Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources

Conservation Service

Publication_Date: 20040116

Title: Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for Athens County, Ohio

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Fort Worth, Texas

Publisher:

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources

Conservation Service

Other_Citation_Details: oh009

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: 20031223

Ending_Date: 20031223

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.298

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.722

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.556

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.180

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: Ohio

Place_Keyword: Athens County

Place_Keyword: Albany Quadrangle

Place_Keyword: Alfred Quadrangle

Place_Keyword: Amesville Quadrangle

Place_Keyword: Athens Quadrangle

Place_Keyword: Chesterhill Quadrangle

Place_Keyword: Coolville Quadrangle

Place_Keyword: Corning Quadrangle

Place_Keyword: Cutler Quadrangle

Place_Keyword: Jacksonville Quadrangle

Place_Keyword: Little Hocking Quadrangle

Place_Keyword: Lubeck Quadrangle

Place_Keyword: Mineral Quadrangle

Place_Keyword: Nelsonville Quadrangle

Place_Keyword: New Straitsville Quadrangle

Place_Keyword: Shade Quadrangle

Place_Keyword: Stewart Quadrangle

Place_Keyword: The Plains Quadrangle

Place_Keyword: Union Furnace Quadrangle

Place_Keyword: Vales Mills 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 and physical address

Address: USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service

Address: Ohio State Office

Address: 200 North High Street, Room 522

City: Columbus

State_or_Province: OH

Postal_Code: 43215-2478

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 614-255-2484

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 Soil Survey of Athens County, Ohio is edge matched to adjacent SSURGO

certified Soil Surveys Morgan and Perry Counties, Ohio. The soil survey

area boundaries match.

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 Scientists 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 2.0 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:

Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Lands

and Soils

Publication_Date: unpublished material

Title: copies of original Soil Survey field sheets

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Source_Scale_Denominator: 15840

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1980

Source_Currentness_Reference: final correlation date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ODNR1

Source_Contribution:

field mapping source with information on original

soil map unit designation and delineation

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service

Publication_Date: 1985

Title: Soil Survey of Athens County, Ohio

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: atlas

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington, D.C.

Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office

Source_Scale_Denominator: 15840

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1980

Source_Currentness_Reference: final correlation date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: SCS1

Source_Contribution:

published soil survey report used to develop ratioed

film positives (original negatives) for SSURGO compilation

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources

Conservation Service

Publication_Date: unpublished material

Title: ratioed film positives

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Source_Scale_Denominator: 12000

Type_of_Source_Media: stable-base material

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1985

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date of soil survey

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS1

Source_Contribution:

ratioed clear film positives (publication negatives)

used for SSURGO compilation

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources

Conservation Service

Publication_Date: 1994

Title: multiple 3.75 minute digital orthophoto quarter quadrangles

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Ft. Worth, Texas

Publisher: U.S. Department of Agriculture, NRCS

Source_Scale_Denominator: 12000

Type_of_Source_Media: stable-base material

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1994

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS2

Source_Contribution: SSURGO compilation base imagery

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources

Conservation Service

Publication_Date: unpublished material

Title: annotated soil delineation overlays

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Source_Scale_Denominator: 12000

Type_of_Source_Media: stable-base material

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1980

Source_Currentness_Reference: final correlation date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS3

Source_Contribution: SSURGO compilation used for raster scanning

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) database for

Athens County, Ohio

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Fort Collins, Colorado

Publisher:

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural

Resources Conservation Service, Information Technology

Center

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2003

Source_Currentness_Reference: export date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS4

Source_Contribution:

preliminary download to check against spatial

soil data

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

U.S. Department of Agriculture,

Natural Resources Conservation Service

Publication_Date: 2004

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

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Field procedures for the second order soil survey

included plotting of soil boundaries determined by field observations

in conjunction with aerial photo interpretation. Boundaries were

verified at closely spaced intervals and the soils in each delineation

were identified by traversing and transecting the landscape. Soil

Scientists described and analyzed the data. The classification and map

unit names were finalized at the final correlation conference in 1981

and signed in 1981. The published soil survey report was released in

1985.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: SCS1

Process_Date: 1985

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The soil survey of Athens County, Ohio was published

in 1985 at a scale of 1:15,840 on 1976 aerial photography. An

evaluation was made in 1998, determining the 1985 soil survey soil map

unit delineations and map unit components were accurate.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: SCS1

