US_Soils_STATSGO

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Tags
US, Soils


Summary

This layer contains USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) soil survey data for the US. This polygon file is intended for small to medium scale thematic mapping and analysis.

Description

            

The spatial data were obtained from the NRCS and are current as of 2006. The soil survey data for each state were merged together to create one nationwide soils layer. The attributes were modified to include FIPS code, area symbol, spatialver, map unit symbol, map unit key, and soil description. The coordinate system of this data is WGS 1984.

"This data set consists of general soil association units. It was developed by the National Cooperative Soil Survey and supersedes the State Soil Geographic (STATSGO) data set published in 1994. It consists of a broad based inventory of soils and nonsoil areas that occur in a repeatable pattern on the landscape and that can be cartographically shown at the scale mapped. The data set was created by generalizing more detailed soil survey maps. Where more detailed soil survey maps were not available, data on geology, topography, vegetation, and climate were assembled, together with Land Remote Sensing Satellite (LANDSAT) images. Soils of like areas were studied, and the probable classification and extent of the soils were determined. Map unit composition was determined by transecting or sampling areas on the more detailed maps and expanding the data statistically to characterize the whole map unit. This data set consists of georeferenced vector digital data and tabular digital data. The map data were collected in 1-by 2-degree topographic quadrangle units and merged into a seamless national data set. It is distributed in state/territory and national extents. The soil map units are linked to attributes in the National Soil Information System data base which gives the proportionate extent of the component soils and their properties." - NRCS

Credits

Center for Geospatial Technology, Texas Tech University
Natural Resources Conservation Service

Use limitations

Extent

West  -124.737341    East  -66.950275
North  49.384063    South  24.545720

Scale Range
Maximum (zoomed in)  1:5,000
Minimum (zoomed out)  1:150,000,000

ArcGIS Metadata 

Topics and Keywords 

*Content type  Downloadable Data


Citation 

*Title US_Soils_STATSGO


Presentation formats* digital map


Resource Details 

Dataset languages* English (UNITED STATES)


Spatial representation type* vector


*Processing environment Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.2.2.3552


Credits
Center for Geospatial Technology, Texas Tech University
Natural Resources Conservation Service

ArcGIS item properties
*Name US_Soils_STATSGO
*Size 360.163
*Location file://\\cgstdb\CGSTGeognet\Geognet\Geognet2014\USLayers2014\US_Soils\US_Soils_STATSGO.shp
*Access protocol Local Area Network

Extents 

Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
Extent type  Extent used for searching
*West longitude -124.737341
*East longitude -66.950275
*North latitude 49.384063
*South latitude 24.545720
*Extent contains the resource Yes

Extent in the item's coordinate system
*West longitude -124.737341
*East longitude -66.950275
*South latitude 24.545720
*North latitude 49.384063
*Extent contains the resource Yes

Spatial Reference 

ArcGIS coordinate system
*Type Geographic
*Geographic coordinate reference GCS_WGS_1984
*Coordinate reference details
Geographic coordinate system
Well-known identifier 4326
X origin -400
Y origin -400
XY scale 11258999068426.238
Z origin -100000
Z scale 10000
M origin -100000
M scale 10000
XY tolerance 8.983152841195215e-009
Z tolerance 0.001
M tolerance 0.001
High precision true
Left longitude -180
Latest well-known identifier 4326
Well-known text GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],AUTHORITY["EPSG",4326]]

Reference system identifier
*Value 4326
*Codespace EPSG
*Version 8.2.6


Spatial Data Properties 

Vector
*Level of topology for this dataset  geometry only


Geometric objects
Feature class name US_Soils_STATSGO
*Object type  composite
*Object count 84000



ArcGIS Feature Class Properties
Feature class name US_Soils_STATSGO
*Feature type Simple
*Geometry type Polygon
*Has topology FALSE
*Feature count 84000
*Spatial index FALSE
*Linear referencing FALSE



