This map shows the suitability of soils to be imaged using ground penetrating radar. This suitability rating is a “soil survey interpretation.” Interpretations predict soil behavior for specified soil uses and under specified soil management practices.
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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.
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 ...
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