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Field Soil Sampling Procedures (SJ County) <br /> Soil Samples: <br /> Materials Needed: Shovel, Bucket, Zip Lock Bags or A&L Laboratories standard <br /> 1-lb. Sample bags, Soils Map of the area, Felt Tip Marker, Chain of Custody <br /> J7 Forms, Ice Chest with Ice or"blue ice". <br /> � a <br /> Procedure: <br /> 1. In the office, use soils map tosam lan where les are to be taken <br /> P P <br /> Bring this snap with you. <br /> 2. Prepare a cooler or ice chest chilled to 4° Celsius and containing ice or <br /> F "blue ice" coolant. <br /> 3. Using field map, indentify locations from which samples will be taken. <br /> Take at least one sample from each different type of soil as shown on <br /> 4 + the soils map. <br /> 4. With a shovel, excavate a hole. Stop digging and measure hole from <br /> } time to time and take samples as you reach the depths specified below. <br /> ` 5. First Sample: 1 ft. to 2 f{. deep. Use a tape measure to measure the <br /> depth of the hole. When it's 1 foot deep. When it's 1 foot deep, <br /> remove loose soil from the bottom of the hole. Dig another shovel full <br /> and put about 1 pound of this dirt in a zip lock bag. If using A&L <br /> Laboratories standard l lb. sample bag, fill to the line on the bag. A <br /> minimum of 50 granas is required for the S2N test. Label the bag <br /> 1 ` according to labeling procedures (Below). Put bag into cooler. <br /> 6. Second Sample: 3 ft. to 4 ft. deep. With a shovel, excavate the hole <br /> fesf ' 36" deep. Use a tape measure to measure'the depth of the hole. When <br /> E' it's 3 feet deep, remove loose soil from the bottom of the hole. Dig <br /> another shovel full and put about 1 pound of this dirt in a different <br /> sample bag from sample one. If using A&L Laboratories standard 1 <br /> lb. sample bag, fill to the line on the bag. A minimum of 50 grams is <br /> required for the S2N test. Label the bag according to labeling <br /> procedures (Below). Put bag into cooler_ <br /> 7. Third Sample: 5 ft. to 6 ft. deep. With a shovel, continue to excavate <br /> the hole 60" deep.. Use a tape measure to measure the depth of the. j <br /> f hole. When it's 5 feet deep, remove loose soil from the bottom of the ' <br /> hole. Dig another shovel full and put about 1 pound of this dirt in a a k <br /> different sample bag from sample one and two. If using A&L <br /> 1 ' Laboratories standard 1 lb. sample bag, fill to the line on the bag. A <br /> minimum of 50 grams is required for the S2N test. Label the bag <br /> according to labeling procedures (Below). Put bag into cooler. <br /> �l <br /> Field Soil Sampling Procedures (SJ County) Page 1 of 2 <br />