The 2019 NCSS National Conference will be June 10-13 in Narragansett, Rhode Island. This year’s theme is “Charting the Future of Soil and Ecological Sciences.”
TSS personnel assist users with understanding and properly using the soil survey and provide users with predictions and interpretations about the behavior of each kind of soil mapped or identified under defined situations. Click on the map to see the reports.
By comparing USDA soil survey maps of varying ages, you can discern relationships that are not otherwise apparent. These maps of a single county from 1909, 1938, and 1980 illustrate this point.
What do you get when you combine 26,000 official soil series descriptions (OSD), a handful of NRCS employees, and an idea? An evolving soil color map of the continental U.S., that’s what! See more ...
The Tools web page has been re-designed to serve as a one-stop source for new, leading-edge tools and technologies to help farmers, ranchers, and other land users understand, evaluate, and conserve soils. (See the News Release.)
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Video -- Water Movement in Soil
Information for Teachers and Students
NRCS Websites & Additional Assistance
A list of Web-based resources for access to natural resource data collected by NRCS.
Información de NRCS en español.
Find local program and technical information on our NRCS state websites.
Information on Limited English Proficiency.