2.4 Standard Classification adopted for SOIL TYPES with digital ...

LRISD,NIC(Hqrs) Standard Classification adopted for SOIL TYPES
A sample classification of the soil code is shown below:
SOIL-CODE
CODING SCHEME FOR SOILS UPTO SUB-GROUP LEVEL
Coding scheme for soil layer AA- BB- CC- DD- EEFFGG-HH (16 digits)
AA – Order (Two digits)
BB – Sub-Order (Two digits)
CC- Grate Group (Two digits)
DD- Sub-group (Two digits)
EE- Family, Texture (Two digits)
FF- Family, Mineralogy (Two digits)
GG-Family, Temperature (Two digits)
HH- Series (Two digits)
Level Level-1 Level-2 Level-3
Detail Sub-Group Family Series
Scale 1:1Million 1:2,50,000 1:50,000
Code AABBCCDD AABBCCDDEEFFGG AABBCCDDEEFFGGHH
(Source : Keys to Soil Taxonomy, Sixth Edition, 1994 USDA, Soil Conservation Service)
2.4.9 Proposed System
As soil series information is collected by different agencies in a scientific way by various
State and District level agencies, there is a need of updating this scientific soil
information in land records registers.
When the soil data as collected in a scientific way is incorporated into land records
registers, the uniform codification of soils will be automatically taken into account.
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