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Soil Survey Investigation Reports and Soil Monographs

Available upon request by e-mailing SSIR@lin.usda.gov.

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Soil Survey Investigation Reports
SSIR# Title Status
1b Procedures for Collecting Soil Samples and Methods of Analysis for Soil Survey, 1984 (PDF; 3.37 MB) out of date
1a Soil Survey Laboratory Methods and Procedures for Collecting Soil Samples, 1972 (PDF; 4.44 MB) out of date
2 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of North Dakota (PDF; 12.8 MB)  
3 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Iowa (PDF; 9.67 MB) out of print
4 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Kansas (PDF; 4.16 MB) out of print
5 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Nebraska (PDF; 10.6 MB)  
6 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Arkansas, Louisiana and Missouri (PDF; 7.08 MB)  
7 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Montana (PDF; 6.96 MB)  
8 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Wyoming (PDF; 5.02 MB) out of print
9 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Minnesota (PDF; 3.32 MB) out of print
10 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Colorado (PDF; 12.2 MB)  
11 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Oklahoma (PDF; 5.04 MB)  
12 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands (PDF; 9.51 MB)  
13 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Mississippi (PDF; 7.70 MB)  
14 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Kentucky (PDF; 5.75 MB)  
15 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Tennessee (PDF; 9.90 MB)  
16 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina (PDF; 5.88 MB)  
17 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Wisconsin (PDF; 9.92 MB)  
18 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Indiana (PDF; 5.33 MB)  
19 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Illinois (PDF; 9.78 MB)  
20 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of New England States (PDF; 12.0 MB)  
21 A Toposequence of Soils in Tonalite Grus in the Southern California Peninsular Range (PDF; 2.62 MB)  
22 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Alabama and Florida (PDF; 5.49 MB)  
23 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Nevada (PDF; 20.0 MB)  
24 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of California (PDF; 35.0 MB)  
25 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of New York (PDF; 5.07 MB)  
26 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of New Jersey (PDF; 4.45 MB)  
27 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Pennsylvania (PDF; 3.51 MB)  
28 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Arizona (PDF; 19.0 MB)  
29 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Hawaii (PDF; 10.4 MB)  
30 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Texas (PDF; 16.0 MB)  
31 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Iowa (PDF; 5.43 MB)  
32 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Wyoming (PDF; 7.33 MB)  
33 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Minnesota (PDF; 7.43 MB)  
34 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Wisconsin (PDF; 7.91 MB)  
35 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Louisiana (PDF; 10.3 MB)  
36 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Michigan (PDF; 8.22 MB)  
37 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Kansas (PDF; 6.48 MB)  
38 Measuring Hydraulic Conductivity for Use in Soil Survey (PDF; 885 KB) out of print
39 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Utah (PDF; 25.5 MB)  
40 Water Table Levels in Some North Carolina Soils (PDF; 3.34 MB)  
41 A Reevaluation of the "Illinoian Till Plain" and the Origin of the Gritty Loess Substratum of Avonburg and Clermont Soils in Southeastern Indiana (PDF; 4.35 MB)  
42 Soil Survey Laboratory Methods Manual  
43 Geomorphic Study in the Upper Gasconade River Basin, Laclede and Texas Counties, Missouri (PDF; 6.29 MB)  
44 Volume I, Supplement to Desert Project Soil Monograph, 1994-soil water and soils at soil water sites in the Jornada Experimental Range (PDF; 24.8 MB)  
44 Volume II, Supplement to Desert Project Soil Monograph, 1996–ancient soils of the Rincon surface and clay mineralogy at the Desert Project and Rincon surface study areas (PDF; 15.0 MB)  
44 Volume III, Supplement to Desert Project Soil Monograph, 2003–updates the Desert Project soil survey, presents new maps of soils and soil features, and includes a chapter on areal distribution of carbon (PDF; 29.3 MB)  
45 Soil Survey Laboratory Information Manual  
46 Calculation of Soil Moisture Regimes from the Climatic Record (PDF; 549 KB)  
47 Development of Series Concepts for Selected Soils in Land Resource Region M (PDF; 3.81 MB)  
48 The Temperature Regime for Selected Soils of the United States (PDF; 15.9 MB)  
49 Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Soil Descriptions for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (PDF; 4.0 MB)  
50 The Mascoma Headwaters Project: A Study of Soil Morphology and Temperature in New Hampshire for Documenting Hydric Soil Indicators and Wetland Boundary Criteria (PDF; 19.3 MB)  


Soil Monographs
Title Status
The Sandhills Project Soil Monograph (A Study of Soils and Landscapes in the Southern High Plains) (1997, NSSC)  
The Desert Project Soil Monograph (1979, NSSC) the Rio Grande Valley in Southern New Mexico - Video (1996, NMSU)