Soil Survey, Tompkins County NY, 1965 (FGDC metadata)

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: United States Department Of Agriculture (USDA)

Originator: Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station

Publication_Date: 1965

Title: Soil Survey, Tompkins County NY, 1965

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage: https://cugir.library.cornell.edu/catalog/cugir-007498

Description:

Abstract: Various county departments, local municipal agencies, and other not-for-profit organizations have identified the need for a digital soil coverage data set for Tompkins County, NY. The Tompkins County ITS GIS Division initiated and developed a digital soil coverage from the official analog soil map series produced and published by the United States Geology Survey (USGS) and Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station. The field survey has been conducted during the 60es.

Purpose: To provide a GIS countywide coverage that consists of polygons defining the soils boundaries and to add enough basic attributes to achieve a fundamental degree of categorization. Open, all-purpose data set.

Supplemental_Information: The field survey took place during the 60es and it has been published in a book titled: Soil Survey, Tompkins County NY, in 1965. Please refer to this book for more information regarding soil science. Attribute information can be found in an attached Soilsdef.DBF and SOILSDEF.TXT filesPrevious versions of Tompkins County Soil Associations in CUGIR include: <http://cugir2.mannlib.cornell.edu/buckets/Display.jsp?id=1631>

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1965

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -76.696261

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -76.237364

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.627418

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.262698

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: soil survey

Theme_Keyword: farming

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: LCSH

Theme_Keyword: Soils

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: environment

Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CUGIR Category

Theme_Keyword: agriculture

Theme_Keyword: geology

Theme_Keyword: environment

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: LCSH

Place_Keyword: Tompkins County (N.Y.)

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: The following statement must be included with any products that use or are derived from this data set: Data contained in this product was originally produced by the Tompkins County ITS GIS Division and may not be reproduced or redistributed without the express written consent of the originator. The originator does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information portrayed by the data, as it is currently still in draft format.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Tompkins County ITS GIS Division

Contact_Person: Greg Potter, Svetla Borovska, Steve Horn

Contact_Position: GIS

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 128 East Buffalo Street

City: Ithaca

State_or_Province: New York

Postal_Code: 14850

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (607) 274-5418

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (607) 274-5420

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@tompkins-co.org

Hours_of_Service: M-F 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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Data_Set_Credit: Tompkins County ITS GIS Division

Security_Information:

Security_Classification: Unclassified

Native_Data_Set_Environment: PATH: /DATA/ARCINFO/COUNTY/NYSP/PHYSICAL/SOILSURVEY SOFTWARE: WindowsNT 4.0 x86, Arc/Info Single Precision Coverage LAYERS: Polygons

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Tompkins County ITS GIS Division

Title: Cayuga Lake

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Tompkins County

Publisher: Tompkins County GIS Program

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: John A. Neeley

Publication_Date: 1965

Title: Soil Survey, Tompkins County, New York

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Series 1961, No.25

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington, DC

Publisher: US Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service

Data_Quality_Information

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Assessed using the scanned source maps as background images in order to review the polygons attribute SOILNAME against the soil maps symbols (see "Source" and "Status" fields under Attribute Information).

Logical_Consistency_Report: Be aware of the initial error introduced by the source materials (see "Source Information") the data source is from the 60es and changes may have occurred. The horizontal positional accuracy has been assessed against data sets derived from 1991 Tompkins County Planimetric Series (see "Horizontal Positional Accuracy"). Data were geo-referenced using ER Mapper image-processing software (method: polynomial rectification using ground control points).

Completeness_Report: Complete for Tompkins County.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: AVERAGE offset in feet is 38.9 Using the National Standart for Spatial Data Accuracy, the data set tested 70 feet horizontal accuracy at 95% confidence level.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Not Applicable

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: John A. Neeley

Publication_Date: 1965

Title: Soil Survey, Tompkins County, New York

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Series 1961, No.25

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington, DC

Publisher: US Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service

Source_Scale_Denominator: 20000

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: The official analog map series published in the 'Soil Survey, Tompkins County, NY' book.

Source_Contribution: Tompkins County GIS 2000-2001 United States Department Of Agriculture and Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station Published in 1965, book title: Soil Survey Tompkins County NY.

