Housed in an attractive brown cloth case, this complete and very colorful lot of 53 soil maps comes from the sixth report of the Field Operations of the Bureau of Soils, under the direction of Milton Whitney. Each of the maps has a legend identifying the various soil profiles which are overlayed on base maps provided by the Geological Survey. In addition to the soil types, the maps depict roads, railroads, cities and towns, county boundaries and topography via contour lines. The maps highlight the soil survey work being done across the entire country including: Providence Sheet, Rhode Island Newport Sheet, Rhode Island Vergennes Sheet, Vermont-New York Auburn Sheet, New York Adams County Sheet, Pennsylvania Appomattox County Sheet, Virginia Lancaster County Sheet, South Carolina Orangeburg Sheet, South Carolina Charleston Sheet, South Carolina Dodge County Sheet, Georgia Bainbridge Sheet, Georgia Gainesville Sheet, Florida Macon County Sheet, Alabama Sumter County Sheet, Alabama Jackson Sheet, Mississippi Biloxi Sheet, Mississippi De Soto Parish Sheet, Louisiana Anderson County Sheet, Texas Austin Sheet, Texas San Antonio Sheet, Texas Lawrence County Sheet, Tennessee Greenville Sheet, Tennessee Warren County Sheet, Kentucky Wooster County Sheet, Ohio Coshocton County Sheet, Ohio Munising Sheet, Michigan Saginaw Sheet, Michigan Alma Sheet, Michigan Owosso Sheet, Michigan Marshall County Sheet, Indiana Scott County Sheet, Indiana Boonville Sheet, Indiana Superior Sheet, Wisconsin-Minnesota Tama County Sheet, Iowa Saline County Sheet, Missouri O'Fallon Sheet, Missouri-Illinois Webster County Sheet, Missouri Kearney Sheet, Nebraska Lexington Sheet, Nebraska Allen County Sheet, Kansas Garden City Sheet, Kansas Cando Sheet, North Dakota Greeley Sheet, Colorado
[Lot of 3 - Soil, Alkali and Underground Water Maps] Bear River Sheet, Utah
[Lot of 2 - Soil and Alkali Maps] Yuma Sheet, Arizona-California Sacramento Sheet, California
[Lot of 3 - Soil, Alkali and Black Alkali Maps] Bakersfield Sheet, California San Bernardino Sheet, California
Most maps measure approximately 31 x 26".
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Condition: A
The maps are in very good to fine condition with some minor creasing in the bottom blank margin, away from the image, where the maps rest in the case. Case shows light wear.