Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for Cabezon Area, New Mexico (Sandoval County, New Mexico)

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Identification Information

Citation
Citation Information
Originator U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication Date 2014-06-09
Publication Time 16:00:08
Title Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for Cabezon Area, New Mexico (Sandoval County, New Mexico)
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
Publication Information
Publication Place Fort Worth, Texas
Publisher U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Other Citation Details nm606
Online Linkage http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov
Online Linkage https://gstore.unm.edu/apps/rgisarchive/datasets/527d2694-0be3-4fde-9d40-d4c629f3934c/soil_nm606_2013.original.zip
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Online Linkage https://gstore.unm.edu/apps/rgisarchive/datasets/527d2694-0be3-4fde-9d40-d4c629f3934c/metadata/ISO-19115:2003.html
Larger Work Citation
Description
Abstract 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 nonsoil 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.
Purpose SSURGO depicts information about the kinds and distribution of soils on the landscape. The soil map and data used in the SSURGO product were prepared by soil scientists as part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey.
Supplemental Information Digital versions of hydrography, cultural features, and other associated layers that are not part of the SSURGO data set may be available from the primary organization listed in the Point of Contact.
Time Period of Content
Range of Dates/Times
Beginning Date 2003-09-05
Ending Date 2013-12-17
Currentness Reference publication date
Status
Progress Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency As needed
Spatial Domain
Bounding Coordinates
West Bounding Coordinate 107.309
East Bounding Coordinate -106.9
North Bounding Coordinate 35.999
South Bounding Coordinate 35.514
Keywords
Theme
Thesaurus None
Keyword soil survey
Keyword soils
Keyword Soil Survey Geographic
Keyword SSURGO
Theme
Thesaurus ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Keyword geoscientificInformation
Place
Thesaurus USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Keyword New Mexico
Keyword Sandoval County
Keyword Arroyo Empedrado Quadrangle
Keyword Cabezon Peak Quadrangle)
Keyword Canada Calladita Quadrangle
Keyword Cerro Parido Quadrangle
Keyword Guadalupe Quadrangle
Keyword Headcut Reservoir Quadrangle
Keyword Holy Ghost Spring Quadrangle
Keyword Johnson Trading Post Quadrangle
Keyword La Ventana Quadrangle
Keyword Mesa Portales Quadrangle
Keyword Ojo Encino Mesa Quadrangle
Keyword San Luis Quadrangle
Keyword San Pablo Quadrangle
Keyword Tinian Quadrangle
Keyword Wolf Stand Quadrangle
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. This data set is not designed for use as a primary regulatory tool in permitting or citing decisions, but may be used as a reference source. This is public information and may be interpreted by organizations, agencies, units of government, or others based on needs; however, they are responsible for the 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. Photographic or digital enlargement 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. Digital data files are periodically updated. Files are dated, and users are responsible for obtaining the latest version of the data.
Point of Contact
Contact Information
Contact Person Primary
Contact Person
Contact Organization
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Contact Person
Contact Position State Soil Scientist
Contact Address
Address Type mailing address
Address 6200 Jefferson, NE
Address Suite 305
City Albuquerque
State or Province NM
Postal Code 87109
Country
Contact Voice Telephone 505-761-4433
Contact Facsimile Telephone 505-761-4462
Contact Electronic Mail Address richard.strait@nm.usda.gov
Hours of Service
Contact Instructions
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Data Quality Information

Attribute Accuracy Report
Report The attribute 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 amendment(s).
Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Assessment
Attribute Accuracy Value
Attribute Accuracy Explanation
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
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 soil boundaries and special soil features locations in the field and their digitized map locations is unknown. The locational accuracy of soil delineations on the ground varies with the transition between map units. For example, on long gently sloping landscapes the transition occurs gradually over many feet. Where landscapes change abruptly from steep to level, the transition will be very narrow. Soil delineation boundaries and special soil features generally were digitized within 0.01 inch of their locations on the digitizing source. The digital map elements are edge matched between data sets. The data along each quadrangle edge are matched against the data for the adjacent quadrangle. Edge locations generally do not deviate from centerline to centerline by more than 0.01 inch.
