U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
20060131
Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for Pima County, Arizona,
Eastern Part
Fort Worth, Texas
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
az669URL:http://SoilDataMart.nrcs.usda.gov/
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 7.5 minute
quadrangle format and include a detailed, field verified inventory
of soils and nonsoil 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.
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.
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.
1999113020060131publication dateAs needed-111.875-110.37532.62531.375Nonesoil surveysoilsSoil Survey GeographicSSURGO
Counties and County Equivalents of the States of the United
States and the District of Columbia (FIPS Pub 6-3)
Arizona
Counties and County Equivalents of the States of the United
States and the District of Columbia (FIPS Pub 6-3)
Pima CountyUSGS Topographic Map Names Data BaseAgua Caliente Hill Quadrangle (s3211043)Aguirre Peak Quadrangle (s3111119)Amado Quadrangle (s3111124)Apache Peak Quadrangle (s3111013)Arivaca Quadrangle (s3111130)Avra Quadrangle (s3211147)Baboquivari Peak Quadrangle (s3111112)Batamote Hills Quadrangle (s3111115)Brown Mountain Quadrangle (s3211155)Buehman Canyon Quadrangle (s3211036)Campo Bonito Quadrangle (s3211027)Caponera Peak Quadrangle (s3111127)Cat Mountain Quadrangle (s3211156)Cerro Colorado Quadrangle (s3111122)Cocoraque Butte Quadrangle (s3211154)Corona de Tucson Quadrangle (s3111002)Cumero Mountain Quadrangle (s3111137)Desert Peak Quadrangle (s3211131)Elgin Quadrangle (s3111020)Empire Ranch Quadrangle (s3111011)Esperanza Mill Quadrangle (s3111116)Fresno Wash Quadrangle (s3111113)Friendly Corners Quadrangle (s3211128)Galleta Flat West Quadrangle (s3211061)Gap Tank Quadrangle (s3211135)Green Valley Quadrangle (s3111009)Greene Reservoir Quadrangle (s3211127)Happy Valley Quadrangle (s3211053)Jaynes Quadrangle (s3211148)Kielberg Canyon Quadrangle (s3211029)Kitt Peak Quadrangle (s3111104)Koht Kohl Hill Quadrangle (s3211144)La Tortuga Butte Quadrangle (s3211153)Las Guijas Quadrangle (s3111121)Marana Quadrangle (s3211139)Mescal Quadrangle (s3111005)Mica Mountain Quadrangle (s3211052)Mildred Peak Quadrangle (s3111120)Mount Bigelow Quadrangle (s3211035)Mount Fagan Quadrangle (s3111003)Mount Lemmon Quadrangle (s3211034)Murphy Peak Quadrangle (s3111131)Mustang Mountains Quadrangle (s3111021)Oracle Junction Quadrangle (s3211025)Oracle Quadrangle (s3211026)Oro Valley Quadrangle (s3211033)Palo Alto Ranch Quadrangle (s3111105)Pan Tak Quadrangle (s3211160)Penitas Hills Quadrangle (s3111114)Peppersauce Wash Quadrangle (s3211028)Piety Hill Quadrangle (s3211044)Presumido Peak Quadrangle (s3111128)Queens Well Quadrangle (s3211143)Red Rock Quadrangle (s3211130)Redington Quadrangle (s3211037)Rincon Peak Quadrangle (s3211060)Ruelas Canyon Quadrangle (s3211140)Sabino Canyon Quadrangle (s3211042)Sahuarita Quadrangle (s3111001)Samaniego Hills Quadrangle (s3211129)Samaniego Peak Quadrangle (s3111107)San Pedro Quadrangle (s3211161)San Xavier Mission SW Quadrangle (s3211163)San Xavier Mission Quadrangle (s3211164)Santa Rosa Mountains NE Quadrangle (s3211134)Santa Rosa Mountains SE Quadrangle (s3211142)Sasabe Quadrangle (s3111136)Saucito Mountain Quadrangle (s3111123)Silver Bell East Quadrangle (s3211137)Silver Bell West Quadrangle (s3211136)Silver Reef Mountains SE Quadrangle (s3211126)Sonoita Quadrangle (s3111019)Soza Canyon Quadrangle (s3211045)Spring Water Canyon Quadrangle (s3111012)Stevens Mountain Quadrangle (s3111106)Tanque Verde Peak Quadrangle (s3211051)The Narrows Quadrangle (s3111004)Three Points Quadrangle (s3211162)Tortolita Mountains Quadrangle (s3211132)Tucson East Quadrangle (s3211050)Tucson North Quadrangle (s3211041)Tucson SE Quadrangle (s3211058)Tucson SW Quadrangle (s3211057)Tucson Quadrangle (s3211049)Twin Buttes Quadrangle (s3111108)Vail Quadrangle (s3211059)Waterman Peak Quadrangle (s3211145)West of Avra Quadrangle (s3211146)West of Marana Quadrangle (s3211138)Wilbur Canyon Quadrangle (s3111129)None
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.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation ServiceState Soil Scientistmailing address230 North First Avenue, Suite 509PhoenixAZ85003-1706602-280-8837602-280-8805phil.camp@az.usda.gov
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
Unpublished MaterialSoil Survey of Pima County, Arizona, Eastern Parttext, table, map
This soil survey contains information that can be applied in
managing farms and wetlands; in selecting sites for roads, ponds,
buildings, and other structures; and in judging the suitability
of tracts of land for farming, industry, and recreation.
