This is an arctoolbox designed to process and manage ssurgo downloads from web soil survey and use them to create gssurgo databases. When you select a soil survey for download from the map or dropdown menu, a zipfile with the montana survey area number will be copied to the location you select on your computer. Using ssurgo data with other data available from the massgis data viewer. We do not yet provide ssurgo template databases in. Swat uses statsgo2 as the default soil data format. Click download and the map package will be copied to your computer. We have recently added a kml export function to our online soil survey soilweb. This version includes data from the 2014 ssurgo snapshot and adds a number of new fields including a dominant condition field for soil order and percent composition fields for each soil order. Data for each mapunit contains descriptions of the soils components. Use the shopping cart tab to get your custom printable report immediately, or download it later. If you try to overlay the ssurgo soil maps with other maps on the massgis data viewer the maps may not be aligned. Soil mapunits are the basic geographic unit of the soil survey geographic database ssurgo. The kml file contains labeled centroids, with links to the map unit descriptions which are normally found on soilweb. Data for each mapunit contains descriptions of the soils components, productivity, unique properties, and suitability interpretations.
Visit the soil data viewer page and click on download and install soil data viewer. The information was prepared by digitizing maps, by compiling information onto a planimetric correct base and digitizing, or by revising digitized maps. Going to start this off with saying i dont know anything about soil science and am learning it as i go. Ive been googling, reading, taking notes but it still feel feels like there is always something that i am missing. Also includes gssurgo mapping toolset for creating soil data viewer style maps and the gssurgo reporting toolset. The soil survey geographic data set ssurgo from nrcs is considered the best available digital soils data in minnesota.
Using the ssurgo template database as a substitute for soil. Download ssurgo data just for your area of interest. Gridded soil survey geographic gssurgo10 database for. Providing information on the soils of the world is an enormous task and continuing challenge for isric world soil information.
Using the soil data viewer in a gis toby oo geengeen dept. It is the one stop source for environmental and natural resources data, at any time, from anywhere, to anyone. It is operated by the usda natural resources conservation service nrcs and provides access to the largest natural resource information system in the world. If you are running this on a different computer on which. Jul 01 2010 revised source for arkansas soil survey data. If the exception mentions a missing or empty table, the problem is a missing driver. Allows users to save, download, and print soil maps. It will be in file geodatabase format instead of mdb, and has relationship classes built for the tables. Soil data viewer still only recognizes a microsoft access database with a. This service displays the soil depth theme from the gsm v0. This is an efficient method for spatially merging several different soil survey areas as well as merging their tabular data. There are many one to many relationships, and many complex linking relationships in the ssurgo data, such that simple joins beyond soil names can be difficult or produce less than. View soil data access accessibility features through the following link. Gridded soil survey geographic gssurgo database conterminous us package originator.
Once you zoom in close enough to the ground, you will see the soil unit polygons appear. Dec 04, 2019 soil data products are designed for use by landowners, townships, and county natural resource management agencies. The tabular data represent the soil attributes, and are derived from properties and characteristics stored in the national soil information system nasis. The ssurgo dataset is a compilation of soils information collected over the last century by the natural resources conservation service nrcs. Click or press the enter or spacebar key to view the larger image. Isric collects, harmonizes and publishes global soil geographic information, whereas many national, regional, local and ngo organizations provide soil information specific to their area and according to their procedures and standards.
Soil data products are designed for use by landowners, townships, and county natural resource management agencies. Mar 11, 2016 this video will explain how to download soil survey spatial and tabular data from the geospatial data gateway and how to use. Once the tabular data has been imported into a ssurgo template database, it is now ready for use with soil data viewer. Just a suggestion, but working with ssurgo data and its tables is usually much easier and less misleading if you use the free soil data viewer extension for arcgis. The tabular data represent the soil attributes and are derived from properties and characteristics stored in the national soil information system nasis. View soil maps and reports on the web, or download the data. The gridded soil survey geographic gssurgo database conterminous us package product is derived from the soil survey geographic 2. All minnesota ssurgo data sets are now in version 2 format. Soil survey staff, natural resources conservation service, united states department of agriculture. Statsgo data is defined on a statewide level, whereas ssurgo is countywide survey data. Download and crop data from the nrcs ssurgo soils database. Ssurgo map data can be viewed in the web soil survey or downloaded in esri shapefile format. Soil data access is the name of a suite of web services and applications whose purpose is to meet requirements for requesting and delivering soil survey spatial and tabular data that are not met by the web soil survey and geospatial data gateway websites.
Data for each mapunit contains descriptions of the soil s components, productivity, unique properties, and suitability interpretations. Create and analyze thematic maps of soil types and characteristics. Soil data viewer office for coastal management noaa. To access the county files, click the yellow download soils data tab and then soil survey area ssurgo link. This application is an update to our original ssurgo downloader. This page allows you to download the soil data viewer 5. Using the soil data viewer professional soil scientists. The ssurgo data also has a finer resolution than statsgo. The following examples can be queried from the database. Ssurgo is generally the most detailed level of soil geographic data developed by the national cooperative soil survey ncss in accordance with ncss mapping standards. Web soil survey download only soil data access soil data access is the name of a suite of web services and applications whose purpose is to meet requirements for requesting and delivering soil survey spatial and tabular data, that are not being met by the current web soil survey and. Soil survey geographic database ssurgo ag data commons. Im aware in the regular arcmap, you need to install the soil data viewer addin.
