2025WI: Soils Of WI-How To Use USDA NRCS Web Soil Survey With Google Earth Pro And Web Soil Apps (DNR)

Description

• Training Title: Soils Of WI-How To Use USDA NRCS Web Soil Survey With Google Earth Pro And Web Soil.
   Training Approval ID:   3ttg-t2ov
   Date Submitted:         09/19/2025
   Expiration Date:        11/19/2028
   Approved for:           2 hours General Septage
• Course summary: USDA NRCS WEB Soil Survey and an overview of soil systems in Wisconsin.
  Course outline: This course is TWO hours and divided into 20 minute segments covering the following:
  In the Class titled Assessing the Site, service providers were introduced to the tools available to them to look at the location beforehand, assessing best access routes, anticipating logistical problems.
  This class is both for service providers and installers and will also cover some of those topics.
  This class will allow attendees to experiment and to review an actual site using:
  * Web Soil Survey (WSS) provides soil data and information produced by the National Cooperative Soil Survey. It is operated by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and provides access to the largest natural resource information system in the world. NRCS has soil maps and data available online for more than 95 percent of the nation’s counties and anticipates having 100 percent in the near future. The site is updated and maintained online as the single authoritative source of soil survey information – and invaluable tool for assessment and troubleshooting onsite systems.
  See http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/HomePage.htm
• * Google Earth’s layers and functions..
• Educational materials are available for download and reference.