Soil definition

Soil means all unconsolidated mineral and organic material of any origin.
Soil means soil, fill, earth, sand, gravel, and other material of any kind or nature of which land is composed.
Soil means the unconsolidated mineral and organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.

Examples of Soil in a sentence

  • GS-2: Construction-Related Soil Collapse and Soil Constraints during Pipeline Trenching.

  • Soil values >200ppm Cu are coincident with the known Cu-oxides; those anomalies >400ppm are generally above known sulphides.

  • Utilizing the results of observations both in the field and in limited laboratory tests, Earth Engineering will author a report that will include the following subjects: • Soil stratigraphy: soil encountered up to 25 feet.

  • Incorporate all crop residue and stubble into the soil at a time and by a tillage method recommended by the County Extension Agent (Agent) or the Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Conservation Technician (Technician) for the local area, and comply with applicable best practices to avoid soil erosion, and with all federal, state, and local laws relating to water and air quality.

  • We will summarize our findings and recommendations in a Geotechnical Report, which will address each of the following: • Soil, bedrock, and groundwater conditions and their effect on the proposed construction.


More Definitions of Soil

Soil means 1. unconsolidated mineral and/or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a medium for the growth of plants and can potentially treat wastewater effluent; 2. unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of: a) pedogenic and environmental factors of climate (including water and temperature effects) and b) macro and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time.
Soil means the top layer of the Earth’s crust situated between the bedrock and the surface, which is composed of mineral particles, organic matter, water, air and living organisms;
Soil means the naturally occurring body of porous mineral and organic materials on the land surface, which is composed of unconsolidated materials, including sand- sized, silt-sized, and clay-sized particles mixed with varying amounts of larger fragments and organic material. The various combinations of particles differentiate specific soil textures identified in the soil textural triangle developed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as found in Soil Survey Staff, USDA; Soil Survey Manual, Handbook 18, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1993, p. 138. For the purposes of this Policy, soil shall contain earthen material of particles smaller than 0.08 inches (2 mm) in size.
Soil means the naturally occurring body of unconsolidated mineral and organic materials on the land surface. Soil is composed of sand-, silt-, and clay-sized particles that are mixed with varying amounts of larger fragments and some organic material. Soil contains less than 50 percent of its volume as rock, saprolite, or coarse-earth fraction. The coarse-earth fraction are mineral particles greater than 2.0 millimeters. The upper limit of the soil is the land surface, and its lower limit is rock, saprolite, or other parent materials.
Soil means unconsolidated earth material composing the superficial geologic strata (material overlying bedrock), consisting of clay, silt, sand, or gravel size particles as classified by the U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service, or a mixture of such materials with liquids, sludges or solids which is inseparable by simple mechanical removal processes and is made up primarily of soil by volume based on visual inspection. Any deliberate mixing of prohibited hazardous waste with soil that changes its treatment classification (i.e., from waste to contaminated soil) is not allowed under the dilution prohibition in 40 CFR § 268.3.
Soil means naturally deposited non-rock earth materials.
Soil means material wholly or partly derived from the upper layer of the earth’s crust which is capable of sustaining plant life and which contains solid organic substances such as parts of a plant, humus, peat or bark, but excluding any medium which is sterile, composed entirely of unused peat or otherwise incapable of harbouring or transmitting pests;