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Service Description: This service displays the Bulk Density Whole Soil theme from the GSM v0.5 based on Soil Survey Geographic Database (SSURGO) filled in with STATSGO2 for missing SSURGO data. The Bulk Density Whole Soil theme is displayed by three property values; high, low, and representative. Each value displays the depth range in cm.
Map Name: Layers13
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Bulk Density, Whole Soil, High Estimate (0)
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Bulk Density, Whole Soil H, Mg/sq. m., 0-5 cm depth (1)
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Bulk Density, Whole Soil H, Mg/sq. m., 5-15 cm depth (2)
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Bulk Density, Whole Soil H, Mg/sq. m., 15-30 cm depth (3)
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Bulk Density, Whole Soil H, Mg/sq. m., 30-60 cm depth (4)
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Bulk Density, Whole Soil H, Mg/sq. m., 60-100 cm depth (5)
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Bulk Density, Whole Soil H, Mg/sq. m., 100-200 cm depth (6)
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Bulk Density, Whole Soil H, Mg/sq. m., total depth prior to spline (7)
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Bulk Density, Whole Soil H, Mg/sq. m., depth available to root zone (8)
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Percent of Map Unit used for weighted avg whole soil fraction (9)
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Bulk Density, Whole Soil, Representative Estimate (10)
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Bulk Density, Whole Soil R, Mg/sq. m., 0-5 cm depth (11)
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Bulk Density, Whole Soil R, Mg/sq. m., 5-15 cm depth (12)
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Bulk Density, Whole Soil R, Mg/sq. m., 15-30 cm depth (13)
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Bulk Density, Whole Soil R, Mg/sq. m., 30-60 cm depth (14)
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Bulk Density, Whole Soil R, Mg/sq. m., 60-100 cm depth (15)
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Bulk Density, Whole Soil R, Mg/sq. m., 100-200 cm depth (16)
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Bulk Density, Whole Soil R, Mg/sq. m., total depth prior to spline (17)
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Bulk Density, Whole Soil R, Mg/sq. m., depth available to root zone (18)
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Percent of Map Unit used for weighted avg whole soil fraction (19)
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Bulk Density, Whole Soil, Low Estimate (20)
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Bulk Density, Whole Soil L, Mg/sq. m., 0-5 cm depth (21)
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Bulk Density, Whole Soil L, Mg/sq. m., 5-15 cm depth (22)
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Bulk Density, Whole Soil L, Mg/sq. m., 15-30 cm depth (23)
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Bulk Density, Whole Soil L, Mg/sq. m., 30-60 cm depth (24)
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Bulk Density, Whole Soil L, Mg/sq. m., 60-100 cm depth (25)
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Bulk Density, Whole Soil L, Mg/sq. m., 100-200 cm depth (26)
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Bulk Density, Whole Soil L, Mg/sq. m., total depth prior to spline (27)
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Bulk Density, Whole Soil L, Mg/sq. m., depth available to root zone (28)
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Percent of Map Unit used for weighted avg whole soil fraction (29)
Description: The bulk density (whole) table is designed to facilitate thematic mapping. The table is national in extent and can be
used in conjunction with the GSM Version 0.5 grid to map soil bulk density (whole) determined on whole soil sample.
The "h", "l", and "r" correspond to "high", "low" and "representative" property values.
The "l" represents the minimum low value of all the components within each map unit and is used as an approximate lower
confidence limit estimate for the map unit at each depth. For the lower estimate above the representative value "r" (due to
incomplete population of high and low values in SSURGO, and anomalies in the spline), the lower
estimate was set to null.
The "h" represents the maximum value of all the components within each map unit and is used as an approximate upper
confidence limit estimate for the map unit at each depth. For the upper estimate above the representative value "r" (due to
incomplete population of high and low values in SSURGO, and anomalies in the spline), the upper
estimate was set to null.
The table can be attached to the raster map layer data using the common "mukeyint" for spatial mapping. This table represents bulk density whole soil property.
