This section relates the soils of the county to various uses and methods of
management. It explains the system of capability classification used by the Soil
Conservation Service and discusses the use of the soils for crops and, pasture,
as woodland, and for the elements of wildlife habitat. It provides data on
engineering properties of the soils and gives interpretations of these properties
as they affect road construction and conservation engineering. This section also
explains the limitations of the soils for community development and recreation.
Due to their size this information has been placed in PDF files.
- Crops and Pasture
- Narrative (9.3KB)
- Table 2 Estimated Yields Per Arce of Field and Forage Crops ( KB)
- Woodland
- Narrative (12.4KB)
- Table 3 Soil Interpretations for Woodland ( KB)
- Wildlife
- Narrative (11.4KB)
- Table 4 Suitability of the Soils for Wildlife Habitat( KB)
- Planning
- Narrative (11.5KB)
- Table 5 Soil Limitations for Town and Country Planning ( KB)
- Table 6 Soil Limitations for Recreational Development ( KB)
- Engineering
- Narrative (17.4KB)
- Table 7 Estimated Soil Properties Significant to Engineering ( KB)
- Table 8 Interpretations for Selected Engineering Uses ( KB)
- Table 9 Engineering Test Data ( KB)
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