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soil maps - do you use them for food plots? #2551065
08/13/18 01:27 PM
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There's a new tool out there from the feds on the web that allows you to see what type of soils you have, and it will overlay it on a satellite map of your property. Has anyone ever used them or something similar to determine where to locate food plots? If not, would it be a good idea, or are these things not all that accurate?

Re: soil maps - do you use them for food plots? [Re: ALFisher] #2551077
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I use Farmlogs to see how much rain I get and to map out my fields, it has a tool on there to see what time of soil you have


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Re: soil maps - do you use them for food plots? [Re: ALFisher] #2551125
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I’ve found them to be pretty accurate on my places. Can you find this stuff online now? USDA data?

Re: soil maps - do you use them for food plots? [Re: ALFisher] #2551143
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Re: soil maps - do you use them for food plots? [Re: ALFisher] #2551152
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These maps have been out since the first half of the 1900's. You can get them printed out at the NRCS office. Being on-line is new or I haven't seen them before. I have always gotten them in a packet when having a NRCS program done. They are very accurate. I have no idea how they get their info but mine have always been exact. I wouldn't think they would be much help with foodplots because most people can't choose where to put a plot. They have to put it where the opening is or wherever is available.

Re: soil maps - do you use them for food plots? [Re: NightHunter] #2551201
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Originally Posted by NightHunter


That's a cool site, thanks for posting. I just got on there and did it for my lease. This was the output I got for pH (1 to 1 Water) section. So is the "Rating" column the expected pH value or is that just some numerical rating?


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Re: soil maps - do you use them for food plots? [Re: ALFisher] #2551243
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For land owners claiming "current use" for property taxes, the soil group of the land is a determining factor in tax amount.


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