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Central Great Plains MLRA Soil Survey Office

DEFINITION of a Major Land Resource Area: Major land resource areas are geographically associated land resource units, usually encompassing several thousand acres, characterized by a particular pattern of soils, geology, climate, water resources, and land use. A unit can be one continuous area or several separate nearby areas.

The Central Great Plains MLRA Soil Survey Partnership Region (SSR5) office located in Salina, Kansas, is one of 17 MLRA regional offices serving the continental United States and the Caribbean area. The SSR5 provides assistance to soil survey project offices located in portions of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Wyoming.

Kansas State Soil - Harney Silt Loam

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MO5 Soil Technical Notes
Number  Date Subject
5 9/28/2005 SOI – Sampling Procedures for Laboratory Analysis of Soils for the Central Great Plains Soil Survey Region (MO5)
4 7/20/2005 SOI-Collection of Transects and Data Population in the National Soil Information System (NASIS) for the Central Great Plains Soil Survey Region (MO5)
3 4/23/2003 SOI-Soil Survey Maintenance Sampling Procedures
2 11/1/2001 SOI-NASIS 5.0x Pedon Thunderbook - Available soon
1 (Revised) 7/20/2005 SOI-Policy, Guidelines, and Information for Completing Official Soil Series Descriptions

The following documents require Adobe Acrobat.

Kansas Backhoe Schedule for Fiscal Year (FY)

FY 2008 Calendar  (PDF; 31 KB)            FY 2008 Text Version
FY 2009 Calendar  (PDF; 49 KB)            FY 2009 Text Version

To schedule the backhoe, soil survey project leaders should contact Bill Wehmueller, Soil Scientist, at 785-823-4560 or Susan Picking, Office Assistant, at 785-823-4555.

Mission Statement

The mission of SSR5, with its partners, is to provide consistent, coordinated leadership and service to produce high quality, scientifically-based soil information utilizing innovative technologies in order to meet our customers' expectations in wisely managing the soil resource. 

Vision Statement

A dynamic, flexible program with the expertise and technology: (a) to educate and train users of soils information; (b) to obtain and manage precise data inventories according to locally-developed national standards; for the production of high quality, statistically valid soil information; (c) to present the appropriate information in ways which meet the needs of all users; and (d) which stress the wise applications of science to sustained land use and resource conservation.

Cleveland E. Watts
State Soil Scientist/MLRA Region Leader
Phone: (785) 823-4558
FAX: (785)-823-4540
E-mail: cleveland.watts@ks.usda.gov