2022 08 Drainage Report

USDA United States ‘A product of the National Cooperative Soll Survey, a Joint effort of the United States Department of Agriculture and other Federal agencles, State agencies Including the Agricultural Experiment ‘Statlons, and local participants Custom Soil Resource Report for Essex County, New Jersey March 29, 2022 Preface Soil surveys contain information that affects land use planning in survey areas. They highlight soil lr about the properti many different user disposal, and pollution control can use the surveys to nel them understand, protect, or enhance the environment. Various land use regulations of Federal, State, and local governments may impose hat are used in making various land use or land treatment decisions. tion is intended to help the land users identify and reduce the effects of Ins on various land uses. The landowner: identifying and complying with existing laws and regul ‘Although soil survey information can be used for gent local, and wider area mation in some res.usda.goviwps! Great differences in soil properties can occur within short distances. Some soils are seasonally wet or subject to flooding. Some are too unstable to be used as a foundation for buildings or roads. Clayey or wet soils are poorly suited to use as ‘septic tank absorption fields. water table makes a soil poorly suited to basements or underground ons. ‘The National Cooperative Soll Survey is a joint effort of the United States Department of Agriculture and other Federal agencies, State agencies including the Agricultural Experiment Stations, and local agencies. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has leadership for the Federal part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey. Information about soils is updated periodically. Updated information is available through the NRCS Web Soil Survey, the site for official soil surve sexual orientation, genetic infor part of an individuat's income is d all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require