Difference between revisions of "Carmel River Watershed: Map of Soil Type"
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| − | 1) Added Soil Layer to Carmel River Watershed map | + | 1) Added Soil Layer to Carmel River Watershed map from SURGO file. |
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| − | 3) Created the legend for the soils layer | + | 2) Added the acreage for each soil type and displayed only the prevalent ones to reduce number of soil types from 160 to about 20. |
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| + | 3) Reviewed which soils displayed and modified the list in order to insure those soils nearest the rivers and streams were shown. | ||
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| + | 3) Created the legend for the soils layer. | ||
Revision as of 14:20, 2 February 2009
Soil Types
Meta Data
Data Source: http://sep.csumb.edu/class/ESSP560/s/data/index.htm[1]
Original Data Obtained from SSURGO Website: http://soils.usda.gov/survey/geography/ssurgo/[2]
This data can be obtained from their interactive map: http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/WebSoilSurvey.aspx[3]
Coordinate System
Horizontal Coordinate System Name: NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_10
Geographic Coordinate System Name: GCS_North_American_1983
Bounding Coordinates Horizontal
In decimal degrees
West: -121.985778
East: -121.447541
North: 36.735255
South: 36.192038
Datum:
Processing Steps: 1) Added Soil Layer to Carmel River Watershed map from SURGO file.
2) Added the acreage for each soil type and displayed only the prevalent ones to reduce number of soil types from 160 to about 20.
3) Reviewed which soils displayed and modified the list in order to insure those soils nearest the rivers and streams were shown.
3) Created the legend for the soils layer.
