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title: Soil Overlay
description: Learn about the Soil Overlay, including the definition, benefits, tips, coverage and update frequency.
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# Soil Overlay

## Learn about the Soil Overlay, including the definition, benefits, tips, coverage and update frequency.

Available with any of the following [subscriptions](https://id.land/pricing): 

- All plans

#### Definition

Our soil overlay and associated reports are derived primarily from the Soil Survey Geographic Database (SSURGO). The SSURGO database contains information about soil as collected by the National Cooperative Soil Survey over the course of a century. The information is available for most areas in the United States served by the USDA-NRCS. The information is gathered by walking over the land and observing the soil. Many soil samples were analyzed in laboratories. Additional crop ability data are included for states that depend on separate but related productivity indexes.

The SSURGO data is also used to produce our detailed soil reports and associated print maps.

![Soil Overlay on a map with pop-up showing additional information](https://support.id.land/hs-fs/hubfs/Opera-Landid-NewMapEdit-Opera-6April20243-ezgif.com-video-to-gif-converter.gif?width=656&height=487&name=Opera-Landid-NewMapEdit-Opera-6April20243-ezgif.com-video-to-gif-converter.gif)

![Soil report available on a property](https://support.id.land/hs-fs/hubfs/Opera-Landid-NewMapEdit-Opera-6April20244-ezgif.com-video-to-gif-converter.gif?width=655&height=488&name=Opera-Landid-NewMapEdit-Opera-6April20244-ezgif.com-video-to-gif-converter.gif)

Related articles:  [Soil Report](https://support.id.land/soil-report?hsLang=en), [Creating impact with printed map for buyers and sellers](https://support.id.land/creating-impact-with-printed-maps-for-buyers-and-sellers?hsLang=en)

#### Key Benefits

- Helpful tool for pricing agricultural properties
- Prospective buyers use this overlay to aid in visualizing crop potential
- Landowners use this overlay to aid in crop planning for optimum yield

**Tip:**  Click on the Soils Overlay to see a pop-up that includes the name, irrigated and non-irrigated capability, class and subclass for each soil map unit.

**Limitation:**  This overlay may include spatial inaccuracies stemming from the scale and methodology of data collection and the complexity of soil characteristics.

#### Coverage

United States of America

#### Update Frequency

As updates are available

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