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Three main phases 1. Data geo-referencing and data extraction using ER Mapper software. 2. Vectorization and polygon topology using ESRI software. 3. Using a control data set with known higher accuracy to assess the soil coverage positional accuracy. Control data set: Road Centerline Arc coverage from 1991 Tompkins County Digital Planimetric Series. Using the road intersections as control points. Measuring the X and Y values from both data sets (the tested data set and the control data set). Statistic calculations based on the Accuracy Statistic Worksheet provided in the National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy handbook.

Process_Date: 11/05/2001

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Tompkins County ITS GIS Division

Contact_Person: Greg Potter

Contact_Position: GIS Manager

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 128 East Buffalo Street

City: Ithaca

State_or_Province: New York

Postal_Code: 14850

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (607) 274-5416

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (607) 274-5420

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@tompkins-co.org

Hours_of_Service: M-F 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information

Spatial_Reference_Information

Entity_and_Attribute_Information

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Soil Survey (Polygons, SOILSURVEY.PAT)

Entity_Type_Definition: Polygons outlining the soils by type

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: SOIL SURVEY Tompkins Couty, New York

Attributes:

Name

Description

Values

AREA

PERIMETER

SOILNAME

The first capital letter is the initial one of the soil name. A second capital letter, A, B, C, D, E or F, shows the slope. A fort letter, capital K in a symbol shows that the slope is complex. Some simbols without a slope letter are for nearly level soils or land types, but others are for soils or land types that have a considerable range in slope. A final number, 3, in the symbol shows that the soil is eroded. Attribute information can be found in an attached Soilsdef.DBF and SOILSDEF.TXT files

