Soil Surveys
The library maintains an extensive collection of soil surveys of most U.S.
counties. They are used by farmers, but also contain a wealth of information
useful for environmental planners and others who need know about conditions
in particular counties. Most modern soil surveys are overlaid over aerial photographs,
which makes them a good source of high-altitude aerial photos for much of the
nation. Older soil surveys often contain unique historical and archeological
information.
Most soil surveys are arranged by state and county on shelves behind the atlases
in the Map Collection. Copies of the soil surveys for Nassau and Suffolk counties
are kept on the reserve shelf in the Science and Engineering Library. Older
(pre-1950) soil maps of the Northeastern states have been removed from their
accompanying booklets, and are filed in the locked brown map case near the file
cabinets containing the U.S.G.S. folio series.
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Revised 10/06/03