Soil Map, Reconnaissance Survey, Southwest Texas Sheet

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Map displays soil types along with roads, railroads, towns, counties, ranches, rivers, and creeks.

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1 map : color ; 60 x 91 cm. ; scale 1:380,160 (1 inch = 6 miles)

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United States. Bureau of Soils. September 17, 1912.

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  • Main Title: Soil Map, Reconnaissance Survey, Southwest Texas Sheet
  • Added Title: Soil Map, Reconnaissance Survey, Southwest Texas Sheet

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Map displays soil types along with roads, railroads, towns, counties, ranches, rivers, and creeks.

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1 map : color ; 60 x 91 cm. ; scale 1:380,160 (1 inch = 6 miles)

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Texas A&M University Libraries graciously loaned this soil map for digitization.
"Field Operations Bureau of Soils 1911"
"Soils surveyed by A. E. Kocher, A. W. Mangum, William T. Carter Jr., Percy O. Wood, Clarence Lounsbury, William G. Smith, and Allen L. Higgins."

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Texas Soil Surveys

The Texas Soil Surveys demonstrate early scientific thought regarding soil classification and use. Each survey consists of a soil map and separate book.

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Reconnoissance soil survey of southwest Texas (Book)

Reconnoissance soil survey of southwest Texas

Soil survey of 13 counties lying south and west of San Antonio. Included are Bexar, Medina, Uvalde, Kinney, Maverick, Zavalla, Frio, Atascosa, Wilson, Live Oak, McMullen, Lasalle, and Dimmit counties. Text describes the area, climate, agriculture, soils, irrigation, and alkali of these counties.

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Reconnoissance soil suvey of southwest Texas, ark:/67531/metapth19752

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  • September 17, 1912

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United States. Bureau of Soils. Soil Map, Reconnaissance Survey, Southwest Texas Sheet, map, September 17, 1912; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth19685/: accessed May 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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