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The Status and Needs for Soil Survey in Forested Land
Author(s) -
Gardner Robert A.,
Lyford W. H.
Publication year - 1955
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1955.03615995001900010023x
Subject(s) - soil survey , nonfarm payrolls , vegetation (pathology) , soil series , soil water , environmental science , land use , geography , natural (archaeology) , forestry , hydrology (agriculture) , soil classification , physical geography , soil science , agriculture , geology , engineering , archaeology , civil engineering , geotechnical engineering , medicine , pathology
There is an increasing amount of soil surveying in the forested and wild lands of the United States. An estimated 22 million acres of forest or wild land have been mapped by progressive or reconnaissance surveys completed in the last five years. Current main survey methods are: Farm‐by‐farm detailed, progressive detailed, reconnaissance, soil‐vegetation, and ultra detailed. The last named method is for experimental areas. The need for soil surveys in the nonfarm and noncultivated areas depends on the intensity of management needed for an area. If there is pressure for alternative or multiple uses of an area there is also pressure for soil‐survey information. Experience has shown that the classification of the soils into series, types and phases according to the standardized system of natural classification has long‐time advantages over a single‐purpose classification by selected single soil characteristics.