Field | Description |
mukeyint: | Map unit identification key |
source: | SSURGO or STATSGO2 |
count30m: | Number of pixels in the map unit |
km2: | Area in km2 of map unit extent |
muname: | Descriptive map unit name |
mu_dbthirdbar_l_whole_g_cm3_000_005: | bulk density for whole soil for 0-5 cm soil thickness |
mu_dbthirdbar_l_whole_g_cm3_005_015: | bulk density for whole soil for 5-15 cm soil thickness |
mu_dbthirdbar_l_whole_g_cm3_015_030: | bulk density for whole soil for 15-30 cm soil thickness |
mu_dbthirdbar_l_whole_g_cm3_030_060: | bulk density for whole soil for 30-60 cm soil thickness |
mu_dbthirdbar_l_whole_g_cm3_060_100: | bulk density for whole soil for 60-100 cm soil thickness |
mu_dbthirdbar_l_whole_g_cm3_100_200: | bulk density for whole soil for 100-200 cm soil thicknessthickness |
mu_dbthirdbar_l_whole_g_cm3_000_999: | bulk density for whole soil for total soil thickness prior to spline |
mu_dbthirdbar_l_whole_g_cm3_rootzone: | bulk density for whole soil for total soil thickness available to root zone |
mu_sum_comppct_r_fix_dbthirdbar_l_whole: | Percent (by area) of map unit used for weighted average calculation for whole soil |
dbthirdbar units: | g per cm3 (g_cm3) |
Horizon values for each component (soil type) were selected only where the data were not missing and the component kind was not ‘Miscellaneous area’. Miscellaneous areas were excluded since they are dominantly occupied by non-soil materials. Major miscellanous areas include badlands, beaches, chutes, cinder lands, dams, dumps, dune lands, glaciers, gullied land, lava flows, mined lands, oil-waste land, pits, playas, riverwash, rock outcrop, rubble land, slickens, urban land and water. Detailed descriptions of each category can be found in the National Soil Survey Handbook, Part 627 - Legend Development and Data Collection, Subpart B - 627.10 (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. National soil survey handbook, title 430-VI [http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/ref/?cid=nrcs142p2_054242 (accessed 14 February 2018)]. The values for each soil type profile were fit with an equal-area continuous smoothing spline. (Bishop et al., 1999; Odgers et al., 2012) with a smoothing parameter, lambda, set at 0.1 for all properties. The generated spline was used to set property estimates at the GlobalSoilMap standard depth intervals (0-5 cm, 5-15 cm, 15-30 cm, 30-60 cm, 60-100 cm, and 100-200 cm, (GlobalSoilMap, 2012)). For instances where splined values exceeded the lower and upper bounds the property estimate was “capped” at the nearest sensible bound. The representative standard depth estimates for each profile (i.e. component or soil type), were weighted within each map unit (i.e. group of components mapped together), using the component percentage by area of the map unit as the weights. Miscellaneous areas (non-soil materials) did not contribute to the map unit weighted average so the weighted mean represents only the soils in each map unit. The remaining soil components were scaled to represent 100% of the map unit and weighted accordingly in the calculation of the map unit average. Values for map units dominated by non-soil material, or with more than 50% as ‘Miscellaneous area’ were set to null.
Use Limitations: This dataset is not designed for use as a primary regulatory tool in permitting or siting 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. Digital data files are
periodically updated. Files are dated, and users are responsible for obtaining the latest version of the data.
Scale Range: Maximum (zoomed in) 1:24,000, Minimum (zoomed out) 1:1,500,000
Citations: Bliss, N., Thompson, J., Hempel, J., Libohova, Z., 2017. GlobalSoilMap Version 0.5: Soil property maps from the State Soil geography (SSURGO) Database
filled in with General Soil Map Database (STATSG02) database for the lower 48 states, USA.
Purpose: Providing the public with a GSM v0.5 dbthirdbar theme service.
Creation Date: 2015
Publication Date: 20180410
Revision Date:
Refresh Cycle: Final product.
Version: 2.0.0
Change Log: Added high, low, and representative estimates. Description edits.
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Copyright Text: Soil Survey Staff - West Virginia University, Gridded GlobalSoilMap Property maps (GSM, Version 0.5) for conterminous United States, USDA-NRCS.
Spatial Reference:
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Single Fused Map Cache: false
Initial Extent:
XMin: -100.42972413406932
YMin: 28.051154563420738
XMax: -98.3543138540818
YMax: 33.02790370420715
Spatial Reference: 4326
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Full Extent:
XMin: -127.88791666665702
YMin: 22.877916666676636
XMax: -65.27458333332372
YMax: 51.60541666667662
Spatial Reference: 4326
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Title: Layers
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Comments: The bulk density (whole) table is designed to facilitate thematic mapping. The table is national in extent and can be
used in conjunction with the GSM Version 0.5 grid to map soil bulk density (whole) determined on whole soil sample.
The "h", "l", and "r" correspond to "high", "low" and "representative" property values.
The "l" represents the minimum low value of all the components within each map unit and is used as an approximate lower
confidence limit estimate for the map unit at each depth. For the lower estimate above the representative value "r" (due to
incomplete population of high and low values in SSURGO, and anomalies in the spline), the lower
estimate was set to null.
The "h" represents the maximum value of all the components within each map unit and is used as an approximate upper
confidence limit estimate for the map unit at each depth. For the upper estimate above the representative value "r" (due to
incomplete population of high and low values in SSURGO, and anomalies in the spline), the upper
estimate was set to null.
The table can be attached to the raster map layer data using the common "mukeyint" for spatial mapping. This table represents bulk density whole soil property.
