Skip Navigation

Soil Survey Investigation Reports and Soil Monographs


Available upon request by e-mailing SSIR@lin.usda.gov.

Soil Survey Investigation Reports

 
SSIR# Title Status
1b Procedures for Collecting Soil Samples and Methods of Analysis for Soil Survey, 1984 (PDF; 3.37 MB) out of date
1a Soil Survey Laboratory Methods and Procedures for Collecting Soil Samples, 1972 (PDF; 4.44 MB) out of date
2 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of North Dakota (PDF; 12.8 MB)  
3 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Iowa (PDF; 9.67 MB) out of print
4 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Kansas (PDF; 4.16 MB) out of print
5 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Nebraska (PDF; 10.6 MB)  
6 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Missouri (PDF; 7.08 MB)  
7 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Montana (PDF; 6.96 MB)  
8 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Wyoming (PDF; 5.02 MB) out of print
9 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Minnesota (PDF; 3.32 MB) out of print
10 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Colorado (PDF; 12.2 MB)  
11 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Oklahoma (PDF; 5.04 MB)  
12 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands (PDF; 9.51 MB)  
13 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Mississippi (PDF; 7.70 MB)  
14 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Kentucky (PDF; 5.75 MB)  
15 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Tennessee (PDF; 9.90 MB)  
16 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina (PDF; 5.88 MB)  
17 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Wisconsin (PDF; 9.92 MB)  
18 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Indiana (PDF; 5.33 MB)  
19 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Illinois (PDF; 9.78 MB)  
20 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of New England States (PDF; 12.0 MB)  
21 A Toposequence of Soils in Tonalite Grus in the Southern California Peninsular Range (PDF; 2.62 MB)  
22 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Alabama and Florida (PDF; 5.49 MB)  
23 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Nevada (PDF; 20.0 MB)  
24 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of California (PDF; 35.0 MB)  
25 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of New York (PDF; 5.07 MB)  
26 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of New Jersey (PDF; 4.45 MB)  
27 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Pennsylvania (PDF; 3.51 MB)  
28 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Arizona (PDF; 19.0 MB)  
29 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Hawaii (PDF; 10.4 MB)  
30 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Texas (PDF; 16.0 MB)  
31 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Iowa (PDF; 5.43 MB)  
32 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Wyoming (PDF; 7.33 MB)  
33 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Minnesota (PDF; 7.43 MB)  
34 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Wisconsin (PDF; 7.91 MB)  
35 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Louisiana (PDF; 10.3 MB)  
36 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Michigan (PDF; 8.22 MB)  
37 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Kansas (PDF; 6.48 MB)  
38 Measuring Hydraulic Conductivity for Use in Soil Survey (PDF; 885 KB) out of print
39 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Utah (PDF; 25.5 MB)  
40 Water Table Levels in Some North Carolina Soils (PDF; 3.34 MB)  
41 A Reevaluation of the "Illinoian Till Plain" and the Origin of the Gritty Loess Substratum of Avonburg and Clermont Soils in Southeastern Indiana (PDF; 4.35 MB)  
42 Soil Survey Laboratory Methods Manual  
43 Geomorphic Study in the Upper Gasconade River Basin, Laclede and Texas Counties, Missouri (PDF; 6.29 MB)  
44 Volume I, Supplement to Desert Project Soil Monograph, 1994-soil water and soils at soil water sites in the Jornada Experimental Range (PDF; 24.8 MB)  
44 Volume II, Supplement to Desert Project Soil Monograph, 1996–ancient soils of the Rincon surface and clay mineralogy at the Desert Project and Rincon surface study areas (PDF; 15.0 MB)  
44 Volume III, Supplement to Desert Project Soil Monograph, 2003–updates the Desert Project soil survey, presents new maps of soils and soil features, and includes a chapter on areal distribution of carbon (PDF; 29.3 MB)  
45 Soil Survey Laboratory Information Manual  
46 Calculation of Soil Moisture Regimes from the Climatic Record (PDF; 549 KB)  
47 Development of Series Concepts for Selected Soils in Land Resource Region M (PDF; 3.81 MB)  
48 The Temperature Regime for Selected Soils of the United States (PDF; 15.9 MB)  
49 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Soil Descriptions for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (PDF; 4.0 MB)  
50 The Mascoma Headwaters Project: A Study of Soil Morphology and Temperature in New Hampshire for Documenting Hydric Soil Indicators and Wetland Boundary Criteria (PDF; 19.3 MB)  
51 Soil Survey Field and Laboratory Methods Manual (PDF; 10.3 MB)  
54 Application of Soil Survey to Assess Nonpoint Source of Contamination to Surface Water in Agricultural Watersheds: Heavy Metals and Alkaline Earth Elements (PDF; 5.07 MB)  

 

Soil Monographs

 
Title Status
The Desert Project Soil Monograph: Soils and Landscapes of a Desert Region Astride the Rio Grande Valley Near Las Cruces, New Mexico  
The Desert Project Soil Monograph: Soils and Landscapes of a Desert Region Astride the Rio Grande Valley Near Las Cruces, New Mexico
  • Video (1996, NMSU)
 
The Sandhills Project Soil Monograph (A Study of Soils and Landscapes in the Southern High Plains)