Quantitative Horizontal Positional Accuracy Assessment
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Value
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Explanation
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 are free of gaps. The tests of logical consistency are performed using vendor software. 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). Edge locations generally do not deviate from centerline to centerline by more than 0.01 inch. The feature edges, descriptive attributes and the feature labels in the Cabezon Area, New Mexico (Sandoval County, New Mexico) Soil Survey do not match with the quadrangles in the adjacent Sandoval County Area, New Mexico, (Parts of Los Alamos, Sandoval and Rio Arriba Counties) Soil Survey and the Cibola Area, New Mexico, (Parts of Cibola, McKinley and Valencia Counties) Soil Survey.
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 consists of one or more components. Soil scientists identify small areas of soils or miscellaneous (nonsoil) areas that have properties and behavior significantly different than the named soils in the surrounding map unit. These minor components may be indicated as special features. If they have a minimal effect on use and management, or could not be precisely located, they may not be indicated on the map. Specific National Cooperative Soil Survey standards and procedures were used in the classification of soils, design and name of map units, and location of special soil features. These standards are outlined in Agricultural Handbook 18, Soil Survey Manual, 1993, USDA, SCS; Agricultural Handbook 436, Soil Taxonomy, Soil Survey Staff, 1975, USDA, SCS; and all Amendments; Keys to Soil Taxonomy, Soil Survey Staff, (current issue); National Soil Survey Handbook, title 430-VI,(current issue). The actual composition and interpretive purity of the map unit delineations were based on data collected by scientists during the course of preparing the soil maps. Adherence to National Cooperative Soil Survey standards and procedures is based on peer review, quality control, and quality assurance. Quality control is outlined in the memorandum of understanding for the soil survey area and in documents that reside with the Natural Resources Conservation Service state soil scientist. Four kinds of map units are used in soil surveys: consociations, complexes, associations, and undifferentiated groups. Consociations - Consociations are named for the dominant soil. In a consociation, delineated areas are dominated by a single soil taxon and similar soils. At least one half of the pedons in each delineation are of the same soil component so similar to the named soil that major interpretations are not affected significantly. The total amount of dissimilar inclusions of other components in a map unit generally does not exceed about 15 percent if limiting and 25 percent if nonlimiting. A single component of a dissimilar limiting inclusion generally does not exceed 10 percent if very contrasting. Complexes and associations - Complexes and associations are named for two or more dissimilar components with the dominant component listed first. They occur in a regularly repeating pattern. The major components of a complex cannot be mapped separately at a scale of about 1:24,000. The major components of an association can be separated at a scale of about 1:24,000. In each delineation of either a complex or an association, each major component is normally present, though their proportions may vary appreciably from one delineation to another. The total amount of inclusions in a map unit that are dissimilar to any of the major components does not exceed 15 percent if limiting and 25 percent if nonlimiting. A single kind of dissimilar limiting inclusion usually does not exceed 10 percent. Undifferentiated groups - Undifferentiated groups consist of two or more components that do not always occur together in the same delineation, but are included in the same named map unit because use and management are the same or similar for common uses. Every delineation has at least one of the major components and some may have all of them. The same principles regarding proportion of inclusions apply to undifferentiated groups as to consociations. Minimum documentation consists of three complete soil profile descriptions that are collected for each soil added to the legend, one additional per 3,000 acres mapped; three 10 observation transects for each map unit, one additional 10 point transect per 3,000 acres. A defined standard or level of confidence in the interpretive purity of the map unit delineations is attained by adjusting the kind and intensity of field investigations. Field investigations and data collection are carried out in sufficient detail to name map units and to identify accurately and consistently areas of about 6 acres.
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Source Information
Source Citation
Citation Information
Originator U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service
Publication Date 1968
Publication Time
Title Soil Survey of Cabezon Area, New Mexico (Sandoval County, New Mexico)
Geospatial Data Presentation Form atlas
Publication Information
Publication Place Washington, D.C.
