Soil Profile Description Manual
SoilProfileDescriptionManualCSES4124- :ksburg,Virginia24061-0404PREFACEThisman ualwasproducedbyrearrangingthecontentsof adraftofSoilSurveyManual(1991) ,NationalLeader,SoilClassification, (1991)hasbeenrearranged, , .. ... ............ .LANDSCAPEPOSITION(HILLSLOPES) . .. . . .. .SOILMOISTURE(INTERNALCLASSES) .ROCKFRAGMENTSDEFINEDROCKFRAGMENTSONTHES OILSURFACEBEDROCKOUTCROPS(ROCKINESS)... . (SoilSurveyManual,1951)SoilConsistence(S oilSurveyManual,1991) (pH)BOUNDARIESOFHORIZONSANDLAYERS7677808 181889096 .....96 .....100 ..... . . 12a . : observedexternalattributesofthepolypedon ,suchaslandformandcharacteristicsofslope ; inferredattributesofthepolypedon,suchaso riginofsoilparentmaterialandtheannualseq uenceofsoil-waterstates; observedinternalpropertiesofthepedon,suc hashorizonthickness,color,texture,struct ure,andconsistence; inferredgeneticattributesofthepedon,such ashorizondesignationsandparentmaterial; inferredsoildrainageclass; classificationofthepedoninthelowestfeasi blecategory; locationofthesiterelativetogeographicmar kersandintermsoflandscapeposition; plantcoveroruseofthesite; date,timeofday,andweatherconditions;and ,describingtheirinternalproperties, , ,alongwithsomeadditionalinformation, , , ,Form1(6-24-91) (8-20-91) (orcrop) ,complexity, (degrees) (feet) (feet) (inches) (percent) (percent) :SOILDESCRIPTIONDateStop_SoiIWpe~~r~~aTe ch1 _Page2(8-20-91) ss'k'
by SYM and modified from the 1951 Soil Survey Manual, are used with Soil Description Form 1 to save time in writing soil profile descriptions.) Horizons: Use the standard horizon nomenclature given later in this manual. Depth: In inches or centimeters from the top of A, or surface mineral horizon, except for the surface of organic materials.
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