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Soils is part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey, an effort of Federal and State agencies, universities, and professional societies to deliver science-based soil information. This website includes a vast array of information and data access tools for soils including Web Soil Survey, Soil Data Viewer, and the Soil Survey Extent Mapping Tool.
We have recently added a KML export function to our online soil survey ( Soil-Web ). The Google Earth icon is displayed at map scales of 1:35000 or larger, and clicking on it will create a KML file containing the SSURGO polygons within the current viewport. The KML file contains labeled centroids, with links to the map unit descriptions which are normally found on Soil-Web. You will need a current version of Google Earth in order to take advantage of the KML produced by our website. To use this feature, zoom into a region of interest (at a scale of 1:35000 or larger) and click on the small Google Earth icon in the tool bar. If you have Google Earth installed, you may be prompted by the web browser software...