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Soil Information for All Uses <br />Soil Reports <br />The Soil Reports section includes various formatted tabular and narrative reports <br />(tables) containing data for each selected soil map unit and each component of <br />each unit. No aggregation of data has occurred as is done in reports in the Soil <br />Properties and Qualities and Suitabilities and Limitations sections. <br />The reports contain soil interpretive information as well as basic soil properties and <br />qualities. A description of each report (table) is included. <br />Land Classifications <br />This folder contains a collection of tabular reports that present a variety of soil <br />groupings. The reports (tables) include all selected map units and components for <br />each map unit. Land classifications are specified land use and management <br />groupings that are assigned to soil areas because combinations of soil have similar <br />behavior for specified practices. Most are based on soil properties and other factors <br />that directly influence the specific use of the soil. Example classifications include <br />ecological site classification, farmland classification, irrigated and nonirrigated land <br />capability classification, and hydric rating. <br />Land Capability Classification <br />The land capability classification of map units in the survey area is shown in this <br />table. This classification shows, in a general way, the suitability of soils for most <br />kinds of field crops (United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation <br />Service, 1961). Crops that require special management are excluded. The soils are <br />grouped according to their limitations for field crops, the risk of damage if they are <br />used for crops, and the way they respond to management. The criteria used in <br />grouping the soils do not include major and generally expensive landforming that <br />would change slope. depth, or other characteristics of the soils, nor do they include <br />possible but unlikely major reclamation projects. Capability classification is not a <br />substitute for interpretations designed to show suitability and limitations of groups of <br />soils for rangeland, for forestland, or for engineering purposes. <br />In the capability system, soils are generally grouped at three levels: capability class, <br />subclass, and unit. <br />1D <br />