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<metadata>
<idinfo>
<citation>
<citeinfo>
<origin>
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
</origin>
<pubdate>20051018</pubdate>
<title>
Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for Douglas County,
Wisconsin
</title>
<pubinfo>
<pubplace>Fort Worth, Texas</pubplace>
<publish>
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
</publish>
</pubinfo>
<othercit>wi031</othercit>
<onlink>URL:http://www.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/ssur_data.html</onlink>
</citeinfo>
</citation>
<descript>
<abstract>
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.
</abstract>
<purpose>
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.
</purpose>
<supplinf>
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.
</supplinf>
</descript>
<timeperd>
<timeinfo>
<rngdates>
<begdate>20051018</begdate>
<enddate>20051018</enddate>
</rngdates>
</timeinfo>
<current>publication date</current>
</timeperd>
<status>
<progress>Complete</progress>
<update>As needed</update>
</status>
<spdom>
<bounding>
<westbc>-92.293</westbc>
<eastbc>-91.551</eastbc>
<northbc>46.757</northbc>
<southbc>46.157</southbc>
</bounding>
</spdom>
<keywords>
<theme>
<themekt>None</themekt>
<themekey>soil survey</themekey>
<themekey>soils</themekey>
<themekey>Soil Survey Geographic</themekey>
<themekey>SSURGO</themekey>
</theme>
<place>
<placekt>USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)</placekt>
<placekey>Wisconsin</placekey>
<placekey>Douglas</placekey>
<placekey>Oulu OE N Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Esko Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>West Duluth Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Superior Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Parkland Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Poplar NE Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Cloverland Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Oulu Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Frogner Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Borea Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Sunnyside Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>South Range Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Poplar Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Lake Nebagamon Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Brule Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Foxboro Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Patzau Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Amnicon Lake Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Lyman Lake Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Bennett Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Lake Minnesuing Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Island Lake Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Black Lake Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Moose Junction Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Empire Swamp Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Buckety Creek Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Solon Springs Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Metzger Lake Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Ellison Lake Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Cloverton Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Dairyland Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Scovils Lake Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Minong Flowage Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Gordon Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Chittamo Quadrangle</placekey>
<placekey>Chittamo NE Quadrangle</placekey>
</place>
</keywords>
<accconst>None</accconst>
<useconst>
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.
</useconst>
<ptcontac>
<cntinfo>
<cntorgp>
<cntorg>
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resources Conservation Service
</cntorg>
</cntorgp>
<cntpos>State Soil Scientist</cntpos>
<cntaddr>
<addrtype>mailing address</addrtype>
<address>USDA, NRCS</address>
<address>8030 Excelsior Drive, Suite 200</address><city>Madison</city>
<state>WI</state>
<postal>53717</postal>
</cntaddr>
<cntvoice>608-662-4422 ext 275</cntvoice>
<cnttdd>202 720 2600</cnttdd>
<cntfax>608-662-4429</cntfax>
<cntemail>don.fehrenbacher@wi.usda.gov</cntemail></cntinfo>
</ptcontac>
</idinfo>
<dataqual>
<attracc>
<attraccr>
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).
</attraccr>
</attracc>
<logic>
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 survey, Bayfield, Burnett, and Washburn
Counties, Wisconsin, and the survey area boundaries match.

All feature edges (polygon and line segments) match adjacent ones
in the edge matched survey areas, and all feature labels 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 and are an
exact match.  All line segments in this survey are an exact match to
adjacent ones in edge matched soil surveys.
</logic>
<complete>
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.
</complete>
<posacc>
<horizpa>
<horizpar>
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.
