Digital Overlay for Soils of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

United States Geological Survey's National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC), and Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)

Publication_Date: 20011217

Title: Digital Overlay for Soils of Jefferson 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 Jefferson 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: 19971001

Ending_Date: 20011214

Currentness_Reference: Publication date of sources

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Irregular

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.375

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -89.902

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.230

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 29.094

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: Jefferson Parish

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Temporal_Keyword: 2000

Access_Constraints:

It is strongly recommended that this data is directly acquired from the distributor described above or from another USGS Biological Resources Division server and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. The distributor makes no claims as to the data's suitability for other purposes.

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 Jefferson 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 Jefferson 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 Jefferson Parish is found in the Entity and Attribute Section. This includes current modifications for completeness with surrounding parishes. The entire legend for Jefferson Parish was converted from its existing number classification to a two letter classification that was best suited to correlate with all of its' surrounding parishes. Within the Entity and Attribute_Information the old code is indicated within parentheses. Within Jefferson'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 Jefferson Parish soil lines and legend are documented in a report to be stored with the state soils archive at the NRCS in Alexandria, Louisiana. Modifications to the Jefferson Parish legend other than the total classification conversion include the following: Added AQ, new addition requested by Louisiana's State Soil Scientist as an update; Added Dp, new addition requested by Louisiana's State Soil Scientist as an update; Added LV, new addition requested by Louisiana's State Soil Scientist as an update; Added FE, from Lafourche Parish replacing the "touching" FA(23); Added CE, from Plaquemine Parish replacing the "touching" LA(25); Added Ra, from Plaquemine Parish naming a new land addition; Added CR, from ST. Charles Parish where a line was extended into Jefferson Parish.

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: 19790101

Title: Soil Survey of Jefferson 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: 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 for Jefferson Parish were initially compiled by the NRCS, however the processes that follow were all performed at the NWRC. The compiled soil lines for each quadrangle were then digitized and/or scanned individually. All quadrangles were then appended, cleaned, joined together and labeled to form the body of the parish coverage. On-screen land-water interfaces for every quadrangle were constructed, utilizing digital orthophoto quarter quadrangles (DOQQ's) after the soil lines were digital. 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 Jefferson Parish.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: soil_code

Attribute_Definition: Codes for soil units

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Soil Survey for Jefferson 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: Ae (1)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Allemands Muck, Drained

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Soil Survey for Jefferson 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: AR (2)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Allemands Muck

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Soil Survey for Jefferson 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: AQ

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Aquents

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Louisiana State Soil Scientist: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA.

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: BB (4)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Barbary Muck

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Soil Survey for Jefferson 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: CE

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Clovelly Muck

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Soil Survey for Plaquemine 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: Cm (17)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Commerce Silt Loam

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Soil Survey for Jefferson 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: Co (6)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Commerce Silty Clay Loam

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Soil Survey for Jefferson 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: CR

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Convent and Commerce Soils, Frequently Flooded

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Soil Survey for St. Charles 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: CS (7)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Commerce and Sharkey Soils, Frequently Flooded

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Soil Survey for Jefferson 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: Dp

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Dumps

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Louisiana State Soil Scientist: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA.

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: FA (23)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Felicity Loamy Fine Sand, Occasionally Flooded

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Soil Survey for Jefferson 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: FE

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Felicity Loamy Fine Sand, Frequently Flooded

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Soil Survey for Lafourche 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: Ha (3)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Harahan Clay

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Soil Survey for Jefferson 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: Ka (11)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Kenner Muck, Drained

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Soil Survey for Jefferson 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: KE (8)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Kenner Muck

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Soil Survey for Jefferson 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: LA (25)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lafitte-Clovelly Association

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Soil Survey for Jefferson 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: LR (18)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Larose Muck

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Soil Survey for Jefferson 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: LV

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Levees

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Louisiana State Soil Scientist: NRCS, in cooperation with Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Alexandria, Louisiana, USDA.

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Ra

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Rita Mucky Clay

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Soil Survey for Plaquemine 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: SC (22)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Scatlake Muck

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Soil Survey for Jefferson 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: Sh (14)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sharkey Silty Clay Loam

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Soil Survey for Jefferson 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: Sk (13)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sharkey Clay

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Soil Survey for Jefferson 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: TM (24)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Timbalier-Scatlake Association

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Soil Survey for Jefferson 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: Va (16)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Vacherie Silt Loam, Gently Undulating

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Soil Survey for Jefferson 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: Ww (20)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Westwego Clay

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Soil Survey for Jefferson 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 Jefferson 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 22 quadrangles in Jefferson 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 Jefferson Parish.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

Soil Survey of Jefferson 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 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 Jefferson Parish

Distribution_Liability:

Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on 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 these data are directly acquired from a Biological Resources Division 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 these data. NWRC shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. So, these data are provided "as is" and without any express or implied warranties, including, without limitation, the implied warranties or merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Also, use of trade names or commercial products in this metadata is solely for the purpose of providing specific information, and does not imply recommendation or endorsement by the US Government. Any downloading and use of these data signifies a user's agreement to comprehension and compliance of the NWRC Standard Disclaimer. Insure all portions of metadata are read and clearly understood before using these data in order to protect both user and NWRC interests.

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: unknown

Fees: None, if available on-line

Custom_Order_Process: Not available

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20011214

Metadata_Review_Date: 20020102

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Joan C. Kester

Contact_Organization: USGS/BRD 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

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 337-266-8616

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: joan_kester@usgs.gov

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm CST Monday thru Friday

Metadata_Access_Constraints: None

Metadata_Use_Constraints:

Acknowledgement of the National Wetlands Research Center as the metadata source would be appreciated. Please cite the original metadata when using portions of the record to create a similar record of slightly altered data, such as reprojection.

Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998