Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for Teton Area, Idaho-Wyoming

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication_Date: 20120815
Title:
Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for Teton Area, Idaho-Wyoming
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Fort Worth, Texas
Publisher:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Other_Citation_Details: id650
Online_Linkage: URL:<http://SoilDataMart.nrcs.usda.gov/>
Description:
Abstract:
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.
Purpose:
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.
Supplemental_Information:
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.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20070522
Ending_Date: 20120815
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -111.401
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -110.991
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 43.959
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 43.563
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: soil survey
Theme_Keyword: soils
Theme_Keyword: Soil Survey Geographic
Theme_Keyword: SSURGO
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Place_Keyword: Idaho
Place_Keyword: Wyoming
Place_Keyword: Teton County
Place_Keyword: Linderman Dam Quadrangle (s4311105)
Place_Keyword: Drummond Quadrangle (s4311106)
Place_Keyword: Lamont Quadrangle (s4311107)
Place_Keyword: McRenolds Reservoir Quadrangle (s4311108)
Place_Keyword: Wright Creek Quadrangle (s4311113)
Place_Keyword: Packsaddle Lake Quadrangle (s4311114)
Place_Keyword: Tetonia Quadrangle (s4311115)
Place_Keyword: Clawson Quadrangle (s4311116)
Place_Keyword: Granite Basin Quadrangle (s4311009)
Place_Keyword: Garns Mountain Quadrangle (s4311122)
Place_Keyword: Bates Quadrangle (s4311123)
Place_Keyword: Driggs Quadrangle (s4311124)
Place_Keyword: Fourth of July Peak Quadrangle (s4311131)
Place_Keyword: Victor Quadrangle (s4311132)
Access_Constraints: None
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:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Contact_Position: State Soil Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 9173 West Barnes Drive, Suite C
City: Boise
State_or_Province: ID
Postal_Code: 83709-1555
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 208-378-5728
Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: 800-877-8339
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: hal.swenson@id.usda.gov

Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
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).
Logical_Consistency_Report:
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. The survey of Teton Area, Idaho-Wyoming is joined to the surveys of Fremont County, Idaho, Western Part, and Madison County Area, Idaho.
Completeness_Report:
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.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
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.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service
Publication_Date: 1969
Title: Soil Survey of Teton Area, Idaho-Wyoming
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: atlas
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
Source_Scale_Denominator: 15840
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1969
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS1
Source_Contribution: basic reference about soils and landscapes
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Technical Imaging Service, Portland, OR
Publication_Date: unpublished material
Title: publication negatives, 1/3 quadrangle format
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Source_Scale_Denominator: 15840
Type_of_Source_Media: stable-base material
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1968
Ending_Date: 1999
Source_Currentness_Reference: 1968
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: TIS1
Source_Contribution: source for creating ratioed film positives
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Technical Imaging Service, Portland, OR
Publication_Date: unpublished material
Title: ratioed film positives, 1/3 quadrangle format
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
Type_of_Source_Media: stable-base material
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1968
Ending_Date: 1999
Source_Currentness_Reference: 1968
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: TIS2
Source_Contribution:
source used for recompilation of special soil features, soil delineations, and soil labels
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Boise, Idaho
Publication_Date: 1999
Title: orthophotographs, full quadrangle format
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
Type_of_Source_Media: stable-base material
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1992
Ending_Date: 1999
Source_Currentness_Reference: 1992
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS2
Source_Contribution: compilation base
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Cyrese Lingard, private contractor
Publication_Date: unpublished material
Title:
recompilation of Teton Area, Idaho-Wyoming, soils layer, full quadrangle format
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
Type_of_Source_Media: stable-base material
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1999
Source_Currentness_Reference: 1999
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS3
Source_Contribution: source used to produce digital soils layer
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Cyrese Lingard, private contractor
Publication_Date: unpublished material
Title:
recompilation of Teton Area, Idaho-Wyoming, special soil features layer, full quadrangle format
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
Type_of_Source_Media: stable-base material
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1999
Source_Currentness_Reference: 1999
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS4
Source_Contribution: source used to produce digital soils special features layer
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Idaho State University, GIS Center
Publication_Date: unpublished material
Title: digital special soil features of Teton Area, Idaho-Wyoming
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2000
Source_Currentness_Reference: 2000
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS5
Source_Contribution: source used for SSURGO
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Idaho State University, GIS Center
Publication_Date: unpublished material
Title: digital soils of Teton Area, Idaho-Wyoming
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2000
Source_Currentness_Reference: 2000
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS6
Source_Contribution: source used for SSURGO
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Soda Springs GIS Office, Soda Springs, ID
Publication_Date: unpublished material
Title:
DLG, DOC and TAB directories of the Soil Survey of Teton Area, Idaho-Wyoming
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
Type_of_Source_Media: magnetic tape
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2000
Source_Currentness_Reference: 2000
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS7
Source_Contribution:
digital soils and special soil features, tabular information and metadata for SSURGO review
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Bozeman Digitizing Unit, Bozeman, MT
Publication_Date: unpublished material
Title:
DLG, DOC and TAB directories of the Soil Survey of Teton Area, Idaho-Wyoming
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
Type_of_Source_Media: magnetic tape
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2000
Source_Currentness_Reference: 2000
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS8
Source_Contribution: digital soils and special soil features
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication_Date: 2004
Title: National Soil Information System (NASIS) data base
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Fort Collins, Colorado
Publisher:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Type_of_Source_Media: database
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 2004
Ending_Date: 2004
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
Source_Contribution: attribute (tabular) information
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication_Date: unpublished material
Title: Arc shapefiles for the survey of Teton Area, Idaho-Wyoming
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2007
Source_Currentness_Reference: 2007
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS9
Source_Contribution:
digital information containing area and special soil features for evaluation
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication_Date: 2006
Title:
National Soil Information System (NASIS) database for Teton Area, Idaho-Wyoming
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Fort Collins, Colorado
Publisher:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Information Technology Center
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2007
Source_Currentness_Reference: export certification date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS10
Source_Contribution: map unit legend used for comparison to spatial map unit labels
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication_Date: unpublished material
Title:
ArcGIS geodatabase files for the soil survey of Teton Area, Idaho-Wyoming
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: digital vector data
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2011
Source_Currentness_Reference: 2011
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS11
Source_Contribution:
digital information containing area and special soil features for evaluation
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication_Date: 2011
Title: National Soil Information System (NASIS) database
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Fort Collins, Colorado
Publisher:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Information Technology Center
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2011
Source_Currentness_Reference: export certification date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS12
Source_Contribution: map unit legend used for comparison to spatial map unit labels
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Teton Area, Idaho-Wyoming had a previously published survey, 1969, at a scale of 1:15840. This survey was analyzed and it was determined the majority of the soil lines were accurate and map units were meeting users needs.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS1
Process_Date: 1999
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Ratioed film positives were produced at a scale of 1:24000 from the original 1:15840 publication negatives. From the ratioed film positives soil lines, labels and special soil features were compiled onto full quadrangle format stable-base material.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: TIS1, TIS2, NRCS2, NRCS3, NRCS4
Process_Date: 1999
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The mylar full quadrangle compilation sheets were scanned at 300dpi using a Ycom SLC936C scanner. The resultant files were then converted into vector files and imported into ARC/INFO ver. 8.0.1. The full quadrangle coverages were joined into seamless coverages for the soils and soil special features layers and attributed.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS3, NRCS4, NRCS5, NRCS6
Process_Date: 2000
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The digital coverages from Idaho State University were sent to the Soda Springs GIS Office for an initial review and the production of DLG's, metadata, and the incorporation of tabular data. After all checks were completed the data was sent to the Bozeman Digitizing Unit for final review and certification.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS5, NRCS6, NRCS7
Process_Date: 2000
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The DLG DOC and TAB directories were imported into ARC/INFO, Version 7.21 by certification staff at the Montana Digitizing Unit. Evaluation program routines dated October, 1998 were applied to the data. ARCEDIT was used to correct extra verticies and label mismatches. Minor codes were renamed to link spatial data map unit labels to the National Soil Information System data base. New DLG-3 files were written. The data were uploaded to the Soil Data Mart for archiving and distribution.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS8
Process_Date: 2002
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The National Soil Information System data base was developed by Natural Resources Conservation Service soil scientists according to national standards.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS1
Process_Date: 2002
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
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.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
Process_Date: 20041109
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
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.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
Process_Date: 20041109
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
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.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
Process_Date: 20050609
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
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.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
Process_Date: 20050609
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
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.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
Process_Date: 20060109
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
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.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
Process_Date: 20060109
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
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.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
Process_Date: 20070125
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
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.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
Process_Date: 20070126
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The tabular data were extracted from the data mart without change. The spatial data's coordinate system was transformed to UTM Zone 12, Northern Hemisphere (NAD 83) using ESRI ArcObjects 8.3 "ConvertFeatureClass" and exported to an ESRI shapefile.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
Process_Date: 20070319
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Minor metadata errors were corrected this posting. The survey-wide Arc shapefiles from the online SSURGO data were imported to ARC/INFO 9.1 by certification staff at the Montana Digitizing Unit. Evaluation macros of June 2004 were applied to the data. Map unit labels were compared to an approved map unit legend from the National Soil Information System data base. ARCEDIT was used to join to adjacent survey boundaries and verify previous adjacent survey joins. The data were uploaded to the soil data warehouse staging server.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS9, NRCS10
Process_Date: 20070519
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
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.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
Process_Date: 20070522
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
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.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
Process_Date: 20080131
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
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.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
Process_Date: 20080131
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The tabular data were extracted from the data mart without change. The spatial data's coordinate system was transformed to UTM Zone 12, Northern Hemisphere (NAD 83) using ESRI ArcObjects 8.3 "ConvertFeatureClass" and exported to an ESRI shapefile.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
Process_Date: 20110419
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The survey-wide ArcGIS geodatabase from the online SSURGO data were imported to ARC/INFO 9.2 by certification staff at the Montana Digitizing Unit. Evaluation macros of July 2009 were applied to the data. Map unit labels were compared to an approved map unit legend from the National Soil Information System data base. ArcMap was used to join to adjacent survey boundaries and verify previous adjacent survey joins. The data were uploaded to the soil data warehouse staging server.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS11, NRCS12
Process_Date: 2011
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
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.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
Process_Date: 20120815
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
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.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
Process_Date: 20120815

