Major Land Resource Areas (MLRA)
type: Dataset
description: Land resource areas are used in the United States, Caribbean, and Pacific Basin. The “Major Land Resource Areas (MLRA) Geographic Database” serves as the geospatial expression of the map products presented and described in AH 296 (2022). Land resource categories historically used at State and National levels are land resource units, major land resource areas, and land resource regions (National Soil Survey Handbook, Part 649; Land Resource Hierarchy). Although AH 296 does not describe land resource units (LRUs) directly, they are the basic units from which major land resource areas are determined. They are also the basic units for State land resource maps. LRUs are commonly, but not necessarily, coextensive with State general soil map units. LRUs generally are several thousand acres in size. A unit can be one continuous area or several separate areas that are near each other. In 2005, these areas were designated as common resource areas (CRAs) within the NRCS. Like LRUs, CRAs are not described in AH 296 and are not shown on the National map but are mentioned for historical purposes. MLRAs are geographically associated LRUs at a broader scale and higher hierarchical level than LRUs. Land resource regions (LRR) are a group of geographically associated MLRAs at the highest hierarchical level shown at the continental scale. Identification of these large areas is important in statewide agricultural planning and has value in interstate, regional, and national planning. In AH 296, MLRAs are generally designated by numbers and identified by a descriptive geographic name. Examples are MLRA 1 (Northern Pacific Coast Range, Foothills, and Valleys), MLRA 154 (South-Central Florida Ridge), and MLRA 230 (Yukon-Kuskokwim Highlands). Some MLRAs are designated by a letter in addition to a number because a previously established MLRA has been divided into smaller, more homogeneous areas—for example, MLRAs 102A, 102B, and 102C. Other MLRAs, especially smaller ones approaching the LRU …
issued: 2024-07-26T13:30:11+00:00
modified: 2025-08-28T17:49:08.486000+00:00
publisher: National Soil Survey Center
keyword: FGDC
keyword: GDA
keyword: NGDA
landing page: https://ngda-portfolio-community-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/nrcs::major-land-resource-areas-mlra-1

OGC API - Records API Definition Page
type: Distribution
description: This resource describes how to use the Search API to programmatically query, filter, search and retrieve resources.
format: JSON
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227065
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.221963
access URL: https://ngda-portfolio-community-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/api/search/definition

DCAT 2.1.1 Metadata Description
type: Distribution
description: Metadata description in DCAT 2.1.1 Implementation format
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227063
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.221812
access URL: https://ngda-portfolio-community-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/api/feed/dcat-ap/2.1.1
media type: text/json

RSS Metadata Description
type: Distribution
description: Metadata description in RSS 2.0 Implementation format
format: RSS
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227064
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.221912
access URL: https://ngda-portfolio-community-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/api/feed/rss/2.0

DCAT 3.0.0 Metadata Description
type: Distribution
description: Metadata description in DCAT 3.0.0 Implementation format
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227064
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.221863
access URL: https://ngda-portfolio-community-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/api/feed/dcat-ap/3.0.0
media type: text/json

ESRI ArcGIS Metadata Description
type: Distribution
description: Metadata description in ESRI ArcGIS XML Implementation format
format: XML
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227061
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.221643
access URL: https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/58c18a7690fa4b2c86c5a9a069e0457b/info/metadata/metadata.xml

KML
type: Distribution
format: KML
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227070
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.222392
access URL: https://ngda-portfolio-community-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/58c18a7690fa4b2c86c5a9a069e0457b/kml

DCAT 1.1 Metadata Description
type: Distribution
description: Metadata description in DCAT 1.1 Implementation format
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227062
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.221695
access URL: https://ngda-portfolio-community-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/api/feed/dcat-us/1.1
media type: text/json

ArcGIS Hub Dataset
type: Distribution
format: HTML
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227067
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.222112
access URL: https://ngda-portfolio-community-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/nrcs::major-land-resource-areas-mlra-1

GeoJSON
type: Distribution
format: GeoJSON
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227070
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.222341
access URL: https://ngda-portfolio-community-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/58c18a7690fa4b2c86c5a9a069e0457b/geojson

Feed API - Definitions Search Page
type: Distribution
description: Provides access to the API Definition page for this resource to programmatically filter DCAT US 1.1, DCAT AP 2.0.1, DCAT AP 2.1.1, DCAT 3.0.0, and RSS 2.0 compliant API's
format: JSON
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227066
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.222061
access URL: https://ngda-portfolio-community-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/api/search/v1/collections/dataset/items/58c18a7690fa4b2c86c5a9a069e0457b

