SOIL INFORMATION

This page contains links to resources for soil classifiers, educators, and the general public about soil, soil classification, and soil interpretations. Disclaimer: Documents developed by the Illinois Soil Classifiers Association and other documents presented here, are from published and/or unpublished sources. Any recommendations contained herein are informational and may become dated as new research and information is developed. By acting upon, or otherwise utilizing any of this information, the user takes responsibility for any outcome and agrees to not hold ISCA, including its officers and committees, liable.

Soil Links

GENERAL AND EDUCATIONAL SOILS INFORMATION
TECHNICAL SOIL RESOURCES
ISCA Field Trips and Seminars
1982 New Salem State Park Summer Meeting
1985 Princeton Area Soils and Geology
1986 Soils Tour of Marion County
1987 Soils of the Edwards River Valley, Mercer County
1990 Soil-Wetland Relationships, DuPage County
Soil-Wetland Relationships Seminar Notes
1991 Soils of St. Clair County
1992 Intensive Soil Survey for Land Use Planning
1997 Hydric Soils, Glaciated Upper Midwest
2003 Loam-textured Diamictons, Kane County
2004 Spring Bay, Middle Illinois River Valley Soils
2005 Shelbyville Moraine Soils, Clark County
2006 Rock River Hill Country Soils, Ogle County
2007 Central States Forest Soils Workshop, Carbondale
2008 Soils of the Spring Bluff Forest Preserve, Lake County
2010 Soils of the Mississippi River Valley near Quincy
2012 DeKalb County Ice-Walled Lake Plains
2017 Soils of Pyramid State Recreation Area
2018 Soils of North-Central IL and Septic Seminar 2019 Central States Forest Soils Workshop, Carbondale
Soils and Septics
IALEHA 2018 Panel Discussion
IDPH – Part 905 Private Sewage Disposal Code - Exhibit B has errors. Corrections have been submitted to IDPH, Use the “Key for Septic Loading Rates” below
Key for Septic Loading Rates Effective 8/28/2013, corrected 1/6/2019 – Use this corrected table immediately! Key for Estimating Infiltration for DuPage County
Interim Standards for Artificial Drainage of Septic Field Areas in Illinois with Exhibits
ISCA Approved Soil Description Form for On-Site Septic Evaluations (Excel Spreadsheet)
ISCA Approved Soil Description Form for On-Site Septic Evaluations (pdf)
Bibliography of Soils and On-Site WasteWater Treatment References
ISCA Guide for Estimating Surface Discharges for NPDES Permits
US EPA NPDES Illinois Surface Discharge
Purdue Extension - Septic Systems
Understanding Your Soil Report for Septic Suitability - ISCA
Illinois – Understanding Soils
Other Soil Resources
Soil Health (formerly the Soil Quality Institute)
Soil Productivity Index Ratings for Illinois
Earth Science Data & Services
SOIL ORGANIZATIONS
ILLINOIS UNIVERSITIES with Soils Curriculum
University of Illinois, College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences
Illinois State University, Department of Agriculture
Northern Illinois University, Department of Geograpic Sciences
Western Illinois University, School of Agriculture
Southern Illinois University, College of Agricultural Sciences
OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES LINKS