Planning
  • Farmland
  • Rangeland
  • Forest land
  • Windbreaks
  • Recreation
  • Wildlife Habitat
  • Construction Materials
  • Building Sites
  • Waste Disposal
  • Water Management
• Areal Application of Interpretations
  • Map Units
  • Areal Extension of Interpretations
  • Areal Generalization
• Illustrative Map Units

CHAPTER 7. DISSEMINATING SOIL SURVEY INFORMATION

• Uses of Soil Surveys
• Making Information Available
• Soil Survey Publications
  • Soil Survey Reports
  • Interim and Supplemental Reports
  • Special Reports
• General Soil Maps
  • Generalized Soil Maps of Survey Areas
  • Generalized Soil Maps of States
  • Regional and National Soil Maps
• Technical Reports
• Popular Media
• Automated Soil Data Bases
  • Soil Interpretations
  • Computer Storage of Soil Maps

APPENDIX I. SERIES DATA

• Sharpsburg Official Soil Series Description
• Bakeoven Official Soil Series Description
• Condon Official Soil Series Description

APPENDIX II. ILLUSTRATIVE MAP UNITS

• Single Soil Series (or Consociation)
• Complex of Two Soil Series
• Taxa Above the Soil Series

APPENDIX III. PEDON DATA

• Sharpsburg Pedon Description
• Bakeoven-Condon
  • Bakeoven Pedon Description
  • Condon Pedon Description
• Lithic Haplargids

REFERENCES