Creating Zone Soil Sampling Plans

To create a soil sampling plan based on management zones follow the steps below. 

Steps: 

Zone Boundaries

If Management Zone Boundaries have not yet been created, begin by selecting the ‘Layers’ button on the left side of the map window in View.

-Note: Zone Boundaries should be created automatically when a new zone layer is created or imported.

Select and load the layers you would like to base the zones from.

Click the ‘More Options’ button of the desired layer represented by the three dots and select ‘Create Zone Boundaries’. 

For more info on Zone Boundaries, click here.

Zone Sample Plans

In the 'Sample Results' tab of the Soil Data pane, select the ‘Soil Data’ button on the left side of the map window and turn on zones by clicking the box. Then click ‘New Plan’. You may need to hide the selected zone in the ‘Layers’ tab to make the sample plan creation process more clear. The Management Zone layer in the ‘Layers’ tab (shown above) will appear opaque, while the zones in the ‘Soil Data’ tab (shown below) will appear translucent. 

Checking the ‘Zone Mode’ box will automatically generate one sampling point per zone. With ‘Zone Mode’ unchecked, you may place sampling points wherever you want by clicking on the map. 

Once the sampling points have been placed, check the ‘Process by Zones’ box and click ‘Save As Sampling Plan’.

-Note: If you have zone boundaries saved and you check the 'Process by Zones' box, the soil results will be interpolated to the zones when they come in from the lab.

After saving the sampling plan you will be taken to the 'Sample Plans' tab in the soil data pane. From there select the created sampling plan from the ‘Display Soil Datasets’ list, and select the file type by which you would like to export the plan. The sampling points can be edited by clicking the ‘Edit Sample Points…’ button.