Green County Site 1

Site 1 at the Tri-County Land Judging Contest, hosted by the Green County Land Conservation Department, Sept. 2008

Site 1 was considered Cropland and was located on a 0 percent slope on a plain. There was no mottling and no bedrock within the profile. The dominant soil texture was clay loam and sandy clay loam (20-40 inches of loamy material over sandy outwash). It is a Class II cropped field on level ground.


Green Co Site 1 Official's Scorecard  (pdf, 630KB)   Example of the official scorecard used for judging contestants.  Note that Establish Windbreaks is checked yes.  This is correct under the 2008 guidelines.  As of 2009, the revised definition for windbreaks would not apply to sandy loam textures, and this would be checked no.

Photos of Site 1

Site 1 Boundary Marker.  Orange stake shows boundaries of the area considered part of the site.

Pit information card for site 1

Plant to be checked for invasive species are marked with pink flag.

Samples of surface soil (topsoil) and subsoil in containers to be
used for determining soil texture.
Topsoil sample. 

Subsoil sample

Site 1 Control area

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