CSDGM
type: Distribution
description: Metadata description in FGDC CSDGM format
format: XML
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227053
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.221197
access URL: https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/58c18a7690fa4b2c86c5a9a069e0457b/info/metadata/metadata.xml

Metadata description in Dublin Core+ format
type: Distribution
description: Metadata description in Dublin Core+ format
format: XML
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227055
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.221272
access URL: https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/58c18a7690fa4b2c86c5a9a069e0457b/info/metadata/metadata.xml

DCAT 2.0.1 Metadata Description
type: Distribution
description: Metadata description in DCAT 2.0.1 Implementation format
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227062
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.221748
access URL: https://ngda-portfolio-community-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/api/feed/dcat-ap/2.0.1
media type: text/json

CSV
type: Distribution
format: CSV
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227068
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.222212
access URL: https://ngda-portfolio-community-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/58c18a7690fa4b2c86c5a9a069e0457b/csv

ISO 19139-3.2 Metadata Description
type: Distribution
description: Metadata description in ISO 19139 Metadata Implementation Specification GML3.2 in XML Format
format: XML
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227060
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.221590
access URL: https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/58c18a7690fa4b2c86c5a9a069e0457b/info/metadata/metadata.xml

Metadata description in Inspire format
type: Distribution
description: Metadata description in INSPIRE Metadata Directive format
format: XML
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227057
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.221328
access URL: https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/58c18a7690fa4b2c86c5a9a069e0457b/info/metadata/metadata.xml

Excel
type: Distribution
format: XLSX
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227072
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.222567
access URL: https://ngda-portfolio-community-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/58c18a7690fa4b2c86c5a9a069e0457b/excel

SQLite Geodatabase
type: Distribution
format: GDB
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227073
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.222665
access URL: https://ngda-portfolio-community-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/58c18a7690fa4b2c86c5a9a069e0457b/sqlite

File Geodatabase
type: Distribution
format: ZIP
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227071
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.222458
access URL: https://ngda-portfolio-community-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/58c18a7690fa4b2c86c5a9a069e0457b/filegdb

ArcGIS GeoService
type: Distribution
format: ArcGIS GeoServices REST API
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227068
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.222161
access URL: https://services.arcgis.com/SXbDpmb7xQkk44JV/arcgis/rest/services/Major_Land_Resource_Areas/FeatureServer/0

ISO 19139 Metadata Description
type: Distribution
description: Metadata description in ISO 19139 Metadata Implementation Specification in XML format
format: XML
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227059
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.221487
access URL: https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/58c18a7690fa4b2c86c5a9a069e0457b/info/metadata/metadata.xml

ISO 19115
type: Distribution
description: Metadata description in ISO 19115 format
format: XML
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227058
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.221434
access URL: https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/58c18a7690fa4b2c86c5a9a069e0457b/info/metadata/metadata.xml

OGC API - Records Item
type: Distribution
description: Provides an OGC API - Records item compliant representation of this resource in JSON format.
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227066
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.222013
access URL: https://ngda-portfolio-community-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/api/search/v1/collections/dataset/items/58c18a7690fa4b2c86c5a9a069e0457b
media type: text/json

GeoPackage
type: Distribution
format: GPKG
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227073
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.222616
access URL: https://ngda-portfolio-community-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/58c18a7690fa4b2c86c5a9a069e0457b/geoPackage

ISO 19139 HTML Metadata Description
type: Distribution
description: Metadata description in ISO 19139 Metadata Implementation Specification in XML format
format: XML
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227060
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.221538
access URL: https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/58c18a7690fa4b2c86c5a9a069e0457b/info/metadata/metadata.xml

North American Profile
type: Distribution
description: Metadata description in North American Profile of ISO 19115 2003 format
format: XML
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227057
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.221381
access URL: https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/58c18a7690fa4b2c86c5a9a069e0457b/info/metadata/metadata.xml

Shapefile
type: Distribution
format: ZIP
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227069
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.222282
access URL: https://ngda-portfolio-community-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/58c18a7690fa4b2c86c5a9a069e0457b/shapefile

Feature Collection
type: Distribution
format: TXT
issued: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.227071
modified: 2025-12-09T22:21:23.222515
access URL: https://ngda-portfolio-community-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/58c18a7690fa4b2c86c5a9a069e0457b/featureCollection