Soils Report Options

Modified on 2024/05/01 23:00 by Adam — Categorized as: Uncategorized

The Soils Report Options Page controls what and how information is display on the Surety^® Soils Map reports.

The options that are chosen and saved are user specific - meaning they will only change the soil options for the currently logged into username and password account. If a company has more than one license, each login will need to be configured one at a time if it is desired to have all of the soils maps uniform in their setup.

The Soil Report Options page can be accessed in two different ways. The recommended method is to click on the Soils Options button directly on the soil map that you want to adjust. This method will allow the adjustment to that specific map template. To use this button, you must have the Printing Option "Print maps from a Web Page" selected in the Options Page.

The soils report options page can also be found under Tools> Options >Soils Report Options drop down menu item.
NOTE: Accessing the soil report options from the menu drop down will ONLY change settings for the original "Soil Map" template within your account. Any custom soil maps or the NDVI Soil report will not be affected. For these, use the button on the report itself.

The Soils Report Options page has 5 tabs: Crop Yields, Illinois Productivity, Soil Features, Iowa ISPAID, and NCCPI.

See Also: Understanding the Soils Map Report (SSurgo)

It is important to click Save if any changes are made on any of these tabs.

Crop Yields¶

If the first box is selected(Display Crop Yields on soils report), then one or both of the Irrigated or Non-Irrigated crops selections need to be checked in the boxes below.

By default ALL available crop data will show on the report. If only specific crops are necessary to appear on the report, then click the "Add/Remove Crops" button.

Check the boxes next to the crop type that you would like to show on the Soils Report. The crop list is long so make sure to scroll down to find all of the crops that you want. Note that this setting will not force these crops to appear as columns, rather, if there is potential yield data available for that particular crop then it will be displayed. If a crop type that has been turned on is not appearing on a soil map, then it means that no data exists for that crop in that location.

When you are done click the OK button.

There are additional options on which rating attributes to enable(where available) on the Soil Map template.

MN Productivity Index(PI)
ND Productivity Index(PI)
OH Productivity Index(PI)
SD Productivity Index(PI)
Iowa Corn Suitability Rating 2 (CSR2)
Iowa Corn Suitability Rating (CSR)
Display Range Production (Normal Year)
Display Nebraska SRPG

"Click here to set colors on soils map" will bring you to the Soil Report Color Options page.

Illinois Productivity¶

This tab is for the state of Illinois to display the optimum crop productivity ratings.

Display Optimum Crop Productivity Ratings for Illinois Soils

Display Optimum Crop Productivity Ratings for Illinois Soils

If checked, these ratings will supersede the Crop Yield Information if it is available within the selected border.

Display Ratings without Flooding Factor

When checked, the Flooding/Ponding factors integrated into the EFOTG's Bulletin 811 data will not be used and will not effect the PI numbers.

To learn more about the Illinois Productivity Rating visit Illinois Bulletin 811

Display Table Options

You are able to add/remove displayed crops and Subsoil rooting by checking or unchecking the boxes next to the names.

Click here to set colors on soils map brings you to the Soil Report Color Options page.

Soil Features¶

This tab provides different options regarding the Soil Features to be displayed: select or deselect the boxes next to these descriptions in order to display or not display them.

Water Table Depth
Restrictive Layer
Septic Limits (Septic Tank Absorption Fields)
Foundation Limits (Dwellings With Basements)
Display Drainage Class
Display Hydric Rating by Map Unit
Irrigated & Non irrigated Capability Class

The Water Table Depth, the Restrictive layer, and Drainage Class will automatically have an Aggregation Method of "Dominant Component."

Click on the Aggregation Method button to get a description of the current Method.

Septic Limits and Foundation Limits have a drop-down in order to select either Dominant Condition, Dominant Component, Most Limiting, and Least Limiting.

Click on the Underlined Method to get a description of how that method works.

Of special note - the Irrigated and Non irrigated Capability Class changed from only being the Weighted Average - Major Components to now defaulting to Dominant Condition.
View a detailed explaination of this change on the Soil Class Update page

Iowa ISPAID¶

Iowa ISPAID Data is used when the yield values have been dropped from a certain soils in Iowa. You can select which types of crops will display the yield data from the ISPAID database when chosen.

Click Save to apply the changes.

NCCPI¶

This tab is where you choose if you want to show the National Commodity Crop Productivity Index

To learn more about the Index please open the NCCPI User Guide.

Select or Deselect the Table Options in order to view or hide them from the Soils Report.

Remember to Click Save if you have changed any setting.

Soil Report Color Options

Understanding the Surety Soils Map Report (SSurgo)

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