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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 />Prime and other Important Farmlands (Proposed <br />Frentress Gravel Pit) <br />This table lists the map units in the survey area that are considered important <br />farmlands. Important farmlands consist of prime farmland, unique farmland, and <br />farmland of statewide or local importance. This list does not constitute a <br />recommendation for a particular land use. <br />In an effort to identify the extent and location of important farmlands, the Natural <br />Resources Conservation Service, in cooperation with other interested Federal, State, <br />and local government organizations, has inventoried land that can be used for the <br />production of the Nation's food supply. <br />Prime farmland is of major importance in meeting the Nation's short- and long-range <br />needs for food and fiber. Because the supply of high-quality farmland is limited, the <br />U.S. Department of Agriculture recognizes that responsible levels of government, as <br />well as individuals, should encourage and facilitate the wise use of our Nation's prime <br />farmland. <br />Prime farmland, as defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is land that has the <br />best combination of physical and chemical characteristics for producing food, feed, <br />forage, fiber, and oilseed crops and is available for these uses. It could be cultivated <br />land, pastureland, forestland, or other land, but it is not urban or built-up land or water <br />areas. The soil quality, growing season, and moisture supply are those needed for the <br />soil to economically produce sustained high yields of crops when proper management, <br />including water management, and acceptable farming methods are applied. In <br />general, prime farmland has an adequate and dependable supply of moisture from <br />precipitation or irrigation, a favorable temperature and growing season, acceptable <br />27