dogghr
Well-Known Member
Well since its cold and rainy again, I'm trapped in house. Thot Id share this web page. It allows you to get a soil type of sorts from govt readings. Kinda cool, and can be kinda depressing depending on where you live. My bedrock is about 16 inches deep which unfortunately I know when trying to plant trees. The other not too happy news is the water retention capabilities of my soil is but about 1".
Gives a lot of info you may not realize as growing dates, precip avg, and mean temps. Typical govt stuff the requires a bit of figuring out how to access info. Enjoy.
https://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/
And another. These are downloadable in PDF and are pages long. Great descriptions of in depth reading of soil types and then analysis for your county. It can be pages long but interesting and gives good descriptions of understanding. The most recent analysis is not always available in PDF but may have to backtrack 20-50 yrs. But basics remain the same.
Only food plotting nerds would bother with this stuff which means most of us on this forum would fit that category.
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/survey/geo/?cid=stelprdb1254424
Gives a lot of info you may not realize as growing dates, precip avg, and mean temps. Typical govt stuff the requires a bit of figuring out how to access info. Enjoy.
https://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/
And another. These are downloadable in PDF and are pages long. Great descriptions of in depth reading of soil types and then analysis for your county. It can be pages long but interesting and gives good descriptions of understanding. The most recent analysis is not always available in PDF but may have to backtrack 20-50 yrs. But basics remain the same.
Only food plotting nerds would bother with this stuff which means most of us on this forum would fit that category.
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/survey/geo/?cid=stelprdb1254424
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