Soil Science 315
Problem Set 10
Due Friday April 7 at
Redo Due Wednesday, April 12 at
Instructions: You
may discuss the problems with anyone but the final work should be done
independently. Respond to each question precisely as instructed by the
question. For example, if the question says explain one reason only explain one
reason even if you know many reasons and if the question asks you to calculate
a volume do not give a mass. Be sure to label all numeric answers with the
correct units. Each problem will be marked as accepted or “re-do”. There are no
“re-do’s” of “re-do’s”. Re-do’s” are not accepted if an “honest” attempt was
not submitted on the original due date. All portions of each problem set must
be accepted to receive credit for the entire set. When submitting a problem set
be sure to indicate the problem set number and if the submission is a “re-do”
in the upper right corner.
Assume the county board of Clark County Wisconsin has asked you to demonstrate the potential impact on agricultural lands that may result from a large insurgence of non-agricultural population. They want to know (1) how much of the counties land is prime agricultural land and (2) how much of the prime agricultural land is threatened by the increased population in need of housing. Assume prime agricultural defined by the county is the same as in the soil survey of the NRCS and that the suitability for housing is determined by the soil suitability for septic systems as defined by NRCS. Often land use planners use septic system ratings of slight and moderate limitations as land suitable for a building homes and severe limitations as non-suitable for building homes.
Answer the county board’s two questions.