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Published Soil Surveys for Indiana

Soil surveys are completed and published on a continuing basis.  As time passes, the data in published surveys become dated.  The official and the most current information about the soils in a given area is available from the Soil Data Mart or the Web Soil Survey.  Soil Data Mart provides access to soil reports and Web Soil Survey provides access to digital soils, etc.  For information about areas not included in the following list of soil survey publications and for ordering or obtaining information about reference copies, contact:

6013 Lakeside Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN 46278-2933
Phone: 317-290-3200 x 370

Indiana Soil Survey Status (Map)

Date: "Current" indicates a link to the Web Soil Survey (Official Data)

# Survey name (online links) Date Paper copy CD-ROM Archived PDF Online Web Soil Survey (Official Data)
92 All Indiana Counties Current No No No Yes

 

Instructions for downloading both text and maps. The following documents require Adobe Acrobat
How to Save an Archived Soil Survey Publication to Your Local Machine (PDF; 2.8 MB)

 

Updated Soil Survey Reports  The following documents require Adobe Acrobat 


 

# Survey name (online links) File type and size Date Paper copy CD-ROM Archived PDF Online Web Soil Survey (Official Data)
1

Bartholomew

PDF; 1.4 MB 2004 Yes Yes Yes No
2 Boone PDF; 105 KB 2004 Yes Yes Yes No
3 Clark PDF; 320 KB 2007 Yes Yes Yes No
4 Delaware PDF; 371 KB 2004 Yes Yes Yes No
5 Elkhart PDF; 214 KB 2002 Yes Yes Yes No
6 Floyd PDF; 452 KB 2007 Yes Yes Yes No
7 Fountain PDF; 77 KB 2003 Yes Yes Yes No
8 Owen PDF; 707 KB 2005 Yes Yes Yes No
9 Perry PDF; 311 KB 2006 Yes Yes Yes No
10 Pulaski PDF; 209 KB 2003 Yes Yes Yes No
11 Scott PDF; 758 KB 2006 Yes Yes Yes No
12 St. Joseph PDF; 272 KB 2004 Yes Yes Yes No

 

Historical Replica Soil Survey Reports  The following documents require Adobe Acrobat 


 

# Survey name (online links) File type and size Date Paper copy CD-ROM Archived PDF Online Web Soil Survey (Official Data)
1 Adams PDF; 895 KB 1986 Yes Yes Yes No
2 Blackford and Jay PDF; 788 KB 1986 Yes Yes Yes No
3 Carroll PDF; 157 KB 1991 Yes Yes Yes No
4 Cass PDF; 763 KB 1981 Yes Yes Yes No
5 Clark and Floyd PDF; 897 KB 1974 Yes Yes Yes No
6 Clay PDF; 349 KB 1982 Yes Yes Yes No
7 Clinton PDF; 519 KB 1980 Yes Yes Yes No
8 Crawford PDF; 799 KB 1975 Yes Yes Yes No
9 Daviess PDF; 862 KB 1974 Yes Yes Yes No
10 Dearborn and Ohio PDF; 899 KB 1981 Yes Yes Yes No
11 Decatur PDF; 148 KB 1983 Yes Yes Yes No
12 DeKalb PDF; 177 KB 1982 Yes Yes Yes No
13 Delaware PDF; 425 KB 1972 Yes Yes Yes No
14 Dubois  PDF; 847 KB 1980 Yes Yes Yes No
15 Elkhart PDF; 180 KB 1974 Yes Yes Yes No
16 Fayette and Union PDF; 482 KB 1960 Yes Yes Yes No
17 Franklin PDF; 1.22 MB 1989 Yes Yes Yes No
18 Fulton PDF; 743 KB 1987 Yes Yes Yes No
19 Gibson PDF; 1.1 MB 1989 Yes Yes Yes No
20 Grant PDF; 777 KB 1988 Yes Yes Yes No
21 Greene PDF; 170 KB 1988 Yes Yes Yes No
22 Hamilton PDF; 153 KB 1978 Yes Yes Yes No
23 Hancock PDF; 183 KB 1978 Yes Yes Yes No
24 Hendricks PDF; 1.62 MB 1974 Yes Yes Yes No
25 Henry PDF; 95 KB 1987 Yes Yes Yes No
26 Howard PDF; 148 KB 1971 Yes Yes Yes No
27 Huntington PDF; 700 KB 1982 Yes Yes Yes No
28 Jackson PDF; 478 KB 1990 Yes Yes Yes No
29 Jasper PDF; 188 KB 1990 Yes Yes Yes No
30 Jefferson PDF; 656 KB 1985 Yes Yes Yes No
31 Jennings PDF; 452 KB 1976 Yes Yes Yes No
32 Johnson PDF; 250 KB 1979 Yes Yes Yes No
33 Knox PDF; 190 KB 1981 Yes Yes Yes No
34 Kosciusko PDF; 134 KB 1989 Yes Yes Yes No
35 LaGrange PDF; 370 KB 1980 Yes Yes Yes No
36 Lake PDF; 338 KB 1972 Yes Yes Yes No
37 LaPorte PDF; 197 KB 1982 Yes Yes Yes No
38 Marion PDF; 955 KB 1978 Yes Yes Yes No
39 Martin PDF; 602 KB 1988 Yes Yes Yes No
40 Miami PDF; 342 KB 1979 Yes Yes Yes No
41 Monroe PDF; 767 KB 1981 Yes Yes Yes No
42 Morgan PDF; 394 KB 1981 Yes Yes Yes No
43 Newton PDF; 816 KB 1998 Yes Yes Yes No
44 Noble PDF; 491 KB 1977 Yes Yes Yes No
45 Orange PDF; 437 KB 1984 Yes Yes Yes No
46 Owen PDF; 573 KB 1964 Yes Yes Yes No
47 Parke PDF; 7.57 MB 1967 Yes Yes Yes No
48 Pike PDF; 226 KB 1987 Yes Yes Yes No
49 Porter PDF; 167 KB 1981 Yes Yes Yes No
50 Posey PDF; 444 KB 1979 Yes Yes Yes No
51 Randolph PDF; 1.04 MB 1987 Yes Yes Yes No
52 Ripley & Parts of Jennings PDF; 1.04 KB 1985 Yes Yes Yes No
53 Rush PDF; 768 KB 1986 Yes Yes Yes No
54 Shelby PDF; 902 KB 1974 Yes Yes Yes No
55 Spencer PDF; 184 KB 1973 Yes Yes Yes No
56 Starke PDF; 190 KB 1982 Yes Yes Yes No
57 Steuben PDF; 978 KB 1981 Yes Yes Yes No
58 Sullivan PDF; 1.19 MB 1971 Yes Yes Yes No
59 Switzerland PDF; 158 KB 1987 Yes Yes Yes No
60 Tippecanoe PDF; 129 KB 1958 Yes Yes Yes No
61 Vanderburgh PDF; 139 KB 1976 Yes Yes Yes No
62 Vermillion PDF; 130 KB 1978 Yes Yes Yes No
63 Vigo PDF; 165 KB 1974 Yes Yes Yes No
64 Wabash PDF; 592 KB 1983 Yes Yes Yes No
65 Warren PDF; 189 KB 1979 Yes Yes Yes No
66 Warrick PDF; 165 KB 1979 Yes Yes Yes No
67 Wells PDF; 138 KB 1992 Yes Yes Yes No
68 White PDF; 900 KB 1982 Yes Yes Yes No

