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Frequently Asked Questions

• What is the purpose of the Soil Survey Manual?

  - The Manual is the primary reference on principles and technical detail for local, State, and Federal contributions to soil surveys authorized under these acts. The term "the Soil Survey" is used in the Manual to refer to the National Cooperative Soil Survey.

• When did the surveying and mapping manual come out?

  July 1, 2000 SURVEYING AND MAPPING MANUAL 1-3(1) 1-3 DISTRICT SURVEYING AND MAPPING 1-3.01 DISTRICT SURVEYING AND MAPPING FUNCTIONS The district surveying and mapping functions to collect field data, map, stake and document construction projects.

• What are the directives in the USGS Survey Manual?

  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Survey Manual (SM) Directives are signed written communications that state the policies and initiatives which govern the actions, conduct, and procedures of the Bureau: SM Chapters establish long-standing policies, standards, instructions, and general procedures with Bureau-wide applicability.

• What is the purpose of the land survey Handbook?

  The Land Survey Handbook establishes procedures and guidance on cadastral surveys and other land survey services required for the management, acquisition, and disposal of U.S. Fish and Wildlife (Service) lands.

• What is the latest version of the U.S. Geological Survey's Survey Manual?

  Instruction: This Survey Manual (SM) chapter updates and replaces SM 1100.3, U.S. Geological Survey Publication Series, dated December 29, 2003. Approving Official: /s/ Roseann Gonzales-Schreiner

• What is the role of the U.S. Geological Survey?

  As a public agency, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has a responsibility to make the results of its scientific research widely and promptly available to the public in the form of scientifically sound and professionally presented information products.

• What is used as the writing style guide for the U.S. Geological Survey technical reports?

  Suggestions to Authors of the Reports of the United States Geological Survey Suggestions to Authors (STA) is used as the writing style guide for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) technical reports and maps. The STA is widely distributed in paper outside of the USGS as a basic scientific writing style guide for scientists, students, and editors.

• What do you need to know about the USGS field manual?

  Formal training, for example, as provided in the USGS class, “Field Water-Quality Methods for Groundwater and Surface Water,” and field apprenticeships supplement the guidance provided in the NFM and ensure that the data collected are high quality, accurate, and scientifically defensible.