Soil Survey Program

Missouri Soil Information

• Missouri Soil Survey Program

• Missouri State Soil

• Missouri General Soil Map

• Seminars, Symposiums Trainings & Workshops

• Soil Survey Manual

• Soil Laboratory Data

• Technical Soil Services

• Web Soil Survey

Missouri Soil Data

• Electronic Field Office Technical Guide (eFOTG)
  See Section II to view or download a status map of Missouri Soil Surveys and for general soil survey information

• Missouri Cooperative Soil Survey
  To download or view Soil Manuscripts and/or download Soil Data

• Soil Data Mart
  Prior to the Soil Data Mart, the primary source of on-line soil data was the National SSURGO Website.  The Soil Data Mart supersedes the National SSURGO Website, but this transition will be ongoing for most of 2004.  During this period of transition, data for a particular survey area may reside at either site, but never at both sites simultaneously.  If you can't find the survey area of concern in the Soil Data Mart, please check the National SSURGO Website.

• Center for Agricultural, Resource and Environmental Systems Map Room (CARES)
  To view or download manuscripts, create soil maps with the internet map server, etc.

Missouri Regional Soils Digitizing Unit

• SSURGO

Missouri Soil Survey Partners

• Center for Agricultural, Resource and Environmental Systems (CARES)

• Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR)

• Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC)

• Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership (MoRAP)

• Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCD)

• USDA Forest Service (USFS)

• University of Missouri Extension

On-line Manuals/Handbooks

• Editing Guides - suggestions for editing, typesetting and publishing.

• Field Book for Describing and Sampling Soils - standards for observing and recording soil and site characteristics.

• Lab Methods Manual - soil laboratory methodology and reference for the laboratory analyst.
   

• NASIS Tools - data collection and documentation materials.

• National Instructions - specific project guidance to offices involved.

• National Soil Survey Handbook - policy, definitions and procedures for conducting soil survey.

• Soil Classification - major references including taxonomy, keys, series, maps, forum and committees

• Soil Survey Manual - major principles and practices for soil surveys.

• Technical Notes - specific technical subjects for soil scientists.

• Testing Methods for Phosphorus and Organic Matter

For Additional Information

• Electronic Field Office Technical Guide (eFOTG)
  The Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG) is the primary scientific reference used by NRCS in conservation activities.  This guide is available on-line as the electronic Field Office Technical Guide (eFOTG).

• National Cooperative Soil Survey Program (NCSS)
  The NCSS is a partnership led by NRCS of Federal land management agencies, state agricultural experiment stations and state and local units of government that provide soil survey information necessary for understanding, managing, conserving and sustaining the nation's limited soil resources.

• World Soil Resources
   

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