Identification Information

Citation

Citation Information

Originator U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Publication Date 2014-06-09

Publication Time 16:00:02

Title Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for White Sands National Monument, 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 nm781

Online Linkage http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov

Online Linkage https://gstore.unm.edu/apps/rgisarchive/datasets/9504496b-d891-4136-9e0d-55bb80e7a6e9/soil_nm781_2013.original.zip

Online Linkage https://gstore.unm.edu/apps/rgisarchive/datasets/9504496b-d891-4136-9e0d-55bb80e7a6e9/metadata/FGDC-STD-001-1998.xml

Online Linkage https://gstore.unm.edu/apps/rgisarchive/datasets/9504496b-d891-4136-9e0d-55bb80e7a6e9/metadata/FGDC-STD-001-1998.html

Online Linkage https://gstore.unm.edu/apps/rgisarchive/datasets/9504496b-d891-4136-9e0d-55bb80e7a6e9/metadata/ISO-19115:2003.xml

Online Linkage https://gstore.unm.edu/apps/rgisarchive/datasets/9504496b-d891-4136-9e0d-55bb80e7a6e9/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 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.
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 2005-05-10
Ending Date 2013-12-26

Currentness Reference publication date

Status

Progress Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency As needed

Spatial Domain

Bounding Coordinates

West Bounding Coordinate -106.75
East Bounding Coordinate -106.07
North Bounding Coordinate 33.824
South Bounding Coordinate 32.327

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 Dona Ana County
Keyword Otero County
Keyword Foster Lake Quadrangle
Keyword Garton Lake Quadrangle
Keyword Heart of the Sands Quadrangle
Keyword Heart of the Sands SW Quadrangle
Keyword Lake Lucero Quadrangle
Keyword Lake Lucero NE 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

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 at a scale of 1 inch equals 1,000 feet. 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 Soil Survey of (NM781) White Sands National Monument, New Mexico is edge matched to all of the adjacent SSURGO certified soil surveys: NM646 Otero Area, New Mexico, Parts of Otero, Eddy and Chaves Counties NM688 White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, Parts of Dona Ana, Lincoln, Otero, Sierra and Socorro Counties The soil survey boundary for White Sands National Monument, New Mexico matches the soil survey boundary for all of the adjacent certified soil surveys.

Completeness Report A map unit is a collection of areas defined and named in terms of their soil components or miscellaneous areas or both. Each map unit differs in some respect from all others in a survey area and each map unit has a symbol that uniquely identifies the map unit on a soil map. Each individual area, point, or line so identified on the map is a delineation. Soil Scientists identify small areas of soils or miscellaneous 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 many not be indicated on the map. A map unit has specified kinds of soils or miscellaneous areas (map unit components), each with a designated range in proportionate extent. Map units include one or more kinds of soil or miscellaneous area. Miscellaneous areas are areas that have little or no recognizable soil. 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, NRCS; Agricultural Handbook 436, Soil Taxonomy, 1995, USDA, NRCS; and all Amendments; Keys to Soil Taxonomy, (current issue) USDA, NRCS; National Soil Survey Handbook, title 430-VI,(current issue) USDA, NRCS. 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 use a single name from the dominant component in the map unit. Dissimilar components are minor in extent. The soil component in a consociation may be identified at any taxonomic level. Soil series is the lowest taxonomic level. A consociation that is named as a miscellaneous area is dominantly that kind of area and minor components do not significantly affect the use of the map unit. 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 consist of two or more dissimilar components that occur in a regularly repeating pattern. The total amount of other dissimilar components is minor extent. The following arbitrary rule determines whether complex or association is used in the name. The major components of an association can be separated at the scale of mapping. In either case, because the major components are sufficiently different in morphology or behavior, the map unit cannot be called a consociation. In each delineation of 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 are not consistently associated geographically and, therefore, do not always occur together in the same map delineation. These components are included in the same named map unit because their use and management are the same or very similar for common uses. Generally they are grouped together because some common feature, such as steepness, stoniness, or flooding, determines their use and management. If two or more additional map units would serve no useful purpose, they may be included in the same unit. Each delineation has at least one of the major components, and some may have all of them. The same principles regarding the proportion of minor components that apply to consociations also apply to undifferentiated groups. The same principles regarding proportion of inclusion 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 3 to 5 acres for an Order 2 survey and about 35 to 50 acres for an Order 3 survey.

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Source Information

Source Citation

Citation Information

Originator U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Publication Date 2000

Publication Time

Title USDA-NRCS-NCGC Digital Raster Graphic (DRG) County Mosaic

Geospatial Data Presentation Form map

Publication Information

Publication Place Lincoln, Nebraska
Publisher U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Other Citation Details

Source Scale Denominator 24000

Type of Source Media online

Source Time Period of Content

Source Currentness Reference publication date

Source Citation Abbreviation NRCS1

Source Contribution source for county boundary

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 NRCS2

Source Contribution Source of digital revision

Source Information

Source Citation

Citation Information

Originator U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Publication Date 2003

Publication Time

Title National Soil Information System (NASIS) data base

Geospatial Data Presentation Form tabular digital data

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

Process Step

Process Description No soil survey data is available for White Sands National Monument, New Mexico. The boundary of the White Sands National Monument, New Mexico Soil Survey has been digitized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Digitizing Unit (DU) staff. The boundary 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 NRCS1
Source Used Citation Abbreviation NRCS2
Process Date 2013
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 2013-12-26
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 2013-12-26
Process Time
Process Contact

Spatial Data Organization Information

Indirect Spatial Reference Method New Mexico

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

Entity and Attribute Information

Detailed Description

Entity Type

Entity Type LabelSpecial Soil Features
Entity Type Definition Special Soil Features represent soil, miscellaneous area, or landform features that are too small to be digitized as soil delineations (area features).
Entity Type Definition Source Agricultural Handbook 18, Soil Survey Manual, 1993, USDA, SCS.

Attribute

Attribute Label Special Soil Features Codes

Attribute Definition Special Soil Features labels represent specific Special Soil Features. These features are identified with a descriptive label. The label is assigned to the point or line assigned to represent the feature on maps.

Attribute Definition Source Agricultural Handbook 18, Soil Survey Manual, 1993, USDA, SCS; National Soil Survey Handbook, Title 430-VI, part 647 (current issue), USDA, NRCS.

Attribute Domain Values

Codeset Domain

Codeset Name Classification and Correlation of the Soils of White Sands National Monument, 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 miscellaneous area component plus allowable similar or dissimilar soils, or they can be geographic mixtures of groups of soils or soils and miscellaneous areas. The map unit symbol uniquely identifies each closed map unit delineation. 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 an area symbol, feature label, feature name, and feature description for each special and ad hoc feature in the survey area.
Entity and Attribute Detail Citation Soil Taxonomy: A basic system of soil classification for making and interpreting soil surveys. Agricultural Handbook 436, 1999, USDA, SCS. Keys to Soil Taxonomy (current issue), USDA, SCS. National Soil Survey Handbook, Title 430-VI, part 647 (current issue), USDA, NRCS. Agricultural Handbook 18, Soil Survey Manual, 1993, USDA, SCS.

Distribution Information

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Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for White Sands National Monument, New Mexico

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