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Massachusetts Soil Survey

The mission of the Massachusetts NRCS Soils Team is to provide quality soils information and promote its use. Our vision is that our customers recognize the information and technical assistance we provide as invaluable in making wise land use decisions.

In 1991, the Massachusetts State Legislature designated the Paxton fine sandy loam as the Official State Soil of the Commonwealth.

Web Soil Survey - enhanced interactive access to soil survey maps and reports nationwide.

Massachusetts soil survey information by county

Click a county on the map below or use the links below the map. Not sure which county your town is in? Check the list of soil survey information by town.

Map of Massachusetts counties Barnstable Berkshire Bristol Dukes Essex Franklin Hampden Hampshire Middlesex Nantucket Norfolk Plymouth Suffolk Worcester
Barnstable Berkshire Bristol Dukes Essex
Franklin Hampden Hampshire Middlesex Nantucket
Norfolk Plymouth Suffolk Worcester  

Contact the State Soil Scientist

Bruce Thompson
413-253-4370
bruce.thompson@ma.usda.gov

Soil profile for Paxton fine sandy loam

Soil surveys that have been SSURGO certified can be downloaded either in UTM projection at  the NRCS National Cartographic and Geospatial Center or in Massachusetts state plane coordinate system at Massachusetts Geographic Information System (MASSGIS) (view digital soils status map).