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Welcome to the Rhode Island Soil Survey Program

1981 RI Soil Survey (archive copy)

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New 2014 Soil Survey Data Now Available for Rhode Island!
 

For more information about the Rhode Island Soil Survey Program contact:
 Jim Turenne (401) 822-8830

Information about the: 2011 soil update | 2012 Update | Work Planing Conference

Where/How to Get Soils Information for Rhode Island:

Digital Data Download (for use on a GIS):
Official USDA-NRCS Soils Data:
Web Soil Survey
Rhode Island GIS: Visit RIGIS |  Info. on RIGIS Soil Attribute Fields

Online Mapping (Internet Mapping Services):
Web Soil Survey: http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/HomePage.htm

Google Soil Maps: http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/gmap/
Google Earth Soils (for most of U.S.): Open the KML file in Google Earth
Soil Data on your Smart Phone (Android and Iphone): Download the Soil Web App
Coastal Zone Soil Survey Data (Including subaqueous soils):
Visit MapCoast.org

To Download copies of archived (non-official) Soil Survey's of Rhode Island (1904 to 1981 with soil maps) click HERE

RI Soil Survey Map Unit Legend and Map Unit Descriptions.

Soil Catena Chart for Rhode Island ( 305 KB) - updated 2013

Soil Parent Material Map for Rhode Island ( 3 MB) - updated 2013

Southern New England Social Media Sites: Twitter | Facebook 

Narragansett Soil Profile

Narragansett Silt loam - The (unofficial) RI State Soil
( Click for a fact
sheet
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Soils of Rhode Island Landscapes
 Download the "Soils of Rhode Island Landscapes" by William R. Wright and Edward H. Sautter. University of Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 429, Issued January, 1988.
This is a scanned PDF copy of the original bulletin, made available with permission from the URIAES.