USDA has made scans of most of their old soil surveys available at https://archive.org/details/usda-soil-surveys

From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Ross, Heather
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2024 6:29 AM
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Subject: Re: US Soil Conservation Service map series: indexes needed

Hi Brendan,

Here is what I have found...

Valencia county, New Mexico, eastern part.
1:24,000 1972
We have sheets 21 & 22 (recto/verso)

Scanned in Hathi Trust.

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31210008396036&seq=189<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31210008396036&seq=189__;!!C5qS4YX3!AfZXclkb-cBaSzCFhU6tDuYBfgvvqlza-d2oFAPvYhMjHy2Geef0WtpXhz1OcVuwxMbut7o60omPL5w$>

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Rio Blanco county area, Colorado
1:24,000   undated. c.1970???
We have "sheet 48 of 53"
Seems to be regular 7.5' quads?

Found 1982 version in Hathi Trust
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ucbk.ark:/28722/h2ds2j&seq=1<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ucbk.ark:*28722*h2ds2j&seq=1__;Ly8!!C5qS4YX3!AfZXclkb-cBaSzCFhU6tDuYBfgvvqlza-d2oFAPvYhMjHy2Geef0WtpXhz1OcVuwxMbut7o6eBQdVPM$>



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Sent: Friday, January 12, 2024 12:02 AM
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Subject: US Soil Conservation Service map series: indexes needed

Hello colleagues,

We have a discovered a handful of uncatalogued sheets from 6 different soil survey map series produced by the US Dept of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service.

Can anyone send me or point me to indexes for them?


Valencia county, New Mexico, eastern part.
1:24,000 1972
We have sheets 21 & 22 (recto/verso)

Scanned in Hathi Trust.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31210008396036&seq=189<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31210008396036&seq=189__;!!C5qS4YX3!AfZXclkb-cBaSzCFhU6tDuYBfgvvqlza-d2oFAPvYhMjHy2Geef0WtpXhz1OcVuwxMbut7o60omPL5w$>

*****
Rio Blanco county area, Colorado
1:24,000   undated. c.1970???
We have "sheet 48 of 53"
Seems to be regular 7.5' quads?

Found 1982 version in Hathi Trust
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ucbk.ark:/28722/h2ds2j&seq=1<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ucbk.ark:*28722*h2ds2j&seq=1__;Ly8!!C5qS4YX3!AfZXclkb-cBaSzCFhU6tDuYBfgvvqlza-d2oFAPvYhMjHy2Geef0WtpXhz1OcVuwxMbut7o6eBQdVPM$>

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North Carolina... Lake Michie watershed
1:15,840   1937?
3 sheets: 22, 24 & one unnumbered

Texas... White Rock Lake watershed
1:15,840   1937?
2 sheets: 8 & 12

Texas... Elm Creek area
1:15,840   1937?
2 sheets: 27 & 32

Georgia... Lloyd Shoals Reservoir watershed
1:15,840   1937?
1 sheet: unnumbered


Thanks!

Brendan Whyte
National Library of Australia