Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for Ute Mountain Area, Colorado and New Mexico
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Identification Information
- Citation
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- Citation Information
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- Originator
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
- Publication Date 2014-06-09
- Publication Time 16:00:22
- Title Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for Ute Mountain Area, Colorado and New Mexico
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- Publication Information
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- Publication Place Fort Worth, Texas
- Publisher
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
- Other Citation Details co670
- Online Linkage http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov
- Online Linkage https://gstore.unm.edu/apps/rgisarchive/datasets/ef2f276c-ce26-4ebc-98a1-1393dc5dcf4e/soil_co670_2013.original.zip
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- Online Linkage https://gstore.unm.edu/apps/rgisarchive/datasets/ef2f276c-ce26-4ebc-98a1-1393dc5dcf4e/metadata/ISO-19115:2003.html
- Larger Work Citation
- Description
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- 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
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- Range of Dates/Times
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- Beginning Date 2005-12-12
- Ending Date 2014-01-02
- Currentness Reference publication date
- Status
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- Progress Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency As needed
- Spatial Domain
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- Bounding Coordinates
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- West Bounding Coordinate -109.046
- East Bounding Coordinate -108.249
- North Bounding Coordinate 37.327
- South Bounding Coordinate 36.85
- Keywords
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- Theme
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- Thesaurus None
- Keyword soil survey
- Keyword soils
- Keyword Soil Survey Geographic
- Keyword SSURGO
- Theme
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- Thesaurus ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Keyword geoscientificInformation
- Place
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- Thesaurus USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
- Keyword Colorado
- Keyword New Mexico
- Keyword La Plata County
- Keyword Montezuma County
- Keyword San Juan County
- Keyword Bowdish Canyon Quadrangle
- Keyword Battle Rock Quadrangle
- Keyword Mud Creek Quadrangle
- Keyword Cortez Quadrangle
- Keyword Peters Nipple Quadrangle
- Keyword Mariano Wash West Quadrangle
- Keyword Mariano Wash East Quadrangle
- Keyword Towaoc Quadrangle
- Keyword Wetherill Mesa Quadrangle
- Keyword Moccasin Mesa Quadrangle
- Keyword Trail Canyon Quadrangle
- Keyword Aneth SE Quadrangle
- Keyword Sentinel Peak SW Quadrangle
- Keyword Sentinel Peak SE Quadrangle
- Keyword Tanner Mesa Quadrangle
- Keyword Moqui Canyon Quadrangle
- Keyword Greasewood Canyon Quadrangle
- Keyword Red Horse Gulch Quadrangle
- Keyword Redmesa Quadrangle
- Keyword Teec Nos Pos Quadrangle
- Keyword Sallies Spring Quadrangle
- Keyword Canal Creek Quadrangle
- Keyword Skinney Rock Quadrangle
- Keyword Palmer Mesa Quadrangle
- Keyword Heifer Point Quadrangle
- Keyword Purgatory Canyon Quadrangle
- Keyword La Plata Quadrangle
- Keyword Chimney Rock Quadrangle
- Keyword Waterflow Quadrangle
- Keyword Youngs Lake 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
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- Contact Information
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- Contact Person Primary
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- Contact Person
- Contact Organization
- Contact Organization Primary
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- Contact Organization U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Contact Person
- Contact Position State Soil Scientist
- Contact Address
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- Address Type mailing address
- Address USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Address Colorado State Office
- Address DFC Bldg. 56, Rm. 2605
- Address P. O. Box 25246
- City Denver
- State or Province CO
- Postal Code 80225
- Country
- Contact Voice Telephone 720-544-2850
- Contact Facsimile Telephone
- Contact Electronic Mail Address william.shoup@co.usda.gov
- Hours of Service
- Contact Instructions
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Data Quality Information
- Attribute Accuracy Report
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- 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
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- Attribute Accuracy Value
- Attribute Accuracy Explanation
- Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
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- 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
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- 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 boundary of this survey is matched to the adjacent SSURGO
certified surveys of Cortez Area, Colorado, Parts of Dolores and
Montezuma Counties; La Plata County Area, Colorado; Shiprock Area,
Parts of San Juan County, New Mexico and Apache County, Arizona; and
San Juan County, Utah, Navajo Indian Reservation. Feature edges and
labels do not match.
- 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 may
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 5 acres.
