Status of the County Soil Surveys in Vermont

Digital Soil Data

Digital data is suitable for GIS (Geographic Information Systems) applications. Both maps and tabular data are included. The data goes through rigorous error checking procedures to become SSURGO (Soil Survey Geographic Database) certified. The above link to the SSURGO page details options for downloading the data. In Vermont, all counties except Caledonia and Essex County have digital data. The data for Caledonia County should be available in the near future.

View a pdf file of map.
Map of Status of Digital Data for 2006 (140 KB)

Soil Mapping Completed

As of 2006 only one Vermont county still has an on-going survey:

•  Essex

Essex County is in the initial stages of mapping. 

Status Map of Soil CDs products for Vermont Counties

Currently, we have 4 county Soil CDs. The CDs do not contain the complete set of material that was in the traditional paper survey. Instead, it includes the most frequently used information in a condensed easy-to-use format. Check our CD products page to learn more.

View a pdf file of map
Map of Status of Available CDs  for 2006  (115 KB)

Publications

Our traditional product, paper-based surveys, are no longer available. Published surveys exist for 8 of Vermont's 14 counties. Maps, tables and text were included. It is unlikely that future surveys will be published in the traditional format. From this point forward, on-line surveys will be the primary mode of data distribution.  NRCS is moving to a system of continual updates to our data, thus, rendering the published surveys obsolete.

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