West Central Glaciated Soil Survey Region #10

Soil Survey Guides and References

Soil Property Guides

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 (OSDs)

Contact Tom Neuenfeldt for additional assistance.

Development and Revision (18 KB) New (April 9, 2009)
Procedure to Obtain OSDs (17 KB) Updated (April 9, 2009)
Guideline for Completing and Updating OSDs (260 KB) Updated (April 28, 2009)

National Soil Survey Handbook guidelines include the following:

Official Soil Series Descriptions and their supporting Classification Data Base:

Last Modified: June 8, 2009