Soil and Water Conservation
Johnston County, North Carolina
Johnston County, North Carolina
Printed soil survey reports were the main sounce of soils information from 1899 to 2005. Most of the reports are county-based and have been converted to PDFs. USDA phased out the printing of reports after making Wev Soil Suvey the official source for soils information in 2005.
The Soil Survey of Johnston County, North Carolina was last published in October 1994. It is available online or on the internet.
If you would like a print copy, we have some print copies available in our office, while supplies last. Johnston Soil and Water Conservation District 2736 NC Hwy. 210, Suite B, Smithfield, NC 27577
Historical soil surveys are a snapsot in time of soil data. They are useful for looking at soil data from when a soil survery was published, and they have some information that is not currently available in Web Soil Survey.
Click here to access the Web Soil Survey (WSS) provides soil data and information produced by the National Cooperative Soil Survey. It is operated by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and provides access to the largest natural resource information system in the world. NRCS has soil maps and data available on WSS for more than 95 percent of the nation's counties and anticipates having 100 percent soon. The site is the single authoritative source of soil survey information.
Soil Surveys may be used for general farm, local, and wider are planning. Onsite investigation is needed in some cases, such as for soil quality assessements and certain conservation and engineering applications. For more detailed information, contact our Soil and Water office. 919-934-7156 ext. 3.
The USDA NRCS Soil and Plant Science division has a youtube channel that has three videos that cover how to use the online Web Soil Survey (WSS). The videos are located at: https://www.youtube.com/@
Page last updated: May 31, 2024