Estimates of the Soil Restrictive Layer in the Upper 25,35,45, and 55 centimeters of agricultural land in the conterminous United States

These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This dataset consists of four national 1-kilometer (km) resolution rasters of the estimated percent presence of the soil restrictive layer (SRL) in the upper 25, 35, 45, and 55 centimeters of agricultural land. These rasters were developed from selected criteria of soil parameters from the Soil Survey Geographical (SSURGO) database and mapped agricultural land from the National Land Cover Database 2001 (NLCD 2001), version 2.