Natural Resources Conservation Service

Soils

United States Department of Agriculture

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Map of the Month - March

This map shows the distribution of soil series in the USDA Soil Survey Regions in the United States. Soil series are a level in the soil classification system. Soil Survey Regions are administrative units responsible for the quality of soil survey information.

Thumbnail of the Map of the Month for March.

Technical Soil Services

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.

Soil Colors - A Mosaic of Stories Told in Color

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 ...