Abstract

This document provides guidance on the description of soil in the field and its environmental context. It is applicable to natural, near-natural, urban and industrial sites. The soil observations and measurements can be made on a project site level, on a plot level, on layer or horizon level and on specific soil constituents. It also provides guidance on how to describe layers of anthropogenic (artificial) material or layers that were not modified by pedogenic processes in the strict sense and how to describe coarse material of natural or artificial origin. This document can be used in combination with other publications that provide guidance or requirements regarding specific aspects of soil observations and measurements. NOTE 1 It might not be possible or necessary to record data under all the headings listed in Clauses 4 to 11. NOTE 2 Overall guidance for presentation of information from soil surveys is given in ISO 15903. NOTE 3 The guidance provided assumes that sampling will be done in accordance with ISO 18400.

Begin

2025-12-09

WI

00444278

Planned document number

DIN EN ISO 25177

Project number

11905156

Responsible national committee

NA 119-08-03 AA - Site assessment, waste disposal, site rehabilitation  

Responsible european committee

CEN/TC 444/WG 7 - Sampling  

Responsible international committee

ISO/TC 190/WG 2 - Terminology and data management  

draft standard

Soil quality - Field soil description (ISO/DIS 25177:2026); German and English version prEN ISO 25177:2026
2026-08
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previous edition(s)

Soil quality - Field soil description (ISO 25177:2019); German version EN ISO 25177:2019
2020-04

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