gSSURGO User Guide ArcMap version 2.4

Gridded SSURGO (gSSURGO) is similar to the standard product from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) Database, but is in the Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI®) file geodatabase format. A file geodatabase has the capacity to store significantly more data and thus greater spatial extents than the traditional SSURGO product. This allows for statewide or even Conterminous United States (CONUS) tiling of data. gSSURGO contains all of the original soil attribute tables in SSURGO. All spatial data are stored within the geodatabase instead of externally as separate shape files. Both SSURGO and gSSURGO are considered products of the National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS).  An important addition to the new format is a 10-meter raster (MapunitRaster_10m) of the map unit soil polygons feature class, which provides statewide coverage in a single layer. The CONUS database includes a 30-meter raster because of size constraints. This new addition provides greater performance and important analysis capabilities to users of soils data. Statewide tiles consist of soil survey areas needed to provide full coverage for a given State. In order to create a true statewide soils layer, some clipping of excess soil survey area gSSURGO data may be required. The new format also includes a national Value Added Look Up (valu) Table that has several new “ready to map” attributes.Other Documents to Reference:gSSURGO FactsheetgSSURGO User Guide ArcMap version 2.4Soil Data Development Toolbox User Guide v5 for ArcMapgSSURGO Mapping Detailed GuidegSSURGO Valu1 table column descriptions

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notes <a href='https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/resources/data-and-reports/gridded-soil-survey-geographic-gssurgo-database' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Gridded SSURGO (gSSURGO) </a>is similar to the standard product from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) Database, but is in the Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI®) file geodatabase format. A file geodatabase has the capacity to store significantly more data and thus greater spatial extents than the traditional SSURGO product. This allows for statewide or even Conterminous United States (CONUS) tiling of data. gSSURGO contains all of the original soil attribute tables in SSURGO. All spatial data are stored within the geodatabase instead of externally as separate shape files. Both SSURGO and gSSURGO are considered products of the National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS).  An important addition to the new format is a 10-meter raster (MapunitRaster_10m) of the map unit soil polygons feature class, which provides statewide coverage in a single layer. The CONUS database includes a 30-meter raster because of size constraints. This new addition provides greater performance and important analysis capabilities to users of soils data. Statewide tiles consist of soil survey areas needed to provide full coverage for a given State. In order to create a true statewide soils layer, some clipping of excess soil survey area gSSURGO data may be required. The new format also includes a national Value Added Look Up (valu) Table that has several new “ready to map” attributes.<div><br /></div><div><div style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>Other Documents to Reference:</div><div style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><a href='https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2022-08/gSSURGO_Factsheet.pdf' style='color:rgb(0, 97, 155); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>gSSURGO Factsheet</a><br /></div><div style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><a href='https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2022-08/gSSURGO_UserGuide_July2020.pdf' style='color:rgb(0, 97, 155); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>gSSURGO User Guide ArcMap version 2.4</a><br /></div><div style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><a href='https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2022-08/Soil_Data_Development_User_Guide_v5.pdf' style='color:rgb(0, 97, 155); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Soil Data Development Toolbox User Guide v5 for ArcMap</a><br /></div><div style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><a href='https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2022-08/gSSURGO_Mapping_DetailedGuide.pdf' style='color:rgb(0, 97, 155); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>gSSURGO Mapping Detailed Guide</a><br /></div><div style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><a href='https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2022-08/gSSURGO%20Value%20Added%20Look%20Up%20Valu1%20Table%20Column%20Descriptions.pdf' style='color:rgb(0, 97, 155); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>gSSURGO Valu1 table column descriptions</a></div></div>
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