Natural Resources
Conservation Service
Major Land Resource Area 197X
Major Land Resource Area
Accessed: 04/29/2026
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Explore the ecological site description
Next, learn more about the selected ecological site and its characteristic dynamics by browsing the ecological site description and exploring alternative state and transition model formats.
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Zoom in to display soil survey map units for an area of interest, and zoom out to display MLRAs. Select a map unit polygon to view ecological sites correlated to that map unit. View a brief description of an ecological site by clicking on its name in the map popup. Soil survey correlations may not be accurate, and ecological site classification of a location should always be verified in the field. Each selection may require the transfer of several hundred KB of data.
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Ecological sites
Major Land Resource Areas
Ecological site photos
Filters
QX197X01X501 – Mangrove Swamp
QX197X01X001 – Coastal Marsh
QX197X01X502 – Sandy Littoral Forest
QX197X01X504 – Alluvial Valley Forest
QX197X01X503 – Lavaflow Forest
QX197X01X507 – Dry Coastal Forest
QX197X01X509 – Very Steep Forest
QX197X01X505 – Skeletal Pachic or Fulvic Forest
QX197X01X508 – Cinder Subsurface Forest
QX197X01X506 – Tuff or Rock Subsurface Forest
Long term average mean annual precipitation
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- 140 – 500cm (55 – 197in)
Long term average frost free days
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- 350 – 366days
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- 0 – 200m (0 – 700ft)
- 200 – 400m (700 – 1300ft)
- 400 – 600m (1300 – 2000ft)
- 600 – 800m (2000 – 2600ft)
- 800 – 1000m (2600 – 3300ft)
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- 0 – 3%
- 3 – 5%
- 5 – 10%
- 10 – 15%
- 15 – 20%
- 20 – 25%
- 25 – 30%
- 30 – 35%
- 35 – 40%
- 40 – 45%
- 45 – 50%
- 50 – 60%
- 60 – 70%
- 70 – 80%
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- Aa lava flow
- Coastal plain
- Depression
- Mangrove swamp
- Marsh
- Mountain
- Mountain slope
- Valley flat
- Valley floor
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- Limestone, coral
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- Alluvium
- Beach sand
- Cinders
- Colluvium
- Marine deposits
- Organic, unspecified
- Residuum
- Volcanic ash
Soil surface texture
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- Clay
- Clay loam
- Sand
- Silty clay
- Silty clay loam
- Sandy loam
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Ecological site keys
The Ecosystem Dynamics Interpretive Tool is an information system framework developed by the USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, and New Mexico State University.
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