Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: United States Geological Survey's National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC), and Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Publication_Date: 20000721 Title: Digital Overlay for Soils of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Vector Digital Data Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Lafayette, Louisiana, US Publisher: USGS BRD's National Wetlands Research Center Description: Abstract: This data set contains vector line map information. The vector data contain selected base categories of geographic features, and characteristics of these features, in digital form. The information was collected by digitizing and/or scanning soil information complied onto 7.5 minute quadrangle mylar sheets, creating an editable, digital soil coverage. The data set used 1:24000 scale hardcopy USGS standard quadrangle maps and the State Soil Survey of Lafayette Parish as a data development resource. The classified data was derived from actual field identification and sampling performed by the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), in Alexandria, Louisiana (formerly Soil Conservation Service). Digital data is available by Parish. The digital data is not Soil Survey Geographic database (SSURGO) certified. Purpose: To provide digital overlays of the soils of Louisiana by parish for the NRCS, that can be updated and used as a layer in a GIS application. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19990811 Ending_Date: 20000721 Currentness_Reference: Publication date of sources Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Irregular Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -92.285 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -91.906 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.500 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.035 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: Vector line data Theme_Keyword: Soils Theme_Keyword: Digital Data Theme_Keyword: ARC/INFO Theme_Keyword: NRCS Theme_Keyword: Parish Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Department of Commerce, 1990, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, its Possessions, and Associated Areas (Federal Information Processing Standard 6-4): Washington, Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology. Place_Keyword: Louisiana Place_Keyword: Louisiana Coastal Zone Place_Keyword: Lafayette Parish Temporal: Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Temporal_Keyword: 2000 Access_Constraints: Any downloading and use of this data signifies a user's agreement to comprehension and compliance of the NWRC Standard Data Liability Disclaimer (April 1997). Insure all portions of metadata are read and clearly understood before using this data in order to protect both user and NWRC interests. See section 6.3 Distribution Liability. It is strongly recommended that this data be directly acquired from a Biological Resource Division server, and not indirectly through other sources that may have changed the data in some way. Use_Constraints: Acknowledgment of the NWRC as a data source would be appreciated in products developed from this data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of this data. Sharing new data layers developed directly from this data would also be appreciated by NWRC staff. Users should be aware that comparisons with other data sets for the same area from other time periods might be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in photo interpretation, mapping conventions, and digital processes over time. This data is not a legal document and is not to be used as such. This data is not STATSGO or SSURGO certified. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: USGS BRD's National Wetlands Research Center Contact_Person: Steve Hartley Contact_Position: Senior Geographer/GIS Analyst Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address Address: 700 Cajundome Boulevard City: Lafayette State_or_Province: Louisiana Postal_Code: 70506 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 337-266-8543 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 337-266-8616 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: steve_hartley@usgs.gov Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm CST Monday through Friday Data_Set_Credit: The NWRC acknowledges the NRCS for use of data derived from the SSURGO soils maps for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. Native_Data_Set_Environment: Digitizing was performed in Production ARC/Edit, an adaptation of ARC/Edit module. Scanning was performed on the IDEAL, FSC 8010 Color Scanner utilizing CADImage_Scan+Feature version 1.0 software and I_Vector version 3.81 for vectorization. Editing and labeling was performed in ARC/INFO version 7+ and ArcView, version 3.x software. The computer operating system platform was UNIX and/or Windows NT. Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: The accuracy is not based on a formal quantitative assessment and was based on the judgement of the soil conservationist in the field. Ground truthing was not performed for this project. To attain a better estimate of accuracy, a formal re-evaluation of the soils of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana would be necessary to see if there are areas where discrepancies exist. Logical_Consistency_Report: All polygons are closed, and have been cleaned in an editing environment. Adjacent polygons do not have identical attributes. Each polygon has one and only one attribute. Completeness_Report: All data sets were derived in the same general format. All soil information was transferred onto transparent mylar sheets, for each topographic quadrangle in the parish, from the existing State Soils Survey for the parish. Mylar overlays were digitized (entered at an error of less than .005 for geographic positioning) and/or scanned then rectified. Each quadrangle mylar overlay was digitized and/or scanned separately and therefore may represent different amounts of human and/or equipment error. Parish coverage quadrangles land-water interfaces were corrected by best judgement on-screen digitizing to Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quadrangles (DOQQ's), if available. For parishes created before DOQQ's were available, the land-water interfaces were included on the mylar sheets. For parishes created after DOQQ's became available, the land-water interfaces were digitized on-screen separately from the soil lines; therefore they are not included on the mylar sheets. The land-water coverages and soil line coverages were then appended and cleaned to create the total quadrangle coverage. Each quadrangle was edited individually, and then all quadrangles in the parish were joined together. Once joined together, editing was done along all quadrangle boundaries to match lines and labels. When line or label errors were found, all corrections were made upon approval of the NRCS. Problems with labeling occurred along adjoining parish boundaries, due to different labeling conventions in each parish. A standard labeling convention system for the whole state of Louisiana must be created to remedy the problem. Until this standard is developed, the following labeling tactics have been used. New labels were created for parish coverages in order to match labels for adjoining parishes. Changes were dependent upon soil definition, polygon size, and cases of duplication problems. A duplication problem means the label already existed in the parish coverage and is a different unit altogether and therefore can not be added