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This data set is a digital soil survey and generally is the most detailed level of soil geographic data developed by the National Cooperative Soil Survey. The information was prepared by digitizing maps, by compiling information onto a planimetric correct base and digitizing, or by revising digitized maps using remotely sensed and other information. This data set consists of georeferenced digital map data and computerized attribute data. The map data are in a soil survey area extent format and include a detailed, field verified inventory of soils and miscellaneous areas that normally occur in a repeatable pattern on the landscape and that can be cartographically shown at the scale mapped. A special soil features layer (point and line features) is optional. This layer displays the location of features too small to delineate at the mapping scale, but they are large enough and contrasting enough to significantly influence use and management. The soil map units are linked to attributes in the National Soil Information System relational database, which gives the proportionate extent of the component soils and their properties.
SSURGO 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.
Digital versions of hydrography, cultural features, and other associated layers that are not part of the SSURGO data set may be available from the primary organization listed in the Point of Contact.
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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.
| Boundary | Coordinate |
|---|---|
| Left | 1275466.621250 (survey feet) |
| Right | 1394842.538750 (survey feet) |
| Top | 237854.347500 (survey feet) |
| Bottom | 162207.292500 (survey feet) |
| Boundary | Coordinate |
|---|---|
| West | -85.519061 (longitude) |
| East | -85.101546 (longitude) |
| North | 38.150031 (latitude) |
| South | 37.938542 (latitude) |
Map Unit Delineations are closed polygons that may be dominated by a single soil or miscellaneous area component plus allowable similar or dissimilar soils, or they can be geographic mixtures of groups of soils or soils and miscellaneous areas. The map unit symbol uniquely identifies each closed map unit delineation. Each symbol corresponds to a map unit name. The map unit key is used to link to information in the National Soil Information System tables. Map Unit Delineations are described by the National Soil Information System database. This attribute database gives the proportionate extent of the component soils and the properties for each soil. The database contains both estimated and measured data on the physical and chemical soil properties and soil interpretations for engineering, water management, recreation, agronomic, woodland, range, and wildlife uses of the soil. The National Soil Information System database contains static metadata. It documents the data structure and includes such information as what tables, columns, indexes, and relationships are defined as well as a variety of attributes of each of these database objects. Attributes include table and column descriptions and detailed domain information. The National Soil Information System database also contains a distribution metadata. It records the criteria used for selecting map units and components for inclusion in the set of distributed data. Special features are described in the feature table. It includes an area symbol, feature label, feature name, and feature description for each special and ad hoc feature in the survey area.
Soil Taxonomy: A basic system of soil classification for making and interpreting soil surveys. Agricultural Handbook 436, 1999, USDA, SCS. Keys to Soil Taxonomy (current issue), USDA, SCS. National Soil Survey Handbook, Title 430-VI, part 647 (current issue), USDA, NRCS. Agricultural Handbook 18, Soil Survey Manual, 1993, USDA, SCS.
Special Soil Features represent soil, miscellaneous area, or landform features that are too small to be digitized as soil delineations (area features).
Agricultural Handbook 18, Soil Survey Manual, 1993, USDA, SCS.
Feature geometry.
ESRI
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| Very | Soil is Rocky |
| Not Class | Soil is not classified as rocky |
| NA | Not Applicable |
Abbreviation for the soil name
The nonirrigated land capability classification. It does not include the Capability Subclass.
