STATSGO_Soils

Metadata:

Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Publication_Date: 20060705

Title:

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Fort Worth, Texas
Publisher: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Online_Linkage: URL:http://SoilDataMart.nrcs.usda.gov/

Online_Linkage: http://cybergis.uncc.edu/santee/searchf.php

Online_Linkage: http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/charleston

Description:

Abstract:: This data set consists of general soil association units. It was
develped by the National Cooperative Soil Survey and supersedes
the State Soil Geographic (STATSGO) data set published in 1994.
It consists of a broad based inventory of soils and nonsoil areas
that occur in a repeatable pattern on the landscape and that can
be cartographically shown at the scale mapped. The data set was
created by generalizing more detailed soil survey maps. Where more
detailed soil survey maps were not available, data on geology,
topography, vegetation, and climate were assembled, together with
Land Remote Sensing Satellite (LANDSAT) images. Soils of like areas
were studied, and the probable classification and extent of the soils
were determined.

Map unit composition was determined by transecting or sampling areas
on the more detailed maps and expanding the data statistically to
characterize the whole map unit.

This data set consists of georeferenced vector digital data and
tabular digital data. The map data were collected in 1-by 2-degree
topographic quadrangle units and merged into a seamless national
data set. It is distributed in state/territory and national extents.
The soil map units are linked to attributes in the National Soil
Information System data base which gives the proportionate extent of
the component soils and their properties.
Purpose:: These data provide information about soil features on or near the
surface of the Earth. Data were collected as part of the National
Cooperative Soil Survey. These data are intended for geographic
display and analysis at the state, regional, and national level.
The data should be displayed and analyzed at scales appropriate for
1:250,000-scale data.
Supplemental_Information:: February 27, 2012: The data was downloaded from http://SoilDataMart.nrcs.usda.gov by Julie Arnold of SEF and clipped to the SEF boundary. The metadata was edited for the SEF database.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 2000
Ending_Date: 20060705

Currentness_Reference:

publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.835119
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.755475
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 33.189409
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 33.125755

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Soils
Theme_Keyword: General Soil Map
Theme_Keyword: State Soil Geographic
Theme_Keyword: STATSGO
Theme_Keyword: United States Department of Agriculture
Theme_Keyword: USDA
Theme_Keyword: National Soil Information System (NASIS)

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions (Federal Information Processing Standard 10-4): Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Place_Keyword: Colorado

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: USA

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. Hardcopies utilizing these data shall
clearly indicate their source. User agrees not to misrepresent these
data, nor to imply that changes made were approved by the Natural
Resources Conservation Service.

The Digital General Soil Map of U.S. was designed primarily for
regional, multicounty, river basin, State, and multistate resource
planning, management, and monitoring. Data are not detailed enough
to make interpretations at a county level. This soil survey product
is not designed for use as a primary regulatory tool in permitting
or citing decisions, but may be used as a reference source. The use
of these data is not restricted and may be interpreted by organizations,
agencies, units of government, or others; however, they are responsible
for its 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.

When data from the Digital General Soil Map of U.S. are overlayed
with other data layers, such as land use data, caution must be
used in generating statistics on the co-occurence of the land use
data with the soil data. The composition of the soil map unit can
be characterized independently for the land use and for the soil
component, but there are no data on their joint occurrence at a
more detailed level. Analysis of the overlayed data should be on a
map polygon basis.

Additional political, watershed, or other boundaries may be
intersected with the soil data. Although the composition of each
political and watershed unit may be described in terms of the
soil map units, information is not available to assign the
components to the boundary units with full accuracy. As with the
land use categories, the analysis should be restricted to the
classified components.

The approximate minimum area delineated is 625 hectares
(1,544 acres), which is represented on a 1:250,000-scale map by
an area approximately 1 cm by 1 cm (0.4 inch by 0.4 inch). Linear
delineations are not less than 0.5 cm (0.2 inch) in width. The
number of delineations per 1:250,000 quadrangle typically is 100
to 200, but may range up to 400. Delineations depict the dominant
soils making up the landscape. Other dissimilar soils, too small
to be delineated, are present within a delineation.

