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STATSGO2: General Soil Map of the United States

Domain: Soils

Variables: STATSGO2 soil characteristics

Spatial Resolution: 1:250,000; 1:1,000,000

Temporal Frequency: NA

Temporal Coverage: 2016

Spatial Extent: CONUS; AK; HI; PR; VI

Source: NRCS

Update Type: Static

Update Frequency: NA

Update Detail: NA

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Description:

The Digital General Soil Map of the United States or STATSGO2 is a broad-based inventory of soils and non-soil areas that occur in a repeatable pattern on the landscape and that can be cartographically shown at the scale mapped of 1:250,000 in the continental U.S., Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands and 1:1,000,000 in Alaska. The level of mapping is designed for broad planning and management uses covering state, regional, and multi-state areas. The U.S. General Soil Map is comprised of general soil association units and is maintained and distributed as a spatial and tabular dataset.
The U.S. General Soil Map was developed by the National Cooperative Soil Survey and supersedes the State Soil Geographic (STATSGO) dataset.

Citation:

change citation to Soil Survey Staff, Web Soil Survey: Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture, accessed [YYYY-MM-DD-] at http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/ .