Soil Types

[macmik1950]

In my training so far, we have pretty much "glossed over" anything about soil types. We put in something along the lines of "site appears to drain well." I saw another appraisal today that listed the soil type and what it meant. I found a map with the soil type of my current appraisal, but don't know what the codes mean, like "DsC" and "BkC2". Does anybody know where I can find the codes?

 

[Michigan CG]

In my training so far, we have pretty much "glossed over" anything about soil types. We put in something along the lines of "site appears to drain well." I saw another appraisal today that listed the soil type and what it meant. I found a map with the soil type of my current appraisal, but don't know what the codes mean, like "DsC" and "BkC2". Does anybody know where I can find the codes?

What do you need to look at in regards to soil types? Are you trying to analyze productivity of soils in regards to crop productivity?

There is a great website that I have on my FAVORITES in my computer back in Iowa. The web site (put out by the Federal Government) will let you analyze sites from the "air" by drawing around them. There is also an Iowa specific site that defines many soil types, doubt if that would help.

Send me an e-mail if this would help and I will send you what information I have when I get back in town.

 

[ccooper]

I have books for my counties that are published by the US Dept of Agriculture and other agencies. National Cooperative Soil Survey. Books explain all the abreviations and what they really mean (i.e. permeability, runoff, shrink-swell, etc.)

Don't remember where we got them exactly. I'd start googling or go to govt web sites.

 

[Mr Rex]

http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/Report.aspx?Survey=PA043&UseState=PA

 

[Michigan CG]

http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/Report.aspx?Survey=PA043&UseState=PA

There is another one....that one doesn't look familiar. Mr. Rex, does this do what i described above?

 

[SharperImage]

soil surveys

http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/ Web Soil Survey (WSS) provides soil data and information produced by the National Cooperative Soil Survey. It is operated by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and provides access to the largest natural resource information system in the world. NRCS has soil maps and data available online for more than 95 percent of the nation’s counties and anticipates having 100 percent in the near future. The site is updated and maintained online as the single authoritative source of soil survey information.

You can get oodles and oodles of information including aerial photos of the site you're doing along with soil types, limitations, suitability for building, septic systems, roads, etc.

 

[Michigan CG]

http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/ Web Soil Survey (WSS) provides soil data and information produced by the National Cooperative Soil Survey. It is operated by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and provides access to the largest natural resource information system in the world. NRCS has soil maps and data available online for more than 95 percent of the nation’s counties and anticipates having 100 percent in the near future. The site is updated and maintained online as the single authoritative source of soil survey information.

You can get oodles and oodles of information including aerial photos of the site you're doing along with soil types, limitations, suitability for building, septic systems, roads, etc.

There it is.....and it is great!!!!!

 

[Mr Rex]

That's the same site in my post. Mine was just the subsection that had the chart for the different soil type descriptions as requested by the OP.

 

[Michigan CG]

That's the same site in my post. Mine was just the subsection that had the chart for the different soil type descriptions as requested by the OP.

I didn't claim to be smart....

 

[Mr Rex]

Never used them in an appraisal (yet, probably going CG eventually). We used to get Geo reports on the different sites under consideration when I did construction admin and inspections for an architectural firm designing schools and other large gov't buildings. Haven't looked at that stuff in years.