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Soil Polygons
<div><b><a href='https://maps.lakecountyil.gov/gisdata/soils.zip' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Download In State Plane Projection Here</a></b><br /></div><div><br /></div>
<b>See the <a href='https://maps.lakecountyil.gov/gisdata/LakeCountySoilsDocumentation.pdf' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Lake County Soils Documentation</a> for additional information -- including an explanation of data fields.</b><br /><br />
This product includes the <a href='https://soils.usda.gov/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>United States Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service</a> 2004 Soil Survey data and related information. An intergovernmental funding agreement between the USDA-NRCS, the State of Illinois Department of Agriculture and Lake County made this product possible. This soil information is referred to as SSURGO by NRCS.<br /><br />
The spatial (soil polygons) and tabular (physical and chemical properties) data for all soil survey areas are available free from the <a href='https://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Web Soil Survey website</a>.<br /><br />
Helpful information about soils can be found through the <a href='https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/conservation-basics/conservation-by-state/illinois' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>NRCS Illinois website</a>.<br /><br />
The <a href='https://www.mchenryswcd.org/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>McHenry-Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District</a> staff can also provide assistance with questions related to soils.
Complete Metadata
| identifier | https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=68f2e5a13c9443f99115c1e791a9380d&sublayer=2 |
|---|---|
| issued | 2016-11-21T17:08:50.000Z |
| landingPage | https://data-lakecountyil.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/lakecountyil::soil-polygons |
| spatial | -88.2002,42.1537,-87.7559,42.4946 |
| theme |
[ "geospatial" ] |