The National Soil Survey Handbook (NSSH) is a standard that provides definitions, responsibilities, guidelines, and procedures for conducting the National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS).

The Soil Survey Manual (USDA, Agriculture Handbook No. 18) provides the major principles and practices needed for making and using soil surveys and for assembling and using related data.

The Technical Soil Services Handbook provides authority, responsibilities, definitions, guidance, and procedures for technical soil services within NRCS.

This guide is designed for soil survey, vegetation, and ecological site or unit inventory work to help soil scientists and other inventory specialists collect interpretable data about dynamic soil properties within the human…

This handbook provides standards, guidelines, definitions, policies, responsibilities, and procedures for conducting the collaborative process of ecological site description (ESD) development.

The second edition of Soil Taxonomy, A Basic System of Soil Classification for Making and Interpreting Soil Surveys is the result of the collective experience and contributions of thousands of pedologists from around the…

Taxonomic keys for field classification.

Major Land Resource Area (MLRA) resources, including the 2022 MLRA Geographic Database, maps, and the publication "Land Resource Regions and Major Land Resource Areas of the United States, the Caribbean, and the Pacific…

Standards for observing and recording soil and site characteristics.

A Guide for Identifying and Delineating Hydric Soils, Version 9.3

Documents that guide the Kellogg Soil Survey Laboratory (KSSL) include laboratory methods and manuals, soil sample submission documentation, requests for assistance, and NRCS field guides.

This document provides a descriptive method and a technical guide for applying and understanding geomorphic and geologic concepts and terms for soil inventory.

Specific technical subjects for soil scientists.