NASIS DATABASE, MANUSCRIPT TECHNICAL REVIEW, and ENGLISH EDIT CHECKLIST

Region 10 MLRA Office

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The following items should be checked to ensure NASIS database and
manuscript quality. This is in addition to NASIS validations that should
be routinely run as a part of database editing. Reports are available in
NASIS that can be used to check these items. The are on the Region 10
site and their name begin with MANU-MO10 Review -- etc.

1.  Check component composition to ensure that it totals 100 percent.

2.  Check component wet soil moisture status, ponding, and flooding to
    ensure that it is allowed on the OSD.

3.  Check the component drainage class to ensure that it is allowed on
    the OSD.

4.  Check component taxonomic classification to ensure that it is
    allowed on the OSD.

5.  Check component slope to ensure that it is allowed on the OSD.

6.  Check component permeability/saturated hydraulic conductivity to
    ensure that it is allowed on the OSD.

7.  Check component horizon texture to ensure that it is allowed on the
    OSD.

8.  Check the slope range of the major components to ensure that it
    agrees with the slope range in the map unit name.

9.  Check the representative surface texture of the major components
    with the surface textures in the map unit name.

10. Check the local phase of the major components with the phases used
    in the map unit name.

11. Check the taxonomic unit description (if used) to ensure that the
    pedon location description is correct.

12. Check to ensure data and ranges that appear on the taxonomic unit
    description (if used) agree with data and ranges on the OSD.

13. Check the taxonomic unit description (if used) to ensure that any
    appropriate taxadjunct statements are included, if taxadjuncts are
    used in the survey area.

14. Check to ensure that digital block diagrams and photographs meet the
    resolution and file format requirements outlined in the Region 10
    manuscript procedure manual.

15. Run the MUG report and check for the following:

-   If horizon designators are included in the typical profile, make
    sure the sequence is correct.

-   Check horizon depths. Make sure there are no gaps or overlaps.

-   Check map symbols and map unit names against the correlation
    document

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-   Check all component names in the map unit descriptions. Are they
    correct, and do they agree with the correlated map unit name?

-   Check for misspellings for parent material and texture of the
    surface layer.

-   Check for error messages, such as "WARNING: YOU HAVE POPULATED
    LANDFORM TWICE."

> 16\. Check all manuscript tables carefully. The following are examples
> of things to look for:

-   In general, look for missing data and things that don't make sense.

-   In the acreage table, check the map symbols and map unit names
    against the correlation document. Also, are there acres listed for
    every map unit? Is the total in the percent column 100.0?

-   In the yields table, check the land capability classifications for
    complexes. These don't always come out the way you expect them to.

-   In interpretations tables, look for "Not rated" in places where you
    would expect to see a rating (e.g., for components other than
    miscellaneous areas).

-   Look for sorting problems. Sometimes the components in a map unit
    are not sorted correctly in the tables. This can occur when the RV
    for percent of map unit is the same for two or more components and
    if component sequence numbers have not been assigned.

-   In properties tables, look for entries like "20-20" or "0-0" in
    places where a range is supposed to display.

-   In the soil moisture status table, check for "unknown" entries
    (specifically, search for the word "unknown").

> 17\. Check TUDS carefully. The following are examples of things to
> look for:

-   Check all typical pedon locations for accuracy. If the location is
    described in PLSS terms, make sure the description doesn't place the
    pedon outside the section. All four cardinal points should be
    included (north, south, east, and west). If they're not, that's a
    clue that something is wrong. Example: "12 feet north and 750 feet
    east of the southeast corner of sec. 12\..." is wrong.

-   Make sure the surface texture described in the typical pedon
    location agrees with the texture of the surface horizon in the
    typical pedon.

-   Check the accuracy of the sequence of horizon designators.

-   Make sure there are no gaps or overlaps in the horizon depths.

-   Make sure the lower boundary of each horizon is described completely
    and accurately.

-   Wherever appropriate, make sure the descriptions in the typical
    pedon horizons are not outside the ranges given in the range in
    characteristics.