GeologicSoils_SO

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: GIS Database Administrator
Publication_Date: Varies by county
Publication_Time: Unknown
Title: GeologicSoils_SO
Edition: 2011A
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Natural Resource Conservation Service County Soil Survey Data
Issue_Identification: 2011A
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Waterbury, VT 05676
Publisher: GIS Database Administrator
Other_Citation_Details:
Tile Structure - COUNTY
Publication dates vary by county. The publication date reflects the most recently published county dataset.
This soil survey contains information that can be applied in managing farms and wetlands; in selecting sites for roads, ponds, buildings, and other structures; and in judging the suitability of tracts of land for farming, industry, and recreation.
This soil survey depicts information about the kinds and distribution of soils on the landscape. The soil map and data used in the SSURGO product were prepared by soil scientists as part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey.
Online_Linkage: <http://www.vt.nrcs.usda.gov/Soils/so_publications.html>
Online_Linkage: <http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov>
Online_Linkage: <http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/>
Online_Linkage:
<http://www.vcgi.org/pub/dataware/products/products_vcgi/soilattr.zip>
Online_Linkage: <http://www.vcgi.org/dataware/default.cfm?layer=GeologicSoils_SO>
Online_Linkage:
<http://www.vcgi.org/dataware/default.cfm?layer=GeologicSoils_SO&mapit=yes>
Description:
Abstract:
These data were developed from materials used by the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) to prepare county soil surveys.
- All VT counties available in SSURGO2 Certified Format.
These counties have been SSURGO certified. Field maps were manually compiled to stable base templates, which overlay RF 20,000 scale orthophotographs based on Vermont State Plane Meter Grid. Stable base templates were roads, surface water features, and civil boundaries. The stable base templates ensure the soils data will be compatible with existing Vermont State data layers. The soil delineations and special features were compiled directly on the stable base templates using an orthophoto-background underneath and avoiding line collisons with plotted digital layers. The soil delineations were scanned (or digitized) and special features were digitized.
Survey Dates - <http://www.vt.nrcs.usda.gov/Soils/so_publications.html>
NOTE! A wealth of additional soil attribute information is available in a VGIS "Data Product" called "SOILATTR". These county specific files can be downloaded free via the web by going to <http://www.vcgi.org/dataware/products>, scrolling to "SOILATTR", and clicking on it for download. See the "Entity and Attribute" section below for detail about these tables. This product contains "Top20" tables that provide soils information and interpretations that many users require on a regular basis. For more information about the Top20 tables see the top20-<mmyyyy>.doc after downloading the file.
Purpose:
This data depicts information about the kinds and distribution of soils on the landscape. The soil map and data used in the SSURGO product were prepared by soil scientists as part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: See Source Description
Time_of_Day: unknown
Currentness_Reference: <http://www.vt.nrcs.usda.gov/Soils/so_publications.html>
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Unknown
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.454162
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.465281
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.018361
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.722789
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Soils: Natural Resource Conservation Service county surveys
Theme_Keyword: nrcs county soil surveys
Theme_Keyword: county soil surveys
Theme_Keyword: soil surveys
Theme_Keyword: soils
Theme_Keyword: SSURGO
Theme_Keyword: SSURGO2
Theme_Keyword: Soil Survey Geographic
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: addison county
Place_Keyword: calendonia County
Place_Keyword: Chittenden County
Place_Keyword: bennington county
Place_Keyword: orange county
Place_Keyword: orleans county
Place_Keyword: rutland county
Place_Keyword: washington county
Place_Keyword: windham county
Place_Keyword: windsor County
Place_Keyword: Grand Isle County
Place_Keyword: Franklin County
Place_Keyword: Lamoille County
Place_Keyword: Essex County
Access_Constraints:
VCGI and the State of Vermont make no representations of any kind, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular use, nor are any such warranties to be implied with respect to the data.
Use_Constraints:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, should be acknowledged as the data source in products derived from these data.
This data set is not designed for use as a primary regulatory tool in permitting or citing decisions, but may be used as a reference source. This is public information and may be interpreted by organizations, agencies, units of government, or others based on needs; however, they are responsible for the appropriate application. Federal, State, or local regulatory bodies are not to reassign to the Natural Resources Conservation Service any authority for the decisions that they make. The Natural Resources Conservation Service will not perform any evaluations of these maps for purposes related solely to State or local regulatory programs.
