High-resolution soil survey for Pine County nearing completion, NRCS says

Sep 15, 2026

NRCS representatives told the Pine County Board they expect to post a lidar-based, high-resolution soil map covering roughly 90–95% of the county at 10-meter resolution by the end of the calendar year, giving residents and planners more detailed soil data.

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NRCS and state soil specialists told the Pine County Board that a high-resolution digital soil survey is nearing completion and will give local planners and the public finer-grained soil data. Betsy Shug, who identified herself as a soil data-quality specialist, said Pine County will be among the first counties to publish a private-lands map at a 10-meter resolution.

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