Environment (Government Information): Water/Land Conditions

Part of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (OGWDW) is a partnership of states, tribes, and many other organizations providing information and resources on drinking and ground water safety.

The National Water and Climate Center (NWCC) administers the Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting Program (SSWSF) and the Soil Climate Analysis Network, and manages the Water and Climate Information System.

EPA effort to make to make state beach advisory and closing data available to the public.

Database developed by the federal agencies Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium (MRLC) to describes the land surface condition of each 30-meter cell of land in the conterminous United States.

Provides access to the statistical survey of land use and natural resource conditions and trends on U.S. non-Federal lands produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service

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.

The Texas Soil Surveys demonstrate early scientific thought regarding soil classification and use. Each survey consists of a soil map and separate book. The maps show many cultural features in the landscape such as businesses, churches, schools, mills, gins, and ferries. The collection embraces all Texas county and reconnaissance soil surveys completed prior to 1950.