# Presentation: 041570

## NRCS Report

**Soils Geodatabases Leader**
**National Cartography and Geospatial Center**

**NRCS Report**
**USDA Imagery Meeting**
**December 2007**

## 		Topics

- 1. NRCS Priorities for FY 2008
- 2. Orthoimagery Status
-     -Puerto Rico (USACOE)
-     -Hawaii
-     -Pacific Basin
-     -Alaska
- 3. NRCS Disaster Response (DHS)

## Orthoimagery Update

**Orthoimagery Update**

**NRCS 2008 Orthoimagery Priorities**

## USDA-FSA and NRCS Goal is Orthoimagery for Customer Service Centers less than 5 Years Old

**USDA-FSA and NRCS Goal is Orthoimagery for Customer Service Centers less than 5 Years Old**

## Tentative USDA-NRCS Priorities for FY 2008 are...

**Tentative USDA-NRCS Priorities for FY 2008 are...**
**Oklahoma (2003)**
**Indiana (2003)****
**Minnesota (2003)**
**New Hampshire (2003)****
**Vermont (2003)****
**Massachusetts (2003)**
**Virginia (2003)***
**Texas  (2004)****
**Wisconsin (2005)**
**New York (2006, Not Completed)***
**Idaho (2004)***
**Michigan (2005)***
**Pacific Basin (NW Hawaii, Wake, Marshall Islands)**
**Alaska (Selected Areas)**
***  CIR collected by NDOP/NAIP Previously**
**** Likely to link future funding to 4 Band Acquisition**
**NRCS has requested $ 3,000,000 from NRCS FY 2008 Budget for Orthoimagery.**

## 2007 Imagery Delivery for Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Pacific Basin and Alaska

##  One Foot GSD, ADS-40 Natural Color for Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (St.

**  ****Croix, St. Thomas and St. Johns)**
** ****Imagery Acquisition is approximately 85% complete.  USACOE received first **
**  ****shipment of  Orthoimagery August 1, 2007  **
- - **USGS/USACOE will do QA/QC of Orthoimagery**
** ****Remaining areas will be acquired after fall, 2007 **

**Puerto Rico – US Virgin Islands 2007 - 2008 **
**United States Army Corp of Engineers**

## USDA has ordered DG - QuickBird Four Band Orthoimagery for the Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe, Maui, Molokini Crater and Hawaii

**NRCS has already acquired complete island Orthoimagery (QB, 0.6m) for Niihau and Kauai in Natural Color and CIR.  **
**The NCGC received 1 ft. Orthoimagery for Oahu.  The mosaics are complete and will be on the Gateway soon.  FSA-APFO will be offered these datasets.**
**Update 10/9/2007**
**Received 164 DOQQ’s for the Big Island of Hawaii in March, 2007**
**Received all contracted DOQQ’s for Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Molokini Crater and Kahoolawe in May 2007. **

- USDA has ordered DG - **QuickBird** Four Band Orthoimagery for the Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe, Maui, Molokini Crater and Hawaii

**Hawaii Islands Orthoimagery Status, October 2007**

**398 DOQQ Contracted***
**Four Band Product**
**0.6 M Orthoimagery**
**Civil Gov’t License**

*** Select Hawaii DG-QuickBird contracts are pending (10/23/2006) at USGS**

**Contracted **
**2006/07**

**Contracted **
**2007**

**Notes:**
NRCS has already acquired complete island Orthoimagery (QB, .6m) for Niihau and Kauai in Natural Color and CIR.  The NCGC received 1 ft. Orthoimagery for Oahu.  The mosaics are complete for these islands and will be on the Gateway soon.   

## Ordered re-tasking of 18 DOQQ’s in March 2007.

- August 2007 - DigitalGlobe successfully re-tasked 13 DOQQ’s with lower cloud cover.  New DOQQ’s will be delivered later 2007.

- Maui, Hawaiian Islands

**Notes:**
The QuickBird Image displayed here is already completed as Orthoimagery.  DigitalGlobe will make the entire island available to USDA and re-task cloudy areas for a future update to this Orthoimagery.

## DG-QuickBird Status by DOQQ (05/17/2007)

- The NCGC has received 164 DOQQ as of 12/3/2007.
- All green or yellow DOQQ’s areas have imagery with ~5% or less cloud cover over land areas.
- DOQQ highlighted in orange and light red have more than 5% cloud cover and are currently tasked by DG - QuickBird.

