Normal Form of the Lab Pedon Number is: LnnSS-fff-#### (See Field Book for Describing and Sampling Soils, Ver.2.0) Number (Digits 0-9) ....nn -- Two Digit Year Pedon was sampled.(Four digit year allowed "2008") ....fff -- County FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) Codes. Codes can be viewed using the Site Area Option! Letter (A-Z) ....L ---- Project Type Identification Character (S-Standard,C-Characterzation,R-Reference,I-Investigation,O-Other) ....SS -- State or Nation assigned FIPS Identifiers. AlphaNumeric Text Field (Letters and/or Numbers) ....#### - County Assign Pedon Identification Text Field. User Pedon ID, a text field may look like these Examples: S04NE-153-00109, 78MN113022 or other forms like Anderson Site10,CA041191-S2,Barton Flats (BF) Pit 1, 87CA019041G. Spaces & Dashes are important! This field may take MANY VARIATIONS and only works when exact User Pedon entry is known. There is much confusion between Pedon ID and Site ID Identifers, both displayed on Characterization Data Sheet. (Remember One User Pedon ID per Query). Asterisk Character can replace any number! ..Ex: *DE* or *DE*030, .."Careful!! * May Dump Complete Database!" If you do not have the EXACT User Pedon ID it is suggested you seek your information by Country, State Admin Div, and County option. This option will give you an array of data from the state or area of interest. The Advanced Query is available but requires more knowledge to use. It is suggested you review the USER MANUAL. This browser interface will work best using MS-Explorer.
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