</horizpar>
</horizpa>
</posacc>
<lineage>
<srcinfo>
<srccite>
<citeinfo>
<origin>U.S. Geological Survey</origin>
<pubdate>1992</pubdate>
<title>
aerial photography from the National Aerial Photography
Program (contact prints with fiducials)
</title>
<geoform>remote-sensing image</geoform>
<pubinfo>
<pubplace>Reston, Virginia</pubplace>
<publish>U.S. Geological Survey</publish>
</pubinfo>
</citeinfo>
</srccite>
<srcscale>40000</srcscale>
<typesrc>paper</typesrc>
<srctime>
<timeinfo>
<sngdate>
<caldate>1992</caldate>
</sngdate>
</timeinfo>
<srccurr>date aerial photography was flown</srccurr>
</srctime>
<srccitea>USGS1</srccitea>
<srccontr>source for soils mapping for Clay Plain</srccontr>
</srcinfo>
<srcinfo>
<srccite>
<citeinfo>
<origin>
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation Service
</origin>
<pubdate>1992</pubdate>
<title>enlarged aerial photography</title>
<geoform>remote-sensing image</geoform>
<pubinfo>
<pubplace>Salt Lake City, Utah</pubplace>
<publish>
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation Service, Aerial Photography
Field Office
</publish>
</pubinfo>
</citeinfo>
</srccite>
<srcscale>12000</srcscale>
<typesrc>paper</typesrc>
<srctime>
<timeinfo>
<sngdate>
<caldate>1992</caldate>
</sngdate>
</timeinfo>
<srccurr>date aerial photography was flown</srccurr>
</srctime>
<srccitea>ASCS1</srccitea>
<srccontr>source for field mapping in Brule River State Forest</srccontr>
</srcinfo>
<srcinfo>
<srccite>
<citeinfo>
<origin>
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation Service
</origin>
<pubdate>1998</pubdate>
<title>enlarged aerial photography</title>
<geoform>remote-sensing image</geoform>
<pubinfo>
<pubplace>Salt Lake City, Utah</pubplace>
<publish>
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation Service, Aerial Photography
Field Office
</publish>
</pubinfo>
</citeinfo>
</srccite>
<srcscale>12000</srcscale>
<typesrc>paper</typesrc>
<srctime>
<timeinfo>
<sngdate>
<caldate>1998</caldate>
</sngdate>
</timeinfo>
<srccurr>date aerial photography was flown</srccurr>
</srctime>
<srccitea>ASCS2</srccitea>
<srccontr>source for field mapping in rest of Douglas County</srccontr>
</srcinfo>
<srcinfo>
<srccite>
<citeinfo>
<origin>
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resources Conservation Service
</origin>
<pubdate>unpublished material</pubdate>
<title>ortho-rectified soil delineations</title>
<geoform>raster digital data</geoform>
</citeinfo>
</srccite>
<srcscale>20000</srcscale>
<typesrc>online</typesrc>
<srctime>
<timeinfo>
<rngdates>
<begdate>2003</begdate>
<enddate>2005</enddate>
</rngdates>
</timeinfo>
<srccurr>final correlation date</srccurr>
</srctime>
<srccitea>NRCS1</srccitea>
<srccontr>source for rectification for Clay Plain</srccontr>
</srcinfo>
<srcinfo>
<srccite>
<citeinfo>
<origin>
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
</origin>
<pubdate>unknown</pubdate>
<title>
30 meter Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) National Elevation
Dataset
</title>
<geoform>model</geoform>
<pubinfo>
<pubplace>Fort Worth, Texas</pubplace>
<publish>
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, National Cartography and
Geospatial Center
</publish>
</pubinfo>
</citeinfo>
</srccite>
<srcscale>24000</srcscale>
<typesrc>online</typesrc>
<srctime>
<timeinfo>
<rngdates>
<begdate>unknown</begdate>
<enddate>unknown</enddate>
</rngdates>
</timeinfo>
<srccurr>publication date</srccurr>
</srctime>
<srccitea>NRCS2</srccitea>
<srccontr>source for orthorectification process in OrthoMapper</srccontr>
</srcinfo>
<srcinfo>
<srccite>
<citeinfo>
<origin>
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resources Conservation Service
</origin>
<pubdate>unpublished material</pubdate>
<title>3.75 minute annotated soil delineation overlays</title>
<geoform>map</geoform>
</citeinfo>
