WHAT IS A SOIL SURVEY?
A soil survey is an inventory of the distribution of different types of soils in a given area. Through a soil survey, soil scientists create a map that characterizes soil types to provide useful information about their suitability for various land uses. Soil surveys help us to determine such characteristics as water infiltration, root penetration, acidity, alkalinity, erosion susceptibility and suitability for various types of plants. USDA-NRCS soil scientists conduct the survey.
SAN
JUAN COUNTY SOIL SURVEY
UPDATE
In 2006 the
USDA-Natural Resource Conservation Service (in cooperation
with the SJI Conservation District, San Juan County, and
Washington State Univ) began to update the previous 1962
Survey. The new survey provides more accurate soil
identification. It was published in 2007 and 2009 and is
available online. If you have questions, or if you would
like to have a soils map for your property, please contact
the Conservation District.
The updated Soil
Survey for San Juan County is available online through the
USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service. The web
address is:
http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/
When you start the WSS (Web Soil Survey) you will want to
navigate to your area of interest (AOI), you can do this by
address, or a custom area defined by you through the
interactive map.
Supervisor Henning Sehmsdorf's
S&S Homestead Farm Soil
If you need help you can contact us or the USDA-Natural
Resources Conservation Service.
Soil
Testing
If you need to test
your soil here's a quick reference on how to do it:
Soil Testing (PDF 96 KB)
