Soil Survey Geographic Database Initiative

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) - National Cartography and Geospatial Center (NCGC) previously archived and distributed the Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) Database. Only file downloads were available from this site. This limited the amount of soil survey information that could be accessed. The NRCS NCGC also supplied SSURGO data to the United States Department of Agriculture - Service Center Agencies (Farm Services Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Rural Development) Geospatial Data Gateway. While the Gateway provides file downloads, a customer can also order SSURGO data on CD-ROM or DVD. The NRCS Soil Survey Division recognized that increased functionality for access of soil survey information was needed. In December 2003, the Soil Data Mart web application came online. The SSURGO data were migrated to the Soil Data Mart during 2004.

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