Publisher U.S. Government Printing Office
Other Citation Details
Source Scale Denominator 31680
Type of Source Media paper
Source Time Period of Content
Source Currentness Reference publication date
Source Citation Abbreviation SCS1
Source Contribution source of soil map unit delineations, soil symbols, and special soil features
Source Information
Source Citation
Citation Information
Originator U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication Date Unpublished
Publication Time
Title publication annotation overlays
Geospatial Data Presentation Form map
Publication Information
Publication Place
Publisher
Other Citation Details
Source Scale Denominator 31680
Type of Source Media stable-base material
Source Time Period of Content
Source Currentness Reference 2001
Source Citation Abbreviation NRCS1
Source Contribution final publication negatives used to develop ratioed soil survey film positives
Source Information
Source Citation
Citation Information
Originator U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication Date Unpublished
Publication Time
Title ratioed soil survey film positives of publication annotation overlays
Geospatial Data Presentation Form remote sensing image
Publication Information
Publication Place
Publisher
Other Citation Details
Source Scale Denominator 24000
Type of Source Media stable-base material
Source Time Period of Content
Source Currentness Reference 2003
Source Citation Abbreviation NRCS2
Source Contribution source of soil map unit delineations, soil symbols, and special soil features
Source Information
Source Citation
Citation Information
Originator U.S. Geological Survey
Publication Date 1977
Publication Time
Title multiple 7.5 minute orthophotographs 1961 - 1977
Geospatial Data Presentation Form remote sensing image
Publication Information
Publication Place Menlo Park, California
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Other Citation Details
Source Scale Denominator 24000
Type of Source Media stable-base material
Source Time Period of Content
Source Currentness Reference 2003
Source Citation Abbreviation USGS1
Source Contribution compilation base
Source Information
Source Citation
Citation Information
Originator U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication Date Unpublished
Publication Time
Title annotated stable-base overlays
Geospatial Data Presentation Form map
Publication Information
Publication Place
Publisher
Other Citation Details
Source Scale Denominator 24000
Type of Source Media stable-base material
Source Time Period of Content
Source Currentness Reference 2003
Source Citation Abbreviation NRCS3
Source Contribution source material for scanning
Source Information
Source Citation
Citation Information
Originator U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication Date 2004
Publication Time
Title National Soil Information System (NASIS) data base
Geospatial Data Presentation Form unknown
Publication Information
Publication Place Fort Collins, Colorado
Publisher U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Other Citation Details
Source Scale Denominator
Type of Source Media database
Source Time Period of Content
Source Currentness Reference publication date
Source Citation Abbreviation NASIS
Source Contribution attribute (tabular) information
Source Information
Source Citation
Citation Information
Originator U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication Date Unpublished
Publication Time
Title Region 8 soils geodatabase
Geospatial Data Presentation Form file geodatabase
Publication Information
Publication Place
Publisher
Other Citation Details
Source Scale Denominator
Type of Source Media vector digital data
Source Time Period of Content
Source Currentness Reference SSURGO publication date
Source Citation Abbreviation NRCS4
Source Contribution Source of digital revision
Process Step
Process Description The Cabezon Area, New Mexico (Sandoval County, New Mexico) Soil Survey was published in 1968 at 1:31,680 scale. The classification and map units names were finalized at the final correlation in 1965. An evaluation was made of the soil survey in 2001. It was determined that the soil map unit delineations were accurate. One additional map unit was added to the soil survey. This change was made to reflect present day soil survey concepts, soil classification, and soil interpretations. An amendment to the correlation document reflecting this change is on file at the NRCS New Mexico State Office. The additional map unit is as follows: W-----Water
Source Used Citation Abbreviation SCS1
Process Date 2003
Process Time
Process Contact
Process Step
Process Description The final publication negatives were used to develop ratioed soil survey film positives. Soil map unit delineations were manually recompiled from the ratioed soil survey film positives (scale: 24,000) to 4 mil. annotated stable-base overlays that were registered to multiple 7.5 minute orthophotographs.
