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FIELD OFFICE TECHNICAL GUIDE

Section II Soil Information

The following documents requires Microsoft Word.  

Santa Fe Area County, Part of Rio Arriba County
Map Unit Symbols, Names, Acres and Percent of Survey Area (DOC; 23 KB)
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 (DOC; 62 KB)
Rangeland Sites and Productivity Interpretations (DOC; 128 KB)
Forest Productivity Interpretations including Site Index and Volumes (DOC; 42 KB)
Construction Materials Interpretations for Sand and Gravel (DOC; 65 KB)
Construction Materials Interpretations for Reclamation, Roadfill and Topsoil (DOC; 106 KB)
Building Site Development Interpretations for Houses and Small Commercial Buildings (DOC; 90 KB)
Building Site Development Interpretations for Roads, Excavations and Landscaping (DOC; 118 KB)
Sanitary Facilities Interpretations for Septic Tanks and Sewage Lagoons (DOC; 85 KB)
Sanitary Facilities Interpretations for Sanitary Landfills (DOC; 100 KB)
Wildlife Habitat Interpretations (DOC; 70 KB)
Engineering Properties Including, USDA, Unified and AASHTO Classes, Coarse Fragments, Liquid Limit and Plasticity (DOC; 147 KB)
Physical Properties Including, Bulk Density, Permeability, AWC, Linear Extensibility, OM and Erosion Factors (DOC; 88 KB)
Chemical Properties including, CEC, ECEC, PH, Calcium Carbonate, Gypsum, Salinity and SAR
Water Features for Water Table, Ponding, and Flooding (DOC; 75 KB)
Soil Features for Restrictive Layers, Subsidence, Frost and Corrosion (DOC; 61 KB)
Family Classification with Taxadjuncts (DOC; 16 KB)
Recreation Interpretations for Camping, Picnic and Playgrounds (DOC; 140 KB)
Recreation Interpretations for Trails, Motorcycles and golf (DOC; 118 KB)
Windbreaks and Environmental Plantings (DOC; 74 KB)
Water Management (DOC; 87 KB)
Prime Farmland (DOC; 12 KB)
Leaching Index Component Interpretations (DOC; 23 KB)
Non-Technical Soils Descriptions (DOC; 123 KB)
Survey Area Soils and Hydric Classifications with Criteria (DOC; 62 KB)
HEL Classifications