Soil Data for Belknap County, New Hampshire

**The soil information for this soil survey area is out-of-date.  The county is currently being updated.  Refer to the Merrimack-Belknap Soil Survey Update (MBSS) for the most current information.  Only in areas that have not been updated is it appropriate to use the following information.**

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Soil Attribute Data (54 KB) - Last updated June 29, 2001
Contains soil data about several important soil properties and interpretations including parent material, slope, drainage class water table, flooding frequency, depth to bedrock, permeability, erosion factors, and hydric rating.

Data Dictionary (278 KB) - Last Updated June 4, 2002
An explanation of the data codes in the Soil Attribute Data spreadsheet.

Soils Database (zipped Microsoft Access file) (1.6 MB) - Last updated October 25, 2001
The complete soil database for Belknap County.  Use this to generate a soil report for selected soils.  See also the Soil Data Mart.

Agricultural Evaluation Data (63 KB)
Rankings of soils within a survey area by SPI value.  Provides a cumulative extent.

Agricultural Acres (60 KB)
A listing of all prime, state and locally important farm land soils and their acreage extent within the county.

Spatial Soil Data

The spatial data for the soil survey data here is hosted by the following:

• SSURGO Certified Spatial and Attribute Soil Data
• NH GRANIT

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