**Hawaii QuickBird Imagery**
**December 2007**

## Hawaii Orthoimagery Update 

**Tone matched, MrSID’s Orthoimagery Mosaics (12:1) have been distributed for the following islands:**
**Niihau (QB, 0.6 Meter, Natural Color, CIR)**
**Kauai (QB, 0.6 Meter, Natural Color, CIR)**
**Oahu (USGS Urban 133, 1 Ft. Natural Color)**
**Maui (QB, 0.6 Meter, Natural Color, CIR), To be revised in 2008!**
**Lanai (QB, 0.6 Meter, Natural Color, CIR)**
**Molokai (QB, 0.6 Meter, Natural Color, CIR)**
**Kahoolawe (QB, 0.6 Meter, Natural Color, CIR)**
**Hawaii Island is in progress!**
**The NCGC has distributed the MrSID’s mosaics to USGS, NOAA, NPS, USDA-FS, USDA-FAS and the State of Hawaii.  **
**Department of Defense has uplifted the NRCS licenses to Military Level.**
**FEMA (Dewberry) has requested most of Hawaii Orthoimagery for Flood Mapping Program.**
**Updated 12/4/2007**

## Digital Globe Pacific Basin Update (December 2007)

**All islands above with a smiley face have been released as MrSID compress mosaics except for some areas in Marshall Islands.**

**Digital Globe Pacific Basin Update (December 2007)**

## USDA Funding Status for Hawaii and Pacific Basin

**    **
** ****Hawaii – Pacific Basin Imagery/IfSAR Acquisition Cost (May 2007)**
**	****   ****Funding Contributions for Fiscal Year 2005-2007**
- 				USDA - NRCS				502,341
- 				USDA - FSA				115,000
- 				USDA – FS				  47,000
- 					**Total Contributions ****	****            ****$ 664,341**
**	****Funding Purchases in FY 2005-2007**
- 	DigitalGlobe/QuickBird (Imagery for Hawaii* and Pacific Basin)      	510,065
- 	InterMap (NextMap IfSAR DEM)				             	  96,600
- 	GeoEye/Ikonos (Imagery for Hawaii)				  57,676
- 					**Total Purchases****	****        ****	****            ****$ 664,341**
**	**
**	****Remote Sensing Contracts**
**	****	****	****	**USDA-FAS (ASRC)		           $ 435,047
- 				USGS-MCMC			           $ 219,294
- 				USGS-EDC			           $   10,000
**	*****Select Hawaii DigitalGlobe-QuickBird contracts are pending (10/23/2006) at USGS**

## Orthoimagery Priorities

**Updated December 2007**

**  ****1)  The Northwest Hawaiian Islands: Kure Atoll, Midway Islands, Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Lisianski Island, Laysan Island, Maro Reef, Gardner Pinnacles, French Frigate Shoals, Necker Island and Nihoa.**
**  ****2) Kaula Island - southwest of Niihau **
**  ****3) Outlying islands: Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Kingman Reef, Wake Island, Palmyra Atoll, Johnston Atoll**
**  ****4) Kauai, Hawaii (Imagery is up to 6 years old )   **
**                         **
**  ****5) Marshall Islands - Ebon, Namorik, Bikini, Lae, Mejit, Ujae, Wortho, Utrik, Ailuk**

**Orthoimagery Priorities**
**Hawaii – Pacific Basin **
**FY 2008**

## Alaska Update

## 2005-2006 Status Graphic

**USDA Digital OrthoPhotography  in Alaska**

**Notes:**
Imagery for the  Glennallen, Delta areas and Portions of the Mat-Su area are being collected by the Digital Globe QuickBird Satellite. – 1 meter imagery in Quarter Quad format is being delivered. 

A New IDIQ contract was awarded to Aeromap US on May 12’th 2006. The initial task order was for delivery of  53 color DOQQ’s in Interior Alaska. - A second task order for an additional 21 DOQQs’ is being considered. Initiative was a cooperative effort between the USDA/NRCS and the Fairbanks North Star Borough. 

A third task order for 41 Quads over Afognak Island was awarded in late August of 2006. Imagery was acquired. 

0.6 meter Natural Color - 1:40k negative scale
Match to First Generation Ortho - 3 meter or better match
Requirement for single season acquisition - (Area #1)
12,310 sq. km / 74 Full Quads  
$ 283,068.00 Total / $3,325-4,400 per Full Quad / $ 23 per sq.km 
Fully Public Domain
Cost Shared with local Borough
Film Scans to be provided / Stereo coverage 

## Orthoimagery Update

**Orthoimagery Update**

**USDA – NRCS 2007 Orthoimagery Acquisition**
**Aerometric from IDIQ Contract**
**May 2007**

- 104 DOQQ’s

**Notes:**
Red Square areas are pending contracts

## 2007 Alaska Orthoimagery Acquisition

- 1) Completed under an existing USDA-NRCS-IDIQ Alaska contract to Aerometric
-  GSD = 0.6 Meter
-  Natural Color
-  3 meter Horizontal accuracy
-  Color Positive Film Base
- 2 )Funding
- 300,000  NRCS
-   75,000  Fairbanks/North Star Borough
-   48,000  State of Alaska
- -----------
**423,000**  Total for New 104 DOQQ’s
- 3) The USFS is seeking to utilize the same IDIQ contract to obtain high resolution Orthoimagery over Chugach National Forest.

