U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Natural Resources Conservation Service
20140609
Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for Lincoln National Forest Area, New Mexico, Parts of Lincoln and Otero Counties
Fort Worth, Texas
U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Natural Resources Conservation Service
nm694
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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.
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.
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.
20050510
20131227
publication date
As needed
-105.931
-105.196
33.955
32.606
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
geoscientificInformation
None
soil survey
soils
Soil Survey Geographic
SSURGO
Spatial Reference System Identifiers
EPSG:4326
USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
New Mexico
Lincoln County
Otero County
Sierra County
Socorro County
Alamogordo North Quadrangle
Alamogordo South Quadrangle
Ancho Quadrangle
Angus Quadrangle
Arabela Quadrangle
Arroyo Serrano West Quadrangle
Avis Quadrangle
Bear Spring Quadrangle
Bluff Springs Quadrangle
Bug Scuffle Canyon Quadrangle
Capitan Quadrangle
Capitan Pass Quadrangle
Capitan Peak Quadrangle
Carrizoza East Quadrangle
Chimney Lake Quadrangle
Chupadero Mountain Quadrangle
Church Mountain Quadrangle
Clements Ranch Quadrangle
Cloudcroft Quadrangle
Culp Canyon Quadrangle
Deadman Canyon Quadrangle
Domingo Peak Quadrangle
El Paso Canyon Quadrangle
Elk Quadrangle
Elk-Silver Quadrangle
Encinoso Quadrangle
Firman Canyon Quadrangle
Fort Stanton Quadrangle
Godfrey Peak Quadrangle
Harvey Ranch Quadrangle
High Rolls Quadrangle
Jacob Spring Quadrangle
Jicarilla Peak Quadrangle
Kyle Harrison Canyon Quadrangle
Lincoln Quadrangle
Lone Mountain Quadrangle
Mayhill Quadrangle
Mescalero Quadrangle
Nogal Quadrangle
Nogal Peak Quadrangle
Pinon Quadrangle
Robertson Canyon Quadrangle
Rogers Ruins Quadrangle
Ruidoso Quadrangle
Ruidoso Downs Quadrangle
Sacramento Quadrangle
Sacramento Peak Quadrangle
San Patricio Quadrangle
Sheeppen Canyon Quadrangle
Surveyors Canyon Quadrangle
Turkey Peak Quadrangle
White Oaks North Quadrangle
White Oaks South Quadrangle
Woodson Canyon Quadrangle
None
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.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
State Soil Scientist
mailing address
6200 Jefferson, NE
Suite 305
Albuquerque
NM
87109
505-761-4433
505-761-4462
richard.strait@nm.usda.gov
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).
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 (NM694) Lincoln National Forest Area, New Mexico,
Parts of Lincoln and Otero Counties is edge matched to all of
the adjacent SSURGO certified soil surveys:
NM632 Lincoln County Area, New Mexico
NM636 Mescalero-Apache Area, New Mexico
NM646 Otero Area, New Mexico, Parts of Otero, Eddy and Chaves Counties
NM666 Chaves County, New Mexico, Southern Part
NM719 Fort Bliss Military Reservation, New Mexico and Texas
The soil survey boundary for Lincoln National Forest Area, New Mexico,
Parts of Lincoln and Otero Counties matches the soil survey boundary
for all of the adjacent certified soil surveys.
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.
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.
U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Natural Resources Conservation Service
2000
USDA-NRCS-NCGC Digital Raster Graphic (DRG) County Mosaic
map
Lincoln, Nebraska
U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Natural Resources Conservation Service
24000
online
2000
publication date
NRCS1
source for county boundary
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
Unpublished material
region 8 soils geodatabase
file geodatabase
vector digital data
2006
2012
SSURGO publication date
NRCS2
Source of digital revision
U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Natural Resources Conservation Service
2003
National Soil Information System (NASIS) data base
tabular digital data
Fort Collins, Colorado
U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Natural Resources Conservation Service
database
2003
2003
publication date
NASIS
attribute (tabular) information
No soil survey data is available for Lincoln National Forest Area,
New Mexico, Parts of Lincoln and Otero Counties. The boundary of the
Lincoln National Forest Area, New Mexico, Parts of Lincoln and Otero
Counties 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.
NRCS1
NRCS2
2013
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.
NASIS
20131227
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.
NASIS
20131227
New Mexico
Special Soil Features
Special Soil Features represent soil, miscellaneous area, or landform
features that are too small to be digitized as soil delineations
(area features).
Agricultural Handbook 18,
Soil Survey Manual, 1993, USDA, SCS.
Special Soil Features Codes
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.
Agricultural Handbook 18, Soil Survey Manual, 1993, USDA, SCS;
National Soil Survey Handbook, Title 430-VI, part 647
(current issue), USDA, NRCS.
Classification and Correlation of the Soils of
Lincoln National Forest Area, New Mexico,
Parts of Lincoln and Otero Counties
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
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.
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.
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