Land Evaluation

The soil pictured is not grainy or sticky. What texture is it?

• silt/medium

• clay/fine

• sand/coarse

The soil type with the fastest (rapid) permeability is...

• clay/fine

• silt/medium

• sand/coarse

The ideal slope range (nearly level) is...

• 0-2%

• 2-6%

• 6-11%

• 11-15%

What is the best cropland class?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

What land capability class will you mark for rangeland?

• 5

• 6

• 2

• 8

A thick surface thickness is...

• 12+ inches

• 6-12 inches

• 0-6 inches

Moderate erosion when between _____ of topsoil has eroded away.

• 0-25%

• 25-75%

• 0-2%

• 75%+

If a land class is considered cropland, you should always mark...

• conservation tillage (8)

• don't burn residue (9)

• return residue to soil (10)

• all of these

If a land class is rangeland, you should always mark...

• prescribed burning (18)

• proper pasture management (21)

• grazing (24)

• all of these

You should only make the Nitrogen box if nitrogen is...

• adequate

• deficient