Official Soil Series Descriptions (OSD)

Introduction

OSD Fact Sheet

Data Base Access

• View OSD by Series Name (with best-match feature)

• View OSDs by List of Series Names (with FTP option)

• View OSDs by Query (with FTP option)

• Soil Series Name Search

Recommended Citation

When referencing the online Official Soil Series Description information in publications, the following citation is recommended:

Soil Survey Staff, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Official Soil Series Descriptions [Online WWW]. Available URL: "http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/osd/index.html"  [Accessed 10 February 2004].