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Soil Survey Information and Products:
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Web Soil Survey
The Web Soil Survey (WSS) is an interactive website where current soil survey
information can be viewed, explored and printed without having to download the
database to your computer. Use the WSS to access soil information on areas
less than or equal to 10,000 acres. |
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Soil Data
Mart
The Soil Data Mart allows you to:
- Determine where
soil tabular and spatial data is available.
- Download data
for one soil survey area at a time. (Download requests for more than one
survey area at a time can be submitted through the
Geospatial Data
Gateway. Going through the Geospatial Data Gateway also provides the
option to obtain data on CD or DVD.)
- Download a
template Microsoft Access® database for working with downloaded data.
- Generate a
variety of reports for one soil survey area at a time.
- Find out who to
contact for information about soil data for a particular state.
- "Subscribe" or
"unsubscribe" to a soil survey area. A person who is subscribed will
automatically be notified whenever data for that soil survey area is
updated. You must register and login before doing this.
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STATSGO
The State Soil Geographic dataset is a general soils maps of the U.S. that
consists of general soil association units. This dataset is available for
download on a state or national basis . |
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Geospatial Data Gateway
The Geospatial Data Gateway provides one stop shopping for
natural resources or environmental data at anytime, from anywhere, to anyone.
The data 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 or DVD. You can also request multiple soil survey datasets. |
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Soil Data Viewer
Soil Data Viewer is a free downloadable tool built as an extension to ArcMap
that allows a user to create soil-based thematic maps. The application can also
be run independent of ArcMap, but output is then limited to a tabular report. |
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Official Series Descriptions (OSD)
This site gives you access to the official description approved by the Natural
Resources Conservation Service that defines a specific soil series in the United
States. These official soil series descriptions are descriptions of the
taxa in the series category of the national system of classification. They
mainly serve as specifications for identifying and classifying soils. |
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NRCS National Soils Program Information
The National Soils Program provides quality soil survey information necessary for understanding, managing,
conserving, and sustaining the nation's limited soil resources. |
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