The soil residual amount of herbicides nitralin and napropamide was determined in 6 winter crops field using a chemical assay method. Chemical analysis on soil residue revealed that a relatively high amount of nitralin was detected between 150 and 200 days after treament(DAT). However, regardless of soil types the residue at 220 DAT ranged from 0.053 to 0.141ppm and from 0.134 to 0.308ppm, at the rate of 75 and 150 g a.i./10a, respectively. The residue of napropamide applied at the rate of 75 g a.i./l0a ranged from 0.006 to 0.072ppm at 150 DAT, but not detectable at 220 DAT. When application rate increased to 150 g a.i./10a, napropamide residue was between 0.005 and 0.16ppm at 150 DAT and less than 0.004ppm at 200 DAT, and was not detected at 220 DAT, irrespective of soil types. The results of chemical analysis for the two herbicides showed a similar trend to those obtained from the experiments in agar medium and fields.