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- Coordinate new map work w/STATSGO update
- STATSGO Update Target Dates from NATIONAL INSTRUCTION NO. 430-302 Second Edition – Revisited
Ag Handbook 296 Update ProjectJim R. Fortner, NSSC Status: Memo sent out about a year ago announcing the project and timeline for completion Team established at NSSC to coordinate the project Jim Fortner, soil scientist, chair Sharon Waltman, soil scientist Stan Anderson, editor Johnny Patterson, forester Dave Lightle, agronomist Curtis Talbot, range mgmt. specialist Bob Engel, soil scientist Lyle Steffen, geologist New format for description of MLRAs and LRRs identified State offices and MLRA offices have designated those MLRAs to be significantly modified Preliminary line work for these modifications has largely been submitted NSSC team in process of drafting revised descriptions for those MLRAs that will not be significantly modified
Timeline: Due to several reasons causing delays, a revised timeline has been established as follows. These dates have been coordinated with similarly revised dates for the companion STATSGO update project. In general, the dates have been delayed about 6 months to 1 year.
STATSGO Update Target Dates from NATIONAL INSTRUCTION NO. 430-302 Second Edition – RevisitedSharon Waltman, NSSC § 302.4 Target dates. Tasks may be accomplished and submitted prior to target dates to expedite the program. What When Who Rev Date PRE-CONVERSION 1. Assign 1:250,000-scale quadrangles to Dec. 1999 Team Complete MO for quality assurance 2. Correlate map units and edit maps to Mar. 2000 Team/MO Complete remove state lines for a seamless national layer for the 48 contiguous states
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for all STATSGO map units 5. Inventory states for original USGS Apr. 2000 MO Complete mylar topographic base maps and registered punched overlays
NCGC- includes USGS 1:250,000-scale topographic base maps and punched overlays
general soil maps from NCGC
and exception handling CONVERSION 14. Create conversion component Jul. 2000 MO/States Complete link tables for water tables, pans, CEC, and rubbly surface textures 11. Revise and fix conversion software May 2000 ITC Jun. 2001 12. Revise taxonomic classification of Jun. 2000 Team/MO/ Jul. 2001 components in Soil Classification Soil Tax Staff file
matching query and process Egley 10. Revise metadata to comply with May 2000 Team Sep. 2001 current FGDC standard (may be ISO standard)
component update 17. Complete digital map data revision Jun. 2001 MO May 2002 18. Revise metadata content Jun. 2001 MO May 2002 19. Final review and validation of Jul. 2001 MO/States Jun.2002 taxonomic class of STATSGO components against Second Ed. Ag Handbook 436, 1999 standard
table from revised Ag Handbook 296 map
assurance – includes correlation of of joins and tabular data to map data
and map data 22. Submit certification letter for the Sep. 2001 MO Aug. 2002 Digital General Soil Map of U.S. 23. Archive the Digital General Soil Sep. 2001 MO Sep. 2002 Map of U.S. at NCGC Directory: Internet -> FSE DOCUMENTS FSE DOCUMENTS -> Applications and limitations FSE DOCUMENTS -> Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Practice Standard FSE DOCUMENTS -> Downloading gps gr-3 Surveys Summary of Procedure FSE DOCUMENTS -> All applications must be submitted by 12/01/2015 to be eligible FSE DOCUMENTS -> Indiana Conservation Programs for Copperbelly Water Snake Habitat FSE DOCUMENTS -> Administrator’s Corner FSE DOCUMENTS -> United States Department of Agriculture • Natural Resources Conservation Service FSE DOCUMENTS -> United States Department of Agriculture Soule River Hydroelectric Project FSE DOCUMENTS -> Ottawa national forest: checklist of the vascular flora of the mccormick wilderness Download 0.65 Mb. Share with your friends:
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