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- Source Information
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- Source Citation
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- Citation Information
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- Originator
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
- Publication Date Unpublished
- Publication Time
- Title
Soil Survey of Ute Mountain Area, Colorado and New
Mexico
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form text, table, map
- Publication Information
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- Publication Place
- Publisher
- Other Citation Details
- Source Scale Denominator 24000
- Type of Source Media paper
- Source Time Period of Content
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- Source Currentness Reference 2005
- Source Citation Abbreviation NRCS1
- Source Contribution
information for soil map unit delineations and
data on soil properties
- Source Information
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- Source Citation
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- Citation Information
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- Originator U.S. Geological Survey
- Publication Date 1997
- Publication Time
- Title multiple 7.5 minute orthophotographs
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form remote sensing image
- Publication Information
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- 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
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- Source Currentness Reference publication date
- Source Citation Abbreviation USGS1
- Source Contribution compilation base
- Source Information
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- Source Citation
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- Citation Information
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- Originator
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
- Publication Date Unpublished
- Publication Time
- Title annotated overlays
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form map
- Publication Information
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- Publication Place
- Publisher
- Other Citation Details
- Source Scale Denominator 24000
- Type of Source Media stable-base material
- Source Time Period of Content
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- Source Currentness Reference 2003
- Source Citation Abbreviation NRCS2
- Source Contribution scanning and digitizing source
- Source Information
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- Source Citation
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- Citation Information
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- Originator
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
- Publication Date Unpublished
- Publication Time
- Title
digitized soils of Ute Mountain Area, Colorado and New
Mexico
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form map
- Publication Information
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- Publication Place
- Publisher
- Other Citation Details
- Source Scale Denominator 24000
- Type of Source Media CD-ROM
- Source Time Period of Content
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- Source Currentness Reference 2005
- Source Citation Abbreviation NRCS3
- Source Contribution
digital soils data used for digital editing
and SSURGO review
- Source Information
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- Source Citation
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- Citation Information
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- Originator U.S. Geological Survey
- Publication Date 1999
- Publication Time
- Title multiple 7.5 minute digital orthophotographs
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form remote sensing image
- Publication Information
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- Publication Place Menlo Park, California
- Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
- Other Citation Details
- Source Scale Denominator 24000
- Type of Source Media online
- Source Time Period of Content
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- Source Currentness Reference publication date
- Source Citation Abbreviation USGS2
- Source Contribution reference for digital editing
- Source Information
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- Source Citation
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- Citation Information
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- Originator
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
- Publication Date 2004
- Publication Time
- Title
Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for Cortez
Area, Colorado, Parts of Dolores and Montezuma Counties
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form map
- Publication Information
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- Publication Place Fort Worth, Texas
- Publisher
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
- Other Citation Details
- Source Scale Denominator
- Type of Source Media online
- Source Time Period of Content
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- Source Currentness Reference publication date
- Source Citation Abbreviation NRCS4
- Source Contribution
certified SSURGO data used for survey boundary
edge matching
- Source Information
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- Source Citation
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- Citation Information
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- Originator
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
- Publication Date 2005
- Publication Time
- Title
Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for La Plata
County Area, Colorado
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form map
- Publication Information
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- Publication Place Fort Worth, Texas
- Publisher
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
- Other Citation Details
- Source Scale Denominator
- Type of Source Media online
- Source Time Period of Content
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- Source Currentness Reference publication date
- Source Citation Abbreviation NRCS5
- Source Contribution
certified SSURGO data used for survey boundary
edge matching
- Source Information
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- Source Citation
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- Citation Information
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- Originator
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
- Publication Date 2005
- Publication Time
- Title
Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for Shiprock
Area, Parts of San Juan County, New Mexico and Apache County,
Arizona
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form map
- Publication Information
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- Publication Place Fort Worth, Texas
- Publisher
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
- Other Citation Details
- Source Scale Denominator
- Type of Source Media online
- Source Time Period of Content
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- Source Currentness Reference publication date
- Source Citation Abbreviation NRCS6
- Source Contribution
certified SSURGO data used for survey boundary
edge matching
- Source Information
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- Source Citation
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- Citation Information
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- Originator
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
- Publication Date 2004
- Publication Time
- Title
Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for San Juan
County, Utah, Navajo Indian Reservation
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form map
- Publication Information
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- Publication Place Fort Worth, Texas
- Publisher
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
- Other Citation Details
- Source Scale Denominator
- Type of Source Media online
- Source Time Period of Content
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- Source Currentness Reference publication date
- Source Citation Abbreviation NRCS7
- Source Contribution
certified SSURGO data used for survey boundary
edge matching
- Source Information
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- Source Citation
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- Citation Information
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- Originator
U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Publication Date 2005
- Publication Time
- Title National Soil Information System (NASIS) data base
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form tabular digital data
- Publication Information
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- 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
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- Source Currentness Reference publication date
- Source Citation Abbreviation NASIS
- Source Contribution attribute (tabular) information
- Source Information
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- Source Citation
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- Citation Information
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- 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
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- Publication Place
- Publisher
- Other Citation Details
- Source Scale Denominator
- Type of Source Media vector digital data
- Source Time Period of Content
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- Source Currentness Reference SSURGO publication date
- Source Citation Abbreviation NRCS8
- Source Contribution Source of digital revision
- Process Step
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- Process Description
Ute Mountain Area, Colorado and New Mexico does not have a
previously published soil survey. Field procedures for the second
order soil survey included plotting soil boundaries on multiple
orthophotographs, based upon field observations and
interpretations of remotely sensed data. Major fieldwork for the
Soil Survey of Ute Mountain Area, Colorado and New Mexico began
in 1998. Boundaries were identified by traversing and transecting
the landscape. Soil scientists described and sampled the soils,
analyzed samples in the laboratory, and statistically analyzed the
data. The soil survey classification and map unit names were
finalized at the final correlation in February, 2005.
