Data Set Name

West Virginia Eastern Panhandle Metadata

Data Set Name(s):Soils

1 - Identification Information
Citation

Citation Information

Originator:USFWS, National Conservation Training Center Publication Date:200102 Title: Soils

Other Citation Details:

This state wide data coverage was downloaded from the National STATSGO data base data access web site. The shapefiles have been renamed; berk_soils.shp, morg_ soils.shp and Jeff_ soils.shp. The 3 shape files are located in the following directory structure X:/WV Eastern Panhandle/Soils/berk_soils.shp.

Online Linkage:

WV GIS Tec Center http://wvgis.wvu.edu/about.html NRCS STATSGO http://www.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/stat_data.html

Description

Abstract:

These polygon themes show the location and distribution of general soil types within the boundaries of Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan Counties, West Virginia.

Purpose:

The purpose of this data theme is to provide local conservation organizations, state natural resource agencies, local government, higher education institutions and all interested parties digital spatial information on the location of general soils types contained within the boundaries of Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan counties, West Virginia

Time Period of Content

Time Period Information:

Single Date/Time:: Calendar Date:1995

Currentness reference: ground condition

Status

Progress:Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency: No plans to maintain or update.

Spatial Domain

Bounding Coordinates:

West Bounding Coordinate: -78.47 East Bounding Coordinate: -77.72 North Bounding Coordinate: 39.70 South Bounding Coordinate: 39.13

Keywords

Theme:

Theme Keyword:Soils Theme Keyword:Soil type Theme Keyword:STATSGO

Place:

Place Keyword:West Virginia
Place Keyword:Jefferson County
Place Keyword: Berkeley County
Place Keyword:Morgan County
Place Keyword: Eastern Panhandle

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints See the NRCS metadata documentation on STATSGO

Browse Graphic Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan

2 - Data Quality Information See the NRCS metadata documentation on STATSGO or visit http://www.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/soils_data for more detailed information on this entire section.

Attribute Accuracy Logical Consistency Report Completeness Report Positional Accuracy

Lineage

Source Information

: Source Time Period of Content:

Source Currentness Reference: Ground Condition
Source Citation Abbreviation:SOILS Source Contribution:Base map of the location of soils

Source Information

Type of Source Media: On-line
Source Time Period of Content:
Process Step

Process Description:

This data set (wv.zip) was obtained from the National STATSGO Database, Data Access web site through West Virginia GIS Tec Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia. The state wide soils coverage was provided as an ArcInfo 7.0 coverage in the Albers Conic Equal Area map projection, North American Datum of 1927. For more detailed information on the Soils metadata and soils attribute information see the online linkage above. Once the theme was downloaded, it was unzipped and the coverage converted into a shapefile using the ArcView 3.2 Import71 conversion utility. The converted coverage was added to an existing ArcView 3.2 project and displayed into a new view. The new theme was then unprojected to decimal degrees and converted to the North American Datum 1983 using ArcView's projection utility wizard and the new theme renamed. The newly transformed state soils theme was brought into the existing view and displayed. Polygon boundary themes for Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan counties were added to the view. The county themes were overlaid on top of the soils theme. Next, the state wide soils theme was clipped using geopressing wizard with each county boundary theme. The clip resulted in three new individual soils shapefiles (berk_soils.shp, morg_soils.shp, jeff_soils.shp) for each county in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia.

Process date:200102

3 - Spatial Data Organization Information Direct Spatial Reference Method: Vector (Polygon)

4 - Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition:

Geographic

Geographic Coordinate Units: Decimal Degrees

Geodetic Model

Horizontal Datum Name:North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83) Ellipsoid Name:GRS80

5 - Entity and Attribute Overview Description

Entity and Attribute Overview:

The 6 attribute fields in this file contain information on the area, perimeter and soil codes.

Entity and Attribute Detail Citation:

See the NRCS metadata doucumentation on STATSGO or visit http://www.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/soils_data for more detailed information.

6 - Distribution Information
Distributor

Contact Organization Primary:

Contact Organization: USFWS, National Conservation Training Center, Technical Training Branch.

Contact Address:

Address Type: Mailing Address Address:Rt 1, Box 166, Shepherd Grade Road City: Shepherdstown State or Province: West Virginia Postal Code: 25443

Contact Voice - Telephone: (304) 876-7470
Contact Electronic Mail Address:mark_richardson@fws.gov

Distribution Liability See the NRCS metadata documentation on STATSGO or visit http://www.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/soils_data for more detailed information on Distribution Liability.

7 - Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date 20010320
Metadata Contact

Contact Information

Contact Person Primary: Contact Person: Mark Richardson
Contact Organization: USFWS, National Conservation Training Center
Contact Address:: Address Type: Mailing Address
Address:Rt 1, Box 166, Shepherd Grade Road
City: Shepherdstown
State or Province: West Virginia
Postal Code 25443
Contact Voice - Telephone: (304) 876-7470 Contact Electronic Mail Address:mark_richardson@fws.gov

Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geosptial Metadata.
Metadata Standard Version:20000421