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BADM Group: SOIL_ORDER

BADM Type: Soil
Description: Soil Order
Group Entries per Site: One
Last updated: Mar 02, 2021

BADM Group Overview

BADM variables in this group are organized as shown below. The overview highlights what variables are required per group. It also indicates which variables cannot be specified together ( OR ) in the same group entry. See BADM Basics for more details.

Required Variable
Optional Variable
Examples
RequiredOptional
Soil Order
  • SOIL_ORDER
  • SOIL_ORDER_APPROACH
  • SOIL_ORDER_COMMENT

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    Required Variable
    Optional Variable
    Examples
    Variable
    Requirements    		 Units Description
    SOIL_ORDER
    Required    		LIST(SOIL_ORDER) ShowSoil Order for tower site according to National Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Soil Taxonomy
    NRCS Soil Taxonomy is a soil classification system. It is based on soil properties as they appear in the field, such as presence and ordering of diagnostic horizons. Determine the Soil Order based on the appearance of the soil in the field. Choose the Order from the predefined list that best describes the dominant order within the tower site. SOIL_ORDER does not need to be reported if WRB_GROUP is.
    SOIL_ORDER Options×
    OptionDescription
    Alfisols
    Andisols
    Aridisols
    Entisols
    Gelisols
    Histosols
    Inceptisols
    Mollisols
    Oxisols
    Spodosols
    Ultisols
    Vertisols
    SOIL_ORDER_APPROACH
    Optional    		free textApproach used for assigning Soil Order
    SOIL_ORDER_COMMENT
    Optional    		free textSoil Order comments

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    Required Variable
    Optional Variable
    Examples
    Soil Order
  • SOIL_ORDER
  • SOIL_ORDER_APPROACH
  • SOIL_ORDER_COMMENT
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    Optional Variable
    Examples
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  • Soil Order
    Required Optional
    SOIL_ORDER
    SOIL_ORDER_APPROACH
    SOIL_ORDER_COMMENT

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