Soil survey of Barnstable County, Massachusetts
By: United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service ; in cooperation with Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station.
Contributors: United States. Soil Conservation Service.; Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station.
Publisher: The Service
Published: 1993
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: Soils -- Massachusetts -- Barnstable County -- Maps.; Soil surveys -- Massachusetts -- Barnstable County.
Description: ...Contains information of use to land use planners, farmers, foresters and agronomists in evaluating the potential of soils in Barnstable County; it contains predictions of soil behavior for selected land uses; gives a brief historical and geological overview; identifies properties of all types of soils and describes their formation; tables show data on temperature and precipitation, growing season, freeze dates in Spring and Fall, prime farmland, woodland management and productivity, recreational development, wildlife habitat, building site developments, sanitary facilities, water management, engineering index properties, soil and water features and classification of soils...
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 125).
Cover title.
"By Peter C. Fletcher"--P. 1.
"Issued March 1993"--P. iii.
Includes index to map units.
Shipping list no.: 93-0306-P.