Citing Our Databases
 

Official Soil Series Descriptions:

Soil Survey Staff, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Official Soil Series Descriptions. Available online at http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/osd/index.html. Accessed [month/day/year].
 

Soil Characterization Database:

National Cooperative Soil Survey. National Cooperative Soil Characterization Database. Available online at http://ncsslabdatamart.sc.egov.usda.gov. Accessed [month/day/year].

Soil Climate Research Station Data:

Soil Survey Staff, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Soil Climate Research Station Data [Station Name, Alaska or Antarctica]. Available online at http://soils.usda.gov/survey/smst/. Accessed [month/day/year].

Soil Series Classification Database:

Soil Survey Staff, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Soil Series Classification Database. Available online at http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/scfile/index.html. Accessed [month/day/year].
 

SSURGO data:

Soil Survey Staff, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) Database for [Survey Area, State]. Available online at http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov. Accessed [month/day/year].
 

STATSGO2 data:

Soil Survey Staff, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. U.S. General Soil Map (STATSGO2). Available online at http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov. Accessed [month/day/year].
 

Web Soil Survey:

Soil Survey Staff, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Web Soil Survey. Available online at http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/. Accessed [month/day/year].