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New RIGIS Soils Data
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Google Earth Subaqueous Soil Example | Soil Catena Chart and Soil Parent
Materials Map (scroll down)
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 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.
Information About Digital (tabular and
spatial GIS) Soil Data for Rhode Island
Soil Catena
Chart for Rhode Island (
305 KB) - new
Soil Parent
Material Map for Rhode Island (
3 MB) - new |