## USDA-NRCS Alaska 

**Imagery Funding**
**FY 2004****	**** ****	****    1,397,592**
**FY 2005****	****	****       153,000**
**FY 2006****	****	****    1,875,000**
**FY 2007****	****	****       300,000**
**Total FY 2004-07****	****   **** 3,725,592**

**      ****NRCS Orthoimagery Acquisition Funding for FY 2007**
**  ****500,000   NAIP**
**  ****300,000   Alaska**
**    ****60,000   High Resolution Orthoimagery ( approx. for New Jersey)**
**   **_** **__**54,000 **_**  Hawaii and Pacific Basin  (44K Carryover from 2006)**
**914,000****  Total**** for Orthoimagery Acquisition as of May, 2007**

## NCGC WMS-Image Service (NAIP) for MLRA Soil Survey Update Activities and Agency Applications

## National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS)

***The NCSS goals*****:**
_**Inventory**_, _**investigate**_, _**classify**_, _**interpret**_,
_**disseminate**_, and _**maintain**_ information about the soils of the United States and its trust territories and commonwealths.
_**Promote**_ the understanding and appropriate use of soil information.

## Initial and Updates Surveys 

**Notes:**
Material presented in this “Introduction to Soils” and in the presentation on “Hydric Soils Criteria and Field Indicators” is based upon paragraphs 36-45 and Appendix D of the 1987 Corps Manual.

Instructors should have students review several pages in the NRCS publication “From the Surface Down” in order that they get more familiar with terminology and concepts used in this section of the training.  

In this lecture, the objective is to discuss the science of soils and how to describe soils without yet introducing the concept of a hydric soil.

## 18 MLRA Offices/146 Soil Survey Offices278 MLRAs

## 2800 + Soil Survey Areas Digitized and Available on the Web Soil Survey

##                        SSURGO Data and Best Available NAIP 1meter Imagery

## End of Presentation

**Thank You!**

## NRCS Disaster Response

## In support of Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Support Function-14, Long-Term Community Recovery and Mitigation.  

**In support of Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Support Function-14, Long-Term Community Recovery and Mitigation.  **
**NCGC provides data directly to first responders and to USDA Agency business applications such as the Geospatial Gateway, NCGC Web Map Service, and Web Soil Survey. **

## USDA-NRCSHurricane Preparedness

**               ****Orthoimagery Mosaics for Disaster Preparedness**
**Pre-Packaged, Ready to use Orthoimagery for USDA Applications!**
**Complete in FY 2007**
** **
**Florida – 2004 (NC/CIR 1 Meter), Complete State**
**Florida – 2006 (Aerial Express) 0.5M**
**Mississippi, Virginia, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Texas (Aerial Express-Coastal areas 2005-2006) 0.5M**
**Louisiana – 2005 (ADS40) 1M, 15 coastal Parishes **
**Alaska – Selective Coverage in Populated Areas**
**Hawaii – QB Imagery (Complete coverage for most islands)**
**Guam/Pacific Basin – QB Satellite Imagery (Most of US Territories)**
**	****	****Data available: http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov**

**Updated 10/10/2007**

##              Texas (Aerial Express-Coastal areas 2005-2006) 0.5M

##            Louisiana – 2005 (ADS40) 1M, 15 coastal Parishes

## Mississippi and Alabama (Aerial Express-Coastal areas 2005-2006) 0.5M

##  Florida – 2004 (NC/CIR 1 Meter) Complete State & Florida 2006 (Aerial Express) 0.5M

## Georgia, S. Carolina and N. Carolina (Aerial Express-Coastal areas 2005-2006) 0.5M

##          Virginia (Aerial Express-Coastal areas 2005-2006) 0.5M

## In support of DHS and Emergency Support Function-14

**In support of DHS and Emergency Support Function-14**
**NCGC provides best available Orthoimagery using  **
**    ****Web Map Service for the ****Web Soil Survey**** (**WSS**) for**
**    ****Hawaii and Guam**
**NCGC will provide WMS soon for Pacific Basin and**
**    ****Alaska for **WSS

## http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov

## Slide 42

## NCGC Supports ESF-14 with Web Soil Survey (WSS) for Hawaii          (QB Imagery coverage for most islands)

**NCGC Supports ESF-14 with Web Soil Survey (WSS) for Hawaii          (QB Imagery coverage for most islands)**

## DHS Emergency Support Function-14

**DHS Emergency Support Function-14**
**South Coast, Kauai-Hawaii**

## WSS support of DHS Emergency Support Function-14

**WSS support of DHS Emergency Support Function-14**
**Disaster Recovery Planning Tools**
**Soil Suitability Maps available for Catastrophic Animal Burial**

## WSS Soil interpretations: DHS Emergency Support Function-14

**WSS Soil interpretations: DHS Emergency Support Function-14**
**Identifying Suitable locations for Catastrophic Animal Burial**

## End of Presentation

**Thank You!**