Polygons, Special (Spot/Ad Hoc) Features, and Project Status Layer
** Full statewide coverage with the addition of Franklin County on Nov. 16, 2012 **
Each download is a self-extracting executable.
Once Downloaded: Extract the files by double-clicking on the .exe file name in Windows Explorer or by entering the name at the DOS Command Prompt and hitting return. The StuffIt software (for Windows or Macintosh) or the Unix and Linux command "unzip" can also be used to extract the data from the .exe files. Each.exe file contains all the necessary components for the shapefile format (.dbf, .shx, .shp files, etc.) for each available feature class (e.g., arc, polygon, point).
Related Tables: The soils polygon links for each survey area contain FGDC-compliant metadata and related tables in SSURGO 2.2.3 Microsoft Access 2002/2003 databases (see the NRCS NASIS site for details).
For details on this layer see the Datalayer Description.
Download Statewide Shapefile and Tables:
Statewide Shapefile soils_poly.exe (176 MB) (Includes two ArcGIS 9.2 layer files for Slope and Prime Farmland themes, and SOILS_POLY_MAPUNIT.dbf; does NOT include other tables) | Selected Related Tables soils_tables.exe (58 MB) (16 tables are in .dbf format; 3 are comma-delimited text files) Complete sets of tables are available by survey area below |
file size 1MB
:(Required to use the NRCS Soil Data Viewer, which works with one survey area at a time)
| Soils Survey Area | Shapefiles and Access Databases |
| BARNSTABLE | soi_barn.exe |
| BERKSHIRE | soi_berk.exe |
| BRISTOL NORTH | soi_brisno.exe |
| BRISTOL SOUTH | soi_bris.exe |
| DUKES | soi_dukes.exe |
| ESSEX NORTH | soi_esnor.exe |
| ESSEX SOUTH | soi_essou.exe |
| FRANKLIN | soi_fran.exe |
| HAMPDEN-HAMPSHIRE EAST | soi_hhea.exe |
| HAMPDEN-HAMPSHIRE WEST | soi_hhwe.exe |
| HAMPDEN CENTRAL | soi_hamdce.exe |
| HAMPSHIRE CENTRAL | soi_hampce.exe |
| MIDDLESEX | soi_middsx.exe |
| NANTUCKET | soi_nantck.exe |
| NORFOLK-SUFFOLK | soi_norsuf.exe |
| PLYMOUTH | soi_plymth.exe |
| WORCESTER NORTHEAST | soi_wone.exe |
| WORCESTER NORTHWEST | soi_wonw.exe |
| WORCESTER SOUTH | soi_wors.exe |
| Statewide arc and point shapefiles, with metadata and ArcGIS 10.0 LYR: soilspot_shp.exe |
| Statewide polygon shapefile: soilstat.exe (with metadata and ArcGIS 10.0 layer file) |
Last Updated November 16, 2012
