Data-driven analysis of America’s soils: fragile soil risk, organic matter depletion, infrastructure vulnerability, and regenerative land management practices.
A single turbine foundation failure is expensive. It costs more than a full soil survey of the wind farm site. The survey almost never happens. Turbine foundation failure can be caused by various factors, including poor soil bearing capacit
Read the analysis →13.3% of rated SSURGO map units carry a Fragile or higher FSI rating. This translates to 28,122 map units across the United States. The number is striking. It indicates a significant portion of the country
Read the analysis →Expansive soils cost U.S. homeowners over 15 billion dollars per year. Foundation damage is the culprit. This damage, caused by shrink-swell soils, is well understood by soil scientists. The risk is already mapped in the SSURGO dataset for
Read the analysis →A Phase I environmental site assessment costs thousands of dollars. Nothing, in contrast, is the cost of a SSURGO query, which runs in seconds.
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Read the analysis →Soil is fragile. The national average Fragile Soil Index value is 0.272 on a 0-to-1 scale, indicating a level of soil fragility that can have significant consequences. This number represents a measure of how easily soil can be damaged by hu
Read the analysis →Soil organic matter predicts long-term farm productivity. It
Read the analysis →Fragile soil is a problem. The national soil survey, compiled by the USDA, reveals a complex landscape of soil conditions across 2.3 million map units. Most road budgets fail to account for the impact of fragile soils on infrastructure
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