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Field Office Technical Guide

Section II - Natural Resources Information

In this section you will find detailed information about New Mexico’s soil, water, air, plant, and animal resources.  NRCS Soil Survey’s, Ecological Site Descriptions, Forage Suitability Groups, Cropland Production Tables, Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Guides, Water Quality Guides, and other related information can be found here as it becomes available.

 

Subject and Section Content

STGC Review Date

Soils and Site Information

7-02

  • Map Unit Symbols, Names, Acres and Percent of Survey Area
  • Agricultural Waste Interpretations for Manure and Sewage Sludge Application and Disposal of Wastewater through Irrigation
  • Agricultural Waste Interpretations for Treatment of Wastewater by Overland Flow, Infiltration and Slow Rate Methods
  • Map Unit Yields for 1-3 Different Crops
  • Rangeland Sites and Productivity Interpretations
  • Forest Productivity Interpretations including Site Index and Volumes
  • Construction Materials Interpretations for Sand and Gravel
  • Construction Materials Interpretations for Reclamation, Roadfill and Topsoil
  • Building Site Development Interpretations for Houses and Small Commercial Buildings
  • Building Site Development Interpretations for Roads, Excavations and Landscaping
  • Sanitary Facilities Interpretations for Septic Tanks and Sewage Lagoons
  • Sanitary Facilities Interpretations for Sanitary Landfills
  • Wildlife Habitat Interpretations
  • Engineering Properties Including, USDA, Unified and AASHTO Classes, Coarse 
  • Fragments, Liquid Limit and Plasticity
  • Physical Properties Including, Bulk Density, Permeability, AWC, Linear Extensibility, OM and Erosion Factors
  • Chemical Properties including, CEC, ECEC, PH, Calcium Carbonate, Gypsum, Salinity and SAR
  • Water Features for Water Table, Ponding, and Flooding
  • Soil Features for Restrictive Layers, Subsidence, Frost and Corrosion
  • Family Classification with Taxadjuncts
  • Recreation Interpretations for Camping, Picnic and Playgrounds
  • Recreation Interpretations for Trails, Motorcycles and golf
  • Windbreaks and Environmental Plantings
  • Water Management
  • Prime Farmland
  • Leaching Index Component Interpretations
  • Non-Technical Soils Descriptions
  • Survey Area Soils and Hydric Classifications with Criteria
  • HEL Classifications

Climatic Data

7-02

Cultural Resources Information

1-09

Threatened and Endangered Species lists

7-02
  • References
  • Species Identification Aids
  • Conservation Planning Guidance
  • Mitigation Procedures

Wildlife Lists

7-02
Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Guides (WHEG)

 

Forage Suitability Group Descriptions

7-02
  • Landscape and Ecological Site Information
  • State and Transition Models
  • Production

Ecological Site Descriptions

7-02
  • Landscape and Ecological Site Information
  • State and Transition Models
  • Production