Maps, Imagery, Data, & Analysis

• Data Resources
  Links to NRCS base map coverages, status maps, the National Resources Inventory (NRI) database, and data bases on soil, water and climate, plants for conservation, and other subjects. This site is a node of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure.

• Geospatial Data Gateway
  Provides One Stop Shopping for natural resources or environmental data at anytime, from anywhere, to anyone. The Gateway allows you to choose your area of interest, browse and select data from our catalog, customize the format, and have it downloaded or shipped on CD.

• Imagery: 
  Aerial Photography, 
  Digital Orthophotos

• National Resources Inventory (NRI)
  A statistically based sample of land use and natural resource conditions and trends on U.S. nonfederal lands.

• State of the Land
  Provides data and analysis on land use, soil erosion, water quality, wetlands, and other issues regarding the conservation and use of natural resources

• National Cartography and Geospatial Center (NCG)
  The NCG has broad responsibility for GIS applications and technology in the agency. This is the main distribution source for most GIS datasets maintained by NRCS, including NRI and soils data. You can get STATSGO and SSURGO soils data on-line, as well as various status maps.

• NRCS GIS and Data sites
  Links to GIS-related sites within NRCS

• PRISM
  Climate Mapping

• World Soils Maps