Source Used Citation Abbreviation SCS1
Source Used Citation Abbreviation USGS1
Source Used Citation Abbreviation NRCS1
Source Used Citation Abbreviation NRCS2
Source Used Citation Abbreviation NRCS3
Process Date 2003
Process Time
Process Contact
Process Step
Process Description During the map compilation quality review an evaluation was made of the map unit joins for surrounding soil surveys by a soil data quality specialist.
Source Used Citation Abbreviation SCS1
Source Used Citation Abbreviation USGS1
Source Used Citation Abbreviation NRCS2
Source Used Citation Abbreviation NRCS3
Process Date 2003
Process Time
Process Contact
Process Step
Process Description The annotated overlays were raster scanned on a SCANGRAPHICS CF 500 Scanner at a resolution of 300 dpi. The soil area features were processed in LT4X Version 4.11. The soil processing consisted of raster editing, map neatline development, labeling, edge matching and vector conversion. The soil area features were written to Digital Line Graph Optional format in LT4X. Digitizing and quality control were done by the geographic information system specialist and cartographic technicians at the Temple Texas Digitizing and Certification Center.
Source Used Citation Abbreviation SCS1
Source Used Citation Abbreviation NRCS3
Process Date 2003
Process Time
Process Contact
Process Step
Process Description The soil area features and special soil features DLGs were imported into ARC/INFO 7.2.1. The 7.5 minute quadrangles for each coverage were merged together into a soil survey area and additional editing was performed. The coverages were edge matched to existing SSURGO data. New DLGs reflecting these changes were written with ARC/INFO 7.2.1.
Source Used Citation Abbreviation NRCS3
Process Date 2003
Process Time
Process Contact
Process Step
Process Description The soil survey area coverage was evaluated with with the October 1998 ARC/INFO SSURGO Evaluation AMLs provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Cartography and Geospatial Center, Fort Worth, Texas. Upon successful completion of the SSURGO Evaluation, the soil survey area coverage was processed with the October 1998 archiving AMLs provided by the National Cartography and Geospatial Center, Fort Worth, Texas.
Source Used Citation Abbreviation NRCS3
Process Date 2003
Process Time
Process Contact
Process Step
Process Description The National Soil Information System database was developed by NRCS soil scientists according to national standards and specifications.
Source Used Citation Abbreviation NRCS3
Process Date 2003
Process Time
Process Contact
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 2004-04-27
Process Time
Process Contact
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 2004-06-22
Process Time
Process Contact
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 2004-06-30
Process Time
Process Contact
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 2004-07-01
Process Time
Process Contact
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 2005-01-18
Process Time
Process Contact
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 2005-01-24
Process Time
Process Contact
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 2006-01-12
Process Time
Process Contact
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. In this version of the NASIS attribute data, soil properties related to the hydric soil rating were updated and new tabular data and interpretations generated.
Source Used Citation Abbreviation NASIS
Process Date 2006-01-30
Process Time
Process Contact
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 2006-02-16
Process Time
Process Contact
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. In this version of the NASIS attribute data, soil properties related to the hydric soil rating were updated and new tabular data and interpretations generated.
Source Used Citation Abbreviation NASIS
Process Date 2006-02-17
Process Time
Process Contact
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 2006-06-29
Process Time
Process Contact
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 2006-07-19
Process Time
Process Contact
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 2006-11-29
Process Time
Process Contact
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 2006-12-22
Process Time
Process Contact
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 2008-10-24
Process Time
Process Contact
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. This update of the tabular data correlates Ecological Site ID numbers to the ESIS name and numbering system, and includes additional soil interpretations for grazing land uses.
Source Used Citation Abbreviation NASIS
Process Date 2008-11-07
Process Time
Process Contact
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 2008-11-12
Process Time
Process Contact
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. In this update of the tabular data, additional interpretative tables were generated and uploaded for several uses.
