530 Manual
Conservation Practice Standards
Conservation Planning
Food Security Act
Soils
100

For NRCS to consider an assessment for the funding period, applicants must file this form and identify each program for which they are seeking funding by the program-specific application cutoff deadline.

What is NRCS-CPA-1200?

100

This is where conservation practice standard information is housed.

What is FOTG?

100

This document is the official policy guiding conservation planning. 

What is NPPH?

100

This is the label for wetlands that were manipulated prior to 1985. 

What is prior converted?

100

This houses the official soils data for NRCS.

What is web soil survey?

200

All CSP applications must meet applicant eligibility, land eligibility, and this.

What is Stewardship Threshold Eligibility?

200

This is the minimum amount of cereal rye needed to meet the 340 standard.

What is 55 lb./ac?
200

This document sets thresholds for resource concerns and identifies tools to assess them. 

What is planning criteria?

200

This is the percentage of HEL soils needed for a field to be considered HEL.

What is 33.3%

200

This interpretation shows the forage species that are appropriate to plant for each soil type. 

What is forage suitable group?
300

NRCS may not use financial assistance to reapply a conservation practice or activity that is still within this unless it had failed due to circumstances beyond the participant’s control

What is practice lifespan?

300

When planning a vegetative practice (ex 420), what soils information should you use to select species?

What is soil moisture regime?

300

This conservation tool is used to assess wind erosion. 

What is WEPS?

300

These are the three wetland factors. 

What are hydrophytic vegetation, hydric soil, and hydrology?

300

This is the erodibility factor of a soil type.

What is K factor?

400

This allows NRCS to approve and obligate a ranked application in a designated ranking pool when an application meets or exceeds a state-determined minimum ranking score without waiting until the NRCS field office ranks all applications in the ranking pool. 

What is Act Now?

400

When planning a tree planting, what soils information should you use to select tree species?

What is drainage class?
400

According to the National Environmental Compliance Handbook, this special environmental concern requires consideration of landscape visual resources when planning. 

What is scenic beauty. 

400

This is the label for a wetland that was manipulated in 2015. 

What is CW+15?

400

This is when the soils data is refreshed. 

What is October 1st?

500

Per 530.401, B (1) (i) this percentage on available funds must be targeted at wildlife habitat related practices. 

What is 10%?

500

This practice standard is defined as an earth embankment or a combination ridge and channel constructed across the slope of a minor drainageway. 

What is WASCOB?

500

This cropland concept guides planners in soil map unit selection for conservation planning when considering Soil Erosion-Sheet and Rill.

What is Dominant Critical?

500

This was the date that the 1985 farm bill was enacted. 

What is December 23, 1985. 
500

This county in WI was the first to have a published soil survey. 

What is Grant county?

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