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The extent of existing soil survey data, an evaluation of this data, and land uses and capabilities will be discussed for the Mountain Home, Bruneau, Castle Creek, Crane Creek, and Vulcan KGRAs. The Soil Conservation Service has completed or is conducting detailed soil surveys on all private lands and some public domain lands in the Mountain Home, Bruneau, Castle Creek, and Crane Creek KGRAs. The Bureau of Land Management has completed land capability (irrigability class) surveys on most BLM land in the Bruneau, Castle Creek, and Crane Creek KGRAs. The Forest Service has completed a soil-hydrologic reconnaissance and land type survey on the Vulcan KGRA. The SCS surveys are the most detailed, defining the characteristics and capabilities for each soil series and phase. In addition, the SCS has available county land use maps at a scale of 1/2 inch to the mile delineating irrigated or non-irrigated farmlands, rangeland, forest or woodland, urban areas, etc.

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Title:
Snake River Basin KGRA environmental report
Authors:
Savage, Nancy
Contributors:
Idaho Water Resources Research Institute; IWRRI
Date:
1978-11-27
Description:
The extent of existing soil survey data, an evaluation of this data, and land uses and capabilities will be discussed for the Mountain Home, Bruneau, Castle Creek, Crane Creek, and Vulcan KGRAs. The Soil Conservation Service has completed or is conducting detailed soil surveys on all private lands and some public domain lands in the Mountain Home, Bruneau, Castle Creek, and Crane Creek KGRAs. The Bureau of Land Management has completed land capability (irrigability class) surveys on most BLM land in the Bruneau, Castle Creek, and Crane Creek KGRAs. The Forest Service has completed a soil-hydrologic reconnaissance and land type survey on the Vulcan KGRA. The SCS surveys are the most detailed, defining the characteristics and capabilities for each soil series and phase. In addition, the SCS has available county land use maps at a scale of 1/2 inch to the mile delineating irrigated or non-irrigated farmlands, rangeland, forest or woodland, urban areas, etc.
Subjects:
soil surveys soil conservation
Location:
Boise Crescent
Collection:
IWRRI
Source:
University of Idaho
Publisher:
University of Idaho
Contributing Institution:
University of Idaho
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Cataloger:
wbv
Date Digitized:
2012
Language:
eng

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