Information on soil

The USDA developed soil indicator fact sheets. These two page fact sheets provide a nice overview for several important soil properties, such as infiltration, water storage, and bulk density.

Minnesota soil suborders. Image University of Minnesota.

Information: This page provides links to pages and external sources of information on soils. Links in red have not been developed yet.

• General soil information
  • Overview and role of soil in stormwater management
  • Soil classification
• Soil properties and processes
  • Soil erodibility
  • Soil physical properties and processes
  • Soil chemical properties and processes - contents
  • Soil biologic properties and processes - contents
  • Soil hydrologic properties and processes
• Managing soils
  • Alleviating compaction from construction activities
  • Erosion prevention practices
  • Sediment control practices
  • Stormwater and soil, engineered (bioretention) media, and media amendments
  • Guidance for amending soils with rapid or high infiltration rates
  • Soil restoration - contents
  • Soil contamination - contents
• Soil measurements and methods
  • Determining soil infiltration rates
  • Understanding and interpreting soils and soil boring reports for infiltration BMPs
  • Soil sampling and tests
  • Assessing soil suitability for stormwater applications - contents
  • Assessing soil health and function
• Tabled values
  • Soil water storage properties
  • Specific yields for geologic materials
  • Design infiltration rates
• Soil resources and maps
  • Web Soil Survey
  • Digital Soil Mapping in Minnesota
  • Published soil surveys in Minnesota
  • Soil orders and suborders in Minnesota
  • Minnesota SWCDs on the web