</srccite>
<srcscale>12000</srcscale>
<typesrc>stable-base material</typesrc>
<srctime>
<timeinfo>
<rngdates>
<begdate>1995</begdate>
<enddate>1996</enddate>
</rngdates>
</timeinfo>
<srccurr>dates of field mapping</srccurr>
</srctime>
<srccitea>NRCS3</srccitea>
<srccontr>
scanning and digitizing source of Brule River State
Forest
</srccontr>
</srcinfo>
<srcinfo>
<srccite>
<citeinfo>
<origin>
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
</origin>
<pubdate>1994</pubdate>
<title>3.75 minute analog orthophotographic quadrangles</title>
<geoform>remote-sensing image</geoform>
<pubinfo>
<pubplace>Fort Worth, Texas</pubplace>
<publish>
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resources Conservation Service, National Cartography
and Geospatial Center
</publish>
</pubinfo>
</citeinfo>
</srccite>
<srcscale>12000</srcscale>
<typesrc>stable-base material</typesrc>
<srctime>
<timeinfo>
<sngdate>
<caldate>1992</caldate>
</sngdate>
</timeinfo>
<srccurr>date aerial photography was flown</srccurr>
</srctime>
<srccitea>NRCS4</srccitea>
<srccontr>
source material for annotated soil delineations
overlays in Brule River State Forest
</srccontr>
</srcinfo>
<srcinfo>
<srccite>
<citeinfo>
<origin>
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
</origin>
<pubdate>1998</pubdate>
<title>3.75 minute digital orthophotographic quadrangles</title>
<geoform>remote-sensing image</geoform>
<pubinfo>
<pubplace>Fort Worth, Texas</pubplace>
<publish>
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resources Conservation Service, National Cartography
and Geospatial Center
</publish>
</pubinfo>
</citeinfo>
</srccite>
<srcscale>12000</srcscale>
<typesrc>stable-base material</typesrc>
<srctime>
<timeinfo>
<sngdate>
<caldate>1998</caldate>
</sngdate>
</timeinfo>
<srccurr>date aerial photography was flown</srccurr>
</srctime>
<srccitea>NRCS5</srccitea>
<srccontr>
source of control points and rectification
process for OrthoMapper TM for rest of Douglas County
</srccontr>
</srcinfo>
<srcinfo>
<srccite>
<citeinfo>
<origin>
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resources Conservation Service
</origin>
<pubdate>unpublished material</pubdate>
<title>soil delineation overlays</title>
<geoform>map</geoform>
</citeinfo>
</srccite>
<srcscale>12000</srcscale>
<typesrc>stable-base material</typesrc>
<srctime>
<timeinfo>
<rngdates>
<begdate>2003</begdate>
<enddate>2005</enddate>
</rngdates>
</timeinfo>
<srccurr>dates of field mapping</srccurr>
</srctime>
<srccitea>NRCS6</srccitea>
<srccontr>
soil delineations for OrthoMapper TM process for rest
of Douglas County
</srccontr>
</srcinfo>
<srcinfo>
<srccite>
<citeinfo>
<origin>
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resources Conservation Service
</origin>
<pubdate>unpublished material</pubdate>
<title>soil delineation overlays</title>
<geoform>map</geoform>
</citeinfo>
</srccite>
<srcscale>20000</srcscale>
<typesrc>stable-base material</typesrc>
<srctime>
<timeinfo>
<rngdates>
<begdate>2003</begdate>
<enddate>2005</enddate>
</rngdates>
</timeinfo>
<srccurr>dates of field mapping</srccurr>
</srctime>
<srccitea>NRCS7</srccitea>
<srccontr>
soil delineations for OrthoMapper TM process in Clay
Plain
</srccontr>
</srcinfo>
<srcinfo>
<srccite>
<citeinfo>
<origin>
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resources Conservation Service
</origin>
<pubdate>unpublished material</pubdate>
<title>soil delineation overlays</title>
<geoform>map</geoform>
</citeinfo>
</srccite>
<srcscale>12000</srcscale>
<typesrc>stable-base material</typesrc>
<srctime>
<timeinfo>
<rngdates>
<begdate>2003</begdate>
<enddate>2005</enddate>
</rngdates>
</timeinfo>
<srccurr>dates of field mapping</srccurr>
</srctime>
<srccitea>NRCS8</srccitea>
<srccontr>
soil delineations for OrthoMapper TM process in
Minnesota border area
</srccontr>
