Pennsylvania Soils 2022
Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:U S Department of Agriculture
Publication_Date:2022
Title:
Pennsylvania Soils 2022
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:vector digital data
Online_Linkage: https://www.pasda.psu.edu/
Description:
Abstract: 
This dataset 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 dataset consists of georeferenced digital map data and computerized attribute data. The map data are in a state-wide 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. 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: 
The dataset was created for use in national, regional, and state-wide resource planning and analysis of soils data. The Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) Database 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.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date:2022
Status:
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency:Annually
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate:-80.995628
East_Bounding_Coordinate:-74.209781
North_Bounding_Coordinate:42.706298
South_Bounding_Coordinate:38.918590
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme_Keyword:geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword:farming
Theme_Keyword:environment
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:None
Theme_Keyword:Soil Survey
Theme_Keyword:GDG
Theme_Keyword:soils
Theme_Keyword:gSSURGO
Theme_Keyword:Geospatial Data Gateway
Theme_Keyword:SSURGO
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:Counties and County Equivalents of the States of the United States and the District of Columbia (FIPS Pub 6-3)
Place_Keyword:Pennsylvania
Place_Keyword:PA049 (2022-09-06), PA609 (2022-09-07), PA083 (2022-09-06), PA105 (2022-09-06), PA117 (2022-09-06), PA610 (2022-09-07), PA115 (2022-09-06), PA127 (2022-09-06), PA039 (2022-09-06), PA131 (2022-09-07), PA121 (2022-09-06), PA607 (2022-09-07), PA081 (2022-09-06), PA069 (2022-09-06), PA103 (2022-09-06), PA085 (2022-09-06), PA035 (2022-09-06), PA031 (2022-09-06), PA065 (2022-09-06), PA079 (2022-09-06), PA033 (2022-09-06), PA027 (2022-09-06), PA037 (2022-09-06), PA089 (2022-09-06), PA019 (2022-09-06), PA005 (2022-09-06), PA097 (2022-09-06), PA093 (2022-09-06), PA073 (2022-09-06), PA119 (2022-09-06), PA025 (2022-09-06), PA095 (2022-09-06), PA007 (2022-09-06), PA063 (2022-09-06), PA109 (2022-09-06), PA107 (2022-09-06), PA605 (2022-09-07), PA077 (2022-09-06), PA003 (2022-09-06), PA129 (2022-09-07), PA021 (2022-09-06), PA013 (2022-09-06), PA061 (2022-09-06), PA043 (2022-09-06), PA011 (2022-09-06), PA099 (2022-09-06), PA075 (2022-09-06), PA017 (2022-09-06), PA611 (2022-09-07), PA091 (2022-09-06), PA111 (2022-09-06), PA009 (2022-09-06), PA055 (2022-09-06), PA041 (2022-09-06), PA071 (2022-09-06), PA057 (2022-09-06), PA133 (2022-09-07), PA029 (2022-09-06), PA051 (2022-09-06), PA001 (2022-09-06), PA045 (2022-09-06), PA101 (2022-09-06)
Place_Keyword:United States of America
Place_Keyword:USA
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 dataset is not designed for use as a primary regulatory tool in permitting or siting 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. 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, National Geospatial Center of Excellence
Contact_Address:
Address_Type:mailing
Address: 
501 West Felix Street
City:Fort Worth
State_or_Province:TX
Postal_Code:76115
Country:US
Contact_Voice_Telephone:800 672 5559
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:817 509 3469
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Soil Survey Center
Contact_Address:
Address_Type:mailing
Address: 
Federal Building, Room 152
Address: 
100 Centennial Mall North
City:Lincoln
State_or_Province:NE
Postal_Code:68508-3866
Country:US
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:SoilsHotline@usda.gov
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Soil Survey Center
Contact_Address:
Address_Type:mailing
Address: 
100 Centennial Mall North
Address: 
Federal Building, Room 152
City:Lincoln
State_or_Province:NE
Postal_Code:68508-3866
Country:US
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:SoilsHotline@usda.gov
Data_Set_Credit: 
Soil Survey Staff. Gridded Soil Survey Geographic (gSSURGO) Database for Pennsylvania. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. Available online at http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/. 20220907 (202210 official release).
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.1.1.3143
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Data_Quality_Information:
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description: 
All available SSURGO data were downloaded from Web Soil Survey to a local cache. As part of the download process, the tabular data for each survey were imported into individual SSURGO template databases (MS Access format) using a custom set of ‘SSURGO Download Tools’ for ArcGIS 10.x. For each state or territory, intersecting SSURGO datasets were identified using the 'laoverlap' table (Legend Area Overlap). The selected datasets were merged and converted from shapefile and MS Access tables into a single ESRI file geodatabase for that state or territory. The data were not clipped to a state boundary, thus in some instances feature classes may extend beyond a state's boundary. All datasets were projected from the original Geographic WGS 1984 coordinate system to the appropriate Albers Equal Area Conic coordinate system. Relationship classes between tables and feature classes were created in the geodatabase.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database vector data
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Geospatial Center of Excellence
Contact_Address:
Address_Type:mailing
Address: 
501 West Felix Street
City:Fort Worth
State_or_Province:TX
Postal_Code:76115
Country:US
Contact_Voice_Telephone:800 672 5559
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:817 509 3469
Process_Step:
Process_Description: 
The SSURGO dataset 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 dataset 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. The soil map units are linked to attributes in the National Soil Information System (NASIS) relational database, which gives the proportionate extent of the component soils and their properties.