Digital enlargements of these data 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.

Data values for some data elements may be incomplete or missing.
Where data are unavailable, a mask should be used to exclude the
area from analysis.

The spatial and tabular data used to create this product are
periodically updated. Data are versioned, and users are responsible
for obtaining the latest version of the product.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service/Southern Research Station/Santee Experimental Forest

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 3734 Hwy 402
City: Cordesville
State_or_Province: SC
Postal_Code: 29434

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (843) 336-5601

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (843) 336-5068

Data_Set_Credit:

USDA, NRCS

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4000

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service
Publication_Date: 1994
Title:

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:: 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 amendments and are current as of
the date of digitizing.

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 (neatline) are free of gaps.
The tests of logical consistency are performed using vendor
software. The neatline is generated by connecting the explicitly
entered four corners of the digital file. All data outside the
enclosed region are ignored and all data crossing these
geographically straight lines are clipped at the neatline. Data
within a specified tolerance of the neatline are snapped to the
neatline. Neatline straightening aligns the digitized edges of
the digital data with the generated neatline (i.e., with the
longitude/latitude lines in geographic coordinates). All internal
polygons are tested for closure with vendor software and are
checked on hard copy plots. All data are checked for common soil
lines (i.e., adjacent polygons with the same label). Quadrangles
are edge matched within the state, merged into a statewide data
sets, and then edge matched to adjacent state data sets. Edge
locations do not deviate from centerline to centerline by more
than 0.01 inch.

Completeness_Report:

A map unit is a collection of areas defined and named the same
in terms of their soil and/or nonsoil areas. Each map unit differs
in some respect from all others in a survey area and is uniquely
identified. Each individual area is a delineation. Each map unit
in the Digital General Soil Map of U.S. consists of one to more
than 21 components.

In those few areas where detailed maps did not exist,
reconnaissance soil surveys were combined with data on geology,
topography, vegetation, climate, and remote sensing images to
delineate map units and estimate the percentages of components.
Map unit components in this product are soil series phases, and
their percent composition represents the estimated areal proportion
of each within a map unit. The composition for a map unit is
generalized to represent the statewide extent of that map unit
and not the extent of any single map unit delineation. These
specifications provide a nationally consistent representation of
the associated attribute data.

The actual composition and interpretive purity of the map unit
delineations were based on statistical analysis of transect data.
The composition was largely determined by measuring transects on
detailed soil survey maps. The number of transects used was
proportional to the relative size, number, and complexity of the
delineations. The combined data on the length of the map units
crossed by the transects were used to determine the percentages
of the different soil and nonsoil areas in each map unit.

Specific National Cooperative Soil Survey Standards and
procedures were used in the classification of soils, design and
name of map units. These standards are outlined in U.S. Department
of Agriculture. 2nd Ed., 1999. Soil Taxonomy: A basic system of
soil classification for making and interpreting soil surveys.
Nat. Res. Conserv. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric. Handb. 436.; U.S.
Department of Agriculture. 9th Ed., 2003. Keys to Soil Taxonomy.
Soil Surv. staff, Nat. Res. Conserv. Serv.; U.S. Department of
Agriculture. Current Issue. National Soil Survey Handbook, title
430-VI. Soil Surv. Staff, Nat. Res. Conserv. Serv.; and U.S.
Department of Agriculture. 1993. Soil Survey Manual. Soil Surv.
Staff, U.S. Dep. Agric. Handbook 18.

Adherence to National Cooperative Soil Survey standards and
procedures is based on peer review, quality control, and quality
assurance. Quality control is outlined in documents that reside
with the Natural Resources Conservation Service state soil
scientist.