- Source Used Citation Abbreviation NRCS1
- Process Date 2005
- Process Time
- Process Contact
- Process Step
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- Process Description
Soil delineations, special soil features and labels were manually
compiled from field sheets to stable-base overlays registered to
1:24,000 scale orthophotographs. Compilation was performed by
NRCS staff at Durango, Colorado. The annotated overlays were
raster scanned by Midwestern Graphics in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Raster editing, vector conversion, vector editing, edge matching
and labeling were performed by staff at the Major Land Resource
Area (MLRA) office in Lakewood, Colorado. Four control points
corresponding to the four corners of each 7.5 minute quadrangle
were used for registration during data scanning and editing.
Quadrangle neatlines were dissolved, and node to node joins were
performed to produce a seamless survey-wide soil coverage. Map
units were labeled on-screen. Special soil feature were manually
digitized from the scanned overlays. The digital data were
returned to staff at the Durango, Colorado office for review and
editing. Soil delineations were adjusted on-screen to better
match landscape features, using digital orthophotography as a
reference.
- Source Used Citation Abbreviation NRCS1
- Source Used Citation Abbreviation NRCS2
- Source Used Citation Abbreviation NRCS3
- Source Used Citation Abbreviation USGS2
- Process Date 2005
- Process Time
- Process Contact
- Process Step
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- Process Description
The updated digital files were submitted to the NRCS Regional
SSURGO Digitizing Center in Salina, Kansas for SSURGO review.
The soil survey boundary was edge matched to the adjacent SSURGO
certified surveys of Cortez Area, Colorado, Parts of Dolores and
Montezuma Counties; La Plata County Area, Colorado; Shiprock Area,
Parts of San Juan County, New Mexico and Apache County, Arizona;
and San Juan County, Utah, Navajo Indian Reservation. For quality
control, a ten percent quality assurance review was done by a
senior soil scientist at the MLRA office in Phoenix, Arizona. The
spatial data, metadata and tabular files were evaluated using
ArcGIS 8.3 and the May 2004 ArcInfo SSURGO evaluation AMLs
provided by NCGC. The certified data were uploaded to the NRCS
Soil Data Warehouse for archiving and distribution.
- Source Used Citation Abbreviation NRCS3
- Source Used Citation Abbreviation NRCS4
- Source Used Citation Abbreviation NRCS5
- Source Used Citation Abbreviation NRCS6
- Source Used Citation Abbreviation NRCS7
- Process Date 2005
- Process Time
- Process Contact
- Process Step
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- Process Description
The National Soil Information System database was developed by
NRCS soil scientists according to national standards and
specifications.
- Source Used Citation Abbreviation NRCS1
- Source Used Citation Abbreviation NRCS3
- Process Date 2005
- Process Time
- Process Contact
- Process Step
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- 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 2005-12-12
- Process Time
- Process Contact
- Process Step
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- 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 current 20051212 dataset was exported to the Soil Data Mart, in part, to comply with National Bulletin 430-5-7. Where
applicable, updates included changing NODIG to NOTCOM (spatial files), recalculation of surface O horizons organic matter
content in forested areas, and population of hydric data elements necessary to generate a national list.
