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Southern Rocky Mountain Soil Survey Region
Major Land Resource Area (MLRA) Office #6 (MO6)
MO6 provides quality assurance of soil information in the Southern Rocky
Mountain Region using National Cooperative Soil Survey (NRCS) standards. It
provides assistance to MLRA soil survey project offices located in parts of
Colorado,
Idaho,
New Mexico,
Utah, and
Wyoming.
Acting MLRA Leader:
William Shoup
MO6 Location:
Denver Federal Center
Building 56, Room 2604
PO Box 25426
Denver, CO 80225-0426
Phone: 720.544.2849
Host State Conservationist:
Phyllis Ann Philipps |
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Responsibility
The primary responsibility of the MLRA Office #6 is to provide quality
assurance of soil information in the Southern Rocky Mountain Region using the
National Cooperative Soil Survey standards.
Definition
Major Land Resource Areas/MLRAs are geographically associated land resource
units, usually encompassing several thousand acres. They are characterized
by particular patterns of soils, geology, climate, water resources, and land
use. A unit may be one continuous area or several separate nearby areas.
The Southern Rocky Mountain Region, MLRA Office #6, in Lakewood, Colorado,
is one of eighteen
MLRA
regional offices serving the United States
and the Caribbean area. This office provides assistance to soil survey
project offices located in portions of Colorado,
Idaho,
New Mexico,
Wyoming, and Utah.
Additional MLRA Office 6 Information
M06 Technical Guidance Documents
Instructions
These documents require
Microsoft
Word,
Adobe
Acrobat, or
Microsoft
Excel.
Instruction Tabulation Sheet
MO6 Instr 381 OSD Policy, Guidelines, and Information for Completing Official
Soil Series Descriptions
MO6 Instr 381 OSD Template – English Units, Dec 2003
MO6 Instr
381 OSD Template – Metric Units, Nov 2010
MO6 Instr 381 Supplement – Using Geologic Formation in OSDs
MO6 Instr 382 Soil Survey Field Review Procedures
MO6 Instr 383 Manuscript Preparation Guidelines – Reissued Jan 2007
MO6 Instr 384 SSURGO Procedures
MO6 Instr 385 Map Unit Approval Flow Chart
MO6 Instr 385 Map Unit Approval Process Spreadsheet
MO6 Instr 385 Map Unit Approval Transmittal Letter
MO6 Instr 386 NASIS
Date Entry Checklist
MO6 Instr 386 NASIS
Data Entry Guidelines - Reissue
MO6 Instr 386
Transmit NASIS
Data Entry Guidelines - Reissue
MO6 Instr 387 Guidelines for Using Family Taxons
MO6 Instr 388 Request for Soil Analysis Form
MO6 Instr 388 Lab Sampling Guidelines
Technical Notes
These documents require
Microsoft
Word, or
Microsoft
Excel.
MO6 Tech Note 1 – to the Use of Cation-Exchange Activity Classes
MO6 Tech Note 2 – Identification and Description of Albic Horizons,
Glossic Horizons, and Related Soil Features
MO6 Tech Note 3 – NASIS Reports and Instructions for Generating
Taxonomic Unit Descriptions
MO6 Tech Note 3 – TUD Profile Check Template
MO6 Tech Note 4 – Metric-English Conversion Guides for Inputting NASIS
Data
MO6 Tech Note 4 – Metric-English Conversion Tables for Inputting NASIS
Data
MO6 Tech Note 5 – Macro to Format Map Unit Descriptions
MO6 Tech Note 6 – Report to Generate Map Unit Descriptions in NASIS
MO6 Tech Note 7 – Guidelines for Populating Slope Aspect in NASIS
MO6 Tech Note 8 – Suggested Order and Guidelines for Populating a New
Map Unit in NASIS
MO6 Tech Note 9 – Guidelines for Populating Surface Organic Layers in
NASIS - Reissue
MO6 Tech Note 10 – Guidelines for Estimating and Interpreting Carbonate
Clay
MO6 Tech Note 11 – Guide for Populating Horizons with Stratified
Textures
MO6 Tech Note 12 – Spreadsheet to Calculate Field Calcimeter Data
MO6 Tech Note 12 – Calcimeter Equation
MO6 Tech Note 13 – Application of Soil Temperature Data to Soil
Temperature Regimes
MO6 Tech Note Series Tabulation Sheet
Other Guidance
These documents may require
Microsoft
Word,
Adobe
Acrobat,
Microsoft
Excel, or
PowerPoint.
