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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 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

Narragansett Silt loam - The (unofficial) RI State Soil
( 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.