National Park Service - SRI - Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) for Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Maryland, West Virginia, District of Columbia
Pete Biggam, National Park Service, Soils Program Manager. National Park Service - SRI - Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) for Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Maryland, West Virginia, District of Columbia. 2010-2011
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 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
- CHOH , NCRN , NCRO , SRI
- Keywords
- Allegany County, Arlington County, Artemas Quadrangle, Bellegrove Quadrangle, Berkeley County, Big Pool Quadrangle, Buckeystown Quadrangle, Charles Town Quadrangle, Cherry Run Quadrangle, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, CHOH, Cresaptown Quadrangle, Cumberland Quadrangle, District Of Columbia, Environment, Evitts Creek Quadrangle, Fairfax County, Falls Church Quadrangle, Frederick County, Geoscientific Information, Great Cacapon Quadrangle, Hampshire County, Hancock Quadrangle, Harpers Ferry Quadrangle, Hedgesville Quadrangle, Jefferson County, Keedysville Quadrangle, Leesburg Quadrangle, Loudoun County, Maryland, Mineral County, Montgomery County, Morgan County, National Capital Region, National Capital Region Network, National Cooperative Soil Survey, National Park Service, Natural Resource Inventory And Monitoring Program, NCRN, NCRO, NCSS, NPS, NRIM, Oldtown Quadrangle, Patterson Creek Quadrangle, Paw Paw Quadrangle, Point of Rocks Quadrangle, Poolesville Quadrangle, Rockville Quadrangle, Seneca Quadrangle, Shepherdstown Quadrangle, Soil Resources Inventory, Soil Survey, Soil Survey Geographic, Soils, SRI, SSURGO, Sterling Quadrangle, Vienna Quadrangle, Washington County, Washington West Quadrangle, Waterford Quadrangle, West Virginia, Williamsport Quadrangle