General Plot Position Code 



shoulder SHDR 



ridge RINR 



RIWR 



bench 



BNCH 



Refined Plot Position 



shoulder 



narrow ridge (<100 ft 



wide) 



wide ridge summit (>100 



ft wide) 



bench in mountainous 

 terrain 



SLP SHAPE (one-character code) 



Slope Shape - enter one of the following codes to indicate the 

 vertical shape of the slope on which the plot lies: 



S - straight or even 



R - rounded or convex 



D - depression or concave 



P - patterned (micro-relief of hummocks and swales) 



U - undulating pattern of low ridges or knolls and draws 



X - other 



ASP (up to three-digit number) 



Aspect - enter the direction of the slope on which the plot 

 occurs (in degrees; corrected for declination). 



SLOPE % (up to three-digit number) 



Enter the steepness of the slope on which the plot occurs (in 

 percent) . 



EROS POTENT ( two-character code) 



Erosion Potential - enter one of the follov/ing codes to 

 indicate the potential for erosion on the plot: 



SA - soil surface is stable with no evidence of accelerated 

 erosion 



UC - soil surface is unstable because of compaction 



UD - soil surface is unstable because of displacement and/or 

 churning of the soil 



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