STATSGO New General Soils Map

Metadata:

Identification_Information:

Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center
Publication_Date: 19980101
Title: STATSGO New General Soils Map
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map
Description:
Abstract:
This data set contains vector line map information. The vector data contain selected base categories of geographic features, and characteristics of these features, in digital form. The information was collected by clipping the existing STATSGO soils map to the State of Louisiana boundary. The data set used the existing STATSGO soil maps as a data development resource. The classified data was derived from actual field identification and sampling performed by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Soil Conservation Service. Review the metadata file for more information. Coverage is of the entire State of Louisiana. The original STATSGO map is a digital general soil association map developed by the National Cooperative Survey. 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 soil maps for STATSGO are compiled by generalizing more detailed soil survey maps. Map unit composition for a STATSGO map is determined by transecting or sampling areas on the more detailed maps and expanding the data statistically to characterize the whole map unit. The data set consists of georeferenced digital map data and computerized attribute data. The map data are collected in 1- by 2- degree topographic quadrangle units and merged and distributed as statewide coverages. The soil map units are linked to attributes in the Map Unit Interpretations Record relational data base which give the proportionate extent of the component soils and their properties.
Purpose:
To update the existing STATSGO soils map for the State by clipping the map to the state boundary, and editing and labeling polygons which have changed. This information will be used as a layer (with other data clipped to the new State boundaries) in GIS applications. The original purpose of the STATSGO map was to depict information about soil features on or near the surface of the Earth. These data are collected as part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1998
Currentness_Reference: Publication Date of Sources
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency:
No current plans for updating the data, but may be updated as needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -94.043
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -88.758
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 33.019
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 28.854
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Vector line data
Theme_Keyword: Soils
Theme_Keyword: General Soils
Theme_Keyword: State Soils Geographic
Theme_Keyword: STATSGO
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Louisiana
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Temporal_Keyword: 1998
Access_Constraints:
Any downloading and use of these data signifies a user's agreement to comprehension and compliance of the NWRC Standard Disclaimer. Insure all portions of metadata are read and clearly understood before using these data in order to protect both user and NWRC interests. See Distribution Liability.
Use_Constraints:
Acknowledgement of the National Wetlands Research Center as a data source would be appreciated in products developed from these data, and such acknowledgement as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of this data. Sharing new data layers developed directly from these data would also be appreciated by NWRC staff. Users should be aware of that comparisons with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in photo interpretation, mapping conventions, and digital processes over time. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such.In addition, STATSGO was designed primarily for regional, multicounty, river basin, State, and multistate resource planning, management, and monitoring. STATSGO 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 Soil Conservation Service any authority for the decisions that they make. The Soil Conservation Service will not perform any evaluations of these maps for purposes related solely to state or local regulatory programs. When STATSGO data are overlayed with other data layers, such as land use data, caution must be used in generating statistics on the co-occurrence of the land use data with the soil data. The composition of the STATSGO 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. 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 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.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resource Division's, National Wetlands Research Center
Contact_Person: Steve Hartley
Contact_Position: Senior Geographer/GIS Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: 700 Cajundome Blvd
City: Lafayette
State_or_Province: Louisiana
Postal_Code: 70506
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 318-266-8543
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 318-266-8616
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: steve_hartley@usgs.gov
Data_Set_Credit:
The National Wetlands Research Center acknowledges the United States Department of Agriculture and Soil Conservation Service for use of data derived from the State Soil Geographic (STATSGO) database for Louisiana.
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
The data set was collected by clipping the boundaries of the existing STATSGO soils map to the new state boundaries and editing and labeling necessary changes due to the clipping in Arc/Info. The computer operating system platform was UNIX.

