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

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