Ministry of Environment Soils

Geographic Area Query Page - Section 103

How to Query by Geographic Area

• The yellow lines delineate 1:250,000 map sheet boundaries and each sheets numeric designation appears in red numbers.
• The map in this screen is a more detailed view of the requested 1:250,000 map sheet. This is not a clickable image.
• Enter either a LATITUDE/LONGITUDE range or 1:250,000 map sheet designation and click the "Query" button.
• Use the "Query" button to execute the query. Using the ENTER key will not execute the query.
• Be sure to use capital letters for the map sheet letter (i.e.. 94A).

Query Results

• Results from the query will be displayed in a table format listing: Project ID, NTS Map Sheet, Latitude, Longitude, Survey Year, Soil Classification and Soil Name.
• Click on any of the listed sample sites in the Project ID field to receive more detailed information about that Site and its Soil Horizons.
• Additional data about individual Soil Horizons are clickable blue highlights.
• Attributes include depths, fragments, texture, etc.