Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for Kenosha and Racine Counties, Wisconsin

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication_Date: 20090528
Title:
Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for Kenosha and Racine Counties, Wisconsin
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Fort Worth, Texas
Publisher:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Other_Citation_Details: wi601
Online_Linkage: URL:<http://SoilDataMart.nrcs.usda.gov/>
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:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20030916
Ending_Date: 20090528
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -88.308
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.757
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.844
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.493
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: soil survey
Theme_Keyword: soils
Theme_Keyword: Soil Survey Geographic
Theme_Keyword: SSURGO
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Place_Keyword: Wisconsin
Place_Keyword: Kenosha and Racine Counties
Place_Keyword: Mukwonago NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Waterford NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Waterford NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: North Cape NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: North Cape NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Franksville NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Franksville NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Racine North NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Racine North NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Mukwonago SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Waterford SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Waterford SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: North Cape SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: North Cape SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Franksville SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Franksville SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Racine North SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Racine North SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Burlington NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Rochester NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Rochester NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Union Grove NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Union Grove NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Sturtevant NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Sturtevant NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Racine South NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Racine South NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Burlington SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Rochester SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Rochester SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Union Grove SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Union Grove SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Sturtevant SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Sturtevant SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Racine South SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Racine South SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Genoa City NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Silver Lake NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Silver Lake NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Paddock Lake NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Paddock Lake NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Pleasant Prairie NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Pleasant Prairie NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Kenosha NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Kenosha NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Genoa City SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Silver Lake SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Silver Lake SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Paddock Lake SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Paddock Lake SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Pleasant Prairie SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Pleasant Prairie SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Kenosha SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Kenosha SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Richmond NE
Place_Keyword: Fox Lake NW
Place_Keyword: Fox Lake NE
Place_Keyword: Antioch NW
Place_Keyword: Antioch NE
Place_Keyword: Wadsworth NW
Place_Keyword: Wadsworth NE
Place_Keyword: Zion NW
Place_Keyword: Zion NE
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_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Contact_Position: State Soil Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: USDA, NRCS
Address: 8030 Excelsior Drive, Suite 200
City: Madison
State_or_Province: WI
Postal_Code: 53717
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 608-662-4422 ext 275
Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: 800-877-8339
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 608-662-4429
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: don.fehrenbacher@wi.usda.gov

Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
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).
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 quadrangles in this survey are edge matched to quadrangles in adjacent SSURGO certified soil surveys Milwaukee and Waukesha Counties, Wisconsin, and McHenry County, Illinois, and the survey area boundaries match.

Most feature edges (polygon and line segments) match adjacent ones in the edge matched survey areas, however, most feature labels don't match the adjacent feature labels in edge matched 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 acres.

Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_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.

Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service
Publication_Date: 1970
Title: Soil Survey of Kenosha and Racine Counties, Wisconsin
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: atlas
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
Source_Scale_Denominator: 15840
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1967
Source_Currentness_Reference: final correlation date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: SCS1
Source_Contribution:
information for soil map unit delineations, special soil feature locations and data on soil properties, and atlas sheets used to develop ratioed film positives
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication_Date: unpublished material
Title: ratioed film positives of publication atlas sheets
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote-sensing image
Source_Scale_Denominator: 12000
Type_of_Source_Media: film
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2001
Source_Currentness_Reference: final correlation date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS1
Source_Contribution:
compilation source material for special soil features and soil attributes
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication_Date: 2000
Title: multiple 3.75 minute orthophotographic quadrangles
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote-sensing image
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Fort Worth, Texas
Publisher:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Cartography and Geospatial Center
Source_Scale_Denominator: 12000
Type_of_Source_Media: stable-base material
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2000
Source_Currentness_Reference: date aerial photography was flown
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS2
Source_Contribution:
base material for compilation and a reference for compilation of cultural features
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication_Date: unpublished material
Title: annotated soil delineation overlays
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Source_Scale_Denominator: 12000
Type_of_Source_Media: stable-base material
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 2002
Ending_Date: 2003
Source_Currentness_Reference: date aerial photography was flown
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS3
Source_Contribution: scanning source
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication_Date: 2002
Title:
Digital Raster Graphic County Mosaic of Kenosha and Racine Counties
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Fort Worth, Texas
Publisher:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Cartographic and Geospatial Center
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2002
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS4
Source_Contribution: source for county boundaries
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication_Date: 2003
Title:
National Soil Information System (NASIS) database for Kenosha and Racine Counties, Wisconsin
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Fort Collins, Colorado
Publisher:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Information Technology Center
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2003
Source_Currentness_Reference: export certification date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS5
Source_Contribution: tabular data linked to spatial soil data
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication_Date: 2002
Title:
Soil Survey Geographic Database (SSURGO) for Kenosha Racine Counties
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Fort Worth, Texas
Publisher:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Cartographic and Geospatial Center
Source_Scale_Denominator: 12000
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2003
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS6
Source_Contribution: rearchiving source
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication_Date: 2004
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
Type_of_Source_Media: database
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 2004
Ending_Date: 2004
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
Source_Contribution: attribute (tabular) information
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Kenosha and Racine Counties had a previously published soil survey 1970, at 1:15840 scale. An evaluation was made of the soil survey in 1998. It was determined that the soil map unit delineations and map unit components were accurate.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: SCS1
Process_Date: 1998
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Ratioed film positives, 1:12000 scale, were made from the publication atlas sheets. Soil map unit delineations and special soil features were manually compiled to a stable-base material registered to 1:12000 scale, 3.75 minute orthophotographic quadrangles.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS1, NRCS2
Process_Date: 2002
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The National Soil Information System data base was developed by Natural Resources Conservation Service soil scientists according to national standards.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: SCS1
Process_Date: 2003
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The data were sent to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Wisconsin Digitizing Unit, Madison, Wisconsin (WIDU). The annotated soil delineation overlays were sent to Midwest Graphics, Kenosha, Wisconsin for raster scanning at 250 dpi on an Intergraph Anatach scanner in rlc format. The raster scanned data were imported into LT4X Version 4.1.1 maps. Once all the scanned soil lines were added to the maps, a county border was added. The border was manually digitized from the DRG mosaic of Kenosha and Racine Counties, Wisconsin in Arc/GIS 8.2. The special soil features were manually digitized from the annotated soil delineations in LT4X at a resolution of 0.01 inch. The raster editing, labeling, edge matching, and vector conversion were done in LT4X. Check plots of the soils and special soil features were reviewed by a soil scientist and cartographic staff at the WIDU. A ten percent quality assurance review was done of the soils and special features by the Major Land Resource Area office in Indianapolis, IN. The soils and special soil features data were run through a series of LT4X macros for correctness and completeness. These macros smoothed and thinned out linework, added nodes for every 3000 vertices, added corner nodes and snapped nodes across the neatlines. The soils and special soil features data were then exported as Digital Line Graph-3 Optional format files (DLGs) in LT4X. The DLGs were evaluated with the modified Oct. 1998 ARC/INFO SSURGO Evaluation AMLs provided by U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Cartography and Geospatial Center, Fort Worth, Texas (NCGC). Upon successful completion of the SSURGO Evaluation, the DLGs were rewritten from ARC/INFO Version 7.2.1. The SSURGO generated DLGs were rechecked with the SSURGO Evaluation AMLs. The SSURGO data and NASIS SSURGO download tabular data were processed with the April 2001 archiving AMLs provided by NCGC. The certified data were ftped to NCGC for archival and distribution.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS3, NRCS4, NRCS5
Process_Date: 2003
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The SSURGO database for Kenosha and Racine Counties was downloaded from U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Cartograhpy and Geospatial Center (NCGC) distribution site for the purpose of updating the tabular information from the SSSD version SSURGO1 to the NASIS 5.2 version SSURGO 2. The data were run through the 20031212 Recert AMLs provided by NCGC and submitted to the Soil Data Warehouse for archival and distribution.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS6
Process_Date: 2004
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: 20040130
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: 20040130
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: 20060119
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Landforms were assigned to all hydric soils in the soil database. The spatial data were copied to the Soil Data Mart without change.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
Process_Date: 20060120
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: 20070201
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The tabular data was updated in accordance with National Bulletin 430-5-7 dated August 25, 2005. Data elements which may have been populated or edited include, legend status and legend area overlaps. Component data which may have been populated or edited include component names, local phases, MAAT, MAP, frost free days, percentage, kind, slope, drainage class, parent material, classification, geomorphic description, morphometry, aspect, T, WEI, WEG, hydrologic group, flooding and ponding duration and frequency, moisture status, hydric interpretation, restrictions and component text. Horizon data which may have been populated or edited include designation, depth, texture, structure, rock fragments, sand separates, total sand, total silt, total clay, organic matter, Ksat, Kw, Kf, pH, albedo dry, LEP, bulk density; water content, hydraulic conductivity, liquid limit, plasticity index, calcium carbonate, SAR, gypsum, CEC-7 and ECEC, and sum of bases. No changes were made to the spatial data. Interpretations for the Department of Homeland Security and the military were also added to this tabular version. All minor components are included.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
Process_Date: 20070201
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: 20070215
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The tabular data was updated in accordance with National Bulletin 430-5-7 dated August 25, 2005. Only a few minor data elements were edited from the previous version. No changes were made to the spatial data.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
Process_Date: 20070215
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: 20090527
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.