to that legend. New labels were also created when new lines were needed to reduce confusion. Lines were added in special cases: 1) if it was advantageous to extend an unit a small portion into the next parish, rather than renaming the whole polygon; and 2) if the two units adjoining are similar, differing only in transitional phase, then a line was added at the most logical area of transition, aided by imagery, in order to keep the two units separate. New labels were created in the coverages which the line was added as long as there was not duplication problems. If major complications occurred when trying to add labels, these areas were left as is, waiting for a standard soil convention. These problems can be fixed after a standard Louisiana State soil code convention is established. The attribute legend for Lafayette Parish is found in the Entity and Attribute Section. This includes current modifications for completeness with surrounding parishes. The entire legend for Lafayette Parish was converted from its existing number classification to a three letter classification that was best suited to compile with all of its' surrounding parishes. Within the Entity and Attribute_Information the old code is indicated within parentheses. Within Lafayette's digital coverage attribute table a separate column was added, "old_code", for reference and documentation of these soil code changes. All changes to the Lafayette Parish soils lines and legend are documented in a report to be stored with the state soils archives at the NRCS in Alexandria, LA. Modifications to the Lafayette Parish legend other than the total classification conversion include the following: added CaA, from St. Martin and Iberia Parishes replacing the "touching" FoA(9); Added DuB, from Acadia Parish replacing the "touching" CoB(6); Added MpB, from St. Martin, for new "touching" polygons created. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Not applicable Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Not applicable Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), in cooperation with the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station. Publication_Date: Unknown Title: Soil delineated aerial photography Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Remote-sensing image Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Alexandria, Louisiana Publisher: USDA, NRCS Type_of_Source_Media: Stable-based Material Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000 Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19700101 Ending_Date: 19900101 Source_Currentness_Reference: Date of source material Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USDA Map Source_Contribution: Spatial and Attribute information for soil units. Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: USDA, NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Publication_Date: 19770901 Title: Soil Survey of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Document Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Alexandria, Louisiana Publisher: USDA, NRCS Source_Scale_Denominator: 20000 Type_of_Source_Media: Paper Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19700101 Ending_Date: 19900101 Source_Currentness_Reference: Date of source material Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USDA, NRCS Source_Contribution: Secondary attribute information for soil units. Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Earth Observation Satellite Company (EOSAT) Publication_Date: 19930101 Title: 1993 Landsat TM Imagery Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Color Digital Imagery (Raster) Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Lanham, MD Publisher: EOSAT Type_of_Source_Media: Digital Imagery Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 19930101 Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date of Image Source_Citation_Abbreviation: EOSAT Source_Contribution: Data for land cover/land use classification Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Satellite Pour L'Observation de la Terre (SPOT) Publication_Date: 19900101 - 19950101 Title: SPOT Imagery Edition: 1990-95 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Black and White Digital Imagery (Raster) Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Toulouse, France Publisher: Satellite Pour L'Observation de la Terre (SPOT) Type_of_Source_Media: Digital Imagery Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19900101 Ending_Date: 19950101 Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication date of Image Source_Citation_Abbreviation: SPOT Source_Contribution: Data for land cover/land use classification Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: National Digital Orthophoto Program (NDOP). Publication_Date: 19981125 Title: Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quadrangles (DOQQ) Edition: 1996 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Color Digital Imagery (Raster) Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Fort Worth, Texas Publisher: USDA, NRCS, and National Cartography and Geospatial Center. Type_of_Source_Media: Digital Imagery Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19980110 Ending_Date: 19981125 Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication date of Image Source_Citation_Abbreviation: DOQQ Source_Contribution: Data for land cover/land use classification Process_Step: Process_Description: The following is a generalized description of the processes used in creating the parish soil digital coverages for Louisiana. Data for some parish soil maps may vary slightly. The data set was compiled by taking the original soil lines drawn over aerial photography by NRCS and transferring them to 7.5 minute quadrangle mylar sheets with a scale of 1:24,000 aided by the most accurate and available imagery. Soil lines were compiled by NRCS until 19990501, compilation after this date was performed at the NWRC, first utilizing TM/Spot merge imagery for a short period until digital orthophoto quarter quadrangles (DOQQ's) became available. When DOQQ's became available, on-screen land-water interfaces for every quadrangle were constructed before soil lines were compiled. Soil lines were compiled over DOQQ imagery including the digital land-water interface lines for reference. Soil lines for each quadrangle were then digitized and/or scanned individually and appended to their corresponding land-water interface coverage. All quadrangles once appended and cleaned were joined together to form a single parish coverage. For parishes where land/water interface lines were created over TM/SPOT merge land cover imagery, actual aerial photography was referred to for questionable areas. DOQQ imagery is the main backdrop utility for most coverages, except for those parishes created before 20000101 or where DOQQ's are still not available, in which case TM/SPOT Merge was utilized. On-screen and tablet digitizing was done using Production ARC/Edit, an adaptation of ESRI's ARC/Edit module. Scanning was performed on the IDEAL, FSC 8010 Color Scanner utilizing CADImage_Scan+Feature version 1.0 software and I_Vector version 3.81 for vectorization. The ARC/EDIT module was used for coverage generation with geospatial data, building, cleaning, and joining coverages. Polygons were assigned attributes, as labels, in ARCVIEW. The information is stored both as an ARC/INFO coverage and an exported .e00 compression file. Process_Date: 1998 Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Indirect_Spatial_Reference: The State of Louisiana Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Grid_Coordinate_System: Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator Universal_Transverse_Mercator: UTM_Zone_Number: 15 Transverse_Mercator: Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -93 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0 False_Easting: 500,000 False_Northing: 0 Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: .9996 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Coordinate Pair Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: .61 Ordinate_Resolution: .61 Planar_Distance_Units: Meters Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: Soils Entity_Type_Definition: A natural, three-dimensional body at the earth's surface. It is capable of supporting plants and has properties resulting from the integrated effect of climate and living matter acting on earthy parent material, as conditioned by relief over periods of time. Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USDA, NRCS, and Soil Survey of Lafayette Parish. Attribute: Attribute_Label: soil_code Attribute_Definition: Codes for soil units Attribute_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: AcA (1) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Acy Silt Loam Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: BaA (2) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Baldwin Silty Clay Loam Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: BSA (3) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Basile Soils, Frequently Flooded Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: CaA Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Calhoun Silt Loam Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for St. Martin Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: CoA (5) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Coteau Silt Loam, 0 To 1 Percent Slopes Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: CoB (6) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Coteau Silt Loam, 1 To 3 Percent Slopes Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: CtB (4) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Coteau-Frost Complex, Gently Undulating Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: CwA (7) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Crowley Silt Loam Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: DuB Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Duson Silt Loam, 1 To 3 Percent Slopes Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for Acadia Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: FAA (8) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Fausse Association Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: FoA (9) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Frost Silt Loam Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: FrA (10) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Frost Soils, Occasionally Flooded Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: GaA (11) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Gallion Silt Loam Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: HaA (14) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Haplaquolls, Occasionally Flooded Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: IbA (12) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Iberia Silty Clay Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: JeA (13) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Jeanerette Silt Loam Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: JuA (21) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Judice Silty Clay Loam Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: MbA (17) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Memphis Silt Loam, 0 TO 1 Percent Slopes Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: MbC (18) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Memphis Silt Loam, 1 TO 5 Percent Slopes Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: MhD (19) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Memphis Silt Loam, 5 TO 8 Percent Slopes Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: MpB Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Memphis-Frost Complex, Gently Undulating Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for St. Martin Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: MwA (22) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Mowata-Frost Complex Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: PaA (23) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Patoutville Silt Loam Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: ShA (24) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sharkey Clay Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: SkA (25) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sharkey Clay, Frequently Flooded Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: UDA (26) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Udifluvents, Loamy Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: water Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: water Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Soil Survey for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA. Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: The data set consists of vectored data for the 11 quadrangles in Lafayette Parish. Each polygon in the coverage has been assigned a corresponding soil code. The Parish's quadrangles can be found in the "Louisiana Index to topographic and other Map Coverage", published and distributed by the USGS, National Mapping Program. The description of soil codes can be found in the Soil Survey of Lafayette Parish. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Soil Survey of Lafayette Parish, published by the USDA, NRCS, and the Louisiana Index to topographic and other Map Coverage, Published and distributed by the USGS, National Mapping Program. Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: USGS BRD's National Wetlands Research Center Contact_Person: Steve Hartley Contact_Position: Senior Geographer/GIS Analyst Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address: 700 Cajundome Blvd. City: Lafayette State_or_Province: Louisiana Postal_Code: 70506 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 337-266-8543 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 337-266-8616 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: steve_hartley@usgs.gov Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm CST Monday through Friday Resource_Description: NRCS Soil Maps for Lafayette Parish Distribution_Liability: Although this data has been processed successfully on a computer system at the USGS, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data or any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended that this data is directly acquired from a USGS server, and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with this data. The USGS shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: ARCE Format_Version_Number: 7.1.0 File_Decompression_Technique: ARC/INFO .e00 compression file Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://sdms.nwrc.gov Fees: None, if available on-line Custom_Order_Process: Not available Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20000727 Metadata_Review_Date: 20000915 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Joan C. Kester Contact_Organization: USGS BRD's National Wetlands Research Center Contact_Position: Geographer Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address Address: 700 Cajundome Blvd City: Lafayette State_or_Province: LA Postal_Code: 70506 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 337-266-8611