Source Used Citation Abbreviation NASIS
Process Date 2008-12-09
Process Time
Process Contact
Process Step
Process Description The spatial data for the Soil Survey of Cabezon Area, New Mexico (Sandoval County, New Mexico) was downloaded from the Soil Data Mart on October 15, 2012. The individual shapefiles were appended into a geodatabase for Region 8. The data were processed in ARCGIS 10.1 using a topology object with a 0.1 meter cluster tolerance for the purpose of eliminating gaps and overlaps within the Region 8 soils geodatabase. Individual soil survey area data were exported as shapefiles from the regional geodatabase. A datum transformation from NAD83 to WGS84 using the NAD_1983_To_WGS_1984_1 datum transformation method was applied to the data. The data were checked with the SSURGO Evaluation scripts provided by U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. The shapefiles were then uploaded to the soil data warehouse for archival and distribution.
Source Used Citation Abbreviation NRCS4
Process Date 2013-08-01
Process Time
Process Contact
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 2013-12-17
Process Time
Process Contact
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 2013-12-17
Process Time
Process Contact
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Spatial Data Organization Information

Indirect Spatial Reference Method New Mexico
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Spatial Reference Information

Spatial Reference
Name World Geodetic System 1984
Code EDAC:Unknown
URL http://gstore.unm.edu
Spatial Reference
Name World Geodetic System 1984
Code EPSG:4326
URL http://www.epsg-registry.org/export.htm?gml=urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
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Entity and Attribute Information

Detailed Description
Entity Type
Entity Type LabelSpecial Soil Features
Entity Type Definition Special Soil Features represent soil, nonsoil, or landform features that are too small to be digitized as soil delineations (area features).
Entity Type Definition Source U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1993. Soil Survey Manual. Soil Surv. Staff, U.S. Dep. Agric. Handb. 18.
Attribute
Attribute Label Special Soil Features Codes
Attribute Definition Special Soil Features Codes represent specific Special Soil Features. These features are identified with a major code, a minor code, and a descriptive label. The codes and label are assigned to the point or line assigned to represent the feature on published maps.
Attribute Definition Source U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1993. Soil Survey Manual. Soil Surv. Staff, U.S. Dep. Agric. Handb. 18; U.S. Department of Agriculture. (current issue). National Soil Survey Handbook, title 430-VI, part 647. Soil Conserv. Serv.
Attribute Domain Values
Codeset Domain
Codeset Name Classification and Correlation of the Soils of Cabezon Area, New Mexico (Sandoval County, New Mexico)
Codeset Source U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Overview Description
Entity and Attribute Overview Map Unit Delineations are closed polygons that may be dominated by a single soil or nonsoil component plus allowable similar or dissimilar soils, or they can be geographic mixtures of groups of soils or soils and nonsoil areas. The map unit symbol uniquely identifies each closed delineation map unit. Each symbol corresponds to a map unit name. The map unit key is used to link to information in the National Soil Information System tables. Map Unit Delineations are described by the National Soil Information System database. This attribute database gives the proportionate extent of the component soils and the properties for each soil. The database 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 database 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 database objects. Attributes include table and column descriptions and detailed domain information. The National Soil Information System database also contains a distribution metadata. It records the criteria used for selecting map units and components for inclusion in the set of distributed data. Special features are described in the feature table. It includes a feature label, feature name, and feature description for each special and ad hoc feature in the survey area.
Entity and Attribute Detail Citation U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1999. Soil Taxonomy: A basic system of soil classification for making and interpreting soil surveys. Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric. Handb. 436. U.S. Department of Agriculture. (current issue). Keys to Soil Taxonomy. Soil Surv. Staff, Soil Conserv. Serv. U.S. Department of Agriculture. (current issue). National Soil Survey Handbook, title 430-VI. Soil Surv. Staff, Natural Resources Conservation Service. U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1993. Soil Survey Manual. Soil Surv. Staff, U.S. Dep. Agric. Handb. 18.
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