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation:
Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) Database for Soil Survey Areas
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Soil Survey Center
Contact_Address:
Address_Type:mailing
Address: 
100 Centennial Mall North
Address: 
Federal Building, Room 152
City:Lincoln
State_or_Province:NE
Postal_Code:68508-3866
Country:US
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:SoilsHotline@usda.gov
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Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method:Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type:GT-polygon composed of chains
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count:1321370
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Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:
Standard_Parallel:29.5
Standard_Parallel:45.5
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian:-96.0
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin:23.0
False_Easting:0.0
False_Northing:0.0
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method:coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution:0.1
Ordinate_Resolution:0.1
Planar_Distance_Units:meter
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name:D North American 1983
Ellipsoid_Name:GRS 1980
Semi-major_Axis:6378137.0
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio:298.257222101
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label:mupolygon
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:MUSYM
Attribute_Definition: 
The symbol used to uniquely identify the soil mapunit in the soil survey.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:OBJECTID
Attribute_Definition: 
Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: 
Esri
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:MUKEY
Attribute_Definition: 
A non-connotative string of characters used to uniquely identify a record in the Mapunit table.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:AREASYMBOL
Attribute_Definition: 
A symbol that uniquely identifies a single occurrence of a particular type of area (e.g. Lancaster Co., Nebraska is NE109).
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:Shape
Attribute_Definition: 
Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: 
Esri
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:Shape_Length
Attribute_Definition: 
Length of feature in internal units.
Attribute_Definition_Source: 
Esri
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:SPATIALVER
Attribute_Definition: 
A sequential integer number used to denote the serial version of the spatial data for a soil survey area.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:Shape_Area
Attribute_Definition: 
Area of feature in internal units squared.
Attribute_Definition_Source: 
Esri
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
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 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.
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Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Geospatial Center of Excellence
Contact_Address:
Address_Type:mailing
Address: 
501 West Felix Street
City:Fort Worth
State_or_Province:TX
Postal_Code:76115
Country:US
Contact_Voice_Telephone:800 672 5559
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:817 509 3469
Distribution_Liability: 
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination against its customers, employees, and applicants for employment on the bases of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal, and where applicable, political beliefs, marital status, familial or parental status, sexual orientation, or all or part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program, or protected genetic information in employment or in any program or activity conducted or funded by the Department. (Not all prohibited bases will apply to all programs and/or employment activities.) To file a complaint of discrimination, complete, sign and mail the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form (PDF), found online at http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, or at any USDA office, or call (866) 632-9992 to request the form. Send your completed complaint form or letter to us by mail at: USDA Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 Or by email at program.intake@usda.gov. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities and you wish to file either an EEO or program complaint please contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339 or (800) 845-6136 (in Spanish). Persons with disabilities who wish to file a program complaint, please see information above on how to contact us by mail directly or by email. If you require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) please contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name:ESRI File Geodatabase
Format_Version_Number:10.0
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov
Offline_Option:
Compatibility_Information:
Offline Media: External Drive Recording Format: NTFS 3.0
Fees:The charge is $250 for an external hard drive that contains one or more datasets. A dataset is one state that includes both spatial and attribute data.
Ordering_Instructions: 
Call or write to organizations listed under Distributor.
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Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA)
Contact_Address:
Address_Type:mailing and physical address
Address: 
115 Land and Water Research Building
City:University Park
State_or_Province:Pennsylvania
Postal_Code:16802
Country:United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone:814-865-8792
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:pasda@psu.edu
Distribution_Liability: 
The USER shall indemnify, save harmless, and, if requested, defend those parties involved with the development and distribution of this data, their officers, agents, and employees from and against any suits, claims, or actions for injury, death, or property damage arising out of the use of or any defect in the FILES or any accompanying documentation. Those parties involved with the development and distribution excluded any and all implied warranties, including warranties or merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose and makes no warranty or representation, either express or implied, with respect to the FILES or accompanying documentation, including its quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose. The FILES and documentation are provided "as is" and the USER assumes the entire risk as to its quality and performance. Those parties involved with the development and distribution of this data will not be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use the FILES or any accompanying documentation.
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date:20221005
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Soil Survey Center
Contact_Address:
Address_Type:mailing
Address: 
Federal Building, Room 152
Address: 
100 Centennial Mall North
City:Lincoln
State_or_Province:NE
Postal_Code:68508-3866
Country:US
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:SoilsHotline@usda.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name:FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version:FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention:local time
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