Suitability criteria:Recreation cost savings for intensive recreation
A.Concurrence of 4 acceptable factors=prime suitability(1)
Concurrence of 3 acceptable factors=secondary suitability(2)
Concurrence of 2 acceptable factors=tertiary suitability(3)
Presence of only 1 acceptable factor=unsuitable

Factor
Maintenance:site drainage
Maintenance:site drainage and lawns,playgrounds,etc.
Maintenance:lawns,playgrounds,etc.

Acceptable Limit
Somewhat poorly drained soils
Minimum 1-3 in (2.54-7.62 cm)depth to the seasonal high-water table
Concurrence of at least two of the following
a.Moderate available soil mixture
b.Fair nutrient retention
c.Moderate shrink-swell potential
Maximum 100 tons/acre/year potential soil loss(100 tons/0.405 ha/year)

B.Suitability categories derived from step A are modified by the following site factors:
Lack of gradient(site drainage cost)
Excessive runoff(site drainge cost)
Inner lowland;plain;Outer lowland:plain
Suitability Modified

Desirable locations for general,natural,and cultural-historic-educational recreation
Water related. Scenic interest. Vegetation and wildlife interest
Scenic,educational,and scientific interest
Historic,cultural,and educational interest
Stream,artificial lakes,view of water
Enclosure,regional and local prominence,terrain interest,agriculture
Cedar swamp,bog,shrub woodland,upland successional meadow,floodplain,mixed deciduous,coniferous deciduous mixeed,pine,pine-oakoak pine,upland successional oak,lowland successional,deciduous lowland forests,urban forested
Ironstone, old mature specimen trees
Historic sites,land routes,water routes,and lake

Assumed acceptable limit is that no more than 5% of site area in required to infiltrate within 3 hours the excess ronoff generated over that site during the 10-year recurrent 24-hour storm,most intense hour.
SOURCE:Adapted fromJuneja 1974.