Detail View: Touchton Map Library: Soil Map of Dade County, Florida Sheet No. 7 (of 12) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service in cooperation with the University of Florida Agricultural Experiment Station. This map sheet covers the southeastern section of Dade County, from Coral Gables in the north down to just south of Naranja and from the Biscayne Bay in the east to just past Redland in the west. The map is covered with many shades of purple, pink, and blue color corresponding to the various types of soil found in the area. A separate sheet contains a legend (2018.103.020.005). Inspection and correlation was done by W.E. Hearn, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Soils surveyed 1940-47 by M.H. Gallatin, in charge, J.K. Ballard, C.B. Evans, H.S. Galberry, J.J. Hinton, Ralph G. Leighty, D.P. Powell, E. Truett, W.L. Watts, and G.C. Wilson, Jr., U.S. Department of Agriculture. The map was constructed by Division of Cartography, Soil Conservation Service, USDA, from 1940-46 aerial photographs. Soils surveyed on 1940-46 aerial photographs. Polyconic projection, 1927 North American datum.

Accession Number: 
2018.103.020.012
Short Title: 
Soil Map of Dade County, Florida Sheet No. 7 (of 12) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service in cooperation with the University of Florida Agricultural Experiment Station. This map sheet covers the southeastern section of Dade County, from Coral Gables in the north down to just south of Naranja and from the Biscayne Bay in the east to just past Redland in the west. The map is covered with many shades of purple, pink, and blue color corresponding to the various types of soil found in the area. A separate sheet contains a legend (2018.103.020.005). Inspection and correlation was done by W.E. Hearn, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Soils surveyed 1940-47 by M.H. Gallatin, in charge, J.K. Ballard, C.B. Evans, H.S. Galberry, J.J. Hinton, Ralph G. Leighty, D.P. Powell, E. Truett, W.L. Watts, and G.C. Wilson, Jr., U.S. Department of Agriculture. The map was constructed by Division of Cartography, Soil Conservation Service, USDA, from 1940-46 aerial photographs. Soils surveyed on 1940-46 aerial photographs. Polyconic projection, 1927 North American datum.
Date Range: 
c. 1950