Soil Survey Update - Plymouth County, Massachusetts

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The USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service is in the process of updating the soil survey of Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The mapping is made using high-resolution color infrared aerial photography. The survey also incorporates remote sensing technology including Ground-Penetrating-Radar, Global Positioning Systems, and Geographic Information Systems to produce detailed and accurate soil maps.

Updated mapping is still in progress, a completion date of 2006 is set for the County (digitized maps may be available prior to the completion date). The old 1969 soil survey maps have been scanned and posted on the web as gif images (see link below), a status map of the updated mapping is at the bottom of this page. If you would like to check to see if we have advance copies of our field mapping, fax a USGS topographic map with the area highlighted and we will send you a copy of the mapping. Fax the map to: Soils, 508-291-2368. If you do not have a Topo map go to www.topozone.com or Maptech Map Server and email me the map.

Status Map of the Updated Soil Mapping for Plymouth County as of January 2002 (green areas have updated mapping, yellow and red areas are currently being updated and not available)

For more information contact the Plymouth County Soil Survey:

508-295-5151 x 117
jimjet@cox.net