Photographic or digital enlargement of these maps to scales greater than at which they were originally mapped can cause misinterpretation of the data. If enlarged, maps do not show the small areas of contrasting soils that could have been shown at a larger scale. The depicted soil boundaries, interpretations, and analysis derived from them do not eliminate the need for onsite sampling, testing, and detailed study of specific sites for intensive uses. Thus, these data and their interpretations are intended for planning purposes only. Digital data files are periodically updated. Files are dated, and users are responsible for obtaining the latest version of the data.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: VT Center for Geographic Information
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: 58 South Main Street, Suite 2
City: Waterbury
State_or_Province: VT
Postal_Code: 05676
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 802/882-3000
Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: None
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 802/882-3001
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@vcgi.org
Hours_of_Service: 9am-5pm, M-F
Data_Set_Credit: Various - Refer to Description
Security_Information:
Security_Classification_System: N/A
Security_Classification: Unclassified
Security_Handling_Description: No Security Considerations
Native_Data_Set_Environment: ARC/INFO
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: GIS Database Administrator
Publication_Date: unknown
Publication_Time: unknown
Title: VT NRCS Soil surveys
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Natural Resource Conservation Service County Soil Surveys
Issue_Identification: Varies
Online_Linkage: <http://www.vt.nrcs.usda.gov/Soils/so_publications.html>
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
Attribute Accuracy - Attribute accuracy was tested by manual comparison of the soil field maps with hard copy plots of the digital data. All MUID values were verified against a master table.
Topological Integrity - All polygons have only one label point (greater than 2 meters from any arc - except when this was not possible). All polygons are closed. All dangling nodes have been eliminated. Pseudo nodes have been removed.
Edge-Matching - All pseudo vertices have been elimintated along the neatline. All nodes along the neatline have a matching node with its adjacent tile. Adjacent polygons between tiles have matching MUID values.
Consistency - All QUAD tile SO AAT and PAT files were verified to assure consistency in number and definition of items.
Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:
Attribute_Accuracy_Value: 1.00 map units
Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation: Fuzzy Tolerance
Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:
Attribute_Accuracy_Value: 70.00 map units
Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation: Dangle
Logical_Consistency_Report:
NRCS Soil Attributes are available as a set of data base (.DBF) files from VCGI. The data product is called SOILATTR. These can be linked to this data via the MUSYM and MUID fields. Each county has its own custom set of attributes, therefore one should NOT attempt associate attributes from one county to another.
Certain node/geometry and topology GT- polygon/chain relationships are collected or generated to satisfy topological requirements (the GT-polygon corresponds to the soil delineation). Some of these requirements include: chains must begin and end at nodes, chains must connect to each other at nodes, chains do not extend through nodes, left and right GT-polygons are defined for each chain element and are consistent throughout, and the chains representing the limits of the file (neatline) are free of gaps. The tests of logical consistency are performed using vendor software. The neatline is generated by connecting the explicitly entered four corners of the digital file. All data outside the enclosed region are ignored and all data crossing these geographically straight lines are clipped at the neatline. Data within a specified tolerance of the neatline are snapped to the neatline. Neatline straightening aligns the digitized edges of the digital data with the generated neatline (i.e., with the longitude/latitude lines in geographic coordinates). All internal polygons are tested for closure with vendor software and are checked on hard copy plots. All data are checked for common soil lines (i.e., adjacent polygons with the same label). Quadrangles are edge matched within the soil survey area and edge locations generally do not deviate from centerline to centerline by more than 0.01 inch.
The quadrangles in this survey are edge matched to quadrangles in adjacent SSURGO certified soil surveys, Washington County and Rutland County, Vermont, and the survey area boundaries match.
Most feature edges (polygon and line segments) match adjacent ones in the edge matched survey areas, however, most feature labels don't match the adjacent feature labels in edge matched surveys.
Descriptive attributes (tabular information about the polygons and line segments) were developed specifically for each survey area. Although most don't match exactly, the descriptive attributes of most polygon and line segments in this survey are nearly the same as adjacent ones in edge matched soil surveys.
