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Soil Survey Program

Last Modified: 12/08/2008

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Soil Links

Texas Soil Survey

  • State Soil
  • Texas Soil Orders
  • Texas Soil Surveys - Information
  • Texas Soil Surveys - historical
  • Understanding Soil Risks and Hazards


  • Prime Farmland -Texas Criteria (PDF; 448 Kb)


  • How Soil Surveys Can Help Ranchers

  • Soil Characterization and Hydrological Monitoring Project, Brazoria County, TX
        Bottomland Hardwood Vertisols (PDF; 7.69 Mb)


  • Texas Benchmark Soils (PDF; 287 Kb)


  • 2008 MLRA and Texas Business Plan and Progress Report (PDF; 4.27 Mb)
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    Soil scientists, in accordance with OSHA regulations,
    wearing hard hats in a soil pit.

    The Southern Great Plains Soil Survey Region MLRA 9 Office (MO-9)

  • Soil Survey Guides, Procedures, References, Technical Notes


    • Web Soil Survey Display

    Web Soil Survey

    Web Soil Survey (WSS) provides soil data and information produced by the National Cooperative Soil Survey. It is operated by the USDA NRCS and provides access to the largest natural resource information system in the world. NRCS has soil maps and data available online for more than 95 percent of the nation’s counties and anticipates having 100 percent in the near future. The site is updated and maintained online as the single authoritative source of soil survey information. The system allows users to select their geographic area of interest similar to other web based “locater” sites but with specialized features for soils information.

    Web Soil Survey 2.0 just released with new and improved features.
    View a description of the new features at http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/NewFeatures.htm.
    Helping People Help the Land

    The Texas State Soil Survey Office is responsible for the distribution of technical soil services, and for assisting both government agencies and private citizens in understanding and applying soil information.

    The Southern Great Plains Soil Survey Region Office 9 (MO-9) as part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey Program, provides quality assurance for most of Texas and parts of Colorado, Louisiana, Kansas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.

    If you have any questions, please email Soils Section.