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| | The Mississippi Soil Survey Program
The State of Mississippi is a part of the National
Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS)
program. Mississippi's Soil Survey program has two major areas of
operation production; they are soil survey and technical soil services.
Quality assurance, and technical assistance for Mississippi's soil survey
program are provided by Major Land Resource Area, (MLRA) offices. The
Major Land Resource offices for Mississippi are MLRA
Region #15, Auburn, AL and
MLRA
Region #16, Little Rock, AR.
Mississippi consists of 82 counties, of which 51 counties are in MLRA 15 that
makes up the eastern side of the state. The western side of the state
consists of 31 counties, which are in MLRA 16.
The MLRA's are separated according to geographically associated land
resources units. Units include thousand of acres, characterized by a
particular pattern of soils, geology, climate, water resources and land uses.
Related Links to Soil
Mississippi State Soil
Mississippi Automated Resources Information System (MARIS)
National Resources Inventory (NRI)
Soil Survey Geographic Database (SSURGO)
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
What is Soil?
Careers in Soil
Science
Status of Soil Surveys
Web Soil Survey
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