This soil survey 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.
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).
The National Soil Information System data table acreages are adjusted
for the Bureau of Census water and land totals. These acres may
differ from the digital acres.
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 (neatline) are free of gaps. The tests of
logical consistency are performed using vendor software. The
neatline is generated by connecting the explicitly entered four
corners of the digital file. All data outside the enclosed region
are ignored and all data crossing these geographically straight
lines are clipped at the neatline. Data within a specified tolerance
of the neatline are snapped to the neatline. Neatline straightening
aligns the digitized edges of the digital data with the generated
neatline (i.e., with the longitude/latitude lines in geographic
coordinates). 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). Quadrangles are edge matched within the soil survey
area and edge locations generally do not deviate from centerline to
centerline by more than 0.01 inch. The quadrangles in this soil survey
are not edge matched to quadrangles in the Tohoho O'odham Nation,
Arizona, Parts of Maricopa, Pima, and Pinal Counties Soil Survey soil
survey due to age or conditions noted in the correlation document,
published report, or other archived documentation. The soil survey
boundary is considered to be the soil boundary for the Tohoho O'odham
Nation, Arizona, Parts of Maricopa, Pima, and Pinal Counties Soil Survey.
A map unit is a collection of areas defined and named the same in
terms of their soil and/or nonsoil areas. Each map unit differs
in some respect from all others in a survey area and is uniquely
identified. Each individual area is a delineation. Each map unit
consists of one or more components.
Soil scientists identify small areas of soils or miscellaneous
(nonsoil) areas that have properties and behavior significantly
different than the named soils in the surrounding 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 may not be indicated on the map.
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, SCS; Agricultural Handbook 436, Soil Taxonomy, Soil Survey
Staff, 1975, USDA, SCS; and all Amendments; Keys to Soil Taxonomy,
Soil Survey Staff, (current issue); National Soil Survey
Handbook, title 430-VI, (current issue).
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 are dominated by a single soil
taxon and similar soils. At least one half of the pedons in each
delineation are of the same soil component so similar to the
named soil that major interpretations are not affected
significantly. 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 are named
for two or more dissimilar components with the dominant component
listed first. They occur in a regularly repeating pattern. The major
components of a complex cannot be mapped separately at a scale of
about 1:24,000. The major components of an association can be
separated at a scale of about 1:24,000. In each delineation of
either 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 do not always occur together in the same
delineation, but are included in the same named map unit because
use and management are the same or similar for common uses. Every
delineation has at least one of the major components and some may
have all of them. The same principles regarding proportion of
inclusions 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 40 acres.
The accuracy of these digital data is based upon their
compilation to base maps that meet National Map Accuracy
Standards. 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.
U.S. Geological Survey1976multiple orthophotographsremote sensing imageSalt Lake City, UtahU.S. Geological Survey24,000paper2002publication dateUSGS1
base materials for field mapping and hydrographic
layer
U.S. Geological Survey1971-19827.5 minute orthophotographsremote sensing imageMenlo Park, CaliforniaU. S. Geological Survey24,000stable-base material1999publication dateUSGS2
base material for compilation of soil survey data,
hydrographic data and cultural features. Source material for manual
digitizing
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
1999
Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for Pima County,
Arizona, Eastern Part
vector digital dataFort Worth, Texas
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, National Cartography and Geospatial Center
24000online2002publication dateNRCS1SSURGO data used in reevaluation of data
U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Natural Resources Conservation Service
2004National Soil Information System (NASIS) data basetabular digital dataFort Collins, Colorado
U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Natural Resources Conservation Service
database20042004publication dateNASISattribute (tabular) information
Field mapping was transferred to 1:24,000 scale
7.5 minute stable base orthophotographs by NRCS soil scientists. The
classification and map unit names were finalized at the final
correlation in 1993. An evaluation was made of the soil survey in 1998.
It was determined that the soil map units, delineations and map unit
components were accurate. The following additional map unit was added:
87--Water
USGS1, USGS21998
During the map compilation quality review, a
soil scientist made an evaluation of the map unit joins for the
surrounding soil surveys.
USGS1, USGS21998
Digitizing was completed by contract administered
through NRCS, National Cartographic and Geospatial Center in Ft. Worth,
Texas. The soil area features and special were manually digitized from
7.5 minute orthophotographs. The process consisted of vector editing,
map neat line development, labeling and edgematching. The data were
written to DLG-3 Optional format using ARC/INFO version 7.0.4.
USGS21997
The Temple, Texas Digitizing and Certification
Center imported the soil area features and special soil features DLGs
into ARC/INFO 7.2.1. The 7.5 minute quadrangles for each coverage
were merged together into a soil survey area and additional editing
was performed. The coverages were edgematched to existing SSURGO data.
