Transcription of Soil Profile Description Manual
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SoilProfileDescriptionManualCSES4124- :ksburg,Virginia24061-0404 PREFACET hismanualwasproducedbyrearrangingthecont entsofadraftofSoilSurveyManual(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; locationofthesit
interpretations across state and regional boundaries. The soil descriptions and the soil map are the parts of a published survey having the longest useful life. Good field descriptions include: • observed external attributes of the polypedon, such as landform and characteristics of slope; • inferred attributes of the polypedon, such as ...
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