Soil Survey Guides, Books, References, Procedures

Guides

• MLRA Region 10: Guides for Editing Soil Properties, Interpretations, and Qualities

MLRA Region 10 Soil Survey Manuscripts

The following documents require Microsoft Word.

Format for Region 10 Soil Survey Manuscripts

MLRA Region 10: NASIS Manuscript Procedure Manuals. Contact Mike Walker for additional information.

Streamlined Format 
Conventional Format

MLRA Region 10: Pre-written Materials for NASIS Generated Manuscripts. Contact Mike Walker for additional information.

The following files are compressed Microsoft Word documents.

Streamlined Format 
Conventional Format

Similar/Dissimilar Guide for Mapunit Components

MLRA Region 10: Similar/Dissimilar Guide for Mapunit Components. Contact John Handler for additional information.

Region 10 Similar/Dissimilar Guide

Additional MLRA Region 10 References

Substrata Material Classification Decision Tree
MLRA Region 10: Quality Assurance Review Report (Form 233)
MLRA Region 10: NASIS Database, Manuscript Technical Review, and English Edit Checklist

National Links

• National Soil Survey Handbook
• Soil Survey Manual
• Field Book For Describing and Sampling Soils
• Keys to Soil Taxonomy
• Soil Taxonomy, Second Edition
• Ecological Site Information System (agroforestry, forestry, and range plot data)
• Plants National Database
• Guides for the Editing and Publishing of Soil Survey Reports

Official Soil Series Descriptions

Contact Tom Neuenfeldt for additional assistance.

Procedure to Obtain OSDs Updated (April 20, 2007)
Guideline for Completing and Updating OSDs Updated (July 9, 2007)

National Soil Survey Handbook guidelines include the following:

• Explanation and Content of a Soil Series Description
• Example of an Official Soil Series Description

Official Soil Series Descriptions and their supporting Classification Data Base:

• View by Name
• View by List
• Query Facility
• Soil Series Classification Data Access

Last Modified: July 13, 2007