Document a hardened ditch bottom.

The bottom of a roadside drainage ditch along the I-45 frontage road's public right of way near an I-45 frontage road ditch-bottom stand, public right of way, site 3 is packed hard from repeated grader-blade maintenance passes, so low flows run off the surface rather than soaking in along the channel; no photo record exists yet of how compacted this stretch of ditch bottom has become.

Where

the I-45 frontage road public right of way, general corridor near Fairfield, Freestone County, TX 75840 (never the interstate mainlanes) · Open the map

Pay

$85 proposed

This packet is not funded yet, so this figure is a proposed price and not money waiting in escrow. If a buyer funds it, approved proof settles that price onchain. If nobody funds it, approved proof earns provable credit toward the work instead of cash. You see which before you claim, never after.

Proof

document only stand off photo log plus compaction resistance comparison plus vegetation cover note plus GPS plus ranked follow on note

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level

entry

Open until

2026-11-06

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How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it. Typically 45–90 minutes. Method of record: USDA-NRCS soil-health in-situ assessment

Bring

• soil auger or trowel
• infiltration ring + measured water + timer
• penetrometer (if compaction in scope)
• clean bucket
• sample bags + labels
• gloves
• GPS phone
• camera

Steps

1. 1. Navigate to the plot; record GPS; sketch the sampling layout.
2. 2. Photograph each sampling station.
3. 3. Run the infiltration ring; record time to infiltrate 1 inch.
4. 4. Assess aggregate stability and note visible organic matter, roots, and biology.
5. 5. If compaction is in scope, record penetrometer resistance by depth.
6. 6. Collect 0-15 cm cores if a lab subsample is specified; bag, label, complete COC.
7. 7. Enter all measurements with units + depth, GPS, photos into the proof record; sign.

If it does not match the plan

• Infiltration > 30 min/inch or high penetrometer resistance -> flag compaction; recommend cover crop / reduced traffic.
• Very low organic matter / no visible biology -> flag degraded; recommend amendment plan.

What counts as done

• Photo of the ditch bottom surface with a resistance comparison noted
• Note on hardened/packed condition versus loose, vegetated ground
• Confirmation that this work never entered, crossed, or approached any fenced, posted, gated, or access-controlled land and stayed within the public right of way, public building grounds, or a consenting resident's own home; that no impoundment, pond, settling basin, highwall, pit edge, or steep spoil face was approached and no water was sampled or touched; that no digging, boring, probing, or excavation below the ground surface occurred, all work being surface treatment with hand tools only; that no precise coordinate of any pit, impoundment, or highwall was recorded or published; that this re
• Ranked follow on note naming the site for a ground-treatment crew
• GPS waypoint of the general right of way vantage

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.

The standard this serves

Soil Health. Soil health is the discovery, now written into USDA standards, that soil is not dirt but a living body: it breathes, digests, holds water, and can sicken or recover. The tests are wonderfully physical. Time how fast water soaks in. See whether a clod holds together in water or falls apart. Smell for the sweetness of organic matter. Mastery looks like a farmer who can read a handful of ground like a page. This packet is one plot examined by those methods and recorded, one honest page in the story of a piece of land.