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| I | Soils have slight limitations that restrict their use |
| II | Soils have moderate limitations that reduce the choice of plants or require moderate conservation practices. |
| III | Soils have severe limitations that reduce the choice of plants or require very careful management, or both. |
| IV | Soils have very severe limitations that restrict the choice of plants or require very careful management, or both |
| V | Soils have little or no hazard of erosion but have other limitations, impractical to remove, that limit their use mainly to pasture, range, forestland, or wildlife food and cover. |
| VI | Soils have severe limitations that make them generally unsuited to cultivation and that limit their use mainly to pasture, range, forestland, or wildlife food and cover. |
| VII | Soils have very severe limitations that make them unsuited to cultivation and that their use mainly to grazing, forestland, or wildlife. |
| VIII | Soils and miscellaneous areas have limitations that preclude their use for commercial plant production and limit their use to recreation, wildlife, or water supply or for esthetic purposes. |
| NA | Not Applicable |
Hydrologic Group
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| A | (Low runoff potential) The soils have a high infilitration rate even when thoroughly wetted. They chiefly consist of deep, well drained to excessively drained sands or gravels. They have a high rate of water transmission. |
| B | The soils have a moderate infilitration rate when thoroughly wetted. They chiefly are moderately deep to deep, moderately well drained to well drained soils that have moderately fine to moderately coarse textures. They have a moderate rate of water transmission. |
| C | The soils have a slow infilitration rate when thoroughly wetted. They chiefly have a layer that impedes downward movement of water or have moderately fine to fine texture. They have a slow rate of water transmission. |
| D | (High runoff potential) The soils have a very slow infilitration rate when thoroughly wetted. They chiefly consist of clay soils that have a high swelling potential, soils that have a permanent high water table, soils that have a claypan or clay layer at or near the surface, and shallow soils over nearly impervious material. They have a very slow rate of water transmission. |
| A/D, B/D, and C/D | Dual hydrologic groups are given for certain wet soils that can be adequately drained. The first letter applies to the drained condition, the second to the undrained. Only soils that are rated D in their natural condition are assigned to dual classes. Soils may be assigned to dual groups if drainage is feasible and practical. |
| NA | Not Applicable |
A Group of soils having similar runoff potential under similar storm and cover conditions.
Hydric soils are defined by the National Technical Committee for Hydric Soils (NTCHS) as soils that formed under conditions of saturation, flooding, or ponding long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic conditions in the upper part (Federal Register, 1994). THese soils, under natural conditions, are either saturated or inundated long enough during the growing season to support the growth and reproduction of hydrophytic vegetation.
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| NA | Not Applicable |
| DNMHC | Does not meet Hydric Criteria |
| H | Hydric Soil |
Description of the soil
Slope of the soil. The slope is usually listed as a percentage range.
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| A | 0 - 2 percent slope |
| B | 0 - 4 percent slope |
| C | 0 - 6 percent slope |
| D | 0 -12 percent slope |
| E | 0 -50 percent slope |
| F | 2 - 6 percent slope |
| G | 2 - 25 percent slope |
| H | 2 - 75 percent slope |
| I | 6 -12 percent slope |
| J | 12 -20 percent slope |
| K | 12 - 25 percent slope |
| L | 12 - 50 percent slope |
| M | 12 - 60 percent slope |
| N | 20 - 50 percent slope |
| O | 25 - 50 percent slope |
| P | 25 -55 percent slope |
| Q | 25 - 60 percent slope |
| R | 12 percent slope |
| NA | Not Applicable |
| S | 30 - 60 percent slope |
| T | 20 - 30 percent slope |
| U | 12 - 30 percent slope |
| V | 6 - 20 percent slope |
| W | 20 - 40 percent slope |
| X | 10 - 30 percent slope |
| Y | 30 - 65 percent slope |
| Z | 0 - 3 percent slope |
The secondary category in the land capability classification system.
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| e | Subclass e is made up of soils for which the susceptibility to erosion is the dominant problem or hazard affecting their use. Erosion susceptibility and past erosion damage are the major soil factors that affect soils in this subclass. |
| w | Subclass w is made up of soils for which excess water is the dominant hazard or limitation affecting their use. Poor soil drainage, wetness, a high water table, and overflow are the factors that affect soils in this subclass. |
| s | Subclass s is made up of soils that have soil limitations within the rooting zone, such as shallowness of the rooting zone, stones, low moisture-holding capacity, low fertility that is difficult to correct, and salinity or sodium content. |
| c | Subclass c is made up of soils for which the climate (the temperature or lack of moisture) is the major hazard or limitation affecting their use. |
| NA | Not Applicable |
| NONE | No Subclass is designated |
Nonirrigated land capability classification. Includes the Capability Subclass. Also known as the Map Unit.
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1 | See attribute definitions for SOIL_CAP & LCSUBCLASS |
| 2e | See attribute definitions for SOIL_CAP & LCSUBCLASS |
| 2w | See attribute definitions for SOIL_CAP & LCSUBCLASS |
| 3e | See attribute definitions for SOIL_CAP & LCSUBCLASS |
| 3w | See attribute definitions for SOIL_CAP & LCSUBCLASS |
| 4e | See attribute definitions for SOIL_CAP & LCSUBCLASS |
| 4w | See attribute definitions for SOIL_CAP & LCSUBCLASS |
| 5w | See attribute definitions for SOIL_CAP & LCSUBCLASS |
| 6e | See attribute definitions for SOIL_CAP & LCSUBCLASS |
| 7e | See attribute definitions for SOIL_CAP & LCSUBCLASS |
| NA | Not Applicable |
Soils that are considered as prime and other important farmlands. Prime farmland is land that has the best combination of physical and chemical characteristics for producing food, feed, forage, fiber, and oilseed crops and that is available for these uses.
