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State Soil Scientist Meeting Comments, Dewayne Mays



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State Soil Scientist Meeting Comments, Dewayne Mays





  1. I have participated in four CNMP Training sessions. We have one more session next week in Ft. Worth. There have been very few soil scientists to participate in the sessions. Soil Scientists should have an important role in the training and understanding phosphorus information. They should have an important role in the collection and interpretation of data that will be necessary in order to implement CNMP’s. They will be one of the most important resources that the conservation planner will have at their disposal. There is a large amount of research information in universities, in ARS, and other sources. Also, there is a large amount that is being developed and will become available. Information that is being developed in the National Soil Phosphorus Benchmark Project is an example. There are about 23 universities with runoff projects. ARS has about 16 runoff projects underway. In addition to the related projects underway at the Soil Survey Laboratory and the National Soil Survey Center, there are NRCS State Offices that also have projects. Each state will need persons who have the ability to apply these kinds of information to their specific needs.

  2. Data and Database Impacts

  1. The importance of much of the P work is that we are attempting to tie as much to soil survey in order to take advantage of the tools that are available or associated with the soil survey program. A number of phosphorus related data elements will be developed and become a part of the National Soils Database. Efforts are underway to expand the database to accommodate the needs for CNMP’s.

  1. Phosphorus Indexes Versus a National Phosphorus Index

  1. At this time there is no plan to develop a National P Index to replace the many different indexes in place. There will certainly be phosphorus parameters that will be used to describe Benchmark Soils. These parameters maybe used to either develop models, or modify existing models in order to satisfy current needs.

  1. Soils 10’s

  1. The National Soil Survey Center is in the process of trying to place Soils 10 data in electronic form so that it can be made a part of the Soils database. Much of the data from forms that we have on hand at the NSSC have been entered. However, there may be a number of forms in file cabinets that could be entered. If you will send me a copy of your Soils 10’s, we will enter them and send you an electronic copy of the data. We will need you to check the data and enter the latitude and longitude for each site. The importance of these data are that it is measured engineering data that scientist have used as estimates many of the values for interpretations.



Urban Soils Update, Joyce M. Scheyer



Urban Soils Symposia

There is an excellent opportunity to present volunteered oral presentations or posters at the SSSA Annual Meeting this year. Projects can be presented jointly with your NCSS cooperators to showcase field soil survey. Remember that in the scientific community you must publish or others cannot find your work. Presentations at the meetings keep us visible and help with funding.




  • Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting (SSSA)

Audience of over 12,000 professionals in Agronomy and Soils including

private consultants, researchers, and field soil scientists

Charlotte, North Carolina October 21-25, 2001


  • Symposia planned for 2001 by Urban Soils Committee (Joyce Scheyer, chair):

1. Urban Wetlands sponsored by Division S-10 Wetland Soils

Urban Landscapes and Soil Quality on Restored Urban Soils

(ranging from container gardens to putting greens)

Sponsored by Divisions S-5 Pedology, S-11 Soils and Environmental Quality, and S-6 Soil and Water Management and Conservation



Title-Summary forms should be 25 words plus title and author

Submit Title summaries online ONLY at www.soils.org
For assistance with Title-summaries or finding co-authors contact

Dr. Joyce M. Scheyer, soil scientist, National Soil Survey Center, NRCS



(402) 437-5698 joyce.scheyer@usda.gov
Current examples of Urban Soils Projects in NRCS

  • Small Fruits Interpretation Guide (for Native American Gardens in New York State)

  • Paired analysis of sites for urban soil assessment and characterization (Connecticut)

  • Cadmium/Zinc ratio established as indicator of human dietary risk from urban gardens. This was a significant research and development step that was well received by the international urban soils community. Additional ratios and metal bioavailability thresholds will be explored to develop an “indicator garden”. (NSSC).

  • Urban soil map unit composition is a major issue for NASIS data entry before interpretations can be made. At this point we need to describe and map urban soils as we identify them even if data is temporarily stored in a supplementary data base until we can add it to NASIS. Correlation of urban soils is an upcoming major issue for 2002. (NSSC)

  • The Virtual Urban Soil Workgroup of NRCS field soil scientists meets by email and teleconference on demand to discuss compaction, contamination, and conventions for urban soil mapping. This group was represented in a poster at Soil and Water Conservation Society Meetings in 2000 by Betty McQuaid of Watershed Science Institute with contributions from projects in various states.(40 soil scientists in states)


Recommendations for 2002

A national Urban Soils workshop in 2002 is needed to strengthen bridges between urban soils and urban conservation programs. Topics proposed are:



  • Strategic Planning for Urban Soils within Soil Survey (mapping, classification,

interpretations, taxonomy, program applications, urban research needs for NCSS)

  • Linking Urban Soil Interpretations to Conservation Practices (especially PAM erosion control, critical area planting, composting, and waste utilization).

  • Cross-training for conservationists with modules on Basic Soils for Resource

Conservationists and Basic Planning for Resource Soil Scientists.

  • Draft Technical notes or issue papers on selected topics in Urban Soils such as Backyard Soil Catenas, interim mapping and classification of vertical discontinuities, and Restoration of Compacted Soils.


Posters available from NSSC on urban soils

Scheyer, J.M. 2000. Estimating Dietary Risk in Soils from Urban Gardens. First International Conference on Soils of Urban, Industrial, Traffic, and Mining Areas (SUITMA), Essen, Germany (Slides in Powerpoint)


McQuaid, B. and J.M. Scheyer. 2000. Virtual Urban Soils Workgroup. Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Meeting.
Scheyer, J.M. and C. Adams. 1999. Interdisciplinary Applications of Urban Soil Survey. Agronomy Abstracts. Soil Science Society of America Annual Mtg, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Scheyer, J.M. and C.A. Wettstein. 1999. Soil Survey – A nationwide resource and an underused environmental screening tool. Association for the Environmental Health of Soils (AEHS) Annual meeting, Amherst, Massachusetts.

Scheyer, J.M. and R.D. Nielsen. 1998. A modular system to urban soil survey interpretations for recreational development. Agronomy Abstracts. Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland (Slides in Powerpoint)


Russell-Anelli, J., R. Bryant, and J. Galbraith. 1998. Soil characteristics, land practices and element content: evaluating the predictive properties of soil survey. Presented at the ICOMANTH Tour of NV-CA, September 1998.
Scheyer, J.M., S.G. Aschmann, and D.P. Anderson. 1997. Urban soil talking points: common ground for resource partnerships. Agronomy Abstracts. Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California. *Proposed series of fact sheets including phosphorus, metal toxicity, PM10

Bryant, R.B., J.M. Scheyer, and J.M. Russell-Anelli. 1997. Urban soil survey interpretations for heavy metals. Agronomy Abstracts. Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California.


Scheyer, J.M. and L.D. Quandt. 1996. A framework for making urban soil survey interpretations. Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Meeting, Keystone, Colorado.
* A Selected Bibliography of Urban Soil References, Posters, and Papers (1996-2000) is nearly completed at NSSC and will be made available to states.



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