Completeness_Report:
This data set is a digital soil survey and is the most detailed level of soil geographic data developed by the National Cooperative Soil Survey. The information was collected by digitizing maps, by compiling information onto a planimetric correct base and digitizing, or by revising digitized maps using remotely sensed and other information. Soil surveys are mapped based on field observations to a 3-acre minimum mapping unit with delineations depicting the dominant soil (some soil surveys have many soil polygons smaller than 3 acres). Inclusions of other soils, too small to be delineated, may be present within a mapped soil unit. The depicted soil boundaries and interpretive maps derived from them do not eliminate the need for on-site sampling, testing, and study. In addition, the map and its interpretations should not be used as a substitute for detailed engineering designs. The same boundary lines were used between counties, allowing clean plotting of data across county boundaries. Gaps between the NRCS data for adjoining counties were resolved by going back to the NRCS source materials. These soils data were developed in conjunction with the RF 5000 scale surface waters data (coverages SWnnnn) for these four counties. The polygonal surface waters data (rivers with shore lines and lakes) was first interpreted from RF 5000 scale orthophotos and digitized, then put directly into the soils data to become the polygonal surface waters for this data layer (GeologicSoils_SO). Other soil unit lines were then snapped to the surface waters to generate topologically clean soils data with polygonal water identical to that of the WaterHydro_VHD data layer.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Soil unit boundaries are interpreted from soil test pit data, thus they are inherently approximate. Linework was captured to within a tolerance of approximately a line width, corresponding to approximately 6 meters (about 20 feet) at the RF 20,000 mapping scale. The locational accuracy of soil delineations on the ground varies with the transition between map units. For example, on long gently sloping landscapes the transition occurs gradually over many feet. Where landscapes change abruptly from steep to level, the transition will be very narrow.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
GIS Database Administrator; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Publication_Date: Varies
Publication_Time: Unknown
Title: NRCS Soil Surveys
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Waterbury VT 05676
Publisher: GIS Database Administrator
Online_Linkage: <http://www.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/ssur_data.html>
Online_Linkage: <http://www.vt.nrcs.usda.gov/Soils/so_publications.html>
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Initial data documentation. Operator - Steve Bower, VCGI
Process_Date: 19920811
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Updated documentation to define differences between SSURGO and non-SSURGO compliant data. Updated list of available counties to include Washington. Operator - Steve Sharp, VCGI
Process_Date: 19971006
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Updated documentation to reflect availability of Bennington County soils. Operator - Steve Sharp, VCGI
Process_Date: 19980122
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Added Franklin County soils to SSURGO compliant category. Loaded into VCGI DDIST system. Operator - Steve Sharp, VCGI
Process_Date: 19990319
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Added Lamoille County soils to SSURGO compliant category. Loaded into VCGI DDIST system. Operator - Steve Sharp, VCGI
Process_Date: 20000315
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Added Addison County soils to SSURGO compliant category. Loaded into VCGI DDIST system. Operator - Eric Pyle, VCGI
Process_Date: 20000817
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Retiled Lamoille county data by downloading NRCS SSURGO coverage. Old version had sliver problems. Operator - Steve Sharp, VCGI
Process_Date: 20000818
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Imported Addison Cnty soil data from NRCS Certified SSURGO CD and retiled to BounaryTile_Ortho9 for consistency. Updated sections of this metadata with excerpts from NRCS metadata. Mike Brouillette, VCGI, Inc.
Process_Date: 20010702
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Rebuilt all Franklin County coverages because of ArcView polygon-label problems. Reloaded into VGIS Data Warehouse. Operator - Steve Sharp, VCGI
Process_Date: 20011213
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Replaced all GeologicSoils_SO soil coverage with coverages contained on VCGI's VT Soil Data CD product, including CERTIFIED and UNCERTIFIED counties. Split county-based coverages into QUAD-based coverages (the old GeologicSoils_SO data was in ORTHO9). Checked for unique cover-IDs, node errors, and label errors. Updated metadata and loaded into VGIS Data Warehouse. Operator - Steve Sharp, VCGI
Process_Date: 20020322
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Replaced all SOnnnn soil coverage with coverages contained on VCGI's VT Soil Data CD product, including CERTIFIED and UNCERTIFIED counties. Retained in COUNTY tile format. Data will now be distributed in COUNTY tile format instead of QUAD. Updated metadata and loaded into VGIS Data Warehouse. Operator - Steve Sharp, VCGI
Process_Date: 20020917
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Replaced uncertified Windsor County data with SSURGO certified data.
