U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service 20060918 Fort Worth, Texas U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service ny109 withheld Soils vector digital data 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 soil survey area extent format and include a detailed, field verified inventory of soils and miscellaneous 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. 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. Digital versions of hydrography, cultural features, and other associated layers that are not part of the SSURGO data set may be available from the primary organization listed in the Point of Contact. en 20060918 20060918 REQUIRED: The year (and optionally month, or month and day) for which the data set corresponds to the ground. publication date Complete As needed -76.696702 -76.236340 42.627436 42.262367 789698.968622 913590.742819 824448.329162 957297.187151 None soil survey soils Soil Survey Geographic SSURGO USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) New York Tompkins County Alpine NE Quadrangle Alpine NW Quadrangle Alpine SE Quadrangle Alpine SW Quadrangle Dryden NE Quadrangle Dryden NW Quadrangle Dryden SE Quadrangle Dryden SW Quadrangle Genoa SE Quadrangle Genoa SW Quadrangle Groton NE Quadrangle Groton NW Quadrangle Groton SE Quadrangle Groton SW Quadrangle Ithaca East NE Quadrangle Ithaca East NW Quadrangle Ithaca East SE Quadrangle Ithaca East SW Quadrangle Ithaca West NE Quadrangle Ithaca West NW Quadrangle Ithaca West SE Quadrangle Ithaca West SW Quadrangle Ludlowville NE Quadrangle Ludlowville NW Quadrangle Ludlowville SE Quadrangle Ludlowville SW Quadrangle Mecklenburg NE Quadrangle Mecklenburg NW Quadrangle Mecklenburg SE Quadrangle Mecklenburg SW Quadrangle Moravia SW Quadrangle Richford NW Quadrangle Richford SW Quadrangle Sheldrake SE Quadrangle Speedsville NE Quadrangle Speedsville NW Quadrangle Speedsville SE Quadrangle Speedsville SW Quadrangle Trumansburg NE Quadrangle Trumansburg SE Quadrangle Trumansburg SW Quadrangle West Danby NE Quadrangle West Danby NW Quadrangle West Danby SE Quadrangle West Danby SW Quadrangle West Groton NE Quadrangle West Groton NW Quadrangle West Groton SE Quadrangle West Groton SW Quadrangle Willseyville NE Quadrangle Willseyville NW Quadrangle Willseyville SE Quadrangle Willseyville SW Quadrangle None 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. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service State Soil Scientist mailing address

USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service

New York State Office

The Galleries of Syracuse, 5th Floor, Suite 354

441 South Salina Street

Syracuse NY 13202 315-477-6521 (202) 720-2600 steven.indrick@ny.usda.gov ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000 File Geodatabase Feature Class Attribute accuracy is tested by manual comparison of the source with hard copy plots and/or symbolized display of the map data on an interactive computer graphic system. Selected attributes that cannot be visually verified on plots or on screen are interactively queried and verified on screen. In addition, the attributes are tested against a master set of valid attributes. All attribute data conform to the attribute codes in the signed classification and correlation document and amendment(s). Certain node/geometry and topology GT- polygon/chain relationships are collected or generated to satisfy topological requirements (the GT-polygon corresponds to the soil delineation). Some of these requirements include: chains must begin and end at nodes, chains must connect to each other at nodes, chains do not extend through nodes, left and right GT-polygons are defined for each chain element and are consistent throughout, and the chains representing the limits of the file are free of gaps. The tests of logical consistency are performed using vendor software. All internal polygons are tested for closure with vendor software and are checked on hard copy plots. All data are checked for common soil lines (i.e., adjacent polygons with the same label). Edge locations generally do not deviate from centerline to centerline by more than 0.01 inch. The quadrangles in this survey are edge matched to quadrangles in adjacent SSURGO certified soil surveys, Cayuga County, Cortland County, Tioga County, Chemung County, Schuyler County, and Seneca County, New York and the survey area boundaries match. Most feature edges (polygon and line segments) match adjacent ones in the edge matched survey areas, however, most feature labels don't match the adjacent feature labels in edge matched surveys. Descriptive attributes (tabular information about the polygons and line segments) were developed specifically for each survey area. Although most don't match exactly, the descriptive attributes of most polygon and line segments in this survey are nearly the same as adjacent ones in edge matched soil surveys. A map unit is a collection of areas defined and named in terms of their soil components or miscellaneous areas or both. Each map unit differs in some respect from all others in a survey area and each map unit has a symbol that uniquely identifies the map unit on a soil map. Each individual area, point, or line so identified on the map is a delineation. Soil Scientists identify small areas of soils or miscellaneous areas that have properties and behavior significantly different than the named soils in the surrounding map unit. These minor components may be indicated as special features. If they have a minimal effect on use and management, or could not be precisely located, they may not be indicated on the map. A map unit has specified kinds of soils or miscellaneous areas (map unit components), each with a designated range in proportionate extent. Map units include one or more kinds of soil or miscellaneous area. Miscellaneous areas are areas that have little or no recognizable soil. Specific National Cooperative Soil Survey standards and procedures were used in the classification of soils, design and name of map units, and location of special soil features. These standards are outlined in Agricultural Handbook 18, Soil Survey Manual, 1993, USDA, NRCS; Agricultural Handbook 436, Soil Taxonomy, 1995, USDA, NRCS; and all Amendments; Keys to Soil Taxonomy, (current issue) USDA, NRCS; National Soil Survey Handbook, title 430-VI,(current issue) USDA, NRCS. The actual composition and interpretive purity of the map unit delineations were based on data collected by scientists during the course of preparing the soil maps. Adherence to National Cooperative Soil Survey standards and procedures is based on peer review, quality control, and quality assurance. Quality control is outlined in the memorandum of understanding for the soil survey area and in documents that reside with the Natural Resources Conservation Service state soil scientist. Four kinds of map units are used in soil surveys: consociations, complexes, associations, and undifferentiated groups. Consociations - Consociations are named for the dominant soil. In a consociation, delineated areas use a single name from the dominant component in the map unit. Dissimilar components are minor in extent. The soil component in a consociation may be identified at any taxonomic level. Soil series is the lowest taxonomic level. A consociation that is named as a miscellaneous area is dominantly that kind of area and minor components do not significantly affect the use of the map unit. The total amount of dissimilar inclusions of other components in a map unit generally does not exceed about 15 percent if limiting and 25 percent if nonlimiting. A single component of a dissimilar limiting inclusion generally does not exceed 10 percent if very contrasting. Complexes and associations - Complexes and associations consist of two or more dissimilar components that occur in a regularly repeating pattern. The total amount of other dissimilar components is minor extent. The following arbitrary rule determines whether complex or association is used in the name. The major components of an association can be separated at the scale of mapping. In either case, because the major components are sufficiently different in morphology or behavior, the map unit cannot be called a consociation. In each delineation of a complex or an association, each major component is normally present though their proportions may vary appreciably from one delineation to another. The total amount of inclusions in a map unit that are dissimilar to any of the major components does not exceed 15 percent if limiting and 25 percent if nonlimiting. A single kind