Instructions on how to access historical soil surveys

Soil Surveys by StatePrinted soil survey reports were the main source of soils information from 1899 to 2005. Most of these reports are county-based and have been converted to PDFs. USDA phased out the printing of reports after making Web Soil Survey the official source for soils information in 2005. Historical soil surveys have been scanned, converted to portable document format (PDF), and archived on a public download site named Box. Historical soil surveys are being moved into https://archive.org/details/usda-soil-surveys. See "Access Historical Soil Surveys from Internet Archive" instructions in the Additional Documents section. Additional Documents:Access Historical Soil Surveys from Internet ArchiveInstructions on how to access historical soil surveysHow to download scanned soil survey manuscriptsLinks to Scanned Manuscripts In Box

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notes <div><div><a href='https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/conservation-basics/natural-resource-concerns/soil/soil-surveys-by-state' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Soil Surveys by State</a></div><div><p style='box-sizing:inherit; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:&quot;Public Sans Web&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; text-align:start; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px; background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial;'>Printed soil survey reports were the main source of soils information from 1899 to 2005. Most of these reports are county-based and have been converted to PDFs. USDA phased out the printing of reports after making Web Soil Survey the official source for soils information in 2005. <br /></p><p style='box-sizing:inherit; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:&quot;Public Sans Web&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; text-align:start; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px; background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial;'>Historical soil surveys have been scanned, converted to portable document format (PDF), and archived on a public download site named Box. <br /></p><p style='box-sizing:inherit; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:&quot;Public Sans Web&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; text-align:start; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px; background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial;'>Historical soil surveys are being moved into <a href='https://archive.org/details/usda-soil-surveys' style='box-sizing:inherit; background-color:transparent; color:rgb(25, 86, 123);' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>https://archive.org/details/usda-soil-surveys</a>. See &quot;Access Historical Soil Surveys from Internet Archive&quot; instructions in the Additional Documents section. <br /></p><p style='box-sizing:inherit; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:&quot;Public Sans Web&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; text-align:start; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px; background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial;'>Additional Documents:</p><ul><li><font size='3'><a href='https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2023-05/Access%20Historical%20Soil%20Surveys%20from%20Internet%20Archive.pdf' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Access Historical Soil Surveys from Internet Archive</a></font></li><li><font size='3'><a href='https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2022-11/How%20to%20access%20historical%20soil%20surveys%20on%20the%20new%20NRCS%20website.pdf' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Instructions on how to access historical soil surveys</a></font></li><li><font size='3'><a href='https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2022-11/How-to-download-scanned-soil-survey-manuscript.pdf' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>How to download scanned soil survey manuscripts</a></font></li><li><font size='3'><a href='https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2022-09/Links-to-Scanned-Manuscripts-in-BOX.pdf' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Links to Scanned Manuscripts In Box</a></font></li></ul></div></div>
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