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. The difference in positional accuracy between
the map unit boundaries in the field and their digitized
map locations is unknown. The locational acuracy of soil
delineations on the ground varies with the transition
between map units.

For example, in areas where changes in soils, climate,
topography, and geology occur subtly across a portion of a
state, the transition between soil map unit boundaries will
be gradual. Where these features change abruptly, such as
from an area of foothills to a lake plain, the transition
will be very narrow. Soil delineation boundaries were
digitized within 0.01 inches of their locations on the
digitizing source. The digital map elements are edge matched
between data sets. The data along each state boundary are
matched against the data for the adjacent state. 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, Natural Resources

Originator: Conservation Service

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title:

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office

Online_Linkage: URL:http://SoilDataMart.nrcs.usda.gov/

Type_of_Source_Media:

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: Unknown
Ending_Date: Unknown

Source_Currentness_Reference:

publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation:

SCS1

Source_Contribution:

base information for development of map unit delineations
and transect data for naming map units

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources

Originator: Conservation Service

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title:

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: Unknown
Ending_Date: Unknown

Source_Currentness_Reference:

publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation:

SCS2

Source_Contribution:

reference information for development of map unit
delineations and transect data for naming map units
where detailed surveys did not exist

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title:

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Source_Scale_Denominator: 250000

Type_of_Source_Media: stable-base material

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: Unknown
Ending_Date: Unknown

Source_Currentness_Reference:

publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation:

USGS1

Source_Contribution:

base materials for compilation of map unit delineation
linework

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Originator: Conservation Service
Publication_Date: Unknown
Title:
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: annotated overlay

Type_of_Source_Media: stable-base material

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: Unknown
Ending_Date: Unknown

Source_Currentness_Reference:

unknown

Source_Citation_Abbreviation:

SCS3

Source_Contribution:

digitizing source

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Originator: Conservation Service
Publication_Date: 1994
Title:
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: digital data

Source_Scale_Denominator: 250000

Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1994

Source_Currentness_Reference:

1994

Source_Citation_Abbreviation:

SCS4

Source_Contribution:

source material of soil map unit delineations and
soil symbols

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Department of Agriculture,

Originator: Natural Resources Conservation Service

Publication_Date: 2005

Title:

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: 2005
Ending_Date: 2005

Source_Currentness_Reference:

publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation:

NASIS

Source_Contribution:

attribute (tabular) information

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Map unit composition was determined by transecting or
sampling areas on the more detailed soil maps and expanding
the data statistically to characterize the whole map unit.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:: SCS1
Process_Date: 1994

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Soil map unit lines and symbols were drafted in red pencil
on a mylar overlay that was punch registered to fit the mylar
USGS 1:250,000-scale topographic quadrangle. A detailed and
complete edit was performed on all overlays before digitizing.
The soil delineation overlays were raster scanned at a
scanning resolution of at least 0.01 inches and converted to
a vector format or were manually digitized on a digitizing
tablet with a resolution of at least 0.001 inches. Four
control points corresponding to the four corners of the
quadrangles were used for registration during data collection.
The control points were either explicitly entered or developed
by the software. The data sets were edge matched and merged
into statewide coverages. A detailed and complete edit was
performed on all digital data.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:: USGS1, SCS3
Process_Date: 1994

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: State coverages were merged into a seamless national coverage.
This reduced tabular data redundancy and polygon number. A detailed
and complete edit was performed on all digital data.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:: SCS4
Process_Date: 2000

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:: SCS4
Process_Date: 2005

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: 20050715

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: 20050715

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: The tabular data were extracted from the Soil Data Mart without
change. The spatial data was exported to an ESRI shapefile.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:: NASIS
Process_Date: 20050718

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: 20060628

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: 20060629

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: The tabular data associated with map units that overlap the clipping region "SC" were extracted from the data mart without change. The spatial data were clipped to clipping region "SC". The spatial data was exported to an ESRI shapefile.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:: NASIS
Process_Date: 20120228

