Ron247
Structural
- Jan 18, 2019
- 1,052
I keep running into People/Client's with the idea of using an existing Statewide Soil Map for either design or forensics at a specific site rather than paying for a site specific soil test. I have tried to explain to them that these maps are somewhat accurate over a very large area such as a 100 square miles but not that accurate over a smaller area such as 10 acres within the 100 square miles. The map cannot depict parameters such as thickness of questionable soils, depth of questionable soil from the surface, depth of groundwater and numerous other details I want to know that affect design or my rationale for why some issue is present on an existing structure.
I would like to know everyone's thoughts on this and would really like to know if there are an published papers on the subject. I have the Soil Survey Manual from USDA but it does not address this.
I would like to know everyone's thoughts on this and would really like to know if there are an published papers on the subject. I have the Soil Survey Manual from USDA but it does not address this.