Temple Facility

Grassland Soil and Water
Research Laboratory

The Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory (GSWRL) is located in Temple, Texas near the center of the Texas Blackland Prairie, with Waco approximately thirty-seven (37) miles to the north and Austin approximately sixty-nine (69) miles to the south. The GSWRL conducts research on a 550 acre tract of land in southeast Temple. The facility includes a 25,000 square foot office/laboratory building and other research support buildings. The land includes facilities for conducting a variety of field experiments. An additional 840 acres of land near Riesel,Texas is used for a watershed research program.