</srcinfo>
<srcinfo>
<srccite>
<citeinfo>
<origin>
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
</origin>
<pubdate>2002</pubdate>
<title>Digital Raster Graphic Mosaic of Douglas County, Wisconsin</title>
<geoform>map</geoform>
<pubinfo>
<pubplace>Fort Worth, Texas</pubplace>
<publish>
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, National Cartography and Geospatial
Center
</publish>
</pubinfo>
</citeinfo>
</srccite>
<srcscale>24000</srcscale>
<typesrc>online</typesrc>
<srctime>
<timeinfo>
<rngdates>
<begdate>Unknown</begdate>
<enddate>Unknown</enddate>
</rngdates>
</timeinfo>
<srccurr>source maps</srccurr>
</srctime>
<srccitea>NRCS9</srccitea>
<srccontr>source for county boundary</srccontr>
</srcinfo><srcinfo>
<srccite>
<citeinfo>
<origin>
U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Natural Resources Conservation Service
</origin>
<pubdate>2005</pubdate>
<title>National Soil Information System (NASIS) data base</title>
<geoform>tabular digital data</geoform>
<pubinfo>
<pubplace>Fort Collins, Colorado</pubplace>
<publish>
U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Natural Resources Conservation Service
</publish>
</pubinfo>
</citeinfo>
</srccite>
<typesrc>database</typesrc>
<srctime>
<timeinfo>
<rngdates>
<begdate>2005</begdate>
<enddate>2005</enddate>
</rngdates>
</timeinfo>
<srccurr>publication date</srccurr>
</srctime>
<srccitea>NASIS</srccitea>
<srccontr>attribute (tabular) information</srccontr>
</srcinfo>
<procstep>
<procdesc>
For the area known as the Brule River State
Forest, soil map unit delineations and special soil features
were manually compiled by the soils staff at the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation
Service, Ashland, Wisconsin Field Office to stable-base
overlays registered to 1:12000 scale, 3.75 minute
orthophotographic quadrangles. The 3.75 minute annotated soil
delineation overlays were raster scanned by Midwest Graphics,
Kenosha, Wisconsin at 250 dpi on an Intergraph Anatech scanner
in rlc format.  Four control points corresponding to the four
corners on the 3.75 minute quadrangle were used for
registration during data collection.  The data were sent to the
WIDU.  The editing, labeling, edge matching and vector
conversion were done in LT4X Version 4.0.  The special features
were manually captured on a digitizing tablet from the scanning
source in LT4X Version 4.0 at a resolution of at least 0.01
inch.
</procdesc>
<srcused>ASCS1, NRCS3, NRCS4</srcused>
<procdate>1997</procdate>
</procstep>
<procstep>
<procdesc>
For the area known as the Northern Clay
Plain, soil line and special feature delineations were mapped
on 9&#246; x 9&#246; aerial photo contact prints.  Soil lines and
features were then traced to a stable base material and tic
marks were added to match ones on the aerial photos.  The 9x9
photos and soil line overlays were geo-rectified using
OrthoMapper TM software.  The following is the data required
for the OrthoMapper TM process: contact prints with fiducials,
30 meter Digital Elevation Model (DEMs), digital 3.75 minute
orthophotographs, and soil delineation overlays.  All the data
was ortho-rectified using May of 1992 digital 3.75 minute
orthophotography.  The data was sent to the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Digitizing
Unit, Madison, Wisconsin (WIDU).  Rectified soil lines were
then merged together using LT4X 4.1 and LT2000 2.0 into a
seamless polygon data set, and given attribute data.  The
special features were manually digitized using the field sheets
and ortho-rectified soil delineations in LT4X Version 4.1.1 at
a resolution of at least 0.01 inch
</procdesc>
<srcused>
USGS1, NRCS1, NRCS2, NRCS5,
NRCS7
</srcused>
<procdate>2005</procdate>
</procstep>
<procstep>
<procdesc>
For the western edge of Douglas County,
comprising of quarter quads, Foxboro NE and SE, Black Lake NE
