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The Field Maximum Moisture Content¹

ABSTRACT

The field maximum moisture content is defined as the naturally occurring wet limit of a soil or soil layer in its natural position. Values were obtained by selecting recurring peak values from daily records of soil-moisture content. For most soils the values tended to coincide with the 0.06 atmosphere soil-moisture tension values of core samples. In poorly drained soils the field maximum approached the total pore volume. The field maximum helps characterize the full range of naturally occurring soil-moisture content.

¹ Contribution from Vicksburg Infiltration Project, Southern Forest Experiment Station, U. S. Forest Service, in cooperation with Waterways Experiment Station, Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, Miss.

² Soil Scientists (Forestry).

Received for publication August 16, 1954.