New DLGs reflecting these changes were written with ARC/INFO version
7.2.1.
USGS21999
The DLG-3 Optional format files were evaluated
with the October 1998 ARC/INFO SSURGO Evaluation AMLs provided by
the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation
Service, National Cartography and Geospatial Center, Fort Worth,
Texas. Upon successful completion of the SSURGO Evaluation, the
DLGs were processed with the October 1998 archiving AMLs provided
by the National Cartography and Geospatial Center, Fort Worth, Texas.
USGS21999
The Map Unit Interpretations Record database was
developed by Natural Resources Conservation Service soil scientists
according to national standards.
USGS21999
The online SSURGO data has been rearchived due to
changes in the tabular structure. Minor codes were also replaced to
link spatial data map unit labels to the National Soil Information
System database. The online SSURGO data were imported to ARC/INFO
Version 7.2.1 at the Temple, Texas Digitizing and Certification Center
of the Natural Resources Conservation Service. The SSURGO data were
evaluated with the October 1998 ARC/INFO SSURGO Evaluation AMLs. New
DLGs reflecting these changes were written with ARC/INFO 7.2.1.
NRCS12002
The National Soil Information System database was
developed by NRCS soil scientists according to national standards and
specifications.
USGS12002
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.
NASIS20041109
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.
NASIS20041109
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.
NASIS20050217
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.
NASIS20050217
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.
NASIS20060131
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.
NASIS20060131The tabular data were extracted from the data mart without change. The spatial data's coordinate system was transformed to State Plane Arizona Central (NAD83, meters) using ESRI ArcObjects 8.3 "ConvertFeatureClass" and exported to an ESRI shapefile. NASIS20060302VectorState Plane Coordinate System 19832020.999900-111.91666731.000000213360.0000000.000000coordinate pairmeters0.0002560.000256North American Datum of 1983Geodetic Reference System 806378137.000000298.257222Special Soil Features
Special Soil Features represent soil, nonsoil, or landform
features that are too small to be digitized as soil delineations
(area features).
U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1993. Soil Survey Manual.
Soil Surv. Staff, U.S. Dep. Agric. Handb. 18.
Special Soil Features Codes
Special Soil Features Codes represent specific Special Soil
Features. These features are identified with a major code,
a minor code, and a descriptive label. The codes and label
are assigned to the point or line assigned to represent the
feature on published maps.
U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1993. Soil Survey Manual.
Soil Surv. Staff, U.S. Dep. Agric. Handb. 18; U.S. Department
of Agriculture. (current issue). National Soil Survey
Handbook, title 430-VI, part 647. Soil Conserv. Serv.
Classification and Correlation of the Soils of Pima County,
Arizona, Eastern Part
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
Map Unit Delineations are closed polygons that may be dominated
by a single soil or nonsoil component plus allowable similar or
dissimilar soils, or they can be geographic mixtures of groups
of soils or soils and nonsoil areas.
The map unit symbol uniquely identifies each closed delineation
map unit. Each symbol is linked to a map unit name. The map unit
symbol is also the key for linking information in the National Soil
Information System tables. The map unit symbols are not carried
within the modified Digital Line Graph file; however, they are made
available in a companion attribute file. The attribute file links
the minor codes in the Digital Line Graph files to the map unit
symbols.
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 definition for each
special and ad hoc feature in the survey area.
U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1999. Soil Taxonomy: A basic system
of soil classification for making and interpreting soil surveys.
Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric. Handb. 436.
U.S. Department of Agriculture. (current issue). Keys to Soil
Taxonomy. Soil Surv. Staff, Soil Conserv. Serv.
U.S. Department of Agriculture. (current issue). National Soil
Survey Handbook, title 430-VI. Soil Surv. Staff, Natural Resources
Conservation Service.
U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1993. Soil Survey Manual.
Soil Surv. Staff, U.S. Dep. Agric. Handb. 18.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resources Conservation Service, National
Cartography and Geospatial Center
mailing addressP.O. Box 6567Fort WorthTexas76115800 672 5559817 509 3469Pima County, Arizona, Eastern Part SSURGO
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
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color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political
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ArcView shapefilespatialWinZip or equivalent11.0 URL:http://SoilDataMart.nrcs.usda.gov/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.ARC/INFO coveragespatialWinZip or equivalent11.0 URL:http://SoilDataMart.nrcs.usda.gov/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.ARC/INFO interchange filespatialWinZip or equivalent11.0 URL:http://SoilDataMart.nrcs.usda.gov/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.ASCIIkeys and attributesWinZip or equivalent7.9URL:http://SoilDataMart.nrcs.usda.gov/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.There is currently no direct charge for requesting data or for
retrieval via FTP.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.Typically within four hours20060302U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation ServiceState Soil Scientistmailing address230 North First Avenue, Suite 509PhoenixAZ85003-1706602-280-8837602-280-8805phil.camp@az.usda.govContent Standard for Digital Geospatial MetadataFGDC-STD-001-1998