<table><tr><th>Field</th><th>Description</th></tr>
<tr><td>mukeyint: </td><td>Map unit identification key</td></tr><tr><td>source: </td><td>SSURGO or STATSGO2</td></tr><tr><td>count30m: </td><td>Number of pixels in the map unit</td></tr><tr><td>km2: </td><td>Area in km2 of map unit extent</td></tr><tr><td>muname: </td><td>Descriptive map unit name</td></tr><tr><td>mu_dbthirdbar_l_whole_g_cm3_000_005: </td><td>bulk density for whole soil for 0-5 cm soil thickness</td></tr><tr><td>mu_dbthirdbar_l_whole_g_cm3_005_015: </td><td>bulk density for whole soil for 5-15 cm soil thickness</td></tr><tr><td>mu_dbthirdbar_l_whole_g_cm3_015_030: </td><td>bulk density for whole soil for 15-30 cm soil thickness</td></tr><tr><td>mu_dbthirdbar_l_whole_g_cm3_030_060: </td><td>bulk density for whole soil for 30-60 cm soil thickness</td></tr><tr><td>mu_dbthirdbar_l_whole_g_cm3_060_100: </td><td>bulk density for whole soil for 60-100 cm soil thickness</td></tr><tr><td>mu_dbthirdbar_l_whole_g_cm3_100_200: </td><td>bulk density for whole soil for 100-200 cm soil thicknessthickness</td></tr><tr><td>mu_dbthirdbar_l_whole_g_cm3_000_999: </td><td>bulk density for whole soil for total soil thickness prior to spline</td></tr><tr><td>mu_dbthirdbar_l_whole_g_cm3_rootzone: </td><td>bulk density for whole soil for total soil thickness available to root zone</td></tr><tr><td>mu_sum_comppct_r_fix_dbthirdbar_l_whole: </td><td>Percent (by area) of map unit used for weighted average calculation for whole soil</td></tr><tr><td>dbthirdbar units: </td><td>g per cm3 (g_cm3)</td></tr></table>
Horizon values for each component (soil type) were selected only where the data were not missing and the component kind was not ‘Miscellaneous area’. Miscellaneous areas were excluded since they are dominantly occupied by non-soil materials. Major miscellanous areas include badlands, beaches, chutes, cinder lands, dams, dumps, dune lands, glaciers, gullied land, lava flows, mined lands, oil-waste land, pits, playas, riverwash, rock outcrop, rubble land, slickens, urban land and water. Detailed descriptions of each category can be found in the National Soil Survey Handbook, Part 627 - Legend Development and Data Collection, Subpart B - 627.10 (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. National soil survey handbook, title 430-VI [http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/ref/?cid=nrcs142p2_054242 (accessed 14 February 2018)]. The values for each soil type profile were fit with an equal-area continuous smoothing spline. (Bishop et al., 1999; Odgers et al., 2012) with a smoothing parameter, lambda, set at 0.1 for all properties. The generated spline was used to set property estimates at the GlobalSoilMap standard depth intervals (0-5 cm, 5-15 cm, 15-30 cm, 30-60 cm, 60-100 cm, and 100-200 cm, (GlobalSoilMap, 2012)). For instances where splined values exceeded the lower and upper bounds the property estimate was “capped” at the nearest sensible bound. The representative standard depth estimates for each profile (i.e. component or soil type), were weighted within each map unit (i.e. group of components mapped together), using the component percentage by area of the map unit as the weights. Miscellaneous areas (non-soil materials) did not contribute to the map unit weighted average so the weighted mean represents only the soils in each map unit. The remaining soil components were scaled to represent 100% of the map unit and weighted accordingly in the calculation of the map unit average. Values for map units dominated by non-soil material, or with more than 50% as ‘Miscellaneous area’ were set to null.
<p><strong>Use Limitations: </strong>This dataset is not designed for use as a primary regulatory tool in permitting or siting 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. Digital data files are
periodically updated. Files are dated, and users are responsible for obtaining the latest version of the data.<br/>
<strong>Scale Range: </strong>Maximum (zoomed in) 1:24,000, Minimum (zoomed out) 1:1,500,000<br/>
<strong>Citations: </strong>Bliss, N., Thompson, J., Hempel, J., Libohova, Z., 2017. GlobalSoilMap Version 0.5: Soil property maps from the State Soil geography (SSURGO) Database
filled in with General Soil Map Database (STATSG02) database for the lower 48 states, USA.<br/>
<strong>Purpose: </strong>Providing the public with a GSM v0.5 dbthirdbar theme service.</strong><br/>
<strong>Creation Date: </strong>2015<br/>
<strong>Publication Date: </strong>20180410<br/>
<strong>Revision Date: </strong><br/>
<strong>Refresh Cycle: </strong>Final product.<br/>
<strong>Version: </strong>2.0.0<br/>
<strong>Change Log: </strong>Added high, low, and representative estimates. Description edits.<br/>
<strong><a href="mailto:usdanrcs@midatl.service-now.com?Subject=GEOSRV" target="_top">Report Service Errors</a></strong><br/>
<strong><a href="mailto:SoilsHotline@lin.usda.gov?Subject=Global Soils v0.5 on nrcsgeoservices " target="_top">Report Data Issues or Questions</a></strong><br/>
Subject: Bulk Density Whole Soil derived from Version 0.5 of GSM for United States based on SSURGO filled in with STATSGO2 for missing SSURGO data.
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Keywords: GlobalSoilMap,Soil,Properties,raster,gridded,soils,properties,dbthirdbar,standard,depths
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