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Soil Information for All Uses <br />Suitabilities and Limitations for Use <br />The Suitabilities and Limitations for Use section includes various soil interpretations <br />displayed as thematic maps with a summary table for the soil map units in the <br />selected area of interest. A single value or rating for each map unit is generated by <br />aggregating the interpretive ratings of individual map unit components. This <br />aggregation process is defined for each interpretation. <br />Land Classifications <br />Land Classifications are specified land use and management groupings that are <br />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 />Ecological Classification Name: NRCS Rangeland Site <br />(Cogburn Area Soils) <br />Ecological classifications consist of a series of vegetative classification systems <br />developed by various partners in the National Cooperative Soil Survey. The <br />classifications include, but are not limited to, systematic vegetative groupings. <br />Examples include NRCS ecological sites, United States Forest Service plant <br />associations, and forage suitability groups. The classifications systems are <br />identified by the Ecological Classification Type Name field, which is in the <br />Component Ecological Classification table. <br />25