WEB SOIL SURVEY--THE ONE-STOP SOILS SHOP
COLUMBIA, SC----If you need the most up-to-date soils information available, the Web Soil Survey (WSS) is for you. It provides agricultural producers, land-use planners, real estate agents and others electronic access to relevant soil data and soil interpretations needed to make land-use and management decisions.
WSS provides soil data produced by the National Cooperative Soil Survey, which is a joint effort of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and other Federal agencies, state agencies and local participants. It is operated by NRCS and provided access to the largest natural resource information system in the world. NRCS has soil maps and data available online for all of South Carolina’s counties as well as 95 % of the nation’s counties. The site is updated and maintained online as the single authoritative source of soil survey information.
This online tool enables soils information to be accessed for your particular geographic area of interest. Once that area has been selected, a soils map can be produced. WSS also allows users to generate thematic maps of soil interpretations and chemical or physical properties. For example, suppose you have a piece of property and want to build a house with septic system. You can produce maps and reports showing the soils on the property which are best suited for these uses.
There are more than 100 soil interpretation ratings and more than 40 soil property ratings available. If you want soils information, Web Soil Survey has got it. Just visit http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov This is a free service. For more information about soils or conservation of natural resources, contact your local NRCS office in South Carolina or visit www.sc.scnrcs.usda.gov.
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This information was provided by Amy Maxwell
USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
1835 Assembly Street, Room 950
Columbia, SC 29201
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Last Update:
03/15/2010
This page is maintained by Brenda Baldwin.
Questions or comments should be sent to John Parris
(scffa@bellsouth.net)