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Grid_Coordinate_System:
Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
UTM_Zone_Number: 12
Transverse_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -111.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000
False_Easting: 500000.000000
False_Northing: 0.000000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000001
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000001
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: Special Soil Features
Entity_Type_Definition:
Special Soil Features represent soil, miscellaneous area, or landform features that are too small to be digitized as soil delineations (area features).
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Agricultural Handbook 18, Soil Survey Manual, 1993, USDA, SCS.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Special Soil Features Codes
Attribute_Definition:
Special Soil Features labels represent specific Special Soil Features. These features are identified with a descriptive label. The label is assigned to the point or line assigned to represent the feature on maps.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Agricultural Handbook 18, Soil Survey Manual, 1993, USDA, SCS; National Soil Survey Handbook, Title 430-VI, part 647 (current issue), USDA, NRCS.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name:
Classification and Correlation of the Soils of Teton Area, Idaho-Wyoming
Codeset_Source:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
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.
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
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.

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Cartography and Geospatial Center
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 501 West Felix Street, Building 23
City: Fort Worth
State_or_Province: Texas
Postal_Code: 76115
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 800 672 5559
Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: 202 720 2600
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 817 509 3469
Resource_Description: Teton Area, Idaho-Wyoming SSURGO
Distribution_Liability:
Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the Agency regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. The U.S. Department of Agriculture will warrant the delivery of this product in computer readable format, and will offer appropriate adjustment of credit when the product is determined unreadable by correctly adjusted computer input peripherals, or when the physical medium is delivered in damaged condition. Request for adjustment of credit must be made within 90 days from the date of this shipment from the ordering site. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, nor any of its agencies are liable for misuse of the data, for damage, for transmission of viruses, or for computer contamination through the distribution of these data sets. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.)
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ASCII
Format_Information_Content: keys and attributes
File_Decompression_Technique: WinZip or equivalent
Transfer_Size: 26.5
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: URL:<http://SoilDataMart.nrcs.usda.gov/>
Access_Instructions:
Select desired survey area at above Internet Web site. An email address is required for receipt of instructions on retrieval via anonymous FTP. Anticipate a delay between submission of request at Web site and receipt of email message.
Fees:
There is currently no direct charge for requesting data or for retrieval via FTP.
Ordering_Instructions:
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.
Turnaround: Typically within four hours

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20121113
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Contact_Position: State Soil Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 9173 West Barnes Drive, Suite C
City: Boise
State_or_Province: ID
Postal_Code: 83709-1555
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 208-378-5728
Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: 800-877-8339
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: hal.swenson@id.usda.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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