Nebraska Soils Field Trip - Virginia Tech

4th IUSS Soil Classification Conference Field Tour Guidebook
Kenneth (Ken) F. Scheffe
Ken is a Soil Scientist on the Soil Survey Standards Staff at the National Soil Survey Center in Lincoln, NE.
He is the liaison to the MLRA Regions of the soil survey program and serves as laboratory investigations
liaison to MO Region 9. Ken has served as the national coordinator of the Rapid Carbon Assessment
Project since 2011 assists in the update and maintenance of NCSS soil survey standards and technical
documents.
He came to the NSSC after serving 31 years as soil scientist in New Mexico, 15 years of which were as
State Soil Scientist. He has BS and MS degrees from Texas Tech University in Soil Science and is member
of the Soil Science Society of America, and the Soil and Water Conservation Society.
Education
Iowa Park High School, Iowa Park, TX – 1975
Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX – Bachelor of Science in Soil Science 1979
Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX – Master of Science in Soil Science 1982
Work Experience
Raised on farm and ranch operation, Iowa Park, TX
Farm/Ranch laborer, 1971-1975
Construction worker (iron worker/equipment operator)- summer 1976-78
Student Assistant/Research Assistant, TTU, Soils Laboratory, 1978-1982
Career Conditional Student Trainee, Truth or Consequences, NM, 1978-79
Soil Scientist, Santa Rosa, NM, 1982-1988 and Clovis, NM, 1988
Area Soil Scientist, Rio Rancho, NM 1988-1993
Assistant State Soil Scientist, Albuquerque, NM 1993-1995
Asst. St. Conservationist, Resource Inventories and Assessments, Alb., NM, 1995-1998
State Soil Scientist, Albuquerque, NM, 1998-2010
Daniel R. Shurtliff
Daniel R. Shurtliff was born in Casper, Wyoming in 1954. He attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
and received a bachelor’s degree in Soil Science in 1977. His professional career has been spent with
USDA-NRCS. Dan performed Field Soil Survey work in Nebraska, Montana, Florida and South Korea
between 1977 and 1998. He authored the Soil Surveys of Garfield, Loup and Blaine Counties in
Nebraska, and Sweet Grass County in Montana. In 1998 Dan became the Assistant State Soil Scientist of
South Dakota. In 2010, he became the Assistant State Soil Scientist of Nebraska.
Phone: 402-437-4117
Email: daniel.shurtliff@ne.usda.gov
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