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Soil Survey of Rhode Island, 1981.
Status: Published Soil Survey, SSURGO
Certified Digital Soil Survey.
Published: in 1981, majority of field work conducted during the
1970's.
Author: Dean D. Rector
Published Survey Base Imagery: 1976 B&W Aerial Photography
(unrectified).
Field Work by: Craig Ditzler, Anthony Dore, Bruce Laskey, Daniel
Spangler, Dale Sprankle, Everett Stuart, and Mark Townsend.
Includes all Counties and Towns within the State of Rhode Island.
For more information about the Rhode Island Soil Survey Program contact:
Jim
Turenne (401) 822-8830 | Click Here to
order the published survey.
 To
Download a copy of the archived (non-official) Soil Survey of Rhode Island
Click HERE (10 MB PDF).
To download a GIS file of the 1981 RI soil map index with links to the map
atlas sheets CLICK HERE
(Zip File)
RI Soil Survey Map Unit Legend and Map Unit
Descriptions.
Information About Digital (tabular and
spatial GIS) Soil Data for Rhode Island
For
RI Soil Information visit the Electronic Field Office Technical Guide
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Narragansett Silt loam - The (unofficial) RI State Soil
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Click for a fact
sheet ) |
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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