South Dakota Ag Land Soil Tables--Property Assessment

<p>The &nbsp;<a href="http://agland.sdstate.edu/Soil_Tables/">Ag land soil tables </a> displays data that is used to make baseline agricultural land assessments for property tax purposes in South Dakota.&nbsp; Users can hover over the points in the generated map to view the soil data. Users can also zoom and pan over the map to examine the soil data and background aerial imagery in more detail. Users can filter the points that are displayed on the map by the Land Capability Class of the soil by selecting or deselecting the boxes numbered 1-8 above or by selecting a specific soil name to map. Users can change the color bar of the map points by selecting the variable of interest. The soil data can be downloaded as a .csv or Excel file by selecting the upper tabs (i.e. Table 1, Table 2, and Additional Data). An article describing the background of the research and methods can be found in&nbsp;<a href="http://www.choicesmagazine.org/choices-magazine/submitted-articles/a-change-in-highest-and-best-use-policy-in-south-dakota-has-a-sizable-impact-on-agricultural-land-assessments">Choices Magazine</a>&nbsp;.</p>