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Metadata imported.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:: C:\Documents and Settings\jaarnold\My Documents\Working Folders\Santee GIS\NRCS Soils Shapefiles_022712\gsmsoil_sc\soil_metadata_us.xml
Process_Date: 20120228
Process_Time: 11295100

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0
Longitude_Resolution: 0
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: STATSGO_Soils
Entity_Type_Definition:: A closed polygon that consists of soils and nonsoil areas that
occur in a repeatable pattern on the landscape and that can be cartographically shown at the scale mapped.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source:: NRCS National Cooperative Soil Survey

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:

Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:: shape type

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AREASYMBOL

Attribute_Definition:

A symbol that uniquely identifies a single occurrence of a particular type of area (e.g. Lancaster Co., Nebraska)

Attribute_Definition_Source:

NRCS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: US
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: United States of America
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:: NRCS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MUSYM

Attribute_Definition:

The symbol used to uniquely identify the soil mapunit in the soil survey.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

NRCS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: s6698
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: Leon-Chipley
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:: NRCS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: s6735
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: Mouzon-Johns-Hobcaw
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:: NRCS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: s6700
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: Wahee-Eulonia-Bladen
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:: NRCS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: s6716
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: Yemessee-Yauhannah-Ogeechee
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:: NRCS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MUKEY

Attribute_Definition:

The key for linking information in the National Soil Information System tables.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

NASIS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:: No predefined set of mukeys

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape_Leng

Attribute_Definition:

Length of the perimeter of each shape in meters.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

USFS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:: calculated value

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape_Area

Attribute_Definition:

Area of each shape in square meters

Attribute_Definition_Source:

ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:: calculated value

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Soil_Name

Attribute_Definition:

NRCS soil series name

Attribute_Definition_Source:

NRCS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:: soil series name that corresponds to the MUSYM

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:: Map Unit Delineations are closed polygons that are geographic
mixtures of groups of soils or soils and nonsoil areas.

The map unit key uniquely identifies each closed map unit
delineation. Each map unit key is linked to a map unit symbol
and a map unit name. The map unit key is also the key for linking
information in the National Soil Information System tables.

Map Unit Delineations are described by the National Soil
Information System data base. This attribute data base gives the
proportionate extent of the component soils and the properties
for each soil. The data base 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 data base 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
data base objects. Attributes include table and column descriptions
and detailed domain information.

The National Soil Information System data base also contains
distribution metadata. It records the criteria used in the set
of distributed data.
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:: U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2nd Ed., 1999. Soil Taxonomy: A
basic system of soil classification for making and interpreting
soil surveys. Nat. Res. Conserv. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric. Handb.
436.

U.S. Department of Agriculture. 9th Ed., 2003. Keys to Soil
Taxonomy. Soil Surv. Staff, Nat. Res. Conserv. Serv.

U.S. Department of Agriculture. Current Issue. National Soil
Survey Handbook, title 430-VI. Soil Surv. Staff, Nat. Res.
Conserv. Serv.

U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1993. Soil Survey Manual.
Soil Surv. Staff, U.S. Dep. Agric. Handbook 18.

U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1994. State Soil Geographic
(STATSGO) Data Base: Data use information. Soil Conserv. Serv.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service/Southern Research Station/Santee Experimental Forest

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 3734 Hwy 402
City: Cordesville
State_or_Province: SC
Postal_Code: 29434

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (843) 336-5601

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (843) 336-5068

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability:

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name:
Transfer_Size: 560.3

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Fees: free download

Ordering_Instructions:

http://cybergis.uncc.edu/santee/searchf.php

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20120312

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service/Southern Research Station/Santee Experimental Forest

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 3734 Hwy 402
City: Cordesville
State_or_Province: SC
Postal_Code: 29434

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (843) 336-5601

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (843) 336-5068

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Use_Constraints:

none