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Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for Adams County, Illinois

Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for Adams County, Illinois

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication_Date: 20080806
Title:
Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for Adams County, Illinois
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Fort Worth, Texas
Publisher:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Other_Citation_Details: il001
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: 20000928
Ending_Date: 20080806
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -91.513
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.912
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.200
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.757
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: Illinois
Place_Keyword: Adams County
Place_Keyword: Augusta NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Augusta NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Augusta SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Augusta SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Bowen NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Bowen NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Bowen SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Bowen SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Camp Point NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Camp Point NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Camp Point SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Camp Point SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Canton NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Canton SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Clayton NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Clayton NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Clayton SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Clayton SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Coatsburg NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Coatsburg NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Coatsburg SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Coatsburg SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Columbus NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Columbus NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Columbus SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Columbus SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Fishhook NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Fishhook NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Fishhook SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Fishhook SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Kellerville NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Kellerville NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Kellerville SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Kellerville SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: La Grange NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Liberty NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Liberty NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Liberty SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Liberty SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Lima NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Lima NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Lima SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Lima SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Long Island NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Long Island NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Long Island SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Long Island SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Loraine NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Loraine NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Loraine SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Loraine SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Marblehead NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Marblehead NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Marblehead SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Marblehead SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Mendon NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Mendon NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Mendon SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Mendon SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Payson NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Payson NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Payson SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Payson SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Quincy East NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Quincy East NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Quincy East SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Quincy East SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Quincy SW NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Quincy SW NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Quincy SW SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Quincy West NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Quincy West NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Quincy West SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Quincy West SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Richfield NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Richfield NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Richfield SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Richfield SW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Tioga NE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Tioga NW Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Tioga SE Quadrangle
Place_Keyword: Tioga SW Quadrangle
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 - Natural Resources Conservation Service
Address: Illinois State Office
Address: 2118 West Park Court
City: Champaign
State_or_Province: IL
Postal_Code: 61821
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 217-353-6643
Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: 800-877-8339
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bob.mcleese@il.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 boundary of this survey is matched to the adjacent SSURGO certified surveys of Schuyler County, Illinois, Pike County, Illinois, Lewis County, Missouri and Marion and Ralls Counties, Missouri. Feature edges and labels match those of the Schuyler County and Pike County, Illinois surveys only.
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 Scientist identify small areas of soils or miscellaneous areas that have properties and behavior significantly different than the named soils in the surrounding a 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 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 2.5 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: 1979
Title: Soil Survey of Adams County, Illinois
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: atlas
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
Source_Scale_Denominator: 15,840
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1997
Source_Currentness_Reference: final correlation date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: SCS1
Source_Contribution:
reference of soil map unit delineations, soil symbols, and special soil features and reference material for compilation
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication_Date: unpublished material
Title: composite publication film positives
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Source_Scale_Denominator: 15,840
Type_of_Source_Media: stable-base material
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1997
Source_Currentness_Reference: final correlation date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS1
Source_Contribution:
final publication negatives 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 composite publication film positives
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Source_Scale_Denominator: 12,000
Type_of_Source_Media: stable-base material
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1997
Source_Currentness_Reference: final correlation date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS2
Source_Contribution: compilation source material
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 1950-1996
Title: multiple 7.5 topographic quadrangles
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24,000
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1950
Ending_Date: 1996
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS1
Source_Contribution:
used to develop ratioed 7.5 minute topographic quadrangles
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication_Date: unpublished material
Title: ratioed 7.5 topographic quadrangles
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Source_Scale_Denominator: 12,000
Type_of_Source_Media: stable-base material
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1950
Ending_Date: 1996
Source_Currentness_Reference:
publication date of USGS topographic quadrangles
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS3
Source_Contribution:
reference for field investigations and compilation work
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 1988
Title: multiple 3.75 minute orthophoto quadrangles
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote sensing image
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Source_Scale_Denominator: 12,000
Type_of_Source_Media: stable-base material
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1991
Ending_Date: 1998
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS2
Source_Contribution: base material for map compilation
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication_Date: unpublished material
Title: annotated overlays
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Source_Scale_Denominator: 12,000
Type_of_Source_Media: stable-base material
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1998
Source_Currentness_Reference: 1998
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS4
Source_Contribution: source material for scanning
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication_Date: unpublished material
Title:
soil and special soil feature Arc/Info coverage digital files
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Source_Scale_Denominator: 12,000
Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1997
Source_Currentness_Reference: final correlation date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS5
Source_Contribution: SSURGO review source
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication_Date: 2000
Title:
Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for Adams County, Illinois
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
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: 12,000
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: certified SSURGO data used for revisions
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication_Date: 2003
Title:
Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for Lewis County, Missouri
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
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: 24,000
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: NRCS7
Source_Contribution:
certified SSURGO data used for survey boundary edge matching
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication_Date: 2003
Title:
Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for Marion and Ralls Counties, Missouri
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
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: 24,000
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: NRCS8
Source_Contribution:
certified SSURGO data used for survey boundary edge matching
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication_Date: 2003
Title:
Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for Pike County, Illinois
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Fort Worth, Texas
Publisher:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Cartography and Geospatial Center
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: NRCS9
Source_Contribution:
certified SSURGO data used for survey boundary edge matching
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) 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:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2003
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
Source_Contribution: attribute (tabular) information
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication_Date: 2005
Title:
Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for Adams County, Illinois
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Fort Worth, Texas
Publisher:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2005
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS10
Source_Contribution: certified SSURGO data used for revisions
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication_Date: unpublished material
Title: digitized soil survey of Brown County, Illinois
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2005
Source_Currentness_Reference: 2005
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS11
Source_Contribution:
digital soils data used for survey boundary edge matching
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Adams County had a previously published soil survey, 1979, at 1:15,840 scale. An evaluation was made of the soil survey in 1996. Generally, it was determined that the placement of soil map unit delineations were accurate, although some field investigations were completed to update pedon descriptions, map unit descriptions and the soil identification legend.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: SCS1
Process_Date: 1996
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Soil scientists updated some pedon descriptions, and sampled selected soils where data gaps existed. A recorrelation of the 1980 soil survey classification and map unit names were finalized at the final correlation in October 1997.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: SCS1
Process_Date: 1997
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Ratioed film positives, of the publication film positives, were produced at a scale of 1:12,000. These positives were used to manually recompile the soil delineations onto the 4 mil film overlays registered to the 1:12,000 scale 3.75 minute orthophoto quadrangle base maps. The 7.5 minute topographic quadrangles were plotted on mylar at 1:12,000 scale. These ratioed topographic quadrangles were used to determine the slope delineations during recompilation. The special features were penciled onto Hulen punch registered overlays. Compilation and quality control were preformed by the soil scientists and geographic information systems personnel of the Illinois Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The source materials were sent to the Michigan Digitizing Unit in East Lansing, Michigan for digitizing and certification after the recompilation was completed.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
NRCS1, NRCS2, NRCS3, NRCS4, USGS1, USGS2
Process_Date: 1999
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The annotated overlays were sent to Midwest Graphics in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The overlays were raster scanned on an Intergraph Anatech Eagle 4050 scanner at 250 dpi with the LDSCAN Version 3.1 software. Four control points corresponding to the four corners of the quarter quadrangle were used for registration during data collection of the soil lines and special soil features. The soil data development, including raster editing, map neatline development, vector conversion, labeling, edge matching, and vector editing were done by the MIDU staff with the LT4X version 4.11 software. The special soil features were manually digitized on-screen using LT4X. The data were created and maintained in North American Datum 1983. The soils and special soil features were exported as Digital Line Graph (DLG) 3 Optional format files from LT4X. The digital maps of soil lines and special features were imported for verification in ARC/INFO 7.2.1 by the NRCS Michigan Digitizing and Certification Center in East Lansing, Michigan. The data were edited. New DLGs reflecting these changes were written with ARC/INFO 7.2.1 for adherence to SSURGO standards. The SSURGO certification and quality assurance were performed by the Michigan Digitizing Unit staff. The certified data were forwarded to the National Cartography and Geospatial Center in Ft. Worth, Texas for archiving and distribution.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS4, NRCS5
Process_Date: 2000
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The Map Unit Interpretations Record data base was developed by the Natural Resources Conservation Service soil scientists according to national standards.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: SCS1
Process_Date: 2000
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The spatial data for this survey area have been revised to join with the Pike County, Illinois survey. This revision also incorporates the National Soil Information System database (NASIS). During this revision, the SSURGO certified surveys of Pike County, Illinois, Lewis County, Missouri and Marion and Ralls Counties, Missouri were used for edge matching of the soil survey boundary. The data were edited and reviewed by the cartographic staff at the NRCS Kansas Digitizing Unit in Salina, Kansas for compliance with SSURGO standards.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS6, NRCS7, NRCS8, NRCS9
Process_Date: 2003
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The National Soil Information System database was developed by NRCS soil scientists according to national standards and specifications.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: SCS1
Process_Date: 2003
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: 20040120
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 National Soil Information System (NASIS) 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: 20040120
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: 20041223
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: 20041223
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The spatial data and metadata for this survey area have been revised. The survey boundary was adjusted to match that of the digitized soil survey of Brown County, Illinois. Excess vertices were removed to reduce file size. The first source citation and first process step of the metadata were edited to correct errors. The compilation and digitizing process steps were revised to more clearly document the processes used in the creation of this data and a source citation was added for the ratioed topographic quadrangles. Editing and SSURGO review were performed using ArcGIS version 8.3 by cartographic staff at the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Kansas Digitizing Unit, Salina, Kansas. The certified data were uploaded to the USDA-NRCS Soil Data Warehouse for archiving and distribution.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS10, NRCS11
Process_Date: 2005
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: 20051214
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: 20051214
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: 20060630
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: 20060630
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: 20060630
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: 20060630
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: 20080626
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: 20080626
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: 20080806
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: 20080806

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Latitude_Resolution: 0.0000001
Longitude_Resolution: 0.0000001
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 Adams County, Illinois
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 a 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 and physical 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: Adams County, Illinois 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: 39.6
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: 39.6
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: 39.6
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: 14.6
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: 20080820
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 - Natural Resources Conservation Service
Address: Illinois State Office
Address: 2118 West Park Court
City: Champaign
State_or_Province: IL
Postal_Code: 61821
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 217-353-6643
Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: 800-877-8339
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bob.mcleese@il.usda.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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