SoilDB web wrapper prototype

Explore the soil beneath a survey area.

Test a safe browser-to-server workflow for USDA Soil Data Access. Every response includes the source, retrieval time, and generated SQL so the feedback loop stays visible and reproducible.

Local API Connecting…

Step 1

Build a guided query

Validated inputs

How do you want to choose an area? Find by county Enter a code

State

County or parish

Find the survey areas that overlap this county.

Selected survey code UT621 Utah County, Utah – Central Part

Dataset

Browser→Local API→USDA SDA

What this tests

This prototype uses curated SQL through a local proxy. The API seam is ready for a server-side R soilDB worker once that runtime is containerized.

Step 2

Inspect the feedback loop

Idle

Choose a dataset and run a soil query.

Rows —

Round trip —

Source —

Retrieved —

Step 3

Review returned soil records

Results will appear here after a successful request.

View generated SQL and response metadata

Optional experiment

Browser R lab

Base R can run locally through a pinned webR release. The full soilDB package belongs behind the server API because its compiled and system dependencies are not currently a drop-in browser install.

R code

R output

Browser R is not initialized.