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RPM,Inc.,25049 E.Alder Dr.,Aurora,CO 80016 Phone:(303)854-7499 Email:hlhumphries2@comcast.net <br /> 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.Sod surveys identify soil <br /> properties that are used in making venous 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:iiwww.nres.usda.gov(wps! <br /> portatinrestmairvsoifsfiealthi)and certain conservation and engineering <br /> applications.For more detailed information,contact your local USDA Service Center <br /> (https:tloffices.sc.egov.usda.gov 1ocatortapp?agency=nres)or your NRCS State Soil <br /> Scientist Otto fiwww.nres.usda.govtwpstporta/rrres/detailtsoils(contactust? <br /> cid=nres 142p2_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 pint 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 sail 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 /> ad prohibited bases apply to all programs.)Persons with disabilities who require <br /> 2 <br /> alternative means for communication of program information(Braille.large print, <br /> audiotape,etc.)should contact USDA's TARGET Center at(202)720-2600(voice <br /> and TDD).To file a complaint of discrimination,write to USDA,Director,Office of <br /> Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue,S.W.,Washington,D.C.20250-94 1 0 or <br /> call(800)795-3272(voice)or(202)720-6382(TDD)_USDA is an equal opportunity <br /> provider and employer. <br /> 40 <br />