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Using Soil Survey Information in Land Valuation for Tax Assessment¹

ABSTRACT

Soil surveys are a tool for improving the assessment of rural lands. The soil classification provides the means for utilizing factual information in making the necessary physical predictions of soil productivity. With these predictions economic ratings for different uses of each soil can be made. The soil map showing the location and extent of each soil permits the application of these economic ratings to specific tracts of land resulting in the first approximation of the assessed value. These must be adjusted for roads, schools, and other factors affecting the value.

¹ Presented before joint meeting Division V. Soil Science Society of America, with Division XIII (A and B) American Society of Agronomy, Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 19, 1952.

² Soil Analyst, Division of Soil Survey, B.P.I.S.A.E., A.R.A., U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.

Received for publication February 10, 1953.