Welcome to the Virginia NRCS Soil Survey web site!

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Follow the links to the left for Virginia Soil Survey activities.
The links below are sites of national interest and additional information.

SOIL SURVEY STANDARDS

Soil Survey Manual
National Soil Survey Handbook
Soil Taxonomy, Second Edition
Keys to Soil Taxonomy (8th ed.)
Field Book for Describing and Sampling Soils
Official Series Descriptions
Soil Survey Laboratory Methods Manual
Hydric Soils

SOIL SURVEY DATA

Electronic Field Office Technical Guide (eFOTG)
National Soil Characterization Database
National Soil Information System (NASIS)
Online Soil Survey Manuscripts
Soil Data Mart (link to spatial (SSURGO) and tabular data)
State Soil Geographic Database (STATSGO)
Web Soil Survey (WSS)

 

OTHER SITES OF INTEREST

MLRA13 Homepage - Morgantown, WV
MLRA14 Homepage - Raleigh, NC
MLRA18 Homepage - Lexington, KY
NRCS - State of the Land
Soil Quality Institute
Soil Science Society of America
National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists
Soil Science Education
USDA Just for Kids!
Cooperative Soil Survey Conference Proceedings

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