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Louisiana Soils Information

Online Soil Surveys

As time passes, the data in published surveys become dated. The official information about the soils in a given area is available from the Soil Data Mart, which provides the most current data about the soils. If spatial data are available, the Web Soil Survey also provides access to the most current information. It is an interface that allows the user to define an area of interest, to view and print a soil map, to assess soil data about the area, and to obtain information about the suitability of the soils for selected uses.

The following documents require Adobe Reader.

Acadia Parish (PDF; 4.8 MB) Issued 9/06
Allen Parish (PDF; 6.1 MB) Issued 1980
Ascension Parish (PDF; 6.7 MB) Issued 1976
Assumption Parish (PDF; 6.3 MB) Issued 1978
Avoyelles Parish (PDF; 20.1 MB) Issued 1986
Beauregard Parish (PDF; 18.4 MB) Issued 2002
Bienville Parish (PDF; 35.8 MB) Issued 2002
Bossier Parish (PDF; 15 MB) Issued 1962
Caddo Parish (PDF; 14.1 MB) Issued 1980
Calcasieu Parish (PDF; 18.9 MB) Issued 1988
Caldwell Parish (PDF; 15.7 MB) Issued 1990
Cameron Parish (PDF; 11.4 MB) Issued 1995
Catahoula Parish (PDF; 14.1 MB) Issued 8/06
Claiborne Parish (PDF; 13.7 MB) Issued 1989
Concordia Parish (PDF; 11.6 MB) Issued 1988
DeSoto Parish (PDF; 14.6 MB) Issued 1991
East and West Feliciana Parishes (PDF; 15.2 MB) Issued 2001
East Baton Rouge Parish (PDF; 8.8 MB) Issued 1968
Evangeline Parish (PDF; 7.6 MB) Issued 1974
Franklin Parish (PDF; 14.1 MB) Issued 1989
Grant Parish (PDF; 15.2 MB) Issued 1986
Iberia Parish (PDF; 6.9 MB) Issued 1978
Iberville Parish (PDF; 20.3 MB) Issued 1977
Jackson Parish (PDF; 9.4 MB) Issued 1999
Jefferson Davis Parish (PDF; 31.1 MB) Issued 2003
Jefferson Parish (PDF; 5.3 MB) Issued 1983
Lafayette Parish (PDF; 4.9 MB) Issued 1977
Lafourche Parish (PDF; 17.6 MB) Issued 1984
La Salle Parish (PDF; 16.1 MB) Issued 1991
Lincoln Parish (PDF; 9.0 MB) Issued 1996
Livingston Parish (PDF; 19.6 MB) Issued 1991
Madison Parish (PDF; 37.8 MB) Issued 1982
Morehouse Parish (PDF; 11.2 MB) Issued 1985
Nachitoches Parish (PDF; 16.1 MB) Issued 1990
Orleans Parish (PDF; 8.8 MB) Issued 1989
Ouachita Parish (PDF; 10.5 MB) Issued 1974
Rapides Parish (PDF; 9.9 MB) Issued 1980
Red River Parish (PDF; 4.9 MB) Issued 1980
Richland Parish (PDF; 18.3 MB) Issued 1993
Sabine Parish (PDF; 14.8 MB) Issued 1997
St. Berrnard Parish (PDF; 4.8 MB) Issued 1989
St. Charles Parish (PDF; 12.8 MB) Issued 1987
St. Helena Parish (PDF; 10.7 MB) Issued 1996
St. James and St. John The Baptist Parishes (PDF; 5.6 MB) Issued 1973
St. John the Baptist Parish (PDF; 1.9 MB) Issued 2009
St. Landry Parish (PDF; 20.3 MB) Issued 1986
St. Martin Parish (PDF; 5 MB) Issued 1977
St. Mary Parish (PDF; 2.8 MB) Issued 2007
St. Tammany Parish (PDF; 11.2 MB) Issued 1990
Tangipahoa Parish (PDF; 15.6 MB) Issued 1990
Tensas Parish (PDF; 6.9 MB) Issued 1968
Tensas Parish (PDF; 2.2 MB) Issued 2006
Terrebonne Parish (PDF; 6.3 MB) Issued 1960
Terrebonne Parish (PDF; 3.7 MB) Issued 2007
Union Parish (PDF; 15.4 MB) Issued 1997
Vermilion Parish (PDF; 11.4 MB) Issued 1996
Vernon Parish (PDF; 7.2 MB) Issued 2003
Washington Parish (PDF; 14.5 MB) Issued 1997
West Carroll Parish (PDF; 5 MB) Issued 1977

Electronic copies of soil surveys that were issued prior to 1958 are available from the NRCS soils Web site at http://soils.usda.gov/survey/online_surveys/.
Hardbound copies of soil surveys may be available from the local USDA service center. Contact information is available at http://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app?agency=nrcs.

General Information

The following document requires Microsoft Excel.

Spreadsheet: Status of Soil Survey Publications (XLS; 30 KB) Updated March 2009