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FOTG Section II. Natural Resources Information A. Soils Information

Using Soil Data Mart

The NRCS Soil Data Mart is the source of official soil survey for the Pacific Islands Area. Soil Data Mart is web application that allows you to generate and print soil interpretations, soil legends and soils descriptions in both tabular and spatial form (maps) for one soil survey area at a time. Soil maps are not interactive at this site but can be downloaded for use with GIS systems. Web Soil Survey may be used to develop interactive maps. Links to Soil Data Mart official tabular and spatial data for Pacific Islands Area locations:  Hawaii: http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/Survey.aspx?State=HI  American Samoa: http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/Survey.aspx?State=AS  Federated States of Micronesia: http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/Survey.aspx?State=FM  Guam: http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/Survey.aspx?State=GU  Marshall Islands: http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/Survey.aspx?State=MH  Northern Mariana Islands: http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/Survey.aspx?State=MP  Islands of Palau: http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/Survey.aspx?State=PW

To connect to Soil Data Mart go to following internet URL: http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/.

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To determine where soil tabular and spatial data is available:  Click the “Select State” button.  Click the State or Territory Code for which you would like to obtain soils data for.  Click the “Select Survey Area” button. This should bring up a list of Survey Area Symbol, Survey Area Name and Available Data (tabular and/or spatial).

To Generate a Report:  Click the “Survey Area Name” for which you would like the report for.  Click “Generate Reports.”  Click to select the Map Units. To select more than one Map Unit, hold down the Ctrl button and click.  Please select the report that you would like to generate using the pull down menu. For a description of what information is included in each report click the “View Description” button.  Click Generate Report again.  You may be asked to make further selections, depending on the report that you selected.

To Generate a Soil Interpretation:  In the “Please select the report that you would like to generate” section use the pull down menu and click Selected Soil Interpretations.  Please select at least 1, but no more than 3, soil interpretations to be included in your report  Click Generate Reports.

Example with 3 Soil Interpretations Selected from the Selected Soil Interpretations Report:

Types of Reports Which May be Generated Following is a list of the type of reports which may be selected and generated. For a description of what information is included in each report click the “View Description” button.

Types of Soil Interpretations Available from the Select Soil Interpretations Report (Page 1 of 3)

Types of Soil Interpretations Available (Page 2 of 3)

Types of Soil Interpretations Available (Page 3 of 3)

Commonly Used Soil Properties and Report(s) This report lists some of the more commonly used soil properties, and the report(s) in which the soil property is displayed. It is included on the Soil Data Mart site and a copy is included in Section II immediately following this document. The list is entitled “Listing of Soil Properties and Reports in which they are included.” Additional Information About Using Soil Data Mart For details on site navigation and mechanics under different versions of these browsers, please see Navigating and Using the Soil Data Mart on the Soil Data Mart Help page.

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