MO6 Current Macros April 2008
MO6 Guide for Albedo
MO6 Guide for Determining Available Water Capacity
MO6 Guide for Determining Bulk Density
MO6 Guide for Ksat Limits
MO6 Guide for Kw Values
MO6 Guide for Determining Land Capability Classes in Colorado
MO6 Guide for Determining Texture Modifiers
MO6 Guide for Drainage
MO6 Guide for Estimating Linear Extensibility
MO6 Guide for Populating Acres in the Legend Overlap Tables
MO6 Guide for Populating ESD and Vegetation Information in NASIS
MO6 Guide for Populating Landforms in NASIS
MO6 Guide for Using and Populating REAP in NASIS
MO6 Guide for Using the HOBO Multiyear Template
MO6 Guide for Using the NASIS “Particle Size Estimator” Calculation
MO6 Guide for Volume to Weight Conversions
MO6 Guide for WEG & WEI
MO6 Guide to Volume Adjustment for Porous Parafragments
MO6 HOBO Multiyear Template
MO6 Notes on Recent Developments to Some NASIS Data Elements, March 2007
MO6 OSD Macro
MO6 Plasticity Chart
MO6 Policy on Using Unique NASIS Pedons
MO6 Recommended Naming Format for Pedon IDs
MO6 Soil Map Unit Note Form
MO6 Soil Map Unit Traverse-Transect Detailed Form
MO6 Soil Map Unit Traverse-Transect Form
MO6 Texture Triangle with Families
MO6 Unified Coarse Grained
MO6 Unified Flow Chart
MO6 Guide for Determining Types of Map Units
MO6 Guidance for Point and Linear Map Units
MO6 NSSC Guidance Letter for Populating Surface O Horizons
MO6 NSSC Guide for Substrata Classification
2009 Workshops
The following documents require
Adobe Acrobat.
Basics of Quality Assurance Guide
Map Unit Development and Progressive Correlation
MO4 Queries
Check - March 2009
MO6 Instr 382 Soil Survey Field Review Procedures
MO6 Instr 388 Lab Sampling Guidelines DRAFT
MO6 Request for Soil Analysis Form
MO6 Queries - March
2009
MO6 Reports - March 2009
NASIS Moisture Definitions
OSD Template Hints
Strongly Contrasting Particle
Tech Note 3 Strongly Contrasting Particle Size Class - Aniso
Tech Note 9 Populating Taxonomic Moisture Class and Subclass
The following documents require
Microsoft PowerPoint.
A Suggested Approach to MLRA Updates and Work Plans
Contrasting
Families
Flow Chart of NCSS Data Delivery
Improving Correlation Between Landform and Parent Material
Manuscripts
- Publications - CGA
Map Unit Development and Approval Process
MO6
Documentation Guidance
MO6
Field Review Procedures
MO6 Guidance for Unique Pedons
MO6 Lab
Sampling Procedures
Presentation SC OSD
Recent History of the Soil Survey Program in MO6
Rock Fragment Lithology
Roles and Responsibilities Presentation
Series Concept
Similar and Dissimilar Soils
Soil Data Viewer
Soil Series
Extent Tool
Some Basics for Quality Control and Quality Assurance
Tech Note 9 Populating NASIS Moisture Class and Subclass
Technology Update
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