Department of agriculture is committed to making its electronic and information technologies accessible to individuals with disabilities by meeting or exceeding the requirements of section 508 of the rehabilitation act 29 u. Since early 2000s, arkansas geographic information office agio has collaborated with natural resources conservation services nrcs to provide access to soils information to users through geostor. The ssurgo user should be knowledgeable of the structure of the soil database and familiar with gis technology. 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.
Soil data viewer create and analyze thematic maps of. The extent of a ssurgo dataset is a soil survey area, which may consist of a single county, multiple counties, or parts of multiple counties. Soil survey geographic data base ssurgo, version 2. On the download data page, you must specify the following. This provides the user with a tool for quick geospatial analysis of soil data for use in resource assessment and management. This is because they may be in different coordinate systems. There are also gssurgo tools available for arcgis 10 that duplicate many of the capabilities of the ssurgo soil data viewer. Integrating finescale soil data into species distribution models. 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. We have recently added a kml export function to our online soil survey soil web. When soil data viewer needs access to that data, it will automatically open that database. Also includes gssurgo mapping toolset for creating soil data viewerstyle maps and the gssurgo reporting toolset.
This video will explain how to download soil survey spatial and tabular data from the geospatial data gateway and how to use. Using the ssurgo template database as a substitute for. Web soil survey wss provides soil data and information produced by the national cooperative soil survey. If you are using arcgis, working with ssurgo data is much easier by using the nrcs soil data viewer. Click the soil data explorer tab to access soil data for your area and determine the suitability of the soils for a particular use. The gssurgo data were prepared by merging ssurgo digital vector map and tabular data into statewide extents, and adding a. Web soil survey is the authoritative source for ssurgo data and reports. Nov 20, 2017 im working on my project for one of my design classes and need to generate a soil map data using ssurgo data to work of for my project. Designation the concatenated string of four kinds of symbols five data elements used to distinguish different kinds of layers in the soil. Soil survey data that is exported from the soil data mart is in what is referred to as ssurgo soil survey geographic format. Th is report aims to help those preparing soil data for spatial modeling by describing the ssurgo soil data, providing an overview of how soil attributes can be generated with the soil data viewer, and discussing how to automate geoprocessing of the soil data within a geographic information system gis. How do i obtain the soil data needed for soil data viewer. The gridded soil survey geographic gssurgo database statetile package product is derived from the soil survey geographic 2. You will probably need to go to nrcs geospatial data gateway to select all or some soil survey area spatial and tabular ssurgo soils data.
My question is can this extention work in pro or, if not, then any solution on how i can go about creating the soil map. This might charge you since you are not part of usda employee or any federal agency. Soil data viewer must be installed, which will also install a toolbar for arcmap. Using soil data from the usda geospatial data gateway in arcgis. In order to do that, you have to first merge tabular and spatial layers of the counties. The gssurgo data were prepared by merging ssurgo digital vector map and tabular data into a lower 48 states. This format is compatible with nrcss soil data viewer, a free extension for arcview 3. To decipher the many ways in which the soils data may be interpreted and displayed, using the related tables, usdanrcs has developed the soil data viewer, a free extension for arcgis 8. Data downloaded prior to july 16 will only work with versions 5.
If you are working at few counties level then i would recommend you to use ssurgo than gssurgo partly because nrcs has soil data viewer tool that you can load in arcmap. The esri soils team created a map with of the most useful variables in ssurgo. The purpose of these tools are to give users the ability to get soil survey geographic database ssurgo properties and interpretations in an efficient manner. This app runs in your web browser and is compatible with desktop computers, tablets, and smartphones. To obtain soil data for a soil survey area of interest, go to the soil data mart and click select state at the top of the soil data mart screen. Integrating finescale soil data into species distribution. Soil survey geographic database office for coastal management. Ssurgo soil data, providing an overview of how soil attributes can be generated with the soil data viewer, and discussing how to automate geoprocessing of the soil data within a geographic information system gis. If a driver that allows the soil data viewer application to communicate with a microsoft access ssurgo template database is missing, an exception will occur the instant that that soil data viewer attempts to open a microsoft access ssurgo template database.
This tool will allow you to do aggregation of soil components at the map unit level. Instead of downloading the data for a single soil survey area, you may want to get the gssurgo product for the state. Go to your geodata drive and find the soils folder for the county you want, and go into the tabular data folder. The soil data in the packages is also available as a feature layer in the arcgis. Download readytouse project packages with over 170 attributes derived from the ssurgo. Use this web map to download map packages created from the soil survey geographic database ssurgo that the esri soils team has extracted and prepared for immediate use in your maps and analyses. Gridded soil survey geographic gssurgo database statetile package originator. Official soil survey data digital soil data ssurgo warehoused on nrcs. Natural resources conservation service nrcs gis data nc.
View detailed information about map units and their components. They are very similiar to the united states department of agriculture natural resource conservation services distributed soil data viewer sdv, although there are distinct differences. Since the data, especially the tabular portion, is evolving, it is. Montana ssurgo soils data download spatial and tabular data for all survey areas have been updated as of november 2019. Area and depthweighted averages of selected ssurgo. The harmonized world soil database is a 30 arcsecond raster database with over 15 000 different soil mapping units that combines existing regional and national updates of soil information worldwide soter, esd, soil map of china, wise with the information contained within the 1. To use ssurgo soils, an independent procedure outside of the swat gis module needs to be developed to convert the soil dataset into an arcswat compatible format and add it to a. Using the ssurgo template database as a substitute for soil data mart the ssurgo template database can run many of the same functions as the soil data mart used to, but there are a few steps that must be taken first. Dynamic export of soil survey data to kml through soilweb. Ssurgo status map displays a status map of current ssurgo data availability.
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