12  TCMA Urban Soil Mapping Field Equipment Check List & To Do List

Last edited 09MAY2025 NP

12.1 Field Equipment Checklist

See field-protocol-equipment-list-26AUG2024 (Google Doc) for the most updated version of the equipment list.

• Pedon description sheets printed on Rite in the Rain NRCS-UMN Pedon Description Sheet
• RUSI description sheets printed on Rite in the Rain [rusi-field-sheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XOkONZLEDajIuxlmId5-DEybK-mr2K3tWkYn-5gDkqw/edit?usp=sharing)
• Field Book for Describing and Sampling Soils, version 3.0 (USDA-NRCS; red book)
• Clipboard and writing utensils (pencils)
• Folder with following items
  • UMN certificate of insurance form; email Nora for access
  • Agreement document; email Nora for access
  • Permits, as necessary; email Nora for copies if needed
• Clinometer
• Munsell color book
• Auger: dutch auger, open bucket, and closed bucket augers
• 2 gutter sections
• Pedon tape / photo tape (black fabric w/ cm and m markings)
• Tape measure with centimeters
• 10% HCl in dropper bottle, 1L backup in vehicle
• Spray bottle
• Phone, to take site videos and profile photos
• 4 orange cones; place in square around sampling location

12.1.1 Additional supplies for construction sites

• Hard hat
• High-vis vests
• Optional: safety glasses

12.2 Field To Do Checklist

• Pre-Sampling Survey123 (email Nic for access)
• Pedon description sheet, front and back; write location name on top right of front page
• Artifact description sheet, as necessary
• RUSI field sheet
• Photo of entire profile
• Photos of profile sections
• Horizontal video of profile (~20 seconds long)
• Site video, in 0.5x if possible (<2 minutes long)
• Soil samples from each horizon
• Soil Observation & Pedon Description Survey123 (email Nic for access)