of dissimilar limiting inclusion usually does not exceed 10 percent. Undifferentiated groups - Undifferentiated groups consist of two or more components that are not consistently associated geographically and, therefore, do not always occur together in the same map delineation. These components are included in the same named map unit because their use and management are the same or very similar for common uses. Generally they are grouped together because some common feature, such as steepness, stoniness, or flooding, determines their use and management. If two or more additional map units would serve no useful purpose, they may be included in the same unit. Each delineation has at least one of the major components, and some may have all of them. The same principles regarding the proportion of minor components that apply to consociations also apply to undifferentiated groups. The same principles regarding proportion of inclusion apply to undifferentiated groups as to consociations. Minimum documentation consists of three complete soil profile descriptions that are collected for each soil added to the legend, one additional per 3,000 acres mapped; three 10 observation transects for each map unit, one additional 10 point transect per 3,000 acres. A defined standard or level of confidence in the interpretive purity of the map unit delineations is attained by adjusting the kind and intensity of field investigations. Field investigations and data collection are carried out in sufficient detail to name map units and to identify accurately and consistently areas of about 4 acres. The accuracy of these digital data is based upon their compilation to base maps that meet National Map Accuracy Standards at a scale of 1 inch equals 1,000 feet. The difference in positional accuracy between the soil boundaries and special soil features locations in the field and their digitized map locations is unknown. The locational accuracy of soil delineations on the ground varies with the transition between map units. For example, on long gently sloping landscapes the transition occurs gradually over many feet. Where landscapes change abruptly from steep to level, the transition will be very narrow. Soil delineation boundaries and special soil features generally were digitized within 0.01 inch of their locations on the digitizing source. The digital map elements are edge matched between data sets. The data along each quadrangle edge are matched against the data for the adjacent quadrangle. Edge locations generally do not deviate from centerline to centerline by more than 0.01 inch. U.S Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service 1965 atlas Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office 20000 paper 1963 final correlation date SCS1 soil attributes and special feature locations U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service unpublished material map 20000 film 1963 final correlation date NRCS1 final publication negatives used to develop film positives U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service unpublished material remote sensing image 12000 film 1963 final correlation date NRCS2 source material for special soil features, soil polygons, and soil attributes U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service 1998 remote sensing image 12000 stable-base material 1994 1996 date aerial photography was flown NRCS3 base material for compilation and a reference for compilation of cultural features U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service 2004 map Fort Worth, Texas U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Cartography and Geospatial Center 24000 online 1943 1979 source material publication date NRCS4 source for county boundaries U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service unpublished material map 12000 stable-base material 1994 1996 date aerial photography was flown NRCS5 scanning and digitizing source U.S. Department of Agriculture 2006 tabular digital data Fort Collins, Colorado U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Information Technology Center online 2006 export certification date NRCS6 tabular data linked to spatial data U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service 2006 tabular digital data Fort Collins, Colorado U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service database 2006 2006 publication date NASIS attribute (tabular) information Tompkins County had a soil survey published in 1965, at 1:20000 scale. An evaluation was made of the soil survey in 2001. A determination was made that the survey is out of date, requiring extensive updates to map unit concepts and other information. The soil map unit delineations and map unit components are sufficiently accurate for some uses. withheld 2001 Ratioed film positives, at 1:12000 scale, were made from the publication annotation overlays. Soil map unit delineations, soil symbols and special soil features were manually compiled from the film positives to stable-base material registered to 3.75 minute orthophotographic quadrangles. Errors from the published soil survey were corrected and map unit boundaries were refined, as needed, to the orthophotographic quadrangles. withheld 2005 The National Soil Information System data base was developed by Natural Resources Conservation Service soil scientists according to national standards. withheld 2006 The compiled soil and feature overlays were mailed to the Wisconsin Digitizing Unit in Madison, Wisconsin. The 3.75 minute soil map unit delineation and label overlays were raster scanned by Midwest Graphics, Kenosha, Wisconsin at 250 dpi on an Intergraph Anatech scanner in tiff uncompressed format. The data were sent to the Wisconsin Digitizing Unit in Madison, Wisconsin. Four control points used, corresponded to the four corners on the 3.75 minute quadrangles were, used for registration during data collection. The tiff files were imported into ArcGIS 9.1 ArcMap. The tiff files were georeferenced in ArcMap. Using the raster cleanup tools, the tiff files were cleaned, edge-matched and vectorized to a polygon feature class. Using