General Plot Position Code Refined Plot Position 



shoulder SHDR shoulder 



ridge RINR narrow ridge (<100 ft 



wide) 

 RIWR wide ridge summit (>100 

 ft wide) 



bench BNCH 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 following 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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