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| All Areas are prime farmland | Farmland classification |
| Farmland of statewide importance | Farmland classification |
| Not prime farmland | Soil not considered as prime farmland |
| Prime farmland if drained | Farmland classification |
| Prime farmland if protected from flooding or not frequently flooded during the growing season | Farmland classification |
| Prime farmland if irrigated | Farmland classification |
| Prime farmland if drained and either protected from flooding or not frequently flooded during the growing season | Farmland classification |
Soils differ in size and shape of their areas, in degree of contrast with adjacent soils, and in geographic relationships. Four kinds of map units are used in soil surveys to show the relationshups: consociations, complexes, associations, and undifferentiated groups.
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| Consociations | In a consociation, delineated areas are dominated by a single soil taxon (or miscellsneous area) and similar soils. As a rule, at least one-half of the pedons in each delineation of a soil consociation are of the same soil components that provide the name for the map unit. Most of the remainder of the delineation consists of soil components so similar to the named soil that major intrepretations are not affected significantly. |
| Complexes and associations | Complexes and associations consist of two or more dissimilar components occurring in a regularly repeating pattern. Only the following arbitrary rule related to mapping scale determines whether the name complex or association should be used. The major components of a complex cannot be mapped separately at a scale of about 1:24,000. The major components of an association can be separated at a scale of about 1:24,000. In either case, the major components are sufficiently different in morphology or behavior that the map unit cannot be called a consociation. In each delineation of either a complex or an association, each major component is normally present, through their proportions may vary appreciably from one delineation to another. The total amount of inclusions in a map unit that are dissimilar to any of the major components does not exceed about 15 percent if limiting and 25 percent if nonlimiting, and a single kind of dissimilar limiting inclusion generally does not exceed 10 percent if very contrasting. |
| Not Classified | No soil classification. Represents map polygons that are water bodies, thus no soil is involved. |
| Undifferentiated | Undifferentiated groups consist of two or more components that are not consistently associated geographically and, therefore, do not always occur together in the same map delineation. These components are included in the same named map unit because their use and management are the same or very similar for common uses. Generally, they are grouped together because some common feature, such as steepness, stoniness, or flooding, determines their use and management. If two or more very steep soils that are geographically separated are so similar in their potentials for use and management that defining two or more additional map units would serve no useful purpose, they may be included in the same unit. Each delineation has at least one of the major components, and some may have all of them. The same principles regarding the proportion of minor components that apply to consociations also apply to undifferentiated groups. |
A U.S.D.A. number assigned to each soil type (or map unit).
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| (not provided) | A U.S.D.A. number assigned to each soil type (or map unit). |
Area of specific soil in acres
Potential of primary soil to be flooded.
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| NA | Not Applicable |
| FREQUENTLY | Frequently Flooded |
| NOT | Not Flooded |
| OCCASIONALLY | (definition not provided) |
| RARELY | (definition not provided) |
Potential of secondary soil, if any to be flooded.
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| NA | Not Applicable |
| FREQUENTLY | Frequently Flooded |
| NOT | Not Flooded |
| OCCASIONALLY | Ocassionally Flooded |
| RARELY | Rarely Flooded |
Soil erosion condition
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| 2 | Soil is eroded |
| 0 | Soil not classified as to be eroded. |
Potential of primary soil to be ponded.
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| NA | Not Applicable |
| NOT | Not Ponded |
| RARELY | Rarely Ponded |
ESRI
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Description of the soil slope
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| NA | (definition not provided) |
| Text of Slope Range | See attribute "SLOPE" for slope range values |
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Potential of secondary soil, if any to be ponded.
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| NA | Not Applicable |
| NOT | Not Ponded |
| OCCASIONALLY | Occasionally Ponded |
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 are free of gaps. The tests of logical consistency are performed using vendor software. 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). Edge locations generally do not deviate from centerline to centerline by more than 0.01 inch. This survey is edge matched to the Clark County, Indiana, Floyd County, Indiana, Harrison County, Indiana, and Hardin and Larue Counties, Kentucky, soil surveys. It is not edge matched to the Oldham County, Kentucky, Shelby County, Kentucky, and Bullitt and Spencer Counties, Kentucky, soil surveys.