the label overlay tiff files as a back drop, the soil polygons were attributed and line and point features classes were digitized and labeled. A digital county boundary was added and soil lines were edgematched to the surrounding counties Using topology rules, errors were identified and corrected. The data were then exported to polygon, line, and point coverages using ArcCatalog. Next, the data were then projected to Geographic coordinates in decimal degrees and run through the 20040524 ReCert AMLs provided by NCGC and uploaded to the Soil Data Warehouse for archival and distribution. withheld 2005 The Natural Resources Conservation Service State Soil Scientist or delegate, upon completion of data quality verification, determined that the tabular data should be released for official use. A selected set of map units and components in the soil survey legend was copied to a staging database, and rating values for selected interpretations were generated. The list of selected interpretations is stored in the database table named sainterp. withheld 20060915 The Natural Resources Conservation Service State Soil Scientist or delegate verified that the labels on the digitized soil map units link to map units in the tabular database, and certified the joined data sets for release to the Soil Data Warehouse. A system assigned version number and date stamp were added and the data were copied to the data warehouse. The tabular data for the map units and components were extracted from the data warehouse and reformatted into the soil data delivery data model, then stored in the Soil Data Mart. The spatial data were copied to the Soil Data Mart without change. withheld 20060915 The tabular data were extracted from the data mart without change. The spatial data's coordinate system was transformed to State Plane New York Central (NAD83, meters) using ESRI ArcObjects 8.3 "ConvertFeatureClass" and exported to an ESRI shapefile. withheld 20060925 Metadata imported. withheld 20070614 14131800 Vector Simple Polygon FALSE 0 TRUE FALSE G-polygon 0 coordinate pair survey feet 0.000328 0.000328 Transverse Mercator 0.999938 -76.583333 40.000000 820208.333333 0.000000 North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137.000000 298.257222 GCS_North_American_1983 NAD_1983_StatePlane_New_York_Central_FIPS_3102_Feet Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates 0.000100 Soils Special Soil Features represent soil, miscellaneous area, or landform features that are too small to be digitized as soil delineations (area features). Agricultural Handbook 18, Soil Survey Manual, 1993, USDA, SCS. Feature Class 0 OBJECTID OBJECTID OID 4 0 0 Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Shape Geometry 0 0 0 Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. MUSYM MUSYM String 6 0 0 AREA AREA Double 8 0 0 SOILNAME SOILNAME String 8 0 0 CONSCODE CONSCODE Double 8 0 0 acres acres Double 8 0 0 NYImp NYImp String 50 0 0 Hectares Hectares Double 8 0 0 Full_Name Full_Name String 100 0 0 Permeability Permeability Double 8 0 0 Perm_depth Perm_depth Double 8 0 0 Water_Tbl_Min Water_Tbl_Min Double 8 0 0 Water_Tbl_Max Water_Tbl_Max Double 8 0 0 Slope_Min Slope_Min SmallInteger 2 0 0 Slope_Max Slope_Max SmallInteger 2 0 0 Depth2Water_min Depth2Water_min Double 8 0 0 Depth2Water_max Depth2Water_max Double 8 0 0 Drainage Drainage String 60 0 0 Erodibility Erodibility String 50 0 0 Slope_gt_15pct Slope_gt_15pct String 20 0 0 Hydric Hydric String 50 0 0 Hydro_Class Hydro_Class String 3 0 0 Woodland_Group Woodland_Group String 50 0 0 Erosion_Hazard Erosion_Hazard String 30 0 0 Woodlnd_pot_prod Woodlnd_pot_prod String 30 0 0 Woodlnd_drainage Woodlnd_drainage String 30 0 0 Shape_Length Shape_Length Double 8 0 0 Length of feature in internal units. ESRI Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. Shape_Area Shape_Area Double 8 0 0 Area of feature in internal units squared. ESRI Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. Limitation Limitation String 50 0 0 Capability Capability String 12 0 0 Map Unit Delineations are closed polygons that may be dominated by a single soil or miscellaneous area component plus allowable similar or dissimilar soils, or they can be geographic mixtures of groups of soils or soils and miscellaneous areas. The map unit symbol uniquely identifies each closed map unit delineation. Each symbol corresponds to a map unit name. The map unit key is used to link to information in the National Soil Information System tables. Map Unit Delineations are described by the National Soil Information System database. This attribute database gives the proportionate extent of the component soils and the properties for each soil. The database contains both estimated and measured data on the physical and chemical soil properties and soil interpretations for engineering, water management, recreation, agronomic, woodland, range, and wildlife uses of the soil. The National Soil Information System database contains static metadata. It documents the data structure and includes such information as what tables, columns, indexes, and relationships are defined as well as a variety of attributes of each of these database objects. Attributes include table and column descriptions and detailed domain information. The National Soil Information System database also contains a distribution metadata. It records the criteria used for selecting map units and components for inclusion in the set of distributed data. Special features are described in the feature table. It includes an area symbol, feature label, feature name, and feature description for each special and ad hoc feature in the survey area. Soil Taxonomy: A basic system of soil classification for making and interpreting soil surveys. Agricultural Handbook 436, 1999, USDA, SCS. Keys to Soil Taxonomy (current issue), USDA, SCS. National Soil Survey Handbook, Title 430-VI, part 647 (current issue), USDA, NRCS. Agricultural Handbook 18, Soil Survey Manual, 1993, USDA, SCS. Anno_5_7 Relationship U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Cartography and Geospatial Center mailing and physical address

