National Park Service - SRI - Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) for Big Bend National Park, Texas
Pete Biggam, National Park Service, Soils Program Manager. National Park Service - SRI - Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) for Big Bend National Park, Texas. 2007-2013
The data set is a digital soil survey and generally is the most detailed level of soil geographic data developed by the National Park Service and meets all standards of the National Cooperative Soil Survey. This dataset was updated in 2013 - please download the new dataset below. This data set was developed in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and meets the standards and specifications on the National Park Service Soil Inventory and Monitoring Program, and is intended to serve as the official database for all agency applications regarding our soils resources. 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.
- Type
- Project
- Authors
- Pete Biggam, National Park Service, Soils Program Manager
- Units
- BIBE , CHDN , IMR , SRI
- Keywords
- Amarilla Mountain Quadrangle, BIBE, Big Bend National Park, Bone Spring NE Quadrangle, Bone Spring Quadrangle, Boquillas OE E Quadrangle, Boquillas Quadrangle, Brewster County, Butterbowl Quadrangle, Castolon OE S Quadrangle, Castolon Quadrangle, Cerro Castellan Quadrangle, CHDN, Chihuahuan Desert Network, Christmas Mountains Quadrangle, Dagger Flat Quadrangle, Emory Peak Quadrangle, Environment, Ernst Valley Quadrangle, Geoscientific Information, Glenn Spring Quadrangle, Grapevine Hills Quadrangle, IMRO, Intermountain Region, Lajitas OE S Quadrangle, Lajitas Quadrangle, Mariscal Mountain (digital) Quadrangle, Mariscal Mountain OE S Quadrangle, McKinney Springs Quadrangle, Mesa De Anguila Quadrangle, National Cooperative Soil Survey, National Park Service, Natural Resource Inventory And Monitoring Program, NCSS, NPS, NRIM, Panther Junction Quadrangle, Persimmon Gap Quadrangle, Reed Camp OE S Quadrangle, Reed Camp Quadrangle, Roys Peak Quadrangle, San Vincente Quadrangle, Smoky Creek Quadrangle, Soil Resources Inventory, Soil Survey, Soil Survey Geographic, Soils, Solis OE S Quadrangle, Solis Quadrangle, Sombrero Peak Quadrangle, SRI, SSURGO, Stillwell Crossing OE S Quadrangle, Stillwell Crossing Quadrangle, Sue Peaks Quadrangle, Terlingua Quadrangle, Texas, The Basin Quadrangle, Tule Mountain Quadrangle, Twin Peaks quadrangle
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Soil Quality | Soil Function and Dynamics