https://lab10yr.com Data-driven articles on soil science, infrastructure risk, fragile soils, and land intelligence — built on SSURGO national soil data. en-us Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:55:48 GMT https://lab10yr.com/landing/png_logo/lab10yr_logo_dark.png https://lab10yr.com https://lab10yr.com/articles/how-to-query-967-000-soil-records-in-30-seconds-1780771898117 https://lab10yr.com/articles/how-to-query-967-000-soil-records-in-30-seconds-1780771898117 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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 https://lab10yr.com/articles/nevada-and-arizona-are-running-out-of-stable-ground-1780775741405 https://lab10yr.com/articles/nevada-and-arizona-are-running-out-of-stable-ground-1780775741405 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Nevada https://lab10yr.com/articles/what-pipeline-operators-don-t-know-about-soil-corrosivity-1780766412454 https://lab10yr.com/articles/what-pipeline-operators-don-t-know-about-soil-corrosivity-1780766412454 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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 https://lab10yr.com/articles/why-wind-farm-micrositing-needs-soil-science-1780708494506 https://lab10yr.com/articles/why-wind-farm-micrositing-needs-soil-science-1780708494506 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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 https://lab10yr.com/articles/the-data-behind-shrink-swell-soils-and-foundation-failure-1780675011234 https://lab10yr.com/articles/the-data-behind-shrink-swell-soils-and-foundation-failure-1780675011234 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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 https://lab10yr.com/articles/fragile-soils-and-the-infrastructure-debt-nobody-is-counting-1780607868672 https://lab10yr.com/articles/fragile-soils-and-the-infrastructure-debt-nobody-is-counting-1780607868672 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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 https://lab10yr.com/articles/how-organic-matter-loss-is-priced-into-farmland-without-anyo-1780621832620 https://lab10yr.com/articles/how-organic-matter-loss-is-priced-into-farmland-without-anyo-1780621832620 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Soil organic matter predicts long-term farm productivity. It https://lab10yr.com/articles/soil-data-is-the-cheapest-form-of-geotechnical-intelligence-1780595467955 https://lab10yr.com/articles/soil-data-is-the-cheapest-form-of-geotechnical-intelligence-1780595467955 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A Phase I environmental site assessment costs thousands of dollars. Nothing, in contrast, is the cost of a SSURGO query, which runs in seconds.