- Source Used Citation Abbreviation NASIS
- Process Date 2005-12-12
- Process Time
- Process Contact
- Process Step
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- 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 2006-09-11
- Process Time
- Process Contact
- Process Step
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- 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 2006-09-11
- Process Time
- Process Contact
- Process Step
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- 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 2006-12-20
- Process Time
- Process Contact
- Process Step
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- 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 export was done primarily to meet the data population requirements outlined in National Soil Bulletin 430-5-7. The major
changes to the dataset involved population ofAlbedo dry, Component 3D Surface Morphometry, Component Slope Shape, Component
Aspect, Component Parent Material, and Horizon Structure for the surface mineral layer only. The Brief Map Unit Description
Report was also calculated. All National Interpretations, Department of Homeland Security, and Military Interpretations were
included in the export.All obsolete stored interpretations, with the exception of Hydric, in the Component Interpretations
table were deleted. Slope shape and slope aspect were determined from DEMs utilizing ArcGIS tools. Where multiple slope shapesand
slope aspects were determined for a map unit, thepredominant slope shape, or slope aspect, was entered as the RVfor all components
in the map unit. Values for Albedo were populated for components where a taxonomic unit description was available. For many
higher taxons (boralfs, cryoboralfs) in the older surveys a representative profile description was not available to assign
Albedo. Albedo was left blank for these components.
- Source Used Citation Abbreviation NASIS
- Process Date 2007-01-08
- Process Time
- Process Contact
- Process Step
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- 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 2008-01-25
- Process Time
- Process Contact
- Process Step
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- 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 2008 data export contains the following changes and updates from previous versions:
AASHTO Group calculations were run to provide for new Local Roads and Street interpretations.
New irrigation (General, Micro, Sprinkler, & Surface) interpretations were added.
ENG - Hydrologic Soil Group Generator was added to this Export.
Standard Pond Reservoir interpretation was modified.
ENG - Construction Materials; Gravel Source interpretation was modified.
Prime and other Important Farmland classification ratings were reviewed and, where necessary, edited to be more consistent
in accordance with NSSH standards.
- Source Used Citation Abbreviation NASIS
- Process Date 2008-01-28
- Process Time
- Process Contact
- Process Step
-
- Process Description
The spatial data for the Soil Survey of Ute Mountain Area, Colorado
and 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 NRCS8
- 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 2014-01-02
- 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 2014-01-02
- 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
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- Name World Geodetic System 1984
- Code EDAC:Unknown
- URL http://gstore.unm.edu
- Spatial Reference
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- 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
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- Entity Type
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- 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
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- 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
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- Codeset Domain
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- Codeset Name
Classification and Correlation of the Soils of Ute Mountain
Area, Colorado and 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.
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Distribution Information
- Distributor
- Resource Description Downloadable Data
- Distribution Liability The material on this site is made available as a public service. Maps and data are to be used for reference purposes only
and the Earth Data Analysis Center (EDAC), Resource Geographic Information System (RGIS) and The University of New Mexico
are not responsible for any inaccuracies herein contained. No responsibility is assumed for damages or other liabilities due
to the accuracy, availability, use or misuse of the information herein provided. Unless otherwise indicated in the documentation
(metadata) for individual data sets, information on this site is public domain and may be copied without permission; citation
of the source is appreciated.
- Standard Order Process
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- Digital Form
-
- Digital Transfer Information
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- Format Name ZIP
- Transfer Size 14
- Digital Transfer Option
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- Online Option
-
- Computer Contact Information
-
- Network Address
-
- Network Resource Name https://gstore.unm.edu/apps/rgisarchive/datasets/ef2f276c-ce26-4ebc-98a1-1393dc5dcf4e/soil_co670_2013.original.zip
- Access Instructions Download from Resource Geographic Information System (RGIS) at http://rgis.unm.edu.
- Fees None. The files are available to download from Resource Geographic Information System (RGIS) (http://rgis.unm.edu).
- Ordering Instructions Contact Earth Data Analysis Center at clearinghouse@edac.unm.edu
- Custom Order Process Contact Earth Data Analysis Center at clearinghouse@edac.unm.edu
- Technical Prerequisites Adequate computer capability is the only technical prerequisite for viewing data in digital form.
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Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date 2024-05-03
- Metadata Review Date
- Metadata Future Review Date
- Metadata Contact
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- Contact Information
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- Contact Person Primary
-
- Contact Person
- Contact Organization
- Contact Organization Primary
-
- Contact Organization Earth Data Analysis Center
- Contact Person
- Contact Position Clearinghouse Manager
- Contact Address
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- Address Type mailing and physical address
- Address MSC01 1110
- Address 1 University of New Mexico
- City Albuquerque
- State or Province NM
- Postal Code 87131-0001
- Country USA
- Contact Voice Telephone 505-277-3622 ext. 230
- Contact Facsimile Telephone 505-277-3614
- Contact Electronic Mail Address clearinghouse@edac.unm.edu
- Hours of Service 0800 - 1700 MT, M-F -7 hours GMT
- Contact Instructions
- Metadata Standard Name FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata Standard Version FGDC-STD-001-1998
- Metadata Time Convention
- Metadata Access Constraints
- Metadata Use Constraints
- Metadata Security Information
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- Security Classification System
- Security Classification
- Security Handling Description
- Metadata Extensions
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