Process_Date: 20021009
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Added special feature coverages to data warehouse and bundled executables for distribution. Operator - Tom Williams
Process_Date: 20030414
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Replaced uncertified Grand Isle so13 data with SSURGO certified data. Operator - Tom Williams
Process_Date: 20031029
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Re-downloaded all SSURGO certified counties from NRCS website. Three of the counties were in the original SSURGO (version 1) format. The remaining seven were in the new SSURGO2 format. VCGI reprojected the coverage to VCS NAD83, added MUID, checked for labelerrors and duplicate coverage IDs. Rutland (SO21) had labelerrors, as a result, VCGI used a SSURGO certified copy of S021 which it had inhouse. VCGI also re-downloaded the Special Feature coverages, and merged the points and arcs into single county-based coverages. Chittenden County is the only uncertified county, and therefore was not part of this update. Operator - Steve Sharp
Process_Date: 20040401
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
SSURGO2 format data for Addison, Bennington and Rutland counties were downloaded from NRCS. The coverages were reprojected to VCS NAD83, the attribute MUID added, then checked for labelerrors and duplicate coverage IDs. Operator - Tom Williams
Process_Date: 20040614
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Downloaded new SURRGO2 soils data for Orleans, along with Lamoille and Franklin (edgematch updates). VCGI added MUID, then checked for labelerrors, dangling nodes, and duplicate coverage IDs. Operator - Steve Sharp
Process_Date: 20051025
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Downloaded new SURRGO2 soils data for Chittenden, along with Addison, Franklin, Lamoille, and Washington (edgematch updates). VCGI added the MUID attribute. VCGI did not QA/QC the data. Operator - Steve Sharp
Process_Date: 20060726
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Caledonia is now available. Received a completly new set of shapefiles from VT NRCS (Martha Stuart). The following counties were revised for edge-matching purposes: Lamoille, Orange, Orleans, Washington. The 4/20/2007 version of the TOP20 table (refer to SOILATTR Data Product) had been joined to the polygon attribute table by VT NRCS. SSURGO soils data will now be distributed in this fashion (TOP20 pre-attached). VCGI revised the metadata and loaded the new data into the VGIS Data Warehouse. Operator - Steve Sharp
Process_Date: 20070427
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The Rutland SSURGO data was downloaded from the soil data mart on 4/20/2007. The portion of the Rutland/Washington join along the Poultney River was re-digitized to match the 1994 Vermont digital orthophotography. Some slight changes were made to soil polygons in areas where the new hydrology configuration differed from the previous version. Topology was validated (no gaps, no overlaps). The feature dataset was then sent to the Madison Digitizing Unit, in Madison, Wisconsin. The entire Poultney River water polygon was then placed in the NY dataset, meaning that Rutland soil polygons join to NY water in the revised area. The data were then run through the 20040524 ReCert AMLs provided by NCGC and submitted to the Soil Data Warehouse for archival and distribution. Operator - Martha Stuart, VT NRCS
Process_Date: 20070420
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Downloaded new SURRGO2 soils data for Rutland. The 4/20/2007 version of the TOP20 table (refer to SOILATTR Data Product) was joined to the polygon attribute table by VCGI. VCGI did not QA/QC the data. Loaded the revised Rutland soils data into the VGIS Data Warehouse. Operator - Steve Sharp
Process_Date: 20080218
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Received a completly new set of shapefiles from VT NRCS (Martha Stuart). No spatial changes, only changes to the TOP20 attributes (May 13, 2009 version). Changes limited to the Vermont Agricultural Value Group (AGVAL) rating 21 map units. This required that the TOP20 attributes be re-attached to the soil polygon data. VCGI revised the metadata and loaded the new data into the VGIS Data Warehouse.
Process_Date: 20110628
Process_Time: Unknown
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Steve Sharp
Contact_Organization: VCGI
Contact_Position: GIS Database Administrator
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Downloaded new SURRGO2 soils data for Essex County. Also downloaded adjoining Caledonia
and Orleans county which were updated by NRCS to ensure proper edge-match.
The 12/21/2011 version of the TOP20 table (refer to SOILATTR Data Product) was joined to the polygon attribute
table by VCGI. VCGI did not QA/QC the data. Loaded the revised Essex County soils data into the
VGIS Data Warehouse. Generated an appended version of all SO counties into a single SDE feature class.
Process_Date: 20111222
Process_Time: Unknown
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Steve Sharp
Contact_Organization: VCGI
Contact_Position: GIS Database Administrator
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Poly
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Poly
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: varies by county
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Grid_Coordinate_System:
Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: State Plane Coordinate System
State_Plane_Coordinate_System:
SPCS_Zone_Identifier: 4400 (USGS), 5526 (ESRI)
Transverse_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.99996
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -072.500000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: +42.500000
False_Easting: 500,000
False_Northing: 0.000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.001
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.001
Planar_Distance_Units: Meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 1 / 298.25722210
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: Polygon Attribute Table (SO_poly)
Entity_Type_Definition: Closed 2-D representation
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: VCGI
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MUSYM
Attribute_Definition:
Soil mapping unit. THIS ATTRIBUTE SHOULD NOT BE USED TO LINK TO SOIL ATTRIBUTES TABLES SINCE DUPLICATE VALUES ARE OFTEN USED BETWEEN COUNTIES. USE MUID OR MUKEY.
Attribute_Definition_Source: NRCS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: MUID
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: NRCS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MUKEY
Attribute_Definition:
Map unit number included with SSURGO2 (version 2) data only. Can be used to link data to SSURGO2 attribute tables. The map unit number is unique nationally.
