Investigations

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• Assessing Carbonates in the Field with a Dilute Hydrochloric Acid (HCl) Solution
• Soil Survey Technical Note No. 5 (DOC; 267 KB)
   
• Pedon Description Form
• Pedon Form, April 2002 (XLS; 35 KB)
   
• Percent Material Commonly Passing #30 and #200 Sieves
• Standard Chart (PDF; 40 KB)
   
• Rock Fragment Volume to Weight and Weight to Volume Conversion Chart
• Standard Chart (PDF; 237 KB)
   
• Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity
• Soil Survey Technical Note No. 6 (DOC; 4.6 MB)
   
• Soil Color Contrast
• Soil Survey Technical Note No. 2 (DOC; 1.2 MB)
   
• Operation of EM38RT Meter W/ Garmin Map76 GPS Receiver & Allegro CX Field Computer a
DVD video available upon request.
 
• USDA Soil Texture Calculator. Enter the percent sand and clay, and let the calculator do the rest.
• Interactive Online Version
• Download this Excel Version (XLS; 120 KB)
   
• Developed by MO1. This document (PDF; 1.1 MB) includes notes and instructions on almost every column in Pedon.
   
• Monoliths
• MO9
• MO14
   
• Estimating Soil Moisture by Feel and Appearance
• MT; from WA soils Web site
• Spanish version from WY
   
• Separating Roots from the Soil by Hand Sieving (PDF; 263 KB)
   
• Estimated Soil Organic Matter -- Field Method (PDF; 330 KB)
   
• Pedon PC
• For Tablet PCs, laptops, and desktops that use Windows operating systems. Use this link to reach the Pedon PC Users Guide. The guide also includes instructions for setup.
   
• Pedon CE
• For personal digital assistants (PDAs) that use the Pocket PC operating system. The installation package includes installation instructions (including PDA system requirements), user's guide, and software that is installed on both a PC and PDA.