# Web Soil Survey

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Web Soil Survey (WSS) provides soil data and information produced by the National Cooperative Soil Survey.

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The Web Soil Survey (WSS) provides agricultural producers, agencies, Technical Service Providers, and others electronic access to relevant soil and related information needed to make land-use and management decisions. The WSS:
              - Provides an alternative to traditional hardcopy publication for quicker delivery of information,
              - Provides access to full soil survey report content,
              - Provides access to the most current data, and
              - Provides customers with the ability to download spatial, tabular, and thematic soils data for use in GIS.

**Using Web Soil Survey (a playlist of YouTube videos)**

##   Web Soil Survey

The Web Soil Survey provides agricultural producers, agencies, Technical Service Providers, and others online access to soil and related information needed to make land-use and management decisions.

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##   Web Soil Survey Help

        Getting Started    

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Get started with Web Soil Survey

        Known Problems and Workarounds    

###                     Known Problems and Workarounds                

Web Soil Survey Known Problems and Workarounds(413.47 KB)

        Frequently Asked Questions    

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Frequently Asked Questions(425.8 KB)

        Tips and Shortcuts    

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Tips and Shortcuts

##   Additional Documents

Defining an AOI for Web Soil Survey on a Mobile Device(3.52 MB)

Use Google Earth with Web Soil Survey(2.81 MB)

Using WSS - The Four Steps(4.31 MB)

Guide to Maps, Reports, and Tables - alphabetical(315.14 KB)

Guide to Maps, Reports, and Tables - by category(350.85 KB)

Version 3.3 Brochure(1.53 MB)

Print-At-Home Version 3.3 Brochure(1.56 MB)

Version 3.0 Brochure in Spanish(2.18 MB)

Factsheet(1.22 MB)

National Commodity Crop Productivity Index (NCCPI) 3.0 User Guide(9.49 MB)

##   More Details

### Annual Refresh of Soil Survey Data

Information on the annual refresh of soils data.
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###   Status Map of Available Soil Surveys

Availability of SSURGO data.

Status Map

###   Metrics

Usage for Web Soil Survey.

Link to Metrics

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## Citing Web Soil Survey as a Source of Soils Data

*Soil Survey Staff, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Web Soil Survey. Available online at the following link: http://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/. Accessed [month/day/year].*

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##   Contact Soils

Please contact us if you see something that needs to be updated, if you have any questions, or if you need accessibility assistance.
                  -    Soils Webmaster 
                  -    402-437-5499 
                  -    Soils-Webmaster@usda.gov 

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