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Technical References
Policy and Procedure
Classification
Soil Geography
- Land Resource Regions and
Major Land Resource Areas of the United States, the Caribbean, and the
Pacific Basin (Ag Handbook 296) - This publication describes 28 land
resource regions and the physiography, geology, climate, water resources,
soils, biological resources, and kinds of land use in 278 major land
resource areas in the United States, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Basin.
Field Guides
- Field Book for Describing and Sampling Soils
- standards for observing and recording soil and site characteristics.
These documents require
Acrobat
Reader.
Field
Indicators of Hydric Soils, version 6.0 (PDF; 2.6 MB)
Errata
to Field
Indicators of Hydric Soils, version 6.0 (PDF; 68 KB)
- Job Aids - something that can be used on the job
to improve performance.
Laboratory Methods and Information
Geomorphic Description System
These documents provide a descriptive method and a technical guide for
applying and understanding geomorphic and geologic concepts and terms for soil
inventory in the USA National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) Program.
The PDF file requires
Acrobat
Reader and the DOC file requires
Microsoft
Word.
Geomorphic
Description System, version 4.11 (PDF; 606 KB)
Glossary
of Landform and Geologic Terms (Part 629 of the National Soil Survey
Handbook) (DOC; 1.1 MB)
Installing Monitoring Wells in Soils
This document provides general guidance on how to install and use piezometers
and water-table wells to investigate soil water regimes under conditions
commonly encountered in Soil Survey and hydropedology studies.
This document requires
Acrobat
Reader.
Installing
Monitoring Wells in Soils, version 1.0 (PDF; 1.9 MB)
The file below is a bibliography of publications from Wet Soils Monitoring
Projects across the United States.
This document requires
Acrobat
Reader.
Bibliography (PDF; 70 KB)
Forms
XLS files require
Microsoft Excel
and PDF files require
Acrobat
Reader.
Pedon
Description Form (XLS; 35 KB)
SOI036 (PDF; 59 KB)
SOI232c (PDF; 175 KB)
SOI232f (PDF; 118 KB)
SOI232g (PDF; 116 KB)
National Soil Information System (NASIS)
Other References
PDF files require
Acrobat
Reader.
Last Modified: 01/22/2009
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