USDA-NRCS August 7, 2002
FIELD OFFICE TECHNICAL GUIDE
SECTION II
SOIL INFORMATION BASED ON
THE SOIL SURVEY OF
Diamond Valley Area, Nevada, Parts of Elko, Eureka and White Pine Counties
(NV621)
NRCS FIELD OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: Ely Field Office
Contact information: http://www.nv.nrcs.usda.gov/office/office.htm
OFFICIAL COPY OF SOIL SURVEY INFORMATION: The official copy of most of the current soil survey information is contained in the Customer Service Toolkit (CST) Soil Survey database. Reports of soil properties and interpretations can be created from the database and are consistent with the official copy information.
· Frozen or archived reports for Highly Erodible Lands (HEL) and Hydric Soils are not a part of the data in the CST database. These lists are the official copy for programs requiring reference to them.
· The non-technical soil descriptions and the leaching index reports are developed out of the NASIS database. These reports are consistent with the CST database and are considered the official copy.
· Official copy of other information is identified, as needed, in this document.
SOIL MAPS: The official copy of the soil maps is the SSURGO coverage information (http://www.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/ssur_data.html). This will be replaced by the geospatial component of the Customer Service Toolkit when it becomes available.
SOIL LEGEND: The legend provided online is derived from the official copy of the soil survey.
TABLE OF CLASSIFICATION: The table of classification provided online is derived from the official copy of the soil survey.
SOIL DESCRIPTIONS: The soil descriptions consist of non-technical descriptions developed in the NASIS database. They are the official copy of this information.
SOIL MAP UNIT DESCRIPTIONS: These are not available electronically at this time. Contact the above mentioned responsible field office for more information.
TECHNICAL SOIL DESCRIPTIONS: These are not available electronically at this time. Contact the above mentioned responsible field office for more information. Official soil series descriptions are available for correlated soil series at http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/soils/osd/
SOIL DATA:
Engineering Properties: This report as provided online is derived from the official copy of the soil survey.
Physical Properties: This report as provided online is derived from the official copy of the soil survey.
Chemical Properties: This report as provided online is derived from the official copy of the soil survey.
Soil Features: This report as provided online is derived from the official copy of the soil survey.
Water Features: This report as provided online is derived from the official copy of the soil survey.
SOIL INTERPRETATIONS:
Component Irrigated Yields: This report as provided online is derived from the official copy of the soil survey.
Hydric Soils List: This report as provided online is derived from the official copy of the soil survey.
Leaching Index: This report as provided online is derived from NASIS and is the official copy for the soil survey.
Prime Farmland: This report as provided online is derived from the official copy of the soil survey.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Frozen Hydric Soil Lists: These reports are not available electronically at this time. Contact the above mentioned responsible field office for further information.
Highly Erodible Land Lists: These are not available electronically at this time. Contact the above mentioned responsible field office for further information.
Other reports available from the Customer Service Toolkit soil survey database:
· MANU – Table A – Acres
· MANU – Table AWM-1 – Ag. Waste Interp.
· MANU – Table AWM-2 – Ag. Waste Interp.
· MANU – Table C1 – Range Production
· MANU – Table C2 – Range Production & Plants w/o Forest
· MANU – Table E1 – Forest Productivity
· MANU – Table U – Windbreak Plantings
· System – Template Database Information (Descriptions of the CST/SDV database)
· Dynamic Metadata – Soil Interpretation Descriptions (Descriptions of the rules and concepts of soil interpretation reports.)