and SE, and Cloverton NE and SE, digital ortho imagery from
1992 were used in the digitizing process.  The OrthoMapper TM
and 3D-Mapper processes were used.  Using the 3D-mapper
software, soil lines, soil label points, and special feature
points and lines were digitized onscreen with the use of
digital orthophotographs and a 30 meter DEM.  The rest of the
area was rectified using the OrthoMapper TM software.  Both
OrthoMapper TM and 3dMapper digital files were then sent to
the Madison Digitizing Unit for additional processing and the
labeling of soil polygons as well at the digitizing and
labeling of the special point and line feature using ArcGIS 8.3
</procdesc>
<srcused>NRCS2, NRCS5, NRCS8</srcused>
<procdate>2005</procdate>
</procstep>
<procstep>
<procdesc>
For the rest of Douglas County, not
including the Clay Plain, the Brule River State Forest or the
Southwestern edge along the Minnesota border, the digital soil
lines were rectified with either OrthoMapper TM or 3D-Mapper
softwares using April of 1998 ortho imagery and a 1998 DEM.  Once
all the rectified soil lines were created, the data was sent to
the WIDU.  At the WIDU the special feature points and lines for
this area were digitized and labeled.  At that point the soil
lines from all four areas in Douglas County were merged together
into one seemless soil line polygon map using ArcGIS 8.3.  The
same was done for the special feature points and lines.  The
county boundary was replaced with one digitized from the Douglas County
mosaic DRG and with digital ortho for areas of shoreline.  At this
time all datasets were checked for topology and labeling errors
and then corrected.  A 100 percent pen plot review of the soils
and special soil features was done by the soils staff at the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation
Service, Spooner, Wisconsin Field Office.  A ten percent quality
assurance review was done of the soils and special soils features
by the Project Leader at the Spooner Wisconsin Field Office on
behalf of the St. Paul, Minnesota, Major Land Resource Office.
The soils and special soils features data were then exported from
ArcGIS 8.3 feature classes to Arc/Info coverages.  Additional
temperal edits, by a senior soil scientist at the WIDU, were made
addressing water, miscellaneous water, pits, and landfills using
digital 3.75 minute orthophotography and USGS DRG&#198;s for
reference.  Then the data) were evaluated with the May 2004
ARC/INFO SSURGO Evaluation AMLs provided by U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National
Cartography and Geospatial Center, Fort Worth, Texas (NCGC). .
Upon successful completion of the SSURGO evaluation, the
certified spatial data were ftped to NCGC for archival and
distribution.
</procdesc>
<srcused>ASCS2, NRCS2, NRCS5, NRCS6, NRCS9</srcused>
<procdate>2005</procdate>
</procstep><procstep>
<procdesc>
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.
</procdesc>
<srcused>NASIS</srcused>
<procdate>20051013</procdate>
</procstep><procstep>
<procdesc>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.
</procdesc>
<srcused>NASIS</srcused>
<procdate>20051018</procdate>
</procstep>
</lineage>
</dataqual>
<spdoinfo>
<direct>Vector</direct>
</spdoinfo>
<spref>
<horizsys>
<geograph>
<latres>0.0000001</latres>
<longres>0.0000001</longres>
<geogunit>decimal degrees</geogunit>
</geograph>
<geodetic>
<horizdn>North American Datum of 1983</horizdn>
<ellips>Geodetic Reference System 80</ellips>
<semiaxis>6378137.0</semiaxis>
<denflat>298.257</denflat>
</geodetic>
</horizsys>
</spref>
<eainfo>
<detailed>
<enttyp>
<enttypl>Special Soil Features</enttypl>
<enttypd>
Special Soil Features represent soil, miscellaneous area, or landform
features that are too small to be digitized as soil delineations
(area features).
