GeologicSoils_SOAG

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: GIS Database Administrator
Publication_Date: 20080219
Publication_Time: unknown
Title: GeologicSoils_SOAG
Edition: 2008A
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Natural Resource Conservation Service County Soil Surveys
Issue_Identification: 2008A
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Waterbury VT 05676
Publisher: GIS Database Administrator
Other_Citation_Details: Tile Structure - COUNTY
Online_Linkage:
<http://www.vcgi.org/dataware/default.cfm?layer=GeologicSoils_SOAG>
Online_Linkage:
<http://www.vcgi.org/dataware/default.cfm?layer=GeologicSoils_SOAG&mapit=yes>
Online_Linkage: <http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov>
Online_Linkage:
<http://www.vcgi.org/pub/dataware/products/products_vcgi/soilattr.zip>
Online_Linkage:
<http://maps.vcgi.org:8080/wmsconnector/com.esri.wms.Esrimap?servicename=DATAWARE_VCGI&VERSION=1.1.1&request=getmap&BBOX=-72.78108248505863,44.28374275027345,-72.7204763913086,44.360521719023424&SRS=EPSG:4326&LAYERS=GEOLOGIC_SOAG_POLY&WIDTH=300&HEIGHT=400&FORMAT=image/gif>
Description:
Abstract:
GeologicSoils_SOAG includes a pre-selected subset of SSURGO soil data depicting prime agricultural soils in Vermont. The SSURGO county coverages were joined to the Top20 attribute table. The joined data set was then reselected on the PRIME attribute for a value not equal to NPSL or Water. This ensured that all soil units with a prime rating were selected.
Purpose:
Provide a pre-selected subset of SSURGO soil data depicting prime agricultural soils in Vermont.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20080219
Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
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: 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: Soil Survey Geographic
Theme_Keyword: Prime Agricultural Soils
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Vermont
Access_Constraints:
VCGI and the State of VT 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
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
<http://maps.vcgi.org:8080/wmsconnector/com.esri.wms.Esrimap?servicename=DATAWARE_VCGI&VERSION=1.1.1&request=getmap&BBOX=-72.78108248505863,44.28374275027345,-72.7204763913086,44.360521719023424&SRS=EPSG:4326&LAYERS=GEOLOGIC_SOAG_POLY&WIDTH=300&HEIGHT=400&FORMAT=image/gif>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: GIF
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
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
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
SOAG layers include the PRIME attribute, which was joined to the GeologicSoils_SO soil layers from top20_vt.dbf. VCGI HAS NOT QAQC THE RESULTS. THIS DATASET SHOULD BE USED WITH CAUTION.
Refer to the GeologicSoils_SO layer's metadata and the SOILATTR Data Product for additional documentation.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
SOAG layers include the PRIME attribute, which was joined to the GeologicSoils_SO soil layers from top20_vt.dbf. VCGI HAS NOT QAQC THE RESULTS. THIS DATASET SHOULD BE USED WITH CAUTION.
Refer to the GeologicSoils_SO layer's metadata and the SOILATTR Data Product for additional documentation.
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.
Refer to the GeologicSoils_SO layer's metadata for additional documentation.
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Not applicable
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
GIS Database Administrator; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Publication_Date: 19920811
Publication_Time: unknown
Title: GeologicSoils_SO
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Waterbury VT 05676
Publisher: GIS Database Administrator
Source_Scale_Denominator: 20,000
Type_of_Source_Media: See Source Description
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: See Source Description
Time_of_Day: Unknown
Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: GeologicSoils_SO
Source_Contribution: See description
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
SSURGO county soil data was joined to April 2003 Top20 attribute table. Joined data was reselected on the PRIME attribute for all values not equal to NPSL. Resulting selection was exported to shapefile. Shapefile was converted to Arc/Info coverage and SDE Geodatbase for distribution.
Process_Date: 2003513
Process_Time: Unknown
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Tom Williams
Contact_Organization: VCGI
Contact_Position: GIS Technician
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
SOAG coverages were recreated using recently downloaded SSURGO data. See GeologocSoils_SOnn metadata for explanation. Same process steps were used in re-creation as mentioned above except: Arc/Info coverage is now the master format and selection was refined to exclude PRIME value "water".
Process_Date: 20040414
Process_Time: Unknown
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Tom Williams
Contact_Organization: VCGI
Contact_Position: GIS Technician
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
SOAG coverages were updated using recently downloaded SSURGO data. See GeologocSoils_SOnn metadata for explanation. Same process steps were used in re-creation as mentioned above except: Arc/Info coverage is now the master format and selection was refined to exclude PRIME value "water".
