Information About Soils

What Lies Beneath the Surface - Soils Update

The initial soil survey of Louisiana was completed in October 1991, with all sixty-four parishes being published. This was a partnership effort between the NRCS, the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, and the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry. NRCS soil scientists started updating the older surveys, bringing them up to modern-day standards. To-date, four of these have been completed with an additional four near completion. The update process has replaced the historic hard copy publication with a new state-of-the-art digital format.