Louanne,
Your best source for information on how soil taxonomy is used in daily life (of an NRCS soil scienitst)
and on the soil survey correlation process, is from the NRCS state office of the state you are in. You
can find out a name and number, usually, from the NRCS Home Page.
www.nrcs.usda.gov/NRCstate.html. Select the state and wander around until you find a directory.