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STATSGO soil characteristics for the conterminous United States

Dates

Release Date
1997-01-01
Publication Date

Citation

Wolock, D.M., 1997, STATSGO soil characteristics for the conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9IGBBP2.

Summary

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 digital data release consists of an ARC/INFO grid and associated INFO tables. The grid is called MUID and has STATSGO (U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1994) soil mapping unit identifiers gridded on a 1-kilometer resolution for the conterminous United States. The INFO tables have soil characteristics data in them. The ITEMS in the tables are weighted average values for several soil characteristics in the STATSGO data base. The weighted average values [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
David Wolock, U.S. Geological Survey
Originator :
Wolock, D. M.
Metadata Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
Kansas Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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muid.tgz 3.03 MB application/x-gzip
muid.jpg thumbnail 34.66 KB image/jpeg

Purpose

The data were derived for use in regional (multi-state) and national studies requiring estimates of soil characteristics. The georeferenced soil characteristics were intended to be averaged over large areas, such as over a river basin, and used (1) for watershed simulation models that require spatially lumped estimates of soil hydraulic parameters and (2) as explanatory variables in regional and national water-quality assessment studies.
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Provenance

These data were originally released on the Water Mission Area National Spatial Data Infrastructure Node and were migrated to sciencebase.gov in 2023. 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.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9IGBBP2

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