Soil Survey Guides, Books, References, Procedures

Guides

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

Similar/Dissimilar Guide for Mapunit Components

MLRA Region 10: Similar/Dissimilar Guide for Mapunit Components. Contact Michael Whited for additional information.

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Region 10 Similar/Dissimilar Guide (DOC; 55 KB)

Additional MLRA Region 10 References

Substrata Material Classification Decision Tree (JPG; 135 KB)

These documents require Microsoft Word.

MLRA Region 10: Quality Assurance Review Report (Form 233) (DOC: 51 KB)
MLRA Region 10: NASIS Database, Manuscript Technical Review, and English Edit Checklist (DOC; 36 KB)

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 (OSDs)

Contact Michael Whited for additional assistance.

These documents require Adobe Acrobat.

Development and Revision (PDF; 18 KB)
Procedure to Obtain OSDs (PDF; 17 KB)
Guideline for Completing and Updating OSDs (PDF; 260 KB)

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