</enttypd>
<enttypds>Agricultural Handbook 18, Soil Survey Manual, 1993, USDA, SCS.</enttypds>
</enttyp>
<attr>
<attrlabl>Special Soil Features Codes</attrlabl>
<attrdef>
Special Soil Features labels represent specific Special Soil
Features. These features are identified with a descriptive
label. The label is assigned to the point or line assigned
to represent the feature on maps.
</attrdef>
<attrdefs>
Agricultural Handbook 18, Soil Survey Manual, 1993, USDA, SCS;
National Soil Survey Handbook, Title 430-VI, part 647
(current issue), USDA, NRCS.
</attrdefs>
<attrdomv>
<codesetd>
<codesetn>
Classification and Correlation of the Soils of Douglas County,
Wisconsin
</codesetn>
<codesets>
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
</codesets>
</codesetd>
</attrdomv>
</attr>
</detailed>
<overview>
<eaover>
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.
</eaover>
<eadetcit>
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.
</eadetcit>
</overview>
</eainfo>
<distinfo>
<distrib>
<cntinfo>
<cntorgp>
<cntorg>
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resources Conservation Service, National
Cartography and Geospatial Center
</cntorg>
</cntorgp>
<cntaddr>
<addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
<address>501 West Felix Street, Building 23, P.O. Box 6567</address>
<city>Fort Worth</city>
<state>Texas</state>
<postal>76115</postal>
</cntaddr>
<cntvoice>800 672 5559</cntvoice>
<cnttdd>202 720 2600</cnttdd>
<cntfax>817 509 3469</cntfax>
</cntinfo>
</distrib>
<resdesc>Douglas County, Wisconsin SSURGO</resdesc>
<distliab>
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.)
</distliab>
<stdorder>
<digform>
<digtinfo>
<formname>ARC/INFO coverage</formname>
<formcont>spatial</formcont>
<transize>1.0</transize>
</digtinfo>
<digtopt>
<offoptn>
<offmedia>CD-ROM</offmedia>
<recfmt>ISO 9660 Level 2</recfmt>
</offoptn>
</digtopt>
</digform>
<digform>
<digtinfo>
<formname>ArcView shapefile</formname>
<formcont>spatial</formcont>
<transize>1.0</transize>
</digtinfo>
<digtopt>
<offoptn>
<offmedia>CD-ROM</offmedia>
<recfmt>ISO 9660 Level 2</recfmt>
</offoptn>
</digtopt>
</digform>
<digform>
<digtinfo>
<formname>ASCII</formname>
<formcont>keys and attributes</formcont>
<transize>1.0</transize>
</digtinfo>
<digtopt>
<offoptn>
<offmedia>CD-ROM</offmedia>
<recfmt>ISO 9660 Level 2</recfmt>
</offoptn>
</digtopt>
</digform>
<fees>
The charge is $50 for a CD-ROM that contains one or more data
sets. A data set is one soil survey area that includes both spatial
and attribute data.
</fees>
<ordering>
Call or write to organizations listed under Distributor. Spatial
line data and locations of special feature symbols are in ARC/INFO
coverage and export formats, and ArcView shapefile format. The
National Soil Information System attribute soil data are available
in variable length, pipe delimited, ASCII file format.
</ordering>
<turnarnd>10 working days</turnarnd>
</stdorder>
</distinfo>
<metainfo>
<metd>20051018</metd>
<metc>
<cntinfo>
<cntorgp>
<cntorg>
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resources Conservation Service
</cntorg>
</cntorgp>
<cntpos>State Soil Scientist</cntpos>
<cntaddr>
<addrtype>mailing address</addrtype>
<address>USDA, NRCS</address>
<address>8030 Excelsior Drive, Suite 200</address><city>Madison</city>
<state>WI</state>
<postal>53717</postal>
</cntaddr>
<cntvoice>608-662-4422 ext 275</cntvoice>
<cnttdd>202 720 2600</cnttdd>
<cntfax>608-662-4429</cntfax>
<cntemail>don.fehrenbacher@wi.usda.gov</cntemail></cntinfo>
</metc>
<metstdn>Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn>
<metstdv>FGDC-STD-001-1998</metstdv>
</metainfo>
</metadata>
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