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Welcome to the Rhode Island Soil Survey Program

1981 RI Soil Survey (archive copy)

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NEWS Flash: 2011 New RI Soils Data Available
Please download the latest 2010 copy of the Rhode Island Soil Survey - includes the Coastal Zone Soil Survey of Washington County and joins with CT and MA.

For more information about the Rhode Island Soil Survey Program contact:
 Jim Turenne (401) 822-8830 | Click Here to order the published survey.

Where/How to Get Soils Information for Rhode Island:

Digital Data Download (for use on a GIS):
Official USDA-NRCS Soils Data:
Soil Data Mart
Rhode Island GIS (includes detailed attribute information): Visit RIGIS | Info on Attribute Fields

Online Mapping (Internet Mapping Services):
Web Soil Survey: http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/HomePage.htm

Google Maps - Soil Map - type in your address and get soils data: http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/soilweb_gmap/
Google Earth Soils (for most of U.S.): Open the KML file in Google Earth
Soil Data on your Smart Phone (Android and Iphone): Download the Soil Web App
Rhode Island Digital Atlas: Select Map Index for Soils
Coastal Zone Soil Survey Data (Including subaqueous soils):
Visit MapCoast.org

To Download copies of archived (non-official) Soil Survey's of Rhode Island (1905 to 1981 with soil maps) visit: http://soils.usda.gov/survey/online_surveys/rhode_island/

RI Soil Survey Map Unit Legend and Map Unit Descriptions.

Soil Catena Chart for Rhode Island (Adobe Acrobat Document 305 KB) - updated 2011

Soil Parent Material Map for Rhode Island (Adobe Acrobat Document 3 MB) | View on Google Earth

Google Earth Subaqueous Soils Example

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Narragansett Soil Profile

Narragansett Silt loam - The (unofficial) RI State Soil
(Adobe Acrobat Document Click for a fact
sheet
)

Soils of Rhode Island Landscapes
Adobe Acrobat Document 3 MB PDF Document

Download the "Soils of Rhode Island Landscapes" by William R. Wright and Edward H. Sautter. University of Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 429, Issued January, 1988.
This is a scanned PDF copy of the original bulletin, made available with permission from the URIAES.

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