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
There are new proposals to amend Soil Taxonomy, but they are not available
for review at this time. The comment period for the proposals posted in 2007 and
2008 has closed. None of the revisions from the 2007-2008 sets of proposals will
become effective until they first have been approved for use by the National
Leader for Soil Survey Standards and then will appear in the eleventh edition of
the Keys to Soil Taxonomy. The eleventh edition of the Keys is tentatively
scheduled for publication and release in the fall of 2009. For more details on
the status of individual proposals, please direct inquiries to Mr. Craig Ditzler,
National Leader for Soil Survey Standards, at
Craig.Ditzler@lin.usda.gov.
Includes links to both Spanish and English versions of the Keys, along with
historical editions.
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