The OSDs describe general and detailed information about each recognized soil in the United States, Territories, Commonwealths, and Island Nations served by USDA-NRCS, including location, author’s initials, introductory paragraph, taxonomic classification, detailed soil profile description, location of the typical soil profile, range in ...

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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 following entry box may be used to retrieve a list of Official Soil Series Descriptions based on a list of soil series. Enter only one name per line, pressing the Enter key after each one.

You may also retrieve a list of soil series names that match a partial name you enter using wildcard characters with links to the Official Soil Series Description and Series Extent Map. Click here to see the possible wildcard characters.