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Virginia Tech Soil Information Systems Products and Services

CLIC Lab (CSES Dept. GIS, GPS, and RS lab)

Virginia Septic Tools - Contains the following two tools for use with Virginia Department of Health Septic System Regulations

1) The "Virginia On-site Septic System Evaluation Decision Support System" (VA_On-site 1.0) Microsoft Access® database for data entry and decision support. Funded project with USDA-NRCS. Version 1.0 released in June 30, 2005. Includes User's Guide and report.

2) The "Virginia Regional Septic System Evaluation Tool" (VA_Septic 1.0) for use with the USDA-NRCS Soil Data Viewer® and Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.® ArcView 3.x Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software products. Version 1.0 released in June 30, 2005. Includes User's Guide and report.

SSURGO (Soil Survey Geographic Data Base) Ver 2.x - Contains a User's Guide for the USDA-NRCS digital soil survey product

1) A stand-alone electronic SSURGO 2.x user's guide.
2) Background information about SSURGO and STATSGO.

Hydric Soils - Publications for help in using the Field Indicators of Hydric Soils of the U.S. and in delineating wetlands

1) A set of charts for using the latest version 5.x of the Field Indicators of Hydric Soils of the United States.
2) Field Indicators of Hydric Soils in the Mid-Atlantic United States (01/2005)
3) A Guide to Hydric Soils in the Mid-Atlantic Region (02/2004)

Interactive soil surveys with Patricia Donovan, CSES GIS Lab Manager:

• Interactive GIS and soil survey of the Virginia Tech Kentland Farm in Montgomery County, Virginia:
http://gis.ag.vt.edu/Website/cses_cals/kentland/viewer.htm

• Interactive GIS and soil survey of the CALS Farm in Montgomery County, Virginia:
http://gis.ag.vt.edu/Website/cses_cals/VT_campus_farm/viewer.htm

Soils and GIS at Virginia Tech

Interactive discussion forum called “ USDA-NRCS Soil Taxonomy Forum” at:
http://clic.cses.vt.edu/soiltax/soilt.htm and http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/

Wetlands and Stream Ecology at Virginia Tech

Pasture Land Management System (PLMS) decision support system software website in 2004.
Available at http://clic.cses.vt.edu/PLMS/, replacing the version at http://www.isis.vt.edu/dss/plms/plms.html.

International Committee on Anthropogenic Soils (ICOMANTH) website (USDA-NRCS Committee):
http://clic.cses.vt.edu/icomanth/ and http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/taxcommittee.html

CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION (as of January 1, 2006)

Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.® ArcIMS® Interactive Web Gis Maps
1) Brown Farm - Town of Blacksburg, Montgomery Co., VA
2) Southern Piedmont Agr. Research and Experiment Center - Nottaway Co., VA
3) Virginia Tech Horticulture Garden - Main campus

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