Process_Date: 1998

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Perfect map unit joins, involving field

investigations, were conducted by Soil Scientists to provide seamless

coverage with all adjacent Ohio, county soil surveys.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: SCS1, ODNR1

Process_Date: 2001

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Ratioed film positives, at 1:12,000 scale, were made

from the 1985 publication negatives. Soil map delineations and special

soil features were manually recompiled on stable-base material in the

North American Datum of 1983 on 1:12,000 scale orthophoto quarter

quadrangle photography that was registered and referenced to the ratioed

film positive. Compilation was done by a cartographic technician who was

trained by an NRCS Soil Scientist. Quality control of the compilation

was provided by a NRCS Soil Scientist for the NRCS State Soil Scientist.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS1, NRCS2, ODNR1

Process_Date: 2002

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The National Soil Information System data base was

developed by Natural Resources Conservation Service and Ohio Department

of Natural Resources soil scientists according to national standards.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: SCS1

Process_Date: 2003

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The data were sent to the U.S. Department of

Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Wisconsin

Digitizing Unit, Madison, Wisconsin (WIDU). The annotated soil

delineation overlays were sent to Midwest Graphics, Kenosha, Wisconsin

for raster scanning at 250 dpi on an Intergraph Anatach scanner in

rlc format. The raster scanned data were imported into LT4X Version

4.1.1 maps. Once all the scanned soil lines were added to the maps, a

county border was added. The special soil features were manually

digitized from the annotated soil delineations in LT4X at a resolution

of 0.01 inch. The raster editing, labeling, edge matching, and vector

conversion were done in LT4X. Check plots of the soils and special soil

features were reviewed by a soil scientist and cartographic staff at the

WIDU. A ten percent quality assurance review was done of the soils and

special features by a MLRA R-11 Data Quality Specialist.

The soils and special soil features data were run through a series

of LT4X macros for correctness and completeness. These macros smoothed

and thinned out linework, added nodes for every 3000 vertices, added

corner nodes and snapped nodes across the neatlines. The soils and

special soil features data were then exported as Digital Line Graph-3

Optional format files (DLGs) in LT4X. The DLGs were evaluated with

the modified Oct. 1998 ARC/INFO SSURGO Evaluation AMLs provided by

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service,

National Cartography and Geospatial Center, Fort Worth, Texas (NCGC).

Once in Arc, the official border, provided by Ohio Department

of Natural Resources, was edited to the survey. Upon successful

completion of the SSURGO Evaluation and map unit verification with NASIS

tabular data the SSURGO spatial data were processed with the October 2003

archiving AMLs provided by NCGC. The certified data were ftped to NCGC

for archival and distribution.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS3, NRCS4

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: 20040116

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: 20040116

Process_Step:

Process_Description: The tabular data were extracted from the data mart without change. The spatial data's coordinate system was transformed to UTM Zone 17, Northern Hemisphere (NAD 83) using ESRI ArcObjects 8.3 "ConvertFeatureClass" and exported to an ESRI shapefile.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: SDM,ESRI

Process_Date: 20041026

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 17

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -81.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000

False_Easting: 500000.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000128

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000128

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 Athens County,

Ohio

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 an

area symbol, 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: Athens County, Ohio 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: ARC/INFO coverage

Format_Information_Content: spatial

Transfer_Size: 34.5

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: CD-ROM

Recording_Format: ISO 9660 Level 2

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ArcView shapefile

Format_Information_Content: spatial

Transfer_Size: 1.0

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: CD-ROM

Recording_Format: ISO 9660 Level 2

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ASCII

Format_Information_Content: keys and attributes

Transfer_Size: 1.0

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: CD-ROM

Recording_Format: ISO 9660 Level 2

Fees:

The charge is $50 for a CD-ROM that contains one or more data

sets. A data set is one soil survey area that includes both spatial

and attribute data.

Ordering_Instructions:

Call or write to organizations listed under Distributor. Spatial

line data and locations of special feature symbols are in ARC/INFO

coverage and export formats, and ArcView shapefile format. The

National Soil Information System attribute soil data are available

in variable length, pipe delimited, ASCII file format.

Turnaround: 10 working days

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20031223

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 and physical address

Address: 200 North High Street, Room 522

City: Columbus

State_or_Province: Ohio

Postal_Code: 42315-2478

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 614 255 2484

Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: 202 720 2600

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 614 255 2549

Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998