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
The accuracy of the updated database is not based on a formal quantitative assessment. Field checking was not performed for this assignment. To attain a better estimate of accuracy, a formal re-evaluation of the soils for the State would be necessary. For the original STATSGO soil maps attribute accuracy was 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:
For the original STATSGO dataset 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 set, and then edge matched to adjacent state data sets. Edge locations do not deviate from centerline to centerline by more than 0.01 inches.
Completeness_Report:
Data completeness for unrevised digital files reflects the content of the source graphic. Features may have been eliminated or generalized on the source graphic, due to scale and legibility constraints. If the digital data underwent limited update revision, then the content will include only 1.) those features that are photoidentifiable on monoscopic source, supplemented with limited ancillary source, and 2.) those features that can not be reliably photoidentified but that are not considered particularly prone to change. A map unit is a collection of areas defined and named the same in terms of their soil and/or non-soil 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 consists of one to 21 components. The STATSGO map unit components are soil series phases and their percent composition represents the estimated real proportion of each within STATSGO 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 STATSGO 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 non-soil areas in each map unit. Specific limits were established on the classification of soils and the design and name of map units. These limits are outlined in U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1975. Soil Taxonomy; A basic system of soil classification for making and interpreting soil surveys. Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1992. Keys to Soil Taxonomy. SMSS Technical Monograph No. 19 Soil Survey Staff, Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1993. National Soil Survey Handbook, title 430-VI . Soil Survey Staff, Soil Conservation Service, and U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1993. Soil Survey Manual. Soil Survey Staff, U.S. Department of Agriculture 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 Soil 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 accuracy between the map unit boundaries in the field and their digitized map locations is unknown. The locational accuracy of soil delineation 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.
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Not applicable
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service (formerly Soil Conservation Service)
Publication_Date: 1994
Title: State Soil Geographic (STATSGO) database for Louisiana
Edition: Unknown
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Vector digital database
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Fort Worth
Publisher:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service.
Source_Scale_Denominator: 250,000
Type_of_Source_Media: digital database
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 19940101
Source_Currentness_Reference: Date of source material
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: STATSGO
Source_Contribution: Primary data source
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center
Publication_Date: 19970101
Title:
USGS 1:24000 clipped Digital Raster Graphic Data (without the map collar information)
Edition: Various
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Lafayette, Louisiana
Publisher:
U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24,000
Type_of_Source_Media: Digital Database
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 19830101
Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: DRGs
Source_Contribution:
Provided political (parish and state) boundaries for the State of Louisiana.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Louisiana State University Department of Geography and Anthropology and the Office of the Governor Oil Spill Coordinator's Office
Publication_Date: 19950101
Title: Louisiana Oil Spill Contingency Plan Map CD
Edition: First
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Raster Digital Data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Publisher: Louisiana State University
Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 19950101
Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: OSCP
Source_Contribution:
Provided spatial information for the territorial waters for the state of Louisiana.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
For the original STATSGO dataset 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. (The STATSGO database was designed primarily for regional, multistate, riverbasin, State, and multicounty resource planning, management, and monitoring. STATSGO data are not detailed enough to make interpretations at a county level. Soil maps for STATSGO are compiled by generalized more detailed (SSURGO) soil survey maps. Where more detailed soil survey maps are not available, data on geology, topography, vegetation, and climate are assembled, together with Land Remote Sensing Satellite (LANDSAT) images. Soils of like areas are studied, and the probable classification and extent of the soils are determined.) 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. To update the data at the National Wetlands Research Center, the STATSGO soil maps were digitally clipped to the new state boundaries within Arc/Info. Any new polygons created as a result of this were then edited and labeled in Arcview. This new dataset can be used as a layer with other datasets (clipped to the same boundaries) in GIS applications.
Process_Date: 19980101
Process_Step:
Process_Description: The data set was projected to geographic coordinates, NAD83
Process_Date: 1999
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: LSU Department of Geography and Anthropology
Contact_Person: Hampton Peele
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: Louisiana State University
City: Baton Rouge
State_or_Province: LA
Postal_Code: 70803
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (225)388-3455
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: hampton@lsu.edu

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Indirect_Spatial_Reference: The State of Louisiana
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 0.000005
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000005
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: 298.257

