Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Scientists develop and maintain the Soil Survey. In New Jersey, Soil Surveys provide soil descriptions, interpretations and maps for each county. Information about soil characteristics and capabilities in their county assist communities, landowners and government in land-use planning. Educators use soil surveys for soil science instruction.
The Web Soil Survey is updated and maintained online as the single authoritative source of soil survey information. This is the "official" Soil Survey.
Historical Soil Survey publications are available in PDF. These publications are for reference only. The official Soil Survey information is available in the Web Soil Survey.
Help for finding the report you need from Web Soil Survey: developed by NJ NRCS Soils Staff - updated December 2009
Soil Data Mart - SSURGO (Soil Survey Geographic Database) spatial data and tabular data are available for download for use in GIS (Geographic Information Systems). Interpretation reports can be viewed online. Soil Data Mart users who register at the website will be advised by email when updated SSURGO data becomes available.
NRCS soil scientists offer technical capabilities and services through the NRCS Service Centers. With new technologies, NRCS can collect scientific information that will increase awareness for decision making or for targeting areas where more in depth investigation should be conducted.
Correlation Documents for New Jersey Soils - These documents correlate the historical published soil survey book symbols and soil names to the current soil series names and symbols. No new map units have been added to this list since 1990. These files are in Adobe Acrobat.
National site provides information on Major Land Resource Area (MLRA) - Land Resource Regions and Major Land Resource Areas of the United States, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Basin
MLRA Symbol
MLRA Name
Agriculture
Barren Land
Forest
Urban
Water
Wetland
Total
(acres)
(% of NJ)
140
Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and Catskill Mountains
7,205
181
99,767
8,725
4,768
12,489
133,135
3
144A
New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
85,870
11,495
377,316
431,109
38,793
107,171
1,051,753
22
148
Northern Piedmont
142,564
7,312
238,268
282,028
13,464
88,763
772,399
16
149A
Northern Coastal Plain
305,653
19,173
255,457
443,679
38,003
326,937
1,388,902
29
153D
Northern Tidewater Area
55,064
19,184
601,169
257,975
33,310
451,526
1,418,228
30
Source:
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Office of Information Resources Management (OIRM), Bureau of Geographic Information Systems (BGIS) , 2007. NJDEP 2002 Land use/Land cover. Trenton, NJ.
United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. 2006. Land Resource Regions and Major Land Resource Areas of the United States, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Basin. U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook 296.
NRCS Contact for National Cooperative Soil Survey in New Jersey