Process_Date: 20040614
Process_Time: Unknown
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Tom Williams
Contact_Organization: VCGI
Contact_Position: GIS Technician
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
SOAG coverages were regenerated using the latest SSURGO certified data (Orleans became available along with updated versions of Lamoille and Franklin County). See GeologocSoils_SOnn metadata for details. The latest NRCS top20_vt.dbf (released by VT NRCS on October 11, 2005) was used to create the SOAG coverages based on the PRIME attribute in the top20_vt.dbf table. NRCS documentation specified that the PRIME ratings were updated in Sept 2004 as noted "This information comes from the report titled Farmland Classification Systems for Vermont Soils, dated April, 2003, revised September, 2005." Data was loaded into the VGIS Data Warehouse for distribution. This metadata record was updated to reflect the changes.
Process_Date: 20051024
Process_Time: Unknown
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Steve Sharp
Contact_Organization: VCGI
Contact_Position: VCGI DBA
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
SOAG coverages were regenerated using the latest SSURGO certified data (Chittenden became available along with updated versions of Addison, Franklin, Lamoille, and Washington). See GeologocSoils_SO metadata for details. The latest NRCS top20_vt.dbf (released by VT NRCS on July 18th, 2006) was used to create the SOAG coverages based on the PRIME attribute in the top20_vt.dbf table. Data was loaded into the VGIS Data Warehouse for distribution. This metadata record was updated to reflect the changes. Release 2006A.
Process_Date: 20060726
Process_Time: Unknown
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Steve Sharp
Contact_Organization: VCGI
Contact_Position: VCGI DBA
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
SOAG coverages were regenerated using the latest SSURGO certified data (Caledonia became available along with updated versions for adjoining counties). See GeologocSoils_SOnn metadata for details. The latest NRCS top20_vt.dbf (released by VT NRCS on April 20th, 2007) was used to create the SOAG coverages based on the PRIME attribute in the top20_vt.dbf table. Data was loaded into the VGIS Data Warehouse for distribution. This metadata record was updated to reflect the changes. Release 2007A.
Process_Date: 20070517
Process_Time: Unknown
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Steve Sharp
Contact_Organization: VCGI
Contact_Position: VCGI DBA
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
SOAG data was regenerated from GeologicSoils_SO (release 2008A)for Rutland county. Data was processed in the same manner described in the previous process step. Release 2008A.
Process_Date: 20080219
Process_Time: Unknown
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Steve Sharp
Contact_Organization: VCGI DBA
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Indirect_Spatial_Reference: POINT
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 55000
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
Transverse_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999964
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -72.500000
False_Easting: 500000.000000
False_Northing: 0.000000
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: SOAG<cntycode>.PAT
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Polygon
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PRIME
Attribute_Definition_Source: NRCS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Prime
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Soil map units are Prime Farmland if they have the best combination of physical and chemical characteristics for producing food, feed fiber, forage, and oilseed crops and are also available for these uses. The present land use may be cropland, pasture, forestland, or other land uses, but not urban and built-up or water. Location, tract size, and accessibility to markets and support industries are not considered when making a Prime Farmland determination. For further info see Prime.txt included in download.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Statewide
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
This is land, in addition to Prime Farmland, that is of Statewide importance for the production of food, feed, fiber, forage, and oilseed crops. In Vermont, criteria for defining and delineating Statewide Important Farmland was determined by the appropriate state agencies, working with the Natural Resources Conservation Service. For further info see Prime.txt included in download.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Local
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
In some areas, there is a need to identify additional farmlands for the production of food, feed, fiber, forage, and oilseed crops that has not been identified by the other categories in the Important Farmland system. These lands can be identified as Additional Farmland of Local Importance by the appropriate local agencies. In places, Additional Farmlands of Local Importance may include tracts of land that have been designated for agriculture by local ordinance. For further info see Prime.txt included in download.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Footnote "a"
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
If the upper slope class limit of the soil map unit is between 9 and 15 percent then the areas of the soil map unit that exceed 8 percent slope don't qualify as Prime, Statewide, or Local. If the upper slope class limit exceeds 15 percent then the areas of the soil map unit that exceed 15 percent slope don't qualify as Important Farmland.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Footnote "b"
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The soils in this soil map unit have a wetness limitation that may be difficult and/or unfeasible to over come. Areas of this soil map unit don't qualify as Prime, Statewide, or Local, if artificial drainage is not feasible.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Footnote "c"
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Bedrock outcrops commonly cover more than 2 percent of the surface. Areas of this soil map unit will not qualify as Prime, Statewide, or Local, if bedrock outcrops are extensive enough to prohibit efficient farming.
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_SOAG
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 to ZIP format)
Format_Information_Content: geospatial data
File_Decompression_Technique: ZIP decompression software
Transfer_Size: 23.356
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name:
<http://www.vcgi.org/dataware/default.cfm?layer=GeologicSoils_SOAG>
Access_Instructions: Download from web site.
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: CD-ROM
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: 3-1/2 inch floppy disk
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: 20080219
Time_of_Day: Unknown
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20080219
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: VT Center for Geographic Information
Contact_Person: GIS Database Administrator
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
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: Local time
Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
Metadata_Use_Constraints: None
Metadata_Security_Information:
Metadata_Security_Classification_System: N/A
Metadata_Security_Classification: Unclassified
Metadata_Security_Handling_Description: No security considerations
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