National Park Service - SRI - Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) for Joshua Tree National Park, California
Pete Biggam, National Park Service, Soils Program Manager. National Park Service - SRI - Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) for Joshua Tree National Park, California. 2006-2013
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
- Date of Issue
- 2012-08-08
- Units
- JOTR , MOJN , PWRO , SRI
- Keywords
- Buzzard Spring Quadrangle, Cadiz Valley SE Quadrangle, Cadiz Valley SW Quadrangle, California, Clarks Pass Quadrangle, Conejo Well Quadrangle, Cottonwood Basin Quadrangle, Cottonwood Spring Quadrangle, Coxcomb Mountains Quadrangle, Desert Center Quadrangle, East Deception Canyon Quadrangle, East of Victory Pass Quadrangle, Environment, Fried Liver Wash Quadrangle, Geoscientific Information, Hayfield Quadrangle, Hayfield Spring Quadrangle, Indian Cove Quadrangle, Joshua Tree National Park, Joshua Tree South Quadrangle, JOTR, Keys View Quadrangle, Malapai Hill Quadrangle, Mojave Desert Network, MOJN, National Cooperative Soil Survey, National Park Service, NCSS, New Dale Quadrangle, NPS, Pacific West Region, Pinto Mountain Quadrangle, Pinto Wells Quadrangle, Placer Canyon Quadrangle, Porcupine Wash Quadrangle, PWRO, Queen Mountain Quadrangle, Riverside County, Rockhouse Canyon Quadrangle, San Berardino County, San Bernardino Wash Quadrangle, Seven Palms Valley Quadrangle, Soil Resources Inventory, Soil Survey, Soil Survey Geographic, Soils, Soils, SRI, SSURGO, Thermal Canyon Quadrangle, Twentynine Palms Mountain Quadrangle, Twentynine Palms Quadrangle, Victory Pass Quadrangle, Washington Wash Quadrangle, West Berdoo Canyon Quadrangle, Yucca Valley South Quadrangle