Soil Survey

Soil survey publications and data

• Listing of Soil Surveys by State - current and out of print soil surveys and address to request copy.
• Online Surveys- direct access to Web based soil surveys. Only a very limited number of surveys are on-line.
• Soil Data Mart - access to reports and spatial data downloads.

Status and schedule

• Status Maps- status of soil survey completion.
• Soil Survey Schedule- restricted to authorized users as a management tool to producing soil surveys.

Laboratory and research data

• National Soil Characterization Data- National Soil Laboratory site specific data with search routines.
• Soil Geochemistry Spatial Database
• Soil Research Results- list of soil research and investigation reprints and reports. Source listed.

Soil geospatial data

• Soil Geography-large and small scale digital soil databases for detailed soil surveys (SSURGO), general soil maps (STATSGO), major land resource areas (MLRA), and ecological regions (CER).

           Other soil information

• eFOTG- the NRCS electronic Field Office Technical Guide.
• Map Unit Interpretation Record (MUIR)- an obsolete (1997) but useful source of soil properties without maps.