Geoprocessing history 

Process
Process name
Date 2014-09-17 14:46:00
Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\desktop10.2\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField AL ST_FIPS 01 VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2014-09-17 14:46:45
Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\desktop10.2\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField AL ST_FIPS 01 VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2014-09-17 14:47:23
Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\desktop10.2\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField AL ST_FIPS 01 VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2014-09-17 14:48:01
Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\desktop10.2\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField AL FIPS 01 VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2014-09-17 14:54:40
Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\desktop10.2\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField AL FIPS 01 VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2014-09-17 14:56:57
Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\desktop10.2\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField AL STATE AL VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2014-09-17 14:58:32
Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\desktop10.2\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField AL STATE AL VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2014-09-17 15:02:27
Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\desktop10.2\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField AL FIPS AL VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name Add Field
Date 2014-09-17 15:21:37
Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\desktop10.2\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\AddField
Command issued
AddField S:\Geognet\Geognet2014\USLayers2014\US_Soils\Shapefiles\AL.shp FIPS TEXT # # # # NULLABLE NON_REQUIRED #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name Add Field
Date 2014-09-17 15:22:14
Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\desktop10.2\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\AddField
Command issued
AddField S:\Geognet\Geognet2014\USLayers2014\US_Soils\Shapefiles\AL.shp ST_ABBV TEXT # # # # NULLABLE NON_REQUIRED #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name Calculate Field
Date 2014-09-17 15:22:15
Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\desktop10.2\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField S:\Geognet\Geognet2014\USLayers2014\US_Soils\Shapefiles\AL.shp ST_ABBV 01 VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name Add Field
Date 2014-09-17 15:22:53
Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\desktop10.2\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\AddField
Command issued
AddField S:\Geognet\Geognet2014\USLayers2014\US_Soils\Shapefiles\AL.shp ST_ABBV TEXT # # # # NULLABLE NON_REQUIRED #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name Calculate Field
Date 2014-09-17 15:23:13
Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\desktop10.2\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField S:\Geognet\Geognet2014\USLayers2014\US_Soils\Shapefiles\AL.shp ST_ABBV AL VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name Add Field
Date 2014-09-17 15:24:03
Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\desktop10.2\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\AddField
Command issued
AddField S:\Geognet\Geognet2014\USLayers2014\US_Soils\Shapefiles\AL.shp STATE TEXT # # # # NULLABLE NON_REQUIRED #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name Add Field
Date 2014-09-17 15:24:20
Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\desktop10.2\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\AddField
Command issued
AddField S:\Geognet\Geognet2014\USLayers2014\US_Soils\Shapefiles\AL.shp STATE TEXT # # # # NULLABLE NON_REQUIRED #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name Calculate Field
Date 2014-09-17 15:24:30
Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\desktop10.2\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField S:\Geognet\Geognet2014\USLayers2014\US_Soils\Shapefiles\AL.shp STATE Alabama VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name Add Field
Date 2014-09-17 15:24:53
Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\desktop10.2\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\AddField
Command issued
AddField S:\Geognet\Geognet2014\USLayers2014\US_Soils\Shapefiles\AL.shp STATE TEXT # # # # NULLABLE NON_REQUIRED #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name Calculate Field
Date 2014-09-17 15:24:59
Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\desktop10.2\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField S:\Geognet\Geognet2014\USLayers2014\US_Soils\Shapefiles\AL.shp STATE Alabama VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name Add Field
Date 2014-09-17 15:28:05
Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\desktop10.2\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\AddField
Command issued
AddField S:\Geognet\Geognet2014\USLayers2014\US_Soils\Shapefiles\AL.shp FIPS FLOAT # # # # NULLABLE NON_REQUIRED #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name Calculate Field
Date 2014-09-17 15:28:06
Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\desktop10.2\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField S:\Geognet\Geognet2014\USLayers2014\US_Soils\Shapefiles\AL.shp FIPS 01 VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name Add Field
Date 2014-09-17 15:33:19
Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\desktop10.2\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\AddField
Command issued
AddField S:\Geognet\Geognet2014\USLayers2014\US_Soils\Shapefiles\AL.shp FIPS SHORT 2 # # # NULLABLE NON_REQUIRED #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name Calculate Field
Date 2014-09-17 15:33:20
Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\desktop10.2\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField S:\Geognet\Geognet2014\USLayers2014\US_Soils\Shapefiles\AL.shp FIPS 01 VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2014-09-19 09:33:44
Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\desktop10.2\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField US_Soils_STATSGO FIPS_CODE ""0" &[FIPS]" VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2014-09-19 09:34:57
Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\desktop10.2\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField US_Soils_STATSGO FIPS_CODE [FIPS] VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Distribution 

Distribution format
*Name Shapefile


Transfer options
*Transfer size 360.163


Fields 

Details for object US_Soils_STATSGO 
*Type Feature Class
*Row count 84000


Field FID
 
*Alias FID
*Data type OID
*Width 4
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
*Field description
Internal feature number.

*Description source
Esri

*Description of values
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.





Field Shape
 
*Alias Shape
*Data type Geometry
*Width 0
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
*Field description
Feature geometry.

*Description source
Esri

*Description of values
Coordinates defining the features.





Field AREASYMBOL
 
*Alias AREASYMBOL
*Data type String
*Width 20
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field SPATIALVER
 
*Alias SPATIALVER
*Data type Double
*Width 10
*Precision 10
*Scale 0




Field MUSYM
 
*Alias MUSYM
*Data type String
*Width 6
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field MUKEY
 
*Alias MUKEY
*Data type String
*Width 30
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field SoilDescr
 
*Alias SoilDescr
*Data type String
*Width 254
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field FIPS_CODE
 
*Alias FIPS_CODE
*Data type String
*Width 2
*Precision 0
*Scale 0






Metadata Details 

*Metadata language English (UNITED STATES)
*Metadata character set  utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format


Scope of the data described by the metadata* dataset
Scope name* dataset


*Last update 2015-01-05


ArcGIS metadata properties
Metadata format ArcGIS 1.0
Standard or profile used to edit metadata ItemDescription


Created in ArcGIS for the item 2014-09-17 14:46:00
Last modified in ArcGIS for the item 2015-01-05 10:56:46


Automatic updates
Have been performed Yes
Last update 2015-01-05 10:55:54


FGDC Metadata (read-only) 

Entities and Attributes