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Natural Resources Conservation Service Web Soil Survey web application

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posted on 2023-11-30, 11:21 authored by USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

The Web Soil Survey (WSS) provides soil survey maps and information through an online, interactive mapping tool. It is operated by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The WSS is used by agricultural producers, conservationists, planners, engineering firms, government agencies, and others to explore properties, features, suitabilities, and limitations of soils and to view descriptions of ecological sites. Soil maps and associated data are available for more than 95 percent of the counties in the United States.

A user is able to select an area of interest through a variety of methods, including defining an area on a map, selecting an area from menus, searching on keywords, or importing a shapefile. The user can access a wide range of detailed information, including chemical properties, physical properties, erosion factors, water features, and ratings for building site development, sanitary facilities, and vegetative productivity. The resulting soil map and associated information can be printed, downloaded, or saved for download later.


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Funding

Natural Resources Conservation Service

History

Data contact name

Soils Hotline

Data contact email

soilshotline@usda.gov

Publisher

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Temporal Extent Start Date

1899-01-01

Theme

  • Not specified

Geographic Coverage

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Geographic location - description

United States, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, Palau, Northern Mariana Islands

ISO Topic Category

  • environment
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms

land use; soil surveys

OMB Bureau Code

  • 005:53 - Natural Resources Conservation Service

OMB Program Code

  • 005:027 - Conservation Operations

Pending citation

  • No

Public Access Level

  • Public

Preferred dataset citation

Soil Survey Staff, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Web Soil Survey. Available online at http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/. Accessed [month/day/year].

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