Code	Definition
Ab	Alluvial land
ArB	Arkport fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
ArC	Arkport fine sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes
BaB	Bath channery silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes
BaC	Bath channery silt loam, 5 to 15 percent slopes
BaC3	Bath channery silt loam, 5 to 15 percent slopes, eroded
BaD	Bath channery silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes
BgC	Bath and Valois gravelly silt loam, 5 to 15 percent slopes
BgC3	Bath and Valois gravelly silt loam, 5 to 15 percent slopes, eroded
BgD	Bath and Valois gravelly silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes
BoE	Bath and Valois soils, 25 to 35 percent slopes
BtF	Bath, Valois, and Lansing soils, 35 to 60 percent slopes
BvA	Braceville gravelly silt loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes
Ca	Canadaigua and Lamson soils
CdA	Chenango gravelly loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes
CdC	Chenango gravelly loam, 5 to 15 percent slopes
CdD	Chenango gravelly loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes
CfA	Conesus gravelly silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
CfB	Conesus gravelly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
CfB3	Conesus gravelly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, eroded
CnB	Chenango gravelly silt loam, fan, 0 to 8 percent slopes
DgB	Darien gravelly silt loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes
EbB	Erie channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
EbB3	Erie channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, eroded
EbC	Erie channery silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes
EbC3	Erie channery silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, eroded
EcA	Ellery, Chippewa, and Alden soils, 0 to 8 percent slopes
Em	Eel silt loam
ErA	Erie - Ellery channery silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes
FdB	Fredon silt loam, 0 to 5 percent slope
Fm	Fresh water marsh
Gn	Genesee silt loam
Ha	Halsey silt loam
Hc	Halsey mucky silt loam
HdA	Howard gravelly loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes
HdC	Howard gravelly loam, 5 to 15 percent simple slopes
HdCK	Howard gravelly loam, 5 to 15 percent complex slopes
HdD	Howard gravelly loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes
Hk	Wayland and Papakating soils
HmB	Honeoye gravelly silt loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes
HmC	Honeoye gravelly silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes
HmC3	Honeoye gravelly silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, eroded
HpE	Howard and Palmyra soils, 25 to 35 percent slopes
HpF	Howard and Palmyra soils, 35 to 60 percent slopes
HrC	Howard-Valois gravelly loams, 5 to 15 percent slopes
HrD	Howard-Valois gravelly loams, 15 to 25 percent slopes
HsB	Hudson silty clay loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
HsC3	Hudson silty clay loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded
HsD3	Hudson silty clay loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, eroded
HuB	Hudson-Cayuga silt loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes
HuB3	Hudson-Cayuga silt loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded
HuC3	Hudson-Cayuga silt loams, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded
HuD	Hudson-Cayuga silt loams, 12 to 20 percent slopes
HwB	Hudson and Collamer silt loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes
HzE	Hudson and Dunkirk soils, 20 to 45 percent slopes
IcA	Ilion silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
IcB	Ilion silty clay loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
KaB	Kendaia silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
KnA	Kendaia and Lyons silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes
LaB	Langford channery silt loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes
LaB3	Langford channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, eroded
LaC	Langford channery silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes
LaC3	Langford channery silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, eroded
LbA	Lansing gravelly silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
LbB	Lansing gravelly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
LbB3	Lansing gravelly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, eroded
LbC	Lansing gravelly silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes
LbC3	Lansing gravelly silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, eroded
LmA	Lima silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
LmB	Lima silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
LmB3	Lima silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, eroded
LnC	Lordstown channery silt loam, 5 to 15 percent slopes
LnC3	Lordstown channery silt loam, 5 to 15 percent slopes, eroded
LnD	Lordstown channery silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes
LnE	Lordstown channery silt loam, 25 to 35 percent slopes
LoF	Lordstown soils, 35 to 70 percent slopes
LtB	Lordstown, Tuller, and Ovid soils, shallow and very shallow, 0 to 15 percent slopes
LtC	Lordstown, Tuller, and Ovid soils, shallow and very shallow, 15 to 35 percent slopes
Ly	Lyons silt loam
MaB	Mardin channery silt loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes
MaC	Mardin channery silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes
MaC3	Mardin channery silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, eroded
Mc	Made land
MfD	Mardin and Langford soils, 15 to 25 percent slopes
MI	Mines and Pits
Mm	Madalin mucky silty clay loam
Mn	Madalin silty clay loam
Mo	Middlebury and Tioga silt loam
Mp	Muck and Peat
NaB	Niagara silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
OaA	Ovid silt loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes
OcC3	Ovid silty clay loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded
OrA	Ovid and Rhinebeck silt loams, moderately deep, 0 to 2 percent slopes
OrB	Ovid and Rhinebeck silt loams, moderately deep, 2 to 6 percent slopes
OrC	Ovid and Rhinebeck silt loams, moderately deep, 6 to 12 percent slopes
PaA	Palmyra gravelly loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes
PaC	Palmyra gravelly loam, 5 to 15 percent simple slopes
PaCK	Palmyra gravelly loam, 5 to 15 percent complex slopes
PaD	Palmyra gravelly loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes
PhA	Phelps gravelly silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
PhB	Phelps gravelly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
RhA	Red Hook gravelly silt loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes
RkA	Rhinebeck silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
RkB	Rhinebeck silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
RnC3	Rhinebeck silty clay loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded
Ro	Rock outcrop
TeA	Tuller channery silt loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes
VbB	Volusia channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
VbB3	Volusia channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, eroded
VbC	Volusia channery silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes
VbC3	Volusia channery silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, eroded
VoA	Volusia-Chippewa channery silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
VrD	Volusia and Erie soils, 15 to 25 percent slopes
WrB	Williamson very fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
Ws	Wayland and Sloan silt loams
GRAVELP	Gravel Pit

coded values

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: The data set contains of soil boundary polygons with label points. Each polygon defines a soil type represented by a symbol assigned in SOILNAME field.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: SOILNAME symbol legend: The first capital letter is the initial one of the soil name. A second capital letter, A, B, C, D, E or F, shows the slope. A fort letter, capital K in a symbol shows that the slope is complex. Some symbols without a slope letter are for nearly level soils or land types, but others are for soils or land types that have a considerable range in slope. A final number, 3, in the symbol shows that the soil is eroded.

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Address: Cornell University

City: Ithaca

State_or_Province: New York

Postal_Code: 14853

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 607-255-5406

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mann-ref@cornell.edu

Distribution_Liability: Cornell University provides these geographic data "as is". Cornell University makes no guarantee or warranty concerning the accuracy of information contained in the geographic data. Cornell University further makes no warranty either expressed or implied, regarding the condition of the product or its fitness for any particular purpose. The burden for determining fitness for use lies entirely with the user. Although these files have been processed successfully on computers at Cornell University, no warranty is made by Cornell University regarding the use of these data on any other system, nor does the fact of distribution constitute or imply any such warranty.

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Soil Survey, Tompkins County NY, 1965

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