The "Soil Survey Tabular Data Only" product includes only tabular soil data for those soil survey areas for which tabular data are available. A soil survey area that is listed here may also be listed under the product named "Soil Survey Spatial and Tabular Data (SSURGO 2.2)". Tabular data presented here are identical to that provided with the "Soil Survey Spatial and Tabular Data (SSURGO 2.2)" product.
If an order includes both soil products (Spatial and Tabular and Tabular Only), and the same soil survey area has been requested for both products, the individual who made that request will receive only one instance of the tabular soil data for that soil survey area, and that tabular data will be bundled with its corresponding spatial data.
Title: Soil Survey Tabular Database
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This tabular dataset contains estimated and measured data on the physical and chemical soil properties, soil interpretations, and static and dynamic metadata. Most tabular data exist in the database as a range of soil properties, depicting the range for the soil survey area. In addition to low and high values for most data, a representative value is also included for these soil properties. Data are obtained from a combination of field observations, site descriptions and transects, and laboratory analyses.
In making the soil survey, soil scientists observed landforms and landscape features, such as the steepness, length, and shape of slopes; the general pattern of drainage; the kinds of crops and native plants growing on the soils; and the kinds of bedrock. They observed and studied many soil profiles.
Samples of some of the soils in the area were collected for laboratory analyses and for engineering tests. Soil boundaries were drawn on the soil maps and a locally tailored tabular database was constructed, based on those observations and the resulting landscape model the soil scientist developed.
These data can be used with their companion field maps. For additional information contact the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, State Soil Scientist. Their contact information is available at http://soils.usda.gov/contact/state_offices/.
A Microsoft Access template database has been prepared for use with the Soil Survey Tabular Database and is available at http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/Templates.aspx
The static tabular metadata documents the underlying data structure, independent of the actual data contained in an export. The dynamic metadata documents the contents of a particular export. The structure of the static and dynamic metadata tables can be viewed online via the URL http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/SSURGOMetadata.aspx.
Format: Text files (.txt) in ASCII, pipe (|) field delimited and double quote text delimited format.
Spatial Reference Information: N/A