DOI: 10.6073/pasta/c775a5e7fc35f615a67c2e483f50b5ae
title: GIS Shapefile - Soil,  Survey for City of Baltimore, Maryland

description: Tags
      
          soil survey, soils, Soil Survey Geographic, SSURGO
      
      
      
      
          Summary
      
      
          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.
      
      
          Description
      
      
          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 3.75 minute
      
          quadrangle format and include a detailed, field verified inventory
      
          of soils and nonsoil 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.
      
      
          Credits
      
          There are no credits for this item.
      
      
          Use limitations
      
      
          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.
      
      
          Extent
      
      
      
          West  -76.713689    East  -76.526117 
      
          North  39.374398    South  39.194856 
      
      
      
      
          Scale Range
      
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