Information on New Hampshire Soils

Reading and assessing the land is the first step in solving natural resource problems and sustaining our limited resources.  In particular, soils provide the foundation for conservation work, and understanding the nature and properties of soils is critical to managing and conserving other natural resources.

• Web Soil Survey (Soil Data and Maps)
• Web Soil Survey Brochure (July 2011) (PDF; 3.15 MB) - NEW!
       Spanish version (PDF; 1.77 MB)
• Soil Data Mart (Soil Data and Maps)
• New Hampshire Soil Data (by county)
• The Soil Survey Program in New Hampshire
• Availability of Soil Survey Information in New Hampshire
• The New Hampshire State Soil
• Educational Soil Displays
• Mascoma Headwaters Project
• Soil Stories - A Journey Beneath the Soil's Surface -NEW!   Watch this engaging and informative video on one woman's discovery of this valuable resource.  This video was created out of the collaboration between the Earth Sciences and Resource Institute - University of South Carolina (ESRI SC) and the South Carolina NRCS.

NH Statewide Numerical Soil Legend, Issue #10 January, 2011 (All require Adobe Acrobat)
Cover Sheet (205 KB pdf)
New Hampshire State-wide Numerical Soil Legend (259 KB pdf)
Numerical Soil Legend (Blue Section) (69 KB pdf)
Conversion Legend (Yellow Section) (97.7 KB pdf)
Properties and Interpretations Table (Orange Section) (106 KB pdf)
Key to the Soils of New Hampshire (Green Section) (27.3 KB pdf)

The following soil documents are available for download.  All require Adobe Acrobat.

Ksat Values of subsoil and substratum materials for the NH State-Wide Numerical Soil Legend Map Units (26 KB pdf)
Status Map of Soil Surveys in NH (284 KB)

Kim McCracken, State Soil Scientist, Lancaster, NH
Joe Homer, Assistant State Soil Scientist, Lancaster, NH
Peter Whitcomb - Soil Database Manager, Concord, NH
Karen Dudley - Resource Soil Scientist, Concord, NH

The Site Specific Soil Mapping Standards for New Hampshire and Vermont may be found at the Society of Soil Scientists of Northern New England website:

http://www.sssnne.org/nh-vt.pdf