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USDA Soil Texture Calculator

This document contains soil texture information including percentages of sand, silt, and clay. It provides the USDA soil texture classification of SILT based on 100% silt and 0% sand and clay. Formulas are given to classify soil texture based on sand, silt, and clay percentages into categories like sand, loam, clay loam.

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USDA Soil Texture Calculator

This document contains soil texture information including percentages of sand, silt, and clay. It provides the USDA soil texture classification of SILT based on 100% silt and 0% sand and clay. Formulas are given to classify soil texture based on sand, silt, and clay percentages into categories like sand, loam, clay loam.

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Enter your data into the highlighted cells Sand % Sand Optional % Very Coarse % Coarse % Medium % Fine

% Very Fine 0% %Clay Clay 0% % Silt Silt 100%

Password = Texture

0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

USDA Texture SILT

1.095 0.525 1.04

0.145

Soil Texture Triangle

Password = Texture

Basics 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6

Sand 0 0 0 0 5 0 6

Loam Sand 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 Sand Loam 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

Basics ((silt + 1.5*clay) < 15) ((silt + 1.5*clay >= 15) && (silt + 2*clay < 30)) ((clay >= 7 && clay < 20) && (sand > 52) && ((silt + 2*clay) >= 30) || (clay < 7 && silt < 50 && (silt+2*clay)>=30)) ((clay >= 7 && clay < 27) && (silt >= 28 && silt < 50) && (sand <= 52)) ((silt >= 50 && (clay >= 12 && clay < 27)) || ((silt >= 50 && silt < 80) && clay < 12)) (silt >= 80 && clay < 12) ((clay >= 20 && clay < 35) && (silt < 28) && (sand > 45)) ((clay >= 27 && clay < 40) && (sand > 20 && sand <= 45)) ((clay >= 27 && clay < 40) && (sand <= 20)) (clay >= 35 && sand > 45) (clay >= 40 && silt >= 40) (clay >= 40 && sand <= 45 && silt < 40)

Sand vcscs >= 25 && ms < 50 && fs < 50 && vfs < 50 vcscsms >= 25 && vcscs < 25 && fs < 50 && vfs < 50 ms >= 50 && vcscs >= 25 fs >= 50 && fs > vfs vcscsms < 25 && vfs < 50 vfs >= 50

Loam Sand vcscs >= 25 && ms < 50 && fs < 50 && vfs < 50 vcscsms >= 25 && vcscs < 25 && fs < 50 && vfs < 50 ms >= 50 && vcscs >= 25 fs >= 50 vcscsms < 25 && vfs < 50 vfs >= 50

Sand Loam vcscs >= 25 && ms < 50 && fs < 50 && vfs < 50 vcscsms >= 30 && vfs >= 30 && vfs < 50 vcscsms >= 30 && vcscs < 25 && fs < 30 && vfs < 30 vcscsms <= 15 && fs < 30 && vfs < 30 && fsvfs < 40 vcscs >= 25 && ms >= 50 fs >= 50 && vfs < 30 && vcscs < 25 vcscsms >= 15 && vcscsms < 30 && vcscs < 25 fsvfs >= 40 && fs >= vfs && vcscsms <= 15 vcscs >= 25 && fs >= 50 vfs >= 30 && vcscsms < 15 && vfs > fs fsvfs >= 40 && vfs > fs && vcscsms < 15 vcscs >= 25 && vfs >= 50 vcscsms >= 30 && vfs >= 50

SAND LOAMY SAND SANDY LOAM LOAM SILT LOAM SILT SANDY CLAY LOAM CLAY LOAM SILTY CLAY LOAM SANDY CLAY SILTY CLAY CLAY

COARSE SAND SAND SAND FINE SAND FINE SAND VERY FINE SAND

LOAMY COARSE SAND LOAMY SAND LOAMY SAND LOAMY FINE SAND LOAMY FINE SAND LOAMY VERY FINE SAND

COARSE SANDY LOAM COARSE SANDY LOAM SANDY LOAM SANDY LOAM SANDY LOAM FINE SANDY LOAM FINE SANDY LOAM FINE SANDY LOAM FINE SANDY LOAM VERY FINE SANDY LOAM VERY FINE SANDY LOAM VERY FINE SANDY LOAM VERY FINE SANDY LOAM

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