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Printed, hardcopy soil survey publications are no longer available in Vermont. The Web Soil Survey offers viewable maps on-line. However, the Web Soil Survey site is occasionally not functional and numerous users in Vermont do not have access to a high speed internet connection.  Vermont CD products allow the user another option in addition to Web Soil Survey. The interactive CD format is user-friendly and intuitive.  The County Soil CDs and the Theme CDs condense the most frequently needed soils data and put the information into a Vermont context. 

The County CD products will no longer be updated - limited copies are still available. Theme CDs will be kept current.

Theme CDs

Theme-based CDs provide pre-made maps, data and explanations in a Vermont context. These CDs are particularly useful to individuals who are not well versed in soils terminology and find the vast array of data that is available bewildering. Theme-based CDs compile all relevant soils information on a specialized topic in a user-friendly format conveniently on a CD.

To read these CD products you will need Adobe Acrobat Icon Adobe Acrobat Reader ® version 5 or higher & a Web Browser

Currently there is only one Theme-based CD: The Vermont Important Farmland CD. This CD has been updated to include the revised ratings from Sept. 2005.

Vermont Important Farmlands CD

The Important Farmland CD explains how the criteria are derived. It also has maps and legends of Prime and Statewide soils for each county. Currently there is no digital soils data for Caledonia & Essex. As the data becomes available these counties will be added.

To order please contact...

Caroline Alves
phone (802) 865-7895 ext 23

 

 County Soil CDs (for non-GIS users)

County-based CDs contain Adobe Acrobat Reader ® PDF format documents of both Soil Maps and Soil Fact sheets. These products are designed for the user who is unfamiliar with GIS who need pre-made maps and useful summary information for soil map units. Every county has the same format and user interface.  To read these CD products you will need Adobe Acrobat Icon Adobe Acrobat ® version 5 or higher.

  • maps use the most current Vermont Digital Ortho-photograph imagery as a background and show soil lines, labels, special symbols, major roads and water features - map sheet is based on the Vermont Mapping Program grid
  • Fact Sheets have descriptive and tabular information for each map unit
To order County CDs...

If you need more than one county, please contact Caroline Alves. We welcome comments or suggestions on the format. Additionally, if you have any unanswered questions regarding the information on the CDs please contact:
Caroline Alves
phone (802) 865-7895 ext 203
 
County:  Contact Number:
image of the cover of the Washington county CD

Washington County

  Abbey Willard:

at the Berlin Field Office (802) 828-4493 ext 105

email                       abbey.willard@vacd.org
image of the cover of the Addison County CD

Addison County

 Middlebury Field Office:

(802) 388-6748
picture of the CD cover

Grand Isle County

 Franklin County Field Office:

(802) 527-1296

 

 
picture of the CD cover

Bennington County

 Bennington County NRCD Office:

Jenny Kimberly (802) 442-2275

Note: The White River Junction soils staff has produced a non-standard CD for Windsor County. It includes USGS topographic quadrangle size maps (which are quite large) and the soils manuscript that was intended for the soil survey publication. Call Thom Villars (802) 295-7942 ext 24 to obtain a copy.

Also Note: Caledonia County will available as certified SSURGO data in the near future, however, you can get scanned images of the field maps from Roger DeKett (802) 748-2641 ext 111.
 

Last Modified:Thursday, 02. October 2008


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