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Preface <br /> Soil surveys contain information that affects land use planning in survey areas. <br /> They highlight soil limitations that affect various land uses and provide information <br /> about the properties of the soils in the survey areas. Soil surveys are designed for <br /> many different users, including farmers, ranchers, foresters, agronomists, urban <br /> planners, community officials, engineers, developers, builders, and home buyers. <br /> Also, conservationists, teachers, students, and specialists in recreation,waste <br /> disposal, and pollution control can use the surveys to help them understand, <br /> protect, or enhance the environment. <br /> Various land use regulations of Federal, State, and local governments may impose <br /> special restrictions on land use or land treatment. Soil surveys identify soil <br /> properties that are used in making various land use or land treatment decisions. <br /> The information is intended to help the land users identify and reduce the effects of <br /> soil limitations on various land uses. The landowner or user is responsible for <br /> identifying and complying with existing laws and regulations. <br /> Although soil survey information can be used for general farm, local, and wider area <br /> planning, onsite investigation is needed to supplement this information in some <br /> cases. Examples include soil quality assessments (http.//www.nres.usda.gov/wps/ <br /> portal/nres/main/soils/health/)and certain conservation and engineering <br /> applications. For more detailed information, contact your local USDA Service Center <br /> (https://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app?agency=nres) or your NRCS State Soil <br /> Scientist(http://www.nres.usda.gov/wps/portal/nres/detail/soils/contactus/? <br /> cid=nres142p2_053951). <br /> Great differences in soil properties can occur within short distances. Some soils are <br /> seasonally wet or subject to flooding. Some are too unstable to be used as a <br /> foundation for buildings or roads. Clayey or wet soils are poorly suited to use as <br /> septic tank absorption fields.A high water table makes a soil poorly suited to <br /> basements or underground installations. <br /> The National Cooperative Soil Survey is a joint effort of the United States <br /> Department of Agriculture and other Federal agencies, State agencies including the <br /> Agricultural Experiment Stations, and local agencies. The Natural Resources <br /> Conservation Service (NRCS) has leadership for the Federal part of the National <br /> Cooperative Soil Survey. <br /> Information about soils is updated periodically. Updated information is available <br /> through the NRCS Web Soil Survey, the site for official soil survey information. <br /> The U.S. Department of Agriculture(USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its <br /> programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, <br /> and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, <br /> sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or a <br /> part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not <br /> all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require <br /> 2 <br />