TAM3 - Data elements that comprise the Forage Suitability Groups were added to the major soil components in most mapunits. However, most major components named as miscellaneous areas, i.e. water, gravel pits, quarries, etc., other components lacking sufficient soil property data to assign them to a Forage Suitability Group, and any minor components were not populated with this new information. This new soil data interpretation and a number of quality control checks were provided to improve accuracy and interpretation for soils data users.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
Process_Date: 20090528
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The tabular data were extracted from the data mart without change. The spatial data's coordinate system was transformed to State Plane Wisconsin South (NAD83, meters) using ESRI ArcObjects 8.3 "ConvertFeatureClass" and exported to an ESRI shapefile.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
Process_Date: 20090529

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Grid_Coordinate_System:
Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: State Plane Coordinate System 1983
State_Plane_Coordinate_System:
SPCS_Zone_Identifier: 4803
Lambert_Conformal_Conic:
Standard_Parallel: 42.733333
Standard_Parallel: 44.066667
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -90.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 42.000000
False_Easting: 600000.000000
False_Northing: 0.000000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000064
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000064
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: Special 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 Kenosha and Racine Counties, Wisconsin
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:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Cartography and Geospatial Center
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 501 West Felix Street, Building 23, P.O. Box 6567
City: Fort Worth
State_or_Province: Texas
Postal_Code: 76115
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 800 672 5559
Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: 202 720 2600
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 817 509 3469
Resource_Description: Kenosha and Racine Counties, Wisconsin SSURGO
Distribution_Liability:
Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the Agency regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. The U.S. Department of Agriculture will warrant the delivery of this product in computer readable format, and will offer appropriate adjustment of credit when the product is determined unreadable by correctly adjusted computer input peripherals, or when the physical medium is delivered in damaged condition. Request for adjustment of credit must be made within 90 days from the date of this shipment from the ordering site.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, nor any of its agencies are liable for misuse of the data, for damage, for transmission of viruses, or for computer contamination through the distribution of these data sets. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.)

Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ArcView shapefile
Format_Information_Content: spatial
File_Decompression_Technique: WinZip or equivalent
Transfer_Size: 62.8
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: URL:<http://SoilDataMart.nrcs.usda.gov/>
Access_Instructions:
Select desired survey area at above Internet Web site. An email address is required for receipt of instructions on retrieval via anonymous FTP. Anticipate a delay between submission of request at Web site and receipt of email message.
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ARC/INFO coverage
Format_Information_Content: spatial
File_Decompression_Technique: WinZip or equivalent
Transfer_Size: 62.8
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: URL:<http://SoilDataMart.nrcs.usda.gov/>
Access_Instructions:
Select desired survey area at above Internet Web site. An email address is required for receipt of instructions on retrieval via anonymous FTP. Anticipate a delay between submission of request at Web site and receipt of email message.
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ARC/INFO interchange file
Format_Information_Content: spatial
File_Decompression_Technique: WinZip or equivalent
Transfer_Size: 62.8
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: URL:<http://SoilDataMart.nrcs.usda.gov/>
Access_Instructions:
Select desired survey area at above Internet Web site. An email address is required for receipt of instructions on retrieval via anonymous FTP. Anticipate a delay between submission of request at Web site and receipt of email message.
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ASCII
Format_Information_Content: keys and attributes
File_Decompression_Technique: WinZip or equivalent
Transfer_Size: 19.9
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: URL:<http://SoilDataMart.nrcs.usda.gov/>
Access_Instructions:
Select desired survey area at above Internet Web site. An email address is required for receipt of instructions on retrieval via anonymous FTP. Anticipate a delay between submission of request at Web site and receipt of email message.
Fees:
There is currently no direct charge for requesting data or for retrieval via FTP.
Ordering_Instructions:
Visit the above mentioned Internet Web Site, select state or territory, then select individual soil survey area of interest. Spatial line data and locations of special feature symbols are in ESRI ArcGIS (ArcView,ArcInfo) shapefile, coverage and interchange (i.e., export) formats. The National Soil Information System attribute soil data are available in variable length, pipe delimited, ASCII file format.
Turnaround: Typically within four hours

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20090529
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Contact_Position: State Soil Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: USDA, NRCS
Address: 8030 Excelsior Drive, Suite 200
City: Madison
State_or_Province: WI
Postal_Code: 53717
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 608-662-4422 ext 275
Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: 800-877-8339
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 608-662-4429
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: don.fehrenbacher@wi.usda.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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