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FIELD OFFICE TECHNICAL GUIDE

Section II Soil Information

The following documents requires Microsoft Word.  

White Sands Missile Range, Parts of Dona Ana, Lincoln, Otero, Sierra and Socorro Counties
Map Unit Symbols, Names, Acres and Percent of Survey Area (DOC; 34 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; 41 KB)
Rangeland Sites and Productivity Interpretations (DOC; 43 KB)
Forest Productivity Interpretations including Site Index and Volumes (DOC; 42 KB)
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 (DOC; 53 KB)
Engineering Properties Including, USDA, Unified and AASHTO Classes, Coarse Fragments, Liquid Limit and Plasticity (DOC; 81 KB)
Physical Properties Including, Bulk Density, Permeability, AWC, Linear Extensibility, OM and Erosion Factors (DOC; 66 KB)
Chemical Properties including, CEC, ECEC, PH, Calcium Carbonate, Gypsum, Salinity and SAR (DOC; 48 KB)
Water Features for Water Table, Ponding, and Flooding (DOC; 55 KB)
Soil Features for Restrictive Layers, Subsidence, Frost and Corrosion (DOC; 46 KB)
Family Classification with Taxadjuncts (DOC; 23 KB)
Recreation Interpretations for Camping, Picnic and Playgrounds
Recreation Interpretations for Trails, Motorcycles and golf
Windbreaks and Environmental Plantings (DOC; 42 KB)
Water Management
Prime Farmland (DOC; 20 KB)
Leaching Index Component Interpretations (DOC; 32 KB)
Non-Technical Soils Descriptions (DOC; 64 KB)
Survey Area Soils and Hydric Classifications with Criteria (DOC; 76 KB)
HEL Classifications (DOC; 26 KB)