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Custom Soil Resource Report <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 each <br /> unit. No aggregation of data has occurred as is done in reports in the Soil Properties <br /> 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 groupings <br /> that are assigned to soil areas because combinations of soil have similar behavior for <br /> specified practices. Most are based on soil properties and other factors that directly <br /> influence the specific use of the soil. Example classifications include ecological site <br /> classification, farmland classification, irrigated and nonirrigated land capability <br /> classification, and hydric rating. <br /> Land Capability Classification <br /> The land capability classification of map units in the survey area is shown in this table. <br /> This classification shows, in a general way,the suitability of soils for most kinds of field <br /> crops (United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, 1961). <br /> Crops that require special management are excluded. The soils are grouped <br /> according to their limitations for field crops, the risk of damage if they are used for <br /> crops, and the way they respond to management. The criteria used in grouping the <br /> soils do not include major and generally expensive landforming that would change <br /> slope, depth, or other characteristics of the soils, nor do they include possible but <br /> unlikely major reclamation projects. Capability classification is not a substitute for <br /> interpretations designed to show suitability and limitations of groups of soils for <br /> 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 /> Capability classes, the broadest groups, are designated by the numbers 1 through 8. <br /> The numbers indicate progressively greater limitations and narrower choices for <br /> practical use. The classes are defined as follows: <br /> - Class 1 soils have slight limitations that restrict their use. <br /> - Class 2 soils have moderate limitations that restrict the choice of plants or that <br /> require moderate conservation practices. <br /> - Class 3 soils have severe limitations that restrict the choice of plants or that <br /> require special conservation practices, or both. <br /> - Class 4 soils have very severe limitations that restrict the choice of plants or that <br /> require very careful management, or both. <br /> 45 <br />