A map unit is a collection of areas defined and named in terms of their soil components or miscellaneous areas or both. Each map unit differs in some respect from all others in a survey area and each map unit has a symbol that uniquely identifies the map unit on a soil map. Each individual area, point, or line so identified on the map is a delineation. Soil Scientists identify small areas of soils or miscellaneous areas that have properties and behavior significantly different than the named soils in the surrounding map unit. These minor components may be indicated as special features. If they have a minimal effect on use and management, or could not be precisely located, they may not be indicated on the map. A map unit has specified kinds of soils or miscellaneous areas (map unit components), each with a designated range in proportionate extent. Map units include one or more kinds of soil or miscellaneous area. Miscellaneous areas are areas that have little or no recognizable soil. Specific National Cooperative Soil Survey standards and procedures were used in the classification of soils, design and name of map units, and location of special soil features. These standards are outlined in Agricultural Handbook 18, Soil Survey Manual, 1993, USDA, NRCS; Agricultural Handbook 436, Soil Taxonomy, 1995, USDA, NRCS; and all Amendments; Keys to Soil Taxonomy, (current issue) USDA, NRCS; National Soil Survey Handbook, title 430-VI,(current issue) USDA, NRCS. The actual composition and interpretive purity of the map unit delineations were based on data collected by scientists during the course of preparing the soil maps. Adherence to National Cooperative Soil Survey standards and procedures is based on peer review, quality control, and quality assurance. Quality control is outlined in the memorandum of understanding for the soil survey area and in documents that reside with the Natural Resources Conservation Service state soil scientist. Four kinds of map units are used in soil surveys: consociations, complexes, associations, and undifferentiated groups. Consociations - Consociations are named for the dominant soil. In a consociation, delineated areas use a single name from the dominant component in the map unit. Dissimilar components are minor in extent. The soil component in a consociation may be identified at any taxonomic level. Soil series is the lowest taxonomic level. A consociation that is named as a miscellaneous area is dominantly that kind of area and minor components do not significantly affect the use of the map unit. The total amount of dissimilar inclusions of other components in a map unit generally does not exceed about 15 percent if limiting and 25 percent if nonlimiting. A single component of a dissimilar limiting inclusion generally does not exceed 10 percent if very contrasting. Complexes and associations - Complexes and associations consist of two or more dissimilar components that occur in a regularly repeating pattern. The total amount of other dissimilar components is minor extent. The following arbitrary rule determines whether complex or association is used in the name. The major components of an association can be separated at the scale of mapping. In either case, because the major components are sufficiently different in morphology or behavior, the map unit cannot be called a consociation. In each delineation of a complex or an association, each major component is normally present though their proportions may vary appreciably from one delineation to another. The total amount of inclusions in a map unit that are dissimilar to any of the major components does not exceed 15 percent if limiting and 25 percent if nonlimiting. A single kind of dissimilar limiting inclusion usually does not exceed 10 percent. Undifferentiated groups - Undifferentiated groups consist of two or more components that are not consistently associated geographically and, therefore, do not always occur together in the same map delineation. These components are included in the same named map unit because their use and management are the same or very similar for common uses. Generally they are grouped together because some common feature, such as steepness, stoniness, or flooding, determines their use and management. If two or more additional map units would serve no useful purpose, they may be included in the same unit. Each delineation has at least one of the major components, and some may have all of them. The same principles regarding the proportion of minor components that apply to consociations also apply to undifferentiated groups. The same principles regarding proportion of inclusion apply to undifferentiated groups as to consociations. Minimum documentation consists of three complete soil profile descriptions that are collected for each soil added to the legend, one additional per 3,000 acres mapped; three 10 observation transects for each map unit, one additional 10 point transect per 3,000 acres. A defined standard or level of confidence in the interpretive purity of the map unit delineations is attained by adjusting the kind and intensity of field investigations. Field investigations and data collection are carried out in sufficient detail to name map units and to identify accurately and consistently areas of about 4 acres.
Attribute accuracy is tested by manual comparison of the source with hard copy plots and/or symbolized display of the map data on an interactive computer graphic system. Selected attributes that cannot be visually verified on plots or on screen are interactively queried and verified on screen. In addition, the attributes are tested against a master set of valid attributes. All attribute data conform to the attribute codes in the signed classification and correlation document and amendment(s).
