Mapping was completed for soil surveys on 50,162 acres statewide. Some of the outdated surveys in the state need updating in order to bring them up to current classification and interpretative standards. NRCS administers the program providing a coordinator and administrative support. A local council of citizens sets their own priorities. Rainfall varies from 30 to 200 inches per year.
Soil textures are predominantly sandy and well drained.
Elevations vary from sea level to a few hundred feet in Florida to more than 4,000 feet in Puerto Rico. Plant communities are varied and complex. The climate ranges from warm and humid to tropical. Major land uses include row crops, rangeland, pasture and haylands, orchards, forestland, wastewater treatment, recreation and urban. The Brooksville center is addressing those conservation problems by using native plants whenever possible to improve forages with pasture and range grasses, improve wildlife habitat, control erosion on cropland, coastal areas and disturbed sites with erosion control plantings, and improve and maintain water quality on wetlands.