Information About Soils

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Windsor Soil
(Proposed State Soil)

Online Connecticut Soil Survey Information 

• NCSS Web Soil Survey (WSS) - Web-Based Soil Survey Viewer
• Guide to Soil Interpretations Available for Connecticut on the Web Soil Survey (121 KB) (NEW)
  Lists the 250 major interpretations for the users of Connecticut soils information on the WSS, where they can be found, and whether the user can create a map and table for the interpretations.
• Soil Data Mart (SDM)
  Provides a direct link for downloading spatial and tabular data for analysis in Geographic Information Systems. Users can view metadata, download data; generate PDF format tabular reports for selected map units, and subscribe for updates. The site is updated and maintained online as the single authoritative source of soil survey information.
• Soil Data Viewer (SDV)
  A tool built as an extension to ArcMap that allows a user to create soil-based interpretive maps. The application can also be run independent of ArcMap, but output is then limited to a tabular report. Works in conjunction with soils data downloads from SDM.
• Soil Survey of the State of Connecticut (3.87 MB)
  Manuscript including tables and map unit descriptions, no maps. This is a static, electronic published document formatted similar to the previously published county soil surveys.
• NRCS Soils
  Link to soil information including soils characterization data, geochemistry databases, soil geography, manuals and handbooks, and links to much more.
• Connecticut Environmental Conditions Online (CTECO)
  Provides a variety of tools for sharing natural resource and environmental information including printable maps, downloadale geospatial data, and web-based map viewers. Data for Connecticut includes water resources, soils, geology, open space, and aerial imagery.
• Coastal Zone Survey of Little Narragansett Bay (Draft)
• Historical Soil Survey Requests
• Preservation of Buried Human Remains in Soil (1.1 MB) (NEW)

• Soil Catenas of Connecticut (217 KB)
  A chart indicating the drainage sequence of soil series that extend across relief positions and are developed from similar parent material.
• Connecticut Inland Wetland List
• Soil Map Units Dominated by Hydric Soils
• Prime and Statewide Important Farmland Soils List (86 KB)
• Locally Important Farmland Soils
  Lists and downloadable geospatial data.
• Soil Based Recommendations for Storm Water Management Practices (1.5 MB)
• Soil Potential Ratings of Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems by Soil Map Unit (35 KB)  Manuscript (551 KB)
• Soil Parent Material of Connecticut  (1.27 MB)
• Connecticut Catastrophic Mortality, Large Animal Disposal, Pit and Trench