The accuracy of these digital data is based upon their compilation to base maps that meet National Map Accuracy Standards at a scale of 1 inch equals 1,000 feet. The difference in positional accuracy between the soil boundaries and special soil features locations in the field and their digitized map locations is unknown. 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. Soil delineation boundaries and special soil features generally were digitized within 0.01 inch of their locations on the digitizing source. The digital map elements are edge matched between data sets. The data along each quadrangle edge are matched against the data for the adjacent quadrangle. Edge locations generally do not deviate from centerline to centerline by more than 0.01 inch.
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base material for field mapping and compilation and publication of hardcopy maps and as reference in compilation of cultural features
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2006
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Jefferson County, Kentucky, had a previously published soil survey, 1960, at a 1:20,000 scale. An evaluation was made of the survey in 1996. A detailed evaluation found that significant changes in land use, soil classification, soil interpretations, and standards and procedures for making soil surveys made the 1966 survey obsolete.
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Field procedures for the second order survey include plotting of soil boundaries determined by field observations and by interpretation of remotely sensed data. Boundaries were verified at closely spaced intervals and the soils in each delineation were identified by traversing and transecting the landscape. Soil scientists described and sampled the soils, analyzed soil samples in the laboratory and satistically analyzed the data. The classification and map unit names were finalized at the final correlation in March, 2005.
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Field maps were manually compiled to 1:12,000 orthophoto quarterquads. Annotated overlays were made by transferring soil delineation lines onto a stable base material, quarter quadrangle format. Special features were manually digitized at a resolution of 0.01 inch in LT4X Version 4.11. The soil map unit delineations were raster scanned at a resolution of 200 dpi. The processing, raster editing, map neatline development, labeling, edgematching, vector conversion, and editing were done in LT4X Version 4.11. The data were created and maintained in North American Datum of 1983. The data mere written to Digital Linegraph Optional format with the export command. Digitizing and quality control review were done by the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Richmond, Virginia.
The data were imported to ARC/INFO 7.2.1 at the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Virginia Digitizing Unit. The survey area boundary was edited to join adjacent surveys. The data were processed through revised AMLs dated October 1998. The data were forwarded the soil data warehouse.
The National Soil Information System database was developed by Natural Resources Conservation Service soil scientists according to national standards.
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The Natural Resources Conservation Service State Soil Scientist or delegate, upon completion of data quality verification, determined that the tabular data should be released for official use. A selected set of map units and components in the soil survey legend was copied to a staging database, and rating values for selected interpretations were generated. The list of selected interpretations is stored in the database table named sainterp.
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The Natural Resources Conservation Service State Soil Scientist or delegate verified that the labels on the digitized soil map units link to map units in the tabular database, and certified the joined data sets for release to the Soil Data Warehouse. A system assigned version number and date stamp were added and the data were copied to the data warehouse. The tabular data for the map units and components were extracted from the data warehouse and reformatted into the soil data delivery data model, then stored in the Soil Data Mart. The spatial data were copied to the Soil Data Mart without change. This survey replaces the older Jefferson County Kentucky Area survey (KY644) and includes the entire county including the city of Louisville.
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The Natural Resources Conservation Service State Soil Scientist or delegate, upon completion of data quality verification, determined that the tabular data should be released for official use. A selected set of map units and components in the soil survey legend was copied to a staging database, and rating values for selected interpretations were generated. The list of selected interpretations is stored in the database table named sainterp.
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The Natural Resources Conservation Service State Soil Scientist or delegate verified that the labels on the digitized soil map units link to map units in the tabular database, and certified the joined data sets for release to the Soil Data Warehouse. A system assigned version number and date stamp were added and the data were copied to the data warehouse. The tabular data for the map units and components were extracted from the data warehouse and reformatted into the soil data delivery data model, then stored in the Soil Data Mart. The spatial data were copied to the Soil Data Mart without change. Tabular data has been revised from the previous version on the Soil Data Mart to meet requirements for National Program Applications as outlined in National Bulletin 430-5-7 dated August 25, 2005
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The tabular data were extracted from the data mart without change. The spatial data's coordinate system was transformed to State Plane Kentucky North (NAD83, meters) using ESRI ArcObjects 8.3 "ConvertFeatureClass" and exported to an ESRI shapefile.
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Visit the above mentioned Internet Web Site, select state or territory, then select individual soil survey area of interest. Spatial line data and locations of special feature symbols are in ESRI ArcGIS (ArcView,ArcInfo) shapefile, coverage and interchange (i.e., export) formats. The National Soil Information System attribute soil data are available in variable length, pipe delimited, ASCII file format.
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