501 West Felix Street, Building 23, P.O. Box 6567

Fort Worth Texas 76115 800 672 5559 202 720 2600 817 509 3469 Tompkins County, New York SSURGO Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the Agency regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. The U.S. Department of Agriculture will warrant the delivery of this product in computer readable format, and will offer appropriate adjustment of credit when the product is determined unreadable by correctly adjusted computer input peripherals, or when the physical medium is delivered in damaged condition. Request for adjustment of credit must be made within 90 days from the date of this shipment from the ordering site. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, nor any of its agencies are liable for misuse of the data, for damage, for transmission of viruses, or for computer contamination through the distribution of these data sets. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) ArcView shapefile spatial WinZip or equivalent 82.5 withheld Select desired survey area at above Internet Web site. An email address is required for receipt of instructions on retrieval via anonymous FTP. Anticipate a delay between submission of request at Web site and receipt of email message. ARC/INFO coverage spatial WinZip or equivalent 82.5 withheld Select desired survey area at above Internet Web site. An email address is required for receipt of instructions on retrieval via anonymous FTP. Anticipate a delay between submission of request at Web site and receipt of email message. ARC/INFO interchange file spatial WinZip or equivalent 82.5 withheld Select desired survey area at above Internet Web site. An email address is required for receipt of instructions on retrieval via anonymous FTP. Anticipate a delay between submission of request at Web site and receipt of email message. ASCII keys and attributes WinZip or equivalent 13.1 withheld Select desired survey area at above Internet Web site. An email address is required for receipt of instructions on retrieval via anonymous FTP. Anticipate a delay between submission of request at Web site and receipt of email message. There is currently no direct charge for requesting data or for retrieval via FTP. Visit the above mentioned Internet Web Site, select state or territory, then select individual soil survey area of interest. Spatial line data and locations of special feature symbols are in ESRI ArcGIS (ArcView,ArcInfo) shapefile, coverage and interchange (i.e., export) formats. The National Soil Information System attribute soil data are available in variable length, pipe delimited, ASCII file format. Typically within four hours 20091218 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service REQUIRED: The person responsible for the metadata information. State Soil Scientist mailing address

USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service

New York State Office

The Galleries of Syracuse, 5th Floor, Suite 354

441 South Salina Street

Syracuse NY 13202 315-477-6521 (202) 720-2600 steven.indrick@ny.usda.gov FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 en local time http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html ESRI Metadata Profile 20190329 11352400 FALSE 20091218 15341100 20091218 15341100 1.0 ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000 Soils -76.6965585782766 -76.23786360050562 42.62737658325785 42.26277242446203 1 -76.696702 -76.23634 42.627436 42.262367 1 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 soil survey area extent format and include a detailed, field verified inventory of soils and miscellaneous 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. 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. soilOpen to the Public: Original layer with metadata available on the <a href='https://cugir.library.cornell.edu/catalog/cugir-007919' target='_blank'>CUGIR site</a>. Please note that the data is also based on the 1965 soils layer available <a href='https://cugir.library.cornell.edu/catalog/cugir-007498' target='_blank'>here</a>.U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Tompkins County ITS. ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata DIS_ESRI1.0 dataset 002 withheld Local Area Network File Geodatabase Feature Class NAD_1983_StatePlane_New_York_Central_FIPS_3102_Feet 0 20091218