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3. Basic Soil Monitoring and Evaluation
Instructions
1.
Watch a video tutorial or follow along with a
current tutorial provided by NRCS from their
landing page:
http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/
Define your area of interest.
2.
The map starts as an overview of the entire
United States. You will need to zoom into the
region of your ranch or farm.
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The easiest way to do this is to enter an
address in the appropriate tool bar.
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You can also enter the latitude and
longitude coordinates. Find these by
using Google Maps to search for your
address. You will get a long URL, from
which you can cut your coordinates to
paste into the Web Soil Survey.
3.
Once you have zoomed into your ranch or
farm you will need to tell the Web Soil Survey
what area of interest (AOI) you would like the
soils data to reflect. To do this you can draw a
rectangle or polygon on the map.
4.
Once you have drawn your AOI you can
begin to look at the soil map and soils data
explorer for your ranch or farm, or download
a free report.
Soil Map—Santa Fe County Area, New Mexico
(Tedford Farm)
Natural Resources
Conservation Service
Web Soil Survey
National Cooperative Soil Survey
7/9/2020
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Map Unit Symbol
Map Unit Name
Acres in AOI
Percent of AOI
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Chupe-Riverwash complex, 1
to 3 percent slopes, flooded
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14.3%
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Zia fine sandy loam, 0 to 2
percent slopes
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9.8%
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Arents-Urban land-Orthents
complex, 1 to 60 percent
slopes
0.9
0.9%
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Quarteles-Rock outcrop
complex, 25 to 90 percent
slopes
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3.6%
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2 to 8 percent slopes
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24.2%
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complex, 5 to 50 percent
slopes
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47.3%
Totals for Area of Interest
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100.0%
Soil Map—Santa Fe County Area, New Mexico
Tedford Farm
Natural Resources
Conservation Service
Web Soil Survey
National Cooperative Soil Survey
7/9/2020
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Activity – Using the USDA NRCS Web Soil Survey
Activity – Using the USDA NRCS Web Soil Survey
The Web Soil Survey is maintained by NRCS and provides an excellent free tool for finding
information on soils anywhere in the United States. You can select an area on a map, and
the site will provide the different types of soil and their properties.
Supplies:
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Computer with internet access