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: soils.pat
Entity_Type_Definition: polygon attribute table for soils
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: 3001, Inc.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MUID
Attribute_Definition:
Map Unit Identification Symbol; a symbol created by concatenation of the soil survey area symbol (ssaid) and mapunit symbol (musym). It identifies a mapunit within a state. For example, ssaid 061 and musym 1 is stored as muid 061001. The muid used as a key for linking information in the muir tables.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: all muid codes are unique
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GSM_CODE
Attribute_Definition: General soil category, label or attribute
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.00
Range_Domain_Maximum: 31.00
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: THERMAL_LI
Attribute_Definition:
thermal line; the soil temperature at 20 inches below the surface which controls the biological processes within the soil (thermic or hyperthermic)
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: names of soil temperature classifications are unique
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MLRA
Attribute_Definition:
Major Land Resource Area; the code used to identify the dominant Major Land Resource Area within which the soil mapunit is mapped
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: all codes are unique
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: HYDRIC
Attribute_Definition: Hydric soil rating; the symbol (Y/N) identifying hydric soils
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Y
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: yes
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: N
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: no
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MUKIND
Attribute_Definition: Map Unit Kind; a code identifying the kind of mapunit
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: C
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: consociation
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: A
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: association
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: U
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: undifferentiated group
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: X
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: complex
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MUNAME
Attribute_Definition:
Map Unit Name; correlated name of the mapunit (recommended name or field name for surveys in progress
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: all names are unique
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GGSA_DEF
Attribute_Definition: general soil association description
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: free text
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CAT
Attribute_Definition:
category, label, or attribute; this is a numeric code for MUSYM item
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Eastern_Pleistocene_Terraces_-_Terraces
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Ouachita_River_Valley_Alluvium_-_Natural_Levees
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Western_Pleistocene_Terraces_-_Terraces
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 6
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Western_Pleistocene_Terraces_-_Floodplains
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: 7
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 10
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Subtropical_Mississippi_Valley_Silty_Uplands_-_Floodplains
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 11
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Southern_Mississippi_Valley_Silty_Uplands_-_Uplands
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 12
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Southern_Mississippi_Valley_Silty_Uplands_-_Floodplains
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 13
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Subtropical_Mississippi_Valley_Silty_Uplands_-_Uplands
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 14
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Western_Gulf_Coast_Flatwoods_-_Floodplains
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 15
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Gulf_Coast_Prairies_-_Terraces
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 16
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Eastern_Pleistocene_Terraces_-_Floodplains
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 17
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 18
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Southern_Mississippi_Valley_Alluvium_-_Backswamps
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: 19
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 20
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 22
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 23
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 24
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Gulf_Coast_Deltaic_Marsh_-_Brackish
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 25
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 26
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 27
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 28
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Water
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MUSYM
Attribute_Definition:
Map Unit Symbol; a symbol used to identify the soil map unit on the soil map
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: all symbols are unique
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SOILS_ON
Attribute_Definition: local landform position found within a musym
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: free text
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ASSOCIATED
Attribute_Definition: dominate soil series within a musym
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: all soil names are unique
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AREA_SQM
Attribute_Definition: area in square meters
Attribute_Definition_Source: Louisiana State University
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.17
Range_Domain_Maximum: 16048902598.600
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PERIM_M
Attribute_Definition: perimeter in meters
Attribute_Definition_Source: Louisiana State University
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 6.00
Range_Domain_Maximum: 7472453.61
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AREA_AC
Attribute_Definition: area in acres
Attribute_Definition_Source: Louisiana State University
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00
Range_Domain_Maximum: 3965754.336

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resource Division's, National Wetlands Research Center
Contact_Person: Steve Hartley
Contact_Position: Senior Geographer/GIS Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: 700 Cajundome Blvd
City: Lafayette
State_or_Province: Louisiana
Postal_Code: 70506
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 318-266-8543
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 318-266-8616
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: steve_hartley@usgs.gov
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm CST Monday through Friday
Resource_Description:
The State Soil Geographic data for the state of Louisiana with new boundaries
Distribution_Liability:
Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data or any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from a U.S. Geological Survey server, and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. The U.S. Geological Survey shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. So, these data are provided "as is" and without any express or implied warranties, including without limitations, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Also, use of trade names or commercial products in this metadata is soley for the purpose of providing specific information, and does not imply recommendation or endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 19991215
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Susan Touba Wagner
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resource Division's National Wetlands Research Center
Contact_Position: Geographer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: 700 Cajundome Blvd
City: Lafayette
State_or_Province: Louisiana
Postal_Code: 70506
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 318-266-8544
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 318-266-8616
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: susan_touba@usgs.gov
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