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Soil Survey Manual - Table 3-5

Internal free water occurrence classes

Classes Criteria
Thickness if perched
Extremely Thin (TE) <10 cm
Very Thin (TE) 10 to 30 cm
Thin (T) 30 cm to 1 m
Thick (TK) >1 m
Depth
Very Shallow (SV) <25 cm
Shallow (S) 25 to 50 cm
Moderately Deep (DM) 50 cm to 1 m
Deep (D) 1.0 to 1.5 m
Very Deep (DV) >1.5 m
Cumulative Annual Pattern
Absent (A) Not observed
Very Transitory (TV) Present <1 month
Transitory (T) Present 1 to 3 months
Common (C) Present 3 to 6 months
Persistent (PS) Present 6 to 12 months
Permanent (PM) Present Continuously