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Major Land Resource Area (MLRA) Soil Survey Regional Offices:
Rocky Mountain Soil Survey Regional Office
Northern Great Plains Soil Survey Regional Office

There are 12 Major Land Resource Area Soil Survey (MLRA) Regions serving the National Cooperative Soil Survey in the United States and its trust territories. They provide regional coordination, quality assurance, technical guidance and support, and technology transfer to state and project soil survey offices.

MLRAs are geographically associated land resource units, usually encompassing several thousand acres. A unit may be one continuous area or several separate nearby areas. MLRAs are characterized by particular patterns of soils, geology, climate, water resources, and land use.

Rocky Mountain Soil Survey Regional Office Leader:  Charles N. Gordon
Location:
Soil Survey Regional Director
Federal Building
10 East Babcock Street, Room 443
Bozeman, Montana 59715
Phone: (406) 587-6961
FAX: (406) 587-6761


Northern Great Plains Soil Survey Regional Office Leader:  Cleveland Watts
Location:
Soil Survey Regional Director
USDA, NRCS
760 South Broadway
Salina, KS 67401
Phone: (785) 823-4558
FAX: (785)-823-4540

Host State Conservationist:

Phyllis Ann Philipps
Map of Major Land Resource Area [MLRA] Regions.

Responsibility

The primary responsibility of the MLRA Offices are to provide quality assurance of soil information in the United States and its trust territories using the National Cooperative Soil Survey standards.

Definition

Major Land Resource Areas/MLRAs are geographically associated land resource units, usually encompassing several thousand acres.  They are characterized by particular patterns of soils, geology, climate, water resources, and land use.  A unit may be one continuous area or several separate nearby areas.

Rocky Mountain Soil Survey Regional Office Staff

Northern Great Plains Soil Survey Regional Office Staff