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| Soil Data Access Help            We have attempted to make the Soil Data Access website easy for you to use.                        The purpose of this page is to provide you with general information about this site and to help you resolve some            common issues that may be experienced whilst browsing.                        If you still need a question answered after having read the information on this page, please see the Soil Data Access             Contact Us page for information on how to contact us with your question.                        On this page, you will find information on:            - The Soil Data Access Website's Purpose
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The Soil Data Access Website's Purpose            The USDA-NRCS Soil Data Access website allows you to:            - Request data for an ad hoc area of interest of any size.
- Obtain data in real-time.
- Request selected tabular attributes.
- Obtain tabular data where the organization of that data doesn’t have to mirror that of the underlying source database.
- Obtain data bundled by request, rather than by survey area.
Soil Data Access Website and Web Service Availability            In order to provide you with the most current data possible, soil survey data is updated each night from approximately            12:00 AM to 2:00 AM Mountain time.  The Soil Data Access website and web services will be unavailable during this time            while any updates are being processed.             Supported Browsers            In order to view this site, we suggest you use one of the following browsers:                  Mozilla Firefox® version 51.0 or above.                  Mozilla Firefox® can be downloaded for free by clicking the logo to the left.                  For Macintosh users, the Mac OS version of Firefox is compatible with this website.                                   Microsoft Internet Explorer® version 11.0.                  Microsoft Internet Explorer® can be downloaded for free by clicking the logo to the left.                                   Microsoft Edge® (any version).                  Microsoft Edge® can be downloaded for free by clicking the logo to the left.                                   Google Chrome® (version 51 or above).                  Google Chrome® can be downloaded for free by clicking the logo to the left.   |
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| Accessibility Features
**View Soil Data Access accessibility features through the following link:****Accessibility Features**.                

                    The U.S. Department of Agriculture is committed to making its electronic and information technologies accessible to individuals with disabilities by meeting or                     exceeding the requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 794d), as amended in 1998. Section 508 is a federal law that requires agencies to                     provide individuals with disabilities equal access to electronic information and data comparable to those who do not have disabilities, unless an undue burden                     would be imposed on the agency. The Section 508 standards are the technical requirements and criteria that are used to measure conformance within this law.                     **More information on Section 508 and the technical standards can be found through the following link:****Section 508 Information**.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Feedback / Contact us            We appreciate your feedback.  If you would like to contact us for any reason, please see the Soil Data Access            Contact Us page for details on how to do so.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |

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