ET = erosion type 

 NO - none 

 SE - sheet erosion 

 RE - rill erosion 

 GE - gully erosion 

 WE - wind erosion 

 TD - terrace development 

 SL - slide 



% COVER - % ground cover 

 S - bare soil 

 G - gravel 

 R - rock 



L - litter and duff 

 W - wood 



M - moss (also includes Selaginella ) 

 BV - basal vegetation 

 O - other (e.g., lichen) 



SOIL CHARACTERISTICS 



SUBGROUP = soil subgroup as defined by the Soil Taxonomy 



DEPTH = estimated soil depth 



VS - very shallow (<10 inches deep) 



SH - shallow (10-20 inches deep) 



MO - moderately deep (20-30 inches deep) 



DE - deep (30-60 inches deep) 



VD - very deep (>60 inches deep) 



TEXTURE = soil texture (e.g., S - sand; SIL - silt loam) 

 CO = coarsest texture in profile 

 FI = finest texture in profile 



content 

 fragment content in profile 

 fragment content in profile 

 <20% coarse fragment volume) 

 50% gravel volume) 



(50-90% gravel volume) 

 % cobble volume) 

 50-90% cobble volume) 



stone volume) 

 0-90% stone volume) 



EFFER = effervescence in response to 10% HCl 

 ST = depth to strong effervescence (cm) 

 VI = depth to violent effervescence (cm) 



(note: if strong or violent effervescence does not 

 exist in the profile or if the depth to such 



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