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Analysis Products on Soil and Soil Types
Entry ID: NRCS_NRI_SotL_SOIL_TYPE

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Summary
Abstract: The maps on soils and soil types show percent of land area of specific
soils -
Alfisols
Andisols
Aridisols
Entisols
Gelisols
Histosols
Inceptisols
Mollisols
Oxisols
Spodols
Ultisols
Vertisols

There are also maps on soil order with descriptions of the different
types of soils.


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Description: The National Resources Inventory covers non-federal land in the United
States - some 75 percent of the country's land base - and is conducted
every five years by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in
cooperation with Iowa State University. It captures data from 800,000
statistically selected locations on land cover, land use, soil
erosion, prime farmland soils, wetlands, habitat diversity, selected
conservation practices, and other natural resource information. The
information is statistically reliable for national, statewide, and
multi-county use.
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 48.24   S: 22.88   E: -65.36   W: -127.87
  N: 67.57   S: 49.18   E: -117.38   W: 157.56
  N: 22.22   S: 18.9   E: -154.76   W: -160.25
  N: 18.51   S: 17.67   E: -64.56   W: -67.96
  N: 15.29   S: 13.23   E: 145.9   W: 144.54
  N: 14.38   S: 14.16   E: -169.42   W: -170.84

Data Set Citation
Dataset Title: NRCS/NRI State of the Land -- Maps, Facts, & Figures on Soil and Soil Types
Issue Identification: 1997
Data Presentation Form: Maps, Postscript, summary table, ASCII text
Online Resource: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/NRI/
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1997-07-01
Stop Date: 1998-10-31
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Quality The 1997 NRI data should be used only as preliminary data at this time. A problem was discovered in the 1997 NRI results on March 27, 2000. Please check the NRI home page, http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/NRI/ for details.
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Originating Center
Data Center
Natural Resources Institute, National Resources Conservation Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/NRI/

Data Center Personnel
Name: WARREN LEE
Phone: (301) 504-2271
Fax: (301) 504-2230
Email: Warren.Lee at usda.gov
Contact Address:
Resource Inventory Division
USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service
Mail Stop 5474
5601 Sunnyside Ave
City: Beltsville
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20705-5000
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: Electronic
Distribution Format: Maps, Postscript, summary table, ASCII text
Fees: Free
Personnel
WARREN LEE
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: (301) 504-2271
Fax: (301) 504-2230
Email: Warren.Lee at usda.gov
Contact Address:
Resource Inventory Division
USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service
Mail Stop 5474
5601 Sunnyside Ave
City: Beltsville
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20705-5000
Country: USA
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2001-01-03
Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-01-31

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