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• Organizational Structure
• Soil Survey Division
• National Soil Survey Center
• Soil Quality Team
• World Soil Resources
• National Cartography and Geospatial Center
• National Geospatial Development Center
• State Soil Survey Offices
• Major Land Resource Area (MLRA) Offices
• Directories

Soil Survey

• Web Soil Survey
• Soil Data Mart
• How to Use a Soil Survey
• Listing of Soil Surveys by State
• Soil Survey Schedule
• Global Climate Change
• National Soil Characterization Data
• Soil Climate Research Stations in Antarctica and Alaska
• Soil Geochemistry Spatial Database
• Soil Research Results
• Soil Geography
• eFOTG

Soil Use

• Hydric Soils
• Soil Quality
• Soils Risks & Hazards
• State of the Land
• Thematic Maps
• Urban Soil Issues
• Urban Soil Primer
• World Soil Resources

Soil Education

• Soil Facts
• Key Messages
• State Soils
• Water Movement in Soil (WMV; 44.8 MB)
• The Twelve Orders of Soil Taxonomy
• Links for students and teachers
  • Grades K-6
  • Grades 7-12
  • College level
• Dig It! The Secrets of Soil
  • Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
  • Soil Science Society of America
• NCSS Training and Job Aids
• Web Soil Survey
• NRCS Photo Gallery

Photo Gallery

• State Soils
• Soil Profiles
• Soil Landscapes
• The Twelve Orders of Soil Taxonomy
• Dominant Soil Orders
• Soil Survey Photography - Principles and Techniques (PPT; 29.5 MB)
• NRCS Photo Gallery
• Earth Science World Imagebank

Technical References

• National Soil Survey Handbook
• Soil Survey Manual
• Technical Notes
• National Instructions
• Soil Classification
• The Twelve Orders of Soil Taxonomy
• Land Resource Regions and Major Land Resource Areas of the United States, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Basin
• Field Book
• Field Indicators of Hydric Soils, version 6.0 (PDF; 2.6 MB)
  • Errata to Field Indicators of Hydric Soils, version 6.0 (PDF; 68 KB)
• Job Aids
• Lab Methods Manual
• Soil Survey Laboratory Information Manual
• Testing Methods for Phosphorus and OM
• Geomorphic Description System, version 4.11 (PDF; 606 KB)
  • Glossary of Landform and Geologic Terms (Part 629 of the National Soil Survey Handbook)  (DOC; 1.1 MB)
• Installing Monitoring Wells in Soils, version 1.0 (PDF; 1.9 MB)
  • Bibliography (PDF; 70 KB)
• Forms
• NASIS
• Land Evaluation and Site Assessment (LESA) - Computer-Assisted Land Evaluation System (CALES)
• National Commodity Crop Productivity Index (NCCPI) User Guide (PDF; 4.3 MB)
• National Range and Pasture Handbook
• National Forestry Manual
• National Forestry Handbook
• National Engineering Handbook, Chapter 7 - Hydrologic Soil Groups (PDF)
• Editing Guides
• Microsoft Access
• Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

Partnerships

• National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS)
• NCSS Conferences
• NCSS Newsletters
• List of Universities
• Professional Organizations
• Earth Team
• National and International Soil Committees
  • Federal Lands Advisory Group
  • Federal Geographic Data Committee
  • Federal Geographic Data Committee Soils Subcommittee
  • International Taxonomy Committee
  • Hydric Soils Committee
  • Soil Business Area Analysis Group

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• Comments or Questions
• Soil Survey Division
• National Soil Survey Center
• World Soil Resources
• Soil Quality Team
• National Cartography and Geospatial Center
• National Geospatial Development Center
• State Soil Survey Offices
• MLRA Offices