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For Warren Count~.. Soil and tl/ater Conservat1.on District
(a~Tton Nartinðale. Earl Bump'. Don Sm1 th, Less Rymbkel-rlcz
Stan Andersont Work Unit Conservationist
Charlie Haine" Local 50il Scientist
Bob H111iarð. Area Conservationist. Albany
Ray Marshall, NYSSCS 5011 Scientist, Syracuse
For Queensbury Town :Board
.T ohn l-lcbs tar ß-11.d Ham Robertson
For Queensbury Planning Boaj~d
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Cushing, Dean. Kirkpatrick. Kushner. Norton
Sorrentino!) Planning Consultant
5011 studies have been made since 19008s, but for agriculture
only until about 1930. Usual scale about 1" to 4" to mile.
Aerial photography has improved the accuracy and a scale of
about 1 to 20.000 is now used. About 8.000 soil types have
been classified.
New York State has about 27 Soil Scientist full time with about
35 in the summer. This makes about 10 parties. About 30,000
acres can be surveyed by 1 man in a year. A scientist compiles
maps and interprets his da.tà in the time he C&~ot 1"IlD!'k In the
field. Cost 1s about 50¢ per acre. 1 IIIIZ1 rea.r . costs about
$8,000. If an a.rea agency would pa;r for ¡'.en Jears the stete
will furnish 1 BeD year. giving about 60,000 acres in a year.
Surveys ar-e done on the basis of using 0119 aerial sheet and
getting all information for this sheet. This covers about
1-1/2 mile square. Field sheets are available as they are done
with interpretation before final publication.
The .field information 1s obtained by: making borings uslng
augers, hydrau~tc probes. and back hoess averaging 1-4 borings
per acrei soil samples are tai:en and color charts are used
standard1~ing the s011 color; perculating tests are made;
samples are sent to laboratories for analYsis; slope of land
is obtaineð.
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:}.. Ir.iforr':Ælt::Lon. ts obtained \'Z'hictl can be mappecl to show the
¡'ollmJ'ing: we·tness!¡ shrirli<,,:-s\tlells perculation, soil-lJeaJ:'....
1ng~ erO$1on.ba~ard~ corrosion potential and sUitability
for thefollo¡'¥ing uses: .restdential, indth3trial bulldings
and roaãs;s developed recreation, natural recreation &1ð
agriculture.
6. About 18,,000 acres of Queansbury has not been ·sUrveyed.
This' ÿ¡ould take most of this summer. Warren County Soil
Conser'vation Board vlill assign their scientist to Queens-
bury.. The TO'lm Board and Pla..rming Board h.ava requested an
overall sUI~ey to be ready ina month or two. This will
be useful to Sor:r.entj.no for land use study., :Che scientist
vIil1 proceed to fi..'1ish the soil study for the rest of the
tovm.
J'. Arthur RJrton~ SecretarJt
Queensbury Pl~ll1ing Board
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