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Caribbean Area Soils

Updated July 07, 2008

The Caribbean Area, comprised of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands, is part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) program. The National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) is a nationwide partnership of federal, regional, state, and local agencies and institutions. This partnership works together to cooperatively investigate, inventory, document, classify, and interpret soils and to disseminate, publish, and promote the use of information about the soils of the United States and its trust territories. The activities of the NCSS are carried out on national, regional, and state levels.

Click to go to Web Soil Survey Web Soil Survey is now better than ever! Originally launched in  August 2005, the improved and enhanced version 2.0 is now available online. Based on user comments, new features and enhancements have been developed to make the program more responsive to its growing customer base. Some new features include a location marker, floating map unit descriptions, transparency layers, a topographic map layer, and the ability to create custom soil resource reports.


New Mapping Tool Makes Things Easy

USDA-NRCS introduces MLRA Explorer — A new web-based mapping tool that provides the user with the ability to search by Major Land Resource Areas (MLRA) and Land Resource Areas (LLR) using a variety of geographic and attribute questions that create customized maps with narrative descriptions and photos. It also provides the user with the ability to print and/or export specific subsets of the USDA Agriculture Handbook 296.

Caribbean Area Soils Information

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Caribbean Area Soils Publications by Area:
  Highly Erodible Lands (HEL) Lists Hydric Soils Lists Prime & Other Important Farmlands Lists
Arecibo HEL Arecibo Arecibo Hydric Soils Arecibo Farmlands
Humacao HEL Humacao Humacao Hydric Soils Humacao Farmlands
Mayaguez HEL Mayagüez Mayaguez Hydric Soils Mayaguez Farmlands
Ponce HEL Ponce Ponce Hydric Soils Ponce Farmlands
San German HEL Lajas San German Hydric Soils San German Farmlands
San Juan HEL San Juan San Juan Hydric Soils San Juan Farmlands
U.S. Virgin Islands HEL USVI USVI Hydric Soils USVI Farmlands
Other Caribbean Area Soils Data
Other Soils Links

For additional information on Caribbean Area soils, please contact: Carmen L. Santiago

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