Attribute_Definition_Source: NRCS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MUID
Attribute_Definition:
The soils unit attribute MUID can be used to link to other data describing soil characteristics. MUID provides a one to one relationship to the Top20 attribute table for each county as well as SOILATTR. All SSURGO compliant datasets include this and only this attribute in the coverage PAT file.
Attribute_Definition_Source: NRCS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: MUID
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: NRCS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: numerous TOP20 table attributes
Attribute_Definition:
Refer to documentation bundled with the SOILATTR product <http://www.vcgi.org/pub/dataware/products/products_vcgi/soilattr.zip>
Attribute_Definition_Source: VT NRCS.
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: Special Soil Features Attribute Table (SF_line and SF_point)
Entity_Type_Definition:
Special Soil Features represent soil, nonsoil, or landform features that are too small to be digitized as soil delineations (area features). Entity_Type_Definition_Source U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1993. Soil Survey Manual. Soil Surv. Staff, U.S. Dep. Agric. Handb. 18.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FEATSYM
Attribute_Definition:
Special Soil Features Codes represent specific Special Soil Features. These features are identified with a major code, a minor code, and a descriptive label. The codes and label are assigned to the point or line assigned to represent the feature on published maps. Attribute_Definition_Source U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1993. Soil Survey Manual. Soil Surv. Staff, U.S. Dep. Agric. Handb. 18; U.S. Department of Agriculture. (current issue). National Soil Survey Handbook, title 430-VI, part 647. Soil Conserv. Serv.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: GPI
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Gravel Pit
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: GRA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Gravely Spot
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: MAR
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Marsh or Swamp
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: MPI
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Mine or Quarry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: ROC
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Rock Outcrop
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SAN
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sandy Spot
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: STV
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Very Stony Spot
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: WET
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Wet Spot
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: ESB
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Escarpment Bedrock
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: ESO
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Escarpment Other
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name:
Codeset_Source:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FEATKEY
Attribute_Definition:
Special soil feature code number included with SSURGO2 (version 2) data.
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
Soil attributes:
NOTE: A wealth of additional soil attribute information is available in a VGIS "Data Product" called "SOILATTR". These county specific files can be downloaded free via the web by going to <http://www.vcgi.org/dataware/products>, scrolling to "SOILATTR", and clicking on it for download. See the "Entity and Attribute" section below for detail about these tables. This product contains "Top20" tables that provide soils information and interpretations that many users require on a regular basis. For more information about the Top20 tables see the top20-<mmyyyy>.doc after downloading the file.
Map Unit Delineations are closed polygons that may be dominated by a single soil or nonsoil component plus allowable similar or dissimilar soils, or they can be geographic mixtures of groups of soils or soils and nonsoil areas.
The map unit symbol (MUID) uniquely identifies each closed delineation map unit. Each symbol is linked to a map unit name. The map unit symbol is also the key for linking information in the TOP20 tables.
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: VT Center for Geographic Information
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: 58 South Main Street, Suite 2
City: Waterbury
State_or_Province: VT
Postal_Code: 05676
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 802/882-3000
Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: None
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 802/882-3001
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@vcgi.org
Hours_of_Service: 9am - 5pm, M-F
Resource_Description: GeologicSoils_SO
Distribution_Liability:
VCGI and the State of Vermont make no representations of any kind, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular use, nor are any such warranties to be implied with respect to the data.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: SHP
Format_Specification: ESRI Shapefile format (compressed into ZIP file format)
Format_Information_Content: geospatial data
File_Decompression_Technique: ZIP extraction tool
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: <http://www.vcgi.org/dataware/default.cfm?layer=GeologicSoils_SO>
Access_Instructions: Download from web site.
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: CD or Thumb Drive
Fees:
No charge when downloading from the internet, and when no custom processing is required.
Ordering_Instructions:
Download from web site or mail-fax a copy of the VCGI 'Data Request Form' which is available from the VGIS web site <http://www.vcgi.org/dataware/order_forms>
Turnaround: About 5 days.
Custom_Order_Process:
Mail or Fax a copy of the VCGI 'Data Request Form' which is available from <http://www.vcgi.org/dataware/order_forms>
Technical_Prerequisites: ESRI Arc/Info, ArcView, or ArcExplorer software.
Available_Time_Period:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20111222
Time_of_Day: Unknown
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20111222
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: VT Center for Geographic Information
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: 58 South Main Street, Suite 2
City: Waterbury
State_or_Province: VT
Postal_Code: 05676
Country: USA
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Generated by mp version 2.9.5 on Thu Dec 22 12:52:27 2011