Soil Survey Manual - Proposed Changes

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Proposals for content in Chapter 3, Examination and Description of Soils

• A previously accepted proposal for a suffix symbol connoting presence of sulfides (PDF; 23 KB)

The proposal shown below has not been adopted into NCSS standards. The posting on this webpage does not constitute formal approval. Comments on this proposal may be returned to the national leader for soil survey standards, Mr. Cameron Loerch, at Cameron.Loerch@lin.usda.gov.

• Proposed amendment to soil depth classes of Soil Taxonomy and root restricting depth of Soil Survey Manual (DOC; 19 KB)