Soil Survey of Red River County, Texas Page: Front Inside
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HOW TO USE THIS SOIL SURVEY
THIS SOIL SURVEY contains information
that can be applied in managing farms,
ranches, and woodlands; in selecting sites for
roads, ponds, buildings, and other structures;
and in judging the suitability of tracts of
land for farming, industry, and recreation.
Locating Soils
All the soils of Red River County are
shown on the detailed map at the back of this
publication. This map consists of many sheets
made from aerial photographs. Each sheet is
numbered to correspond with a number on
the Index to Map Sheets.
On each sheet of the detailed map, soil
areas are outlined and are identified by sym-
bols. All areas marked with the same symbol
are the sanie kind of soil. The soil symbol is
inside the area if there is enough room; oth-
erwise, it is outside and a pointer shows
where the symbol belongs.
Finding and Using Information
The "Guide to Mapping Units" can be used
to find information. This guide lists all the
soils of the county in alphabetic order by map
symbol and gives the capability classification
of each. It also shows the page where each
soil is described and the page for the capa-
bility unit, pasture and hayland group, wood-
land suitability group, and woodland grazing
group in which the soil has been placed.
Individual colored maps showing the rela-
tive suitability or degree of limitation of soils
for many specific purposes can be developed
by using the soil map and the information in
the text. Translucent material can be used as
an overlay over the soil map and colored toshow soils that have the same limitation or
suitability. For example, soils that have a
slight limitation for a given use can be col-
ored green, those with a moderate limitation
can be colored yellow, and those with a severe
limitation can be colored red.
Farmers and those who work with farmers
can learn about use and management of the
soils from the soil descriptions and from the
discussions of the capability units, the pas-
ture and hayland groups, the woodland suit-
ability groups, and the woodland grazing
groups.
Foresters and others can refer to the sec-
tion "Woodland," where the soils of the
county are grouped according to their suita-
bility for trees.
Game managers, sportsmen, and others can
find information about soils and wildlife in
the section "Wildlife."
Community planners and others can read
about soil properties that affect the choice of
sites for recreation in the section "Recrea-
tional Development."
Engineers and builders can find, under
"Engineering Uses of the Soils," tables that
contain test data, estimates of soil properties,
and information about soil features that af-
fect engineering practices.
Scientists and others can read about how
the soils formed and how they are classified
in the section "Formation and Classification
of the Soils."
Newcomers in Red River County will be
especially interested in the section "General
Soil Map," where broad patterns of soils are
described. They may also be interested in the
information about the county in the section
"Environmental Factors Affecting Use of the
Soils."This is a publication of the National Cooperative Soil Survey, a joint effort of the United States
Department of Agriculture and agencies of the States, usually the Agricultural Experiment Stations.
In some surveys, other Federal and local agencies also contribute. The Soil Conservation Service has
leadership for the Federal part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey.
Major fieldwork for this soil survey was completed in the period 1957-70. Soil names and descrip-
tions were approved in 1972. Unless otherwise indicated, statements in the publication refer to condi-
tions in the county in 1970. This survey was made cooperatively by the Soil Conservation Service and the
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. It is part of the technical assistance furnished to the Red River
Soil and Water Conservation District.
Soil maps in this survey may be copied without permission, but any enlargement of these maps could
cause misunderstanding of the detail of mapping and result in erroneous interpretations. Enlarged maps
do not show small areas of contrasting soils that could have been shown at a larger mapping scale.Cover: Coastal bermudagrass hay meadow in an area of Austin
silty clay, 1 to 3 percent slopes.
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Thomas, Jesse R., Jr. Soil Survey of Red River County, Texas, book, February 1977; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth224545/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.