Accelerated Soil Survey Reports 1959-1992 (some are out of print, none available online)

# Survey name (online links) Date Paper copy CD-ROM Archived PDF Online Web Soil Survey (Official Data)
1 Allen 1969 Yes No No No
2 Bartholomew 1976 No No No No
3 Bartholomew 1992 Yes No No No
4 Benton 1989 Yes No No No
5 Boone 1975 Yes No No No
6 Brown and part of Bartholomew 1990 Yes No No No
7 Fountain 1966 No No No No
8 Harrison 1975 Yes No No No
9 Lawrence 1985 Yes No No No
10 Madison 1967 Yes No No No
11 Marshall 1980 Yes No No No
12 Montgomery 1989 Yes No No No
13 Perry 1969 Yes No No No
14 Pulaski 1968 No No No No
15 Putnam 1981 Yes No No No
16 Scott 1962 No No No No
17 St. Joseph 1977 Yes No No No
18 Tippecanoe 1998 Yes No No No
19 Tipton 1989 Yes No No No
20 Washington 1988 Yes No No No
21 Wayne 1987 Yes No No No
22 Whitley 1990 Yes No No No

Historic Soil Survey Reports 1902-1958 (some are out of print, none available online)

# Survey name (online links) Date Paper copy CD-ROM Archived PDF Online Web Soil Survey (Official Data)
1 Adams 1921 No No No No
2 Allen 1908 No No No No
3 Bartholomew 1947 No No No No
4 Benton 1916 No No No No
5 Blackford 1928 No No No No
6 Boone 1912 No No No No
7 Booneville Area 1904 No No No No
8 Brown 1946 No No No No
9 Carroll 1958 No No No No
10 Cass 1955 No No No No
11 Clark, Floyd, and Harrison 1907 No No No No
12 Clay 1922 No No No No
13 Clinton 1914 No No No No
14 Decatur 1919 No No No No
15 Decatur ,Jennings, Jefferson, Ripley, Dearborn, Ohio & Switzerland 1907 No No No No
16 Delaware 1913 No No No No
17 Dubois 1937 No No No No
18 Elkhart 1914 No No No No
19 Franklin 1950 No No No No
20 Fulton 1946 No No No No
21 Gibson 1922 No No No No
22 Grant 1915 No No No No
23 Greene 1906 No No No No
24 Hamilton 1912 No No