0.5 Tiny Bytes: Soil Series

Ag Geek Speak

Ag Geek Speak
0.5 Tiny Bytes: Soil Series
Jan 15, 2025 Season 2 Episode 1
A Podcast for Precision Agriculture Geeks

Soil series names hold invaluable information that can inform land use and agricultural practices. Join us as we explore soil series and their characteristics, featuring insights on collecting data, understanding soil maps, and highlighting the significance of favorite series like Fargo and Williams.

• Soil series names relate to specific regions and provide insight into soil characteristics
• The importance of five soil-forming factors in classification
• How to access soil survey data for informed land management decisions
• The relevance of local soil characteristics in agriculture and farming
• Engaging with soil series can lead to deeper insights about land and environmental quality

CLORPT: Climate, organisms, relief, parent material, time

NRCS Web Soil Survey: https://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/WebSoilSurvey.aspx

SoilWeb App for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.casoilresourcelab.soilweb&hl=en_US

SoilWeb App for Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/soilweb/id354911787

KML of SoilWeb for use in Google Earth: https://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/soil_web/kml/SoilWeb.kmz

Soil Series Data Explorer (where you can pop in the name of a soil series and get information about that soil): https://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/sde/