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44 * * Pit #1 ontestant #1 Team #1 alifornia DE - Soil and Land Evaluation Group: 1 ontestant: 1 SURFE SOIL (Fill in ONE bubble for each item). D 1. OLOR (5) 2. TEXTURE (5) 3. GRVEL ND ROK (3) 4. THIKNESS (3) Very Dark lack, Very Dark Gray, Very Dark rown,or Dusky Red Medium or right rown, Yellowish or Reddish rown, rown Yellow, or Red Very Light White, Light Grey, Pale rown, Pale Yellow, Pale Red Drab or Mottled Dull Gray, Olive, luish Gray, Grey rown, Yellow Spotted oarse ourse, Medium, Fine or Loamy Sands Medium Sandy Loam, Loam, Silt Loam or Silt Fine Sandy lay Loam, lay Loam, or Silty lay Loam Very Fine Sandy lay, lay, or Silty lay SU SOIL (Fill in ONE bubble for each item or if no SUSOIL is present mark NONE for EH item. None to Few <15% by Volume Moderate ffects Farming Operation 15-35% Severe From 36-60% Extreme Prevents Farming Operation > 60% Very Thick 20 Inches or more Thick 10 through 19 Inches Thin 4 through 9 Inches Very Thin Less Than 4 Inches 5. OLOR (5) 6. TEXTURE (5) 7. THIKNESS (3) None (no Subsoil) D D None (no Subsoil) D None (no Subsoil) D E Very Dark lack, Very Dark Gray, Very Dark rown,or Dusky Red Medium or right Dark rown, Yellowish or Reddish rown, rown Yellow, or Red Very Light White, Light Grey, Pale rown, Pale Yellow, Pale Red Drab or Mottled Dull Gray, Olive, luish Gray, Grey rown, Yellow Spotted D E oarse ourse, Medium, Fine or Loamy Sands Medium Sandy Loam, Loam, Silt Loam or Silt Fine Sandy lay Loam, lay Loam, or Silty lay Loam Very Fine Sandy lay, lay, or Silty lay D E Very Thick 20 Inches or more Thick 10 through 19 Inches Thin 4 through 9 Inches Very Thin Less Than 4 Inches INTERPRETTION OF SOIL FETIURES (Fill in ONE bubble for each item). D 8. Type of Material that Limits Depth (5) None No Limiting Material edrock Soft or Hard Hardpan emented Extremely Gravelly Material or high water table D 9. Parent or Underlying Material (5) Hard edrock Soft edrock Loose or Mixed Material Organic Materials Peat or Muck D 10. Depth of Soil Favorable for Roots Water Penetration (5) Very Deep 60 inches or more Deep 40 through 59 inches Moderately Deep 20 through 39 inches Shallow Less than 20 inches D 11. ir and Water Movement (5) Very Rapid Open: Single Grain Rapid Open and Porous: Granular or rumb Structure Moderate Slightly ompact: Granular or locky Structure Slow ompact: locky Prismatic Structure or Massive D 12. vailable Water Holding apacity to 60 Inches (5) High > 7.5 inches Medium 5 to 7.5" Low 3.5 to 5 inches Very Low Less Than 3.5 inches
45 ELERTED EROSION (Fill in ONE bubble for each item). 13. mount of Erosion or Evidence of Deposition (3) D None to Slight Less than or equal to 10% Moderate Less than or equal to 25% High or Severe Greater than 25% Evidence of Damaging Deposition 14. Kind of Erosion (3) None Evidence of Sheet or Rill Erosion ctive Gully or Streambank Erosion Evidence of Wind Erosion 17. LND PILITY LSSIFITION (Fill in ONE bubble ONLY). (8) LSS I No Special Problems - Very Good Land TOPOGRPHY or LY OF LND (Fill in ONE bubble for each item). 15. Landscape Position (3) 16. Steepness of Slope (5) Upland Soil Developed From Underlying edrock Terrace, Foot Slope, Dune Land, Old lluvial Fans Soil From Transported Materials Land Suitable for ultivated rops Land Suitable for Permanent Vegetation D LSS II LSS III LSS IV Some Limitations or Problems-Good Land Many Limitations or omplex Problems Very Limited in rop Use or Very omplex Problems 19. MJOR PROLEMS IN USE (5) (Fill in ONE to THREE bubbles for identifying the MOST IMPORTNT PROLEMS(S). D E F G H None Erosion Slope Shallow Soil Problems Fineness or ompaction Dense or Hard Pan ourseness or Dryness Wetness or Flooding D LSS V LSS VI LSS VII LSS VIII LND MNGEMENT NEEDS None ottomland Recent lluvial Fans, Flood Plains asin Irrigation Management or Drainage Erosion ontrol Fertility Improvement Pratices hiseling or Ripping Grazing Management Flat, Ponded or Lake ed Deposits, Playas Nearly Level Grazing Land, Few Grazing Limitations Grazing or Woodland- Some Restrictions Range or Woodland - Severe Limitations Wildlife, Recreation, or Watershed 20. gricultural Management Pratices (3) Woodland Management URN LND LIMITTION (5) Fill in one bubble on each line for Slight, Moderate, or Severe SLIGHT MODERTE SEVERE 23. Limitation for Septic Tank Filter Fields 24. Limitations for Shrink-Swell 25. Limations for Foundations without asement 26. Limations for Local Roads and Streets 27. Limitations for Top Soil D E F G E F G H D 18. LND USE (5) Irrigated rops uilding Sites Non-Irrigated rops Range Woodland Nearly Level Less than or equal to 2% Gently Sloping Less than or equal to 5% Moderate Sloping Less than or equal to 15% Strongly Sloping Less than or equal to 25% Steep Greater then 25% Wildlife, Recreation, Watershed (Fill in 1-3 bubbles for each item Indicating the PRIORITY for the Practice(s) Needed) 21. Erosion ontrol Practices (3) D None D E F Vegetative over and Mulches ontour Farming and/or Terraces and Waterways Gully or Streambank Stabilization D E (Fill in bubbles for ONE to THREE lines to identify the most intensive use(s).) 22. Irrgation Method (3) D E F None Flood Furrow Sprinkler Drip Sub-Irrigation Soil and Land Evaluation Pit #1 (Side 2) ontestant: 1
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