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  • NASS Gives Thanks to Those Farmers Counted in the 2007 Census of Agriculture This Holiday Season
    This Thanksgiving the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has more than 2 million reasons to be thankful. Having received a record number of responses to the 2007 Census of Agriculture, NASS is giving thanks to all of those farmers and ranchers who fulfilled their responsibility by completing and returning their census forms.
  • USDA Corrects October Crop Acreage Estimates
    The U.S. Department of Agriculture today adjusted its official October acreage and production estimates for six field crops. USDA revised the numbers after discovering discrepancies in a Farm Service Agency (FSA) database of producer-reported crop acreage used by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). NASS published the changes this morning in a corrected version of the Oct. 10 Crop Production.
  • USDA to Issue Corrected Crop Production, WASDE Reports
    The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will release a corrected October Crop Production report on Tuesday, October 28 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern.
Soil Survey Tables PDF Print E-mail

The tables give all the technical information about the many things that soil type can influence. Most of these tables rate the soils' suitability for different uses on a three-level scale using the terms slight, moderate, and severe. "Slight" means that soil properties and site features are generally favorable for the indicated use and limitations are minor and easily overcome. "Moderate" indicates that soil properties or site features are not favorable for the indicated use and special planning, design, or maintenance is needed to overcome or minimize the limitations. "Severe" means that soil properties or site features are so unfavorable or so difficult to overcome that special design; significant increases in construction costs, and possibly increased maintenance are required. Special feasibility studies may be required where the soil limitations are severe. Individual tables are further described in the Descriptions of Selected Tables section.

The tables are only available in PDF format. The Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to download and view these files.

Table 1 - Temperature & Precipitation
Table 2 - Freeze Dates in Spring & Fall
Table 3 - Growing Season
Table 4 - Acreage & Proportionate Extent of the Soils
Table 5 - Prime Farmland
Table 6 - Land Capability & Yields per Acre of Crops and Pasture
Table 7 - Crop Yield Index
Table 8 - Main Cropland Limitations and Hazards
Table 9 - Capability Classes & Subclasses
Table 10 - Woodland Management & Productivity
Table 11 - Windbreaks & Environmental Plantings
Table 12 - Recreational Development
Table 13 - Wildlife Habitat
Table 14 - Building Site Development
Table 15 - Sanitary Facilities
Table 16 - Construction Materials
Table 17 - Water Management
Table 18 - Waste Management
Table 19 - Water Quality
Table 20 - Engineering Index Properties
Table 21 - Physical & Chemical Properties of the Soils
Table 22 - Water Features
Table 23 - Soil Features
Table 24 - Classification of the Soils
Table 25 - Interpretive Groups

 
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