Identification_Information:
  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator:
        U.S. Department of Agriculture,
        Natural Resources Conservation Service
      Publication_Date: 20240626
      Title:
        Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for
        Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Idaho
      Publication_Information:
        Publication_Place: Fort Worth, Texas
        Publisher:
          U.S. Department of Agriculture,
          Natural Resources Conservation Service
      Other_Citation_Details: id670
      Online_Linkage: https://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/
  Description:
    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 7.5 minute
      quadrangle format and include a detailed, field verified inventory
      of soils and nonsoil 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.
    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.
    Supplemental_Information:
      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.
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Range_of_Dates/Times:
        Beginning_Date: 20131219
        Ending_Date: 20240626
    Currentness_Reference: publication date
  Status:
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -117.169888
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -115.069401
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49.000930
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 46.916457
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Theme_Keyword: SSURGO
      Theme_Keyword: soil survey
      Theme_Keyword: Soil Survey Geographic
      Theme_Keyword: soils
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
      Place_Keyword: Idaho
      Place_Keyword: Moravia Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Bacon Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Saltese Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Priest River Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Sagle Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Pyramid Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Newport Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Copeland Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Priest Lake NE Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Cataract Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Bathtub Mountain Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Harrison Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Grizzly Mountain Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Red Ives Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Salmo Mountain Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Illinois Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Upper Priest Lake Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Marble Mountain Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Dodge Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Mount Casey Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Outlet Bay Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Pond Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Twentymile Creek Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Naples Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: The Wigwams Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Black Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Canuck Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Line Point Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Mullan Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Cabinet Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Mount Coeur D'Alene Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Elmira Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Mastodon Mountain Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Merry Creek Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Trestle Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Huckleberry Mountain Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Berge Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Priest Lake SE Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Monumental Buttes Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Cocolalla Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Prater Mountain Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Scotchman Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Northwest Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Widow Mountain Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Wallace Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Leonia Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: McGee Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Torino Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Shefoot Mountain Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Montana Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Mallard Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Bonners Ferry Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Packsaddle Mountain Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Priest Lake SW Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Helmer Mountain Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Taylor Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Skitwish Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Thor Mountain Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Coolin Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Polaris Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Happy Fork Gap Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Grice Ridge Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Sherlock Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Pinchot Butte Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Steamboat Creek Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Buzzard Roost Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Trout Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Fishhook Creek Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Athol Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Galena Point Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Orwig Hump Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Three Sisters Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Hall Mountain Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Thompson Pass Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Burke Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Gem Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Continental Mountain Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Faset Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Curley Creek Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Clark Fork Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Bead Lake Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Hope Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Mica Bay Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Priest Lake NW Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Osburn Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Meadow Creek Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Cataldo Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Mount Roothaan Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Chamberlain Mountain Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Colburn Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Wolf Lodge Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Quartz Mountain Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Lamb Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Hoodoo Pass Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Wylie Knob Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Kellogg East Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Kellogg West Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Smith Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Benning Mountain Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Jordan Creek Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Farnham Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Rose Lake Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Grandmother Mountain Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Avery Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Clifty Mountain Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Hayden Lake Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Prichard Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Eastport Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Anthony Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Calder Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Adair Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Murray Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Shorty Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Cathedral Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Little Goat Mountains Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Ritz Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Marble Creek Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Pole Mountain Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Hoyt Mountain Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Smith Mountain Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Gleason Mountain Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: De Borgia South Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Sawtooth Mountain Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Roman Nose Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Talache Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Bayview Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Spyglass Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Oden Bay Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Medimont Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Moyie Springs Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Masonia Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Spades Mountain Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Mount Pend Oreille Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Minerva Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Derr Point Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Fernan Lake Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Peggy Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Bumblebee Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Bloom Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Lookout Pass Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Conrad Peak Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Grass Mountain Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Lakeview Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Lane Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Smith Falls Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Black Lake Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Caribou Creek Quadrangle
      Place_Keyword: Spar Lake Quadrangle
  Access_Constraints: None
  Use_Constraints:
    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.
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
      Contact_Position: State Soil Scientist
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing address
        Address: 9173 West Barnes Drive, Suite C
        City: Boise
        State_or_Province: ID
        Postal_Code: 83709-1555
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 208-378-5728
      Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: 800-877-8339
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: shawn.nield@usda.gov
  Cross_Reference:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator:
        U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation
        Service
      Publication_Date: 1981
      Title: Soil Survey of Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Idaho
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: text, table, map
      Other_Citation_Details:
        This soil survey contains information that can be applied in
        managing farms and wetlands; in selecting sites for roads, ponds,
        buildings, and other structures; and in judging the suitability
        of tracts of land for farming, industry, and recreation.

        This soil survey 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.
Data_Quality_Information:
  Attribute_Accuracy:
    Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
      The 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).
  Logical_Consistency_Report:
    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 (neatline) are free of gaps. The tests of
    logical consistency are performed using vendor software. The
    neatline is generated by connecting the explicitly entered four
    corners of the digital file. All data outside the enclosed region
    are ignored and all data crossing these geographically straight
    lines are clipped at the neatline. Data within a specified tolerance
    of the neatline are snapped to the neatline. Neatline straightening
    aligns the digitized edges of the digital data with the generated
    neatline (i.e., with the longitude/latitude lines in geographic
    coordinates). 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). Quadrangles are edge matched within the soil survey
    area and edge locations generally do not deviate from centerline to
    centerline by more than 0.01 inch. The Soil Survey of (id670) Idaho
    Panhandle National Forest, Idaho is edge matched to all of
    the adjacent SSURGO certified soil surveys:
    ID601 - Boundary County Area, Idaho
    ID604 - Bonner County Area, Idaho, Parts of Bonner and Boundary Counties
    ID606 - Kootenai County Area, Idaho
    ID608 - St. Joe Area, Idaho, Parts of Benewah and Shoshone Counties
    ID612 - Clearwater Area, Idaho
    ID671 - Clearwater National Forest, Idaho
    MT603 - Lolo National Forest Area, Montana
    MT634 - Kootenai National Forest Area, Montana-Idaho
    MT651 - Sanders and Parts of Lincoln and Flathead Counties, Montana
    WA651 - Pend Oreille County Area, Washington
    WA752 - Kaniksu National Forest, Washington
    The soil survey boundary for id670 matches the soil survey boundary
    for all of the adjacent certified soil surveys.
  Completeness_Report:
    A map unit is a collection of areas defined and named the same in
    terms of their soil and/or nonsoil areas. Each map unit differs
    in some respect from all others in a survey area and is uniquely
    identified. Each individual area is a delineation. Each map unit
    consists of one or more components.

    Soil scientists identify small areas of soils or miscellaneous
    (nonsoil) 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.

    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, SCS; Agricultural Handbook 436, Soil Taxonomy, Soil Survey
    Staff, 1975, USDA, SCS; and all Amendments; Keys to Soil Taxonomy,
    Soil Survey Staff, (current issue); National Soil Survey
    Handbook, title 430-VI, (current issue).

    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 are dominated by a single soil
    taxon and similar soils. At least one half of the pedons in each
    delineation are of the same soil component so similar to the
    named soil that major interpretations are not affected
    significantly. 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 are named
    for two or more dissimilar components with the dominant component
    listed first. They occur in a regularly repeating pattern. The major
    components of a complex cannot be mapped separately at a scale of
    about 1:24,000. The major components of an association can be
    separated at a scale of about 1:24,000. In each delineation of
    either 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 do not always occur together in the same
    delineation, but are included in the same named map unit because
    use and management are the same or similar for common uses. Every
    delineation has at least one of the major components and some may
    have all of them. The same principles regarding proportion of
    inclusions 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 6 acres.
  Positional_Accuracy:
    Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
      Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
        The accuracy of these digital data is based upon their
        compilation to base maps that meet National Map Accuracy
        Standards. 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.
  Lineage:
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
          Publication_Date: 20000101
          Title: USDA-NRCS-NCGC Digital Raster Graphic (DRG) County Mosaic
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Lincoln, Nebraska
            Publisher: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
      Type_of_Source_Media: onLine
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 20000101
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS1
      Source_Contribution: used for validation of line placement and map unit concepts
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
          Publication_Date: 20130101
          Title: National Soil Information System (NASIS) database for Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Idaho
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Fort Collins, Colorado
            Publisher:
              U.S. Department of Agriculture,
              Natural Resources Conservation Service,
              Information Technology Center
      Type_of_Source_Media: onLine
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 20130101
        Source_Currentness_Reference: export date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS1
      Source_Contribution: tabular soil property data linked to spatial soil data
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
          Publication_Date: 20030101
          Title: National Soil Information System (NASIS) data base
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Fort Collins, Colorado
            Publisher: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
      Type_of_Source_Media: None
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Range_of_Dates/Times:
            Beginning_Date: 20030101
            Ending_Date: 20030101
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
      Source_Contribution: attribute (tabular) information
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: USDA Farm Service Agency, USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field Office
          Publication_Date: 20090101
          Title: 2009 National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP) Imagery
      Type_of_Source_Media: onLine
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Range_of_Dates/Times:
            Beginning_Date: 20090101
            Ending_Date: 20091231
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NAIP1
      Source_Contribution: used for validation of line placement
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: USGS, USDI U.S. Geological Survey
          Publication_Date: 20170101
          Title: National Elevation Dataset 10M
      Type_of_Source_Media: onLine
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Range_of_Dates/Times:
            Beginning_Date: 20170101
            Ending_Date: 20170815
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS2
      Source_Contribution: used for validation of line placement and map unit concepts
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
          Publication_Date: unpublished material
          Title: region 4 soils geodatabase
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: file geodatabase
      Type_of_Source_Media: None
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Range_of_Dates/Times:
            Beginning_Date: 2006
            Ending_Date: 2018
        Source_Currentness_Reference: SSURGO publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS2
      Source_Contribution: Source of digital revision - recreated yearly
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        No soil survey data is available for (id670) Idaho Panhandle National
        Forest, Idaho. The boundary for id670 has been digitized by the U.S.
        Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation
        Service (NRCS) Michigan Digitizing Unit (MIDU) staff. The boundary
        for id670 was matched to the boundaries of the adjacent surveys in
        the Region 4 geodatabase. The USGS Topographic Digital Raster
        Graphic (DRG) mosaic was used for boundary verification.
        The map unit polygon was labeled 'NOTCOM'. The data were processed
        in ARCGIS 10.1 using a topology object with a 0.1 meter cluster
        tolerance for the purpose of eliminating gaps and overlaps within
        the region 4 soils geodatabase. Individual soil survey area data
        were exported as shapefiles from the regional geodatabase.
        A datum transformation from NAD83 to WGS84 using
        the NAD_1983_To_WGS_1984_1 datum transformation method was applied
        to the data. The data were checked with the SSURGO Evaluation scripts
        provided by USDA, NRCS. The shapefiles were then uploaded to
        the soil data warehouse for archival and distribution.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS2, USGS1
      Process_Date: 20130101
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        The Idaho soil scientists set up the 'NOTCOM' map unit for id670
        in the National Soil Information System (NASIS) database according
        to USDA-NRCS standards.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS1
      Process_Date: 20130101
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        The spatial data has been updated for areas previously designated
        as mapunit symbol NOTCOM. The updated mapping was originally developed
        by the USFS Panhandle National Forest in the late 1970s through
        early 1990s. Some updates to line work originated from spatial
        layers provided by the Idaho State Office reflecting field work
        conducted from 2008 to 2010.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NAIP1, USGS1, