Information About Soils

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• Published Soil Surveys for Iowa
• Iowa Online Soil Survey Manuscripts
  • Map Showing Iowa Counties Online (PDF, 90 KB)
  • News Release: Detailed Iowa Soils Information Now Online
• Major Land Resource Area (MLRA) Regions Map of Iowa   
  • Iowa MLRA Soil Survey Offices (PDF, 716 KB)
• Iowa Soil Regions Map (html)
• Iowa Soil Regions Map (PDF, 1.6 MB)
• Soil Series of Iowa
• Soil Quality
• Iowa Cooperative Soil Survey
• United States Web Soil Survey 
• SoilView 2.7 CDs
• Soil Data Warehouse & Data Marts
• Available Soil Surveys and Formats
• Soils Education

Iowa Woodland Suitability Recommendations (by Soils Type) (PDF)
Iowa Soil Survey Correlation Dates Map (PDF)
A map showing the age of all Iowa soil surveys. The dates listed on the map refer to when all work on the survey was completed.