Soil Associations [Wisconsin] {2008} Full Details

Full Details

Title:

Soil Associations [Wisconsin] {2008}

Description:

This layer consists of a polygon layer at 1:250,000 scale (WI_SoilAssociations_2008'/'sasppoly') used in preparing the GCSM, and containing information on Wisconsin soils. This layer includes data about soil associations. By definition, a soil association is a landscape that has a distinctive proportional pattern of soils; it normally consists of one or more major soils and at least one minor soil, and is named for the major soil. The soil associations layer was digitized from the 1:250,000-scale compilation sheets of a 1968 soils map of Wisconsin (Hole et. al). The soil associations in this coverage were subsequently grouped into 4 'soil characteristics' categories in the layer 'WI_SoilCharacteristics_2008'/'schppoly', for use in the GCSM. For the purposes of the GCSM, soil depth was considered to extend from the land surface to 5 feet below the land surface. For additional information please see: ftp://dnrftp01.wi.gov/geodata/gcsm/GCSM_data.pdf

Creator:

Wisconsin. Department of Natural Resources

Provider:

UW-Madison Robinson Map Library

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Polygon data and Vector data

Theme:

Agriculture and Geology

Temporal Coverage:

2008

Place:

Wisconsin

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile

Language:

English

Date Added:

2021-04-26