SOIL INFORMATION
Updated 7/10/09
GENERAL and
EDUCATIONAL SOILS INFORMATION
Illinois Soil Classifiers Association
Brochure
ISCA Multi-Year Plan
Burton
W. Ray Scholarship Award in Soil Science
Soils -- Natural Resources
Conservation Service
Illinois
Soils -- Natural Resources Conservation Service
Teacher/Student Material
– NRCS, Illinois
Teacher/Student Material
– NRCS, National Office
Teacher/Student
Material – NRCS, H. Ferguson Educational Resources
Sciences of Soils -- Soils Online
The Underground Adventure -- The
Chicago Field Museum of Natural History
Dig It! The Secrets of Soil --
Smithsonian Exhibit
Dirtland --
The Microbe Zoo
The
Dirt on Soil -- Discovery Education
Dr. Dirt's K-12
Teaching Resources
The World of Soil
Soil Photo Gallery -- NRCS
Soils
Under a Microscope
The Twelve Soil Orders
-- University of Idaho
TECHNICAL SOIL RESOURCES
Hydric Soils
Field Indicators for Hydric
Soils for Illinois (condensed) -- Updated!
Hydric Soils -- NRCS
Illinois Drainage Guide -- On-line
Soils and Septics
Illinois
Department of Public Health -- Part 905 Private Sewage Disposal Code
Purdue Extension -- Home
& Environment
Key for Septic Loading Rates
(proposed) -- Not approved -- Use
for testing purposes only
Soil
Suitability for On-site Sewage Design in Illinois
Understanding Your Soil Report
for Septic System Suitability
Soil Survey and Classification
Glossary
-- National Soils Handbook
Glossary of Soil
Science Terms – Soil Science Society of America
High Intensity Soil Survey
Standards for Agriculture in Illinois
Key to Illinois Soils
Alphabetical
cross reference
Numerical
cross reference
National Soil Survey Center
National Soil Survey
Handbook
Official Series
Descriptions
Soil Datamart -- NRCS
Soil
Taxonomy
Keys to Soil
Taxonomy -- All versions
Updated
Soil Surveys in Illinois -- On-line (pdf manuscript)
Web Soil Survey -- NRCS
Other Soil Resources
Soil Quality Institute
Soil Productivity
Index Ratings for Illinois
Earth Science Data & Services
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES in ILLINOIS with SOIL COURSES
University of
Illinois
Illinois State University
Northern Illinois University
Western Illinois University
Southern
Illinois University
SOIL ORGANIZATIONS
Association of Women Soil Scientists (AWSS)
International Committee on
Anthropogenic Soils (ICOMANTH)
International Union of Soil Sciences
(IUSS)
National
Society of Consulting Soil Scientists (NSCSS)
Soil
Science Society of America (SSSA)
United States Consortium of Soil
Science Associations (USCSSA)
U.S. National
Committee for Soil Science
PRIVATE and GOVERNMENTAL NATURAL
RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS
Illinois Natural Resources
Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
Illinois State Geological Survey
Illinois
Department of Natural Resources
Illinois Department of Agriculture
National Association of Conservation Districts
NRCS National
Water & Climate Center -- Wetlands
Society of
Wetland Scientists
Topozone
Terraserver
US Army Corps of Engineers --
Chicago District
US
Department of Agriculture
US Fish and Wildlife Service
US Golf Association -- Green Section
Wetland Science Institute