# U.S. General Soil Map (STATSGO2) Description Data Product Keywords Soils, land resource regions, major land re source area, properties, interpretations. 

## Summary The U.S. General Soil Map consists of general soil association units. It was developed by the National Cooperative Soil Survey and supersed es the State Soil Geographic (STATS GO) dataset published in 1994. It consists of a broad-based inventory of soils and non-soil areas that occur in a repeatable pattern on the landscape and that can be cartographically shown at the scale mapped. 

## Extent of Program National. 

## Available Product Coverage U.S. General Soil Map (STATSGO2) data are available for the conterminous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Individual state extents are also available. 

## Information Content The dataset was created by generalizing more detailed soil survey maps. Where more detailed soil survey maps were not available, data on geology, topography, vegetation, and climate were assembled, together with Land Remote Sensing Satellite (LANDSAT) images. Soils of like areas were studied, and the probable classification and extent of the soils were determined. Map unit composition was determined by transecting or sampling areas on the more detailed maps and expanding the data statistically to characterize the whole map unit. This dataset consists of geo-referenc ed vector and tabular digital data. Th e map data were collected in 1- by 2-degree topographic quadrangle units and merged into a seamless national dataset. It is distributed in state/territory and national extents. The soil map units are linked to attributes in the tabular data, which give the proportionate extent of the component soils and their properties. The tabular data contain estimated data on the physical and chemical soil properties, soil interpretations, and static and dynamic metadata. Most tabular data exist in the database as a range of soil properties, depicting the range for the geographic extent of the map unit. In addition to low and high values for most data, a representative value is also included for these soil properties. 

## Product Delivery Format Spatial data are available in ESRI® shapefile format. Spatial reference is decimal degrees, North American 

## Pa g e 1 of 2 U.S. General Soil Map (STATSGO2) Description | NRCS Soils

6/13/2011 htt p ://soils.usda. g ov/surve y / g eo g ra p h y /stats g o/descri p tion.htmlDatum of 1983. Tabular data are avai lable as text files (.txt) in ASCII, pipe (|) field delimited format, and double quote text delimited format. A Microsoft ® Access ® template database has been prepared for use with the U.S. General Soil Map tabu lar data and is av ailable from the Soil Data Mart. 

## Technical Information To obtain technical information about the use of soil data, please contact the NRCS State Soil Scientist in your state, or: Soils Hotline Staff Telephone: (402) 437-5378 (Steve Speide l) or (402) 437-5379 (Tammy Cheever) 

## Ordering Information To obtain U.S. General Soil Map (STA TSGO2) spatial and attribute data:

z Soil Data Mart (download only) or z Geospatial Data Gateway (download, CD-ROM, or DVD)


## Media Price The cost is $50 for single CD-ROM or $100 for single DVD disk which may contain one or more survey areas, depending on file size. 

## Pa g e 2 of 2 U.S. General Soil Map (STATSGO2) Description | NRCS Soils

6/13/2011 htt p ://soils.usda. g ov/surve y / g eo g ra p h y /stats g o/descri p tion.html