Soil Documentation and Training CD By Jim Turenne

This CD is available from the Society of Soil Scientists of Southern New England. It contains soil documentation manuals used by the National Cooperative Soil Survey, soil training modules, State regulatory documents, wetland and hydric soil guides, plant guides, and soil computer programs. Data on the CD is in various formats such as Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), Power Point files, Web Documents, Excel Spread Sheet, Word files, and Text files. Most of the documents were downloaded from various web sites, the CD does not need to be connected to the internet to run and no installation is needed.

Requirements - A CD player and a web browser. Adobe Acrobat is needed and included to view PDF files, some of the documents need Excel, Word, and Power Point to view. Below is a list of Documents included on version 6.0:

Document Name

Field Book for Describing and Sampling Soils-Version 1.1, 1998 Version 3 -NEW 2004

National Soil Survey Handbook

12 Soil Orders

Soil Properties Presentations - Soil Formation, Soil Colors, Soil Horizons, Soil Texture

Soil Survey Manual-1993

Soil Survey Laboratory Information Manual-SSIR #45

Soil Survey Laboratory Methods Manual-SSIR #42

Soil Survey Photography-Principles and Techniques

Soil Taxonomy - Keys, Ninth Edition, 2003

Soil Taxonomy Keys-Interactive

Soil Taxonomy-2nd Edition - Soil Taxonomy Maps

Field Indicators of Hydric Soils in the U.S.-Version 5.1, 2003

Field Indicators for Identifying Hydric Soils in New England

Classification Of Wetlands And Deepwater Habitats Of The United States

Wetland Training Presentations
1. Using Soil Taxonomy to Identify Hydric Soils
2. Redoximorphic Features
3. Field Indicators of Hydric Soils
4. Introduction to Hydric Soil Terminology

1987 USACOE Wetland Delineation Manual
Guide to Installing Monitoring Wells in Wetlands

Plants Wetland Status List

Northeast Floral Guide

Massachusetts Bordering Vegetated Wetlands Manual

Massachusetts Title 5: 310 CMR 15.000 - Site/Soil Evaluation Form 11

RI ISDS Regulation
ISDS Soil Description Form
RI Wetland Regulation

WINped - Pedon Description Program

Climate Analysis for Wetlands -NE States

National Forestry Manual

National Forestry Handbook

Official Soil Series Descriptions for Soils in New England and New York with Classification updated

National List of Vascular Plants that Occur in Wetlands

NEsoil web for offline viewing

Soil Quality Information Sheets New

Soil Biology – Power Point File New

Soils and the Environment - Power Point File New

Sell Soil – Ten Key Messages to Help People Understand Soil - Power Point File New

Soil Survey Centennial - Power Point File New

History of Soil Survey - Power Point File New

Soils of Rhode Island – Envirothon Training Module - Power Point File New