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Soil Survey

Program Information

Popular name

N/A

Program Number

10.903

Program objective

To produce and maintain up to date soil survey information (maps, data sets, soil interpretations, and reports) of the United States for widespread use by interested agencies, organizations, and individuals and to assist in the use of this information.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2018

    Improved soils data on 49.52 million acres in the U.S. and territories

  2. 2019

    Improved soils data on 44.7 million acres in the U.S. and territories

  3. 2020

    Improved soils data on an estimated 45 million acres in the U.S. and territories

  4. 2024

    Soil and Plant Science Division received 32 applications and funded 21 projects for $8.2 million.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

The following publications are available online at https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/resources/guides-and-instructions/technical-references-for-soils. “National Soil Survey Handbook” “National Ecological Site Handbook” “Field Book for Describing and Sampling Soils” v 3.0 “Soil Survey Manual” “Soil Taxonomy” second edition “Keys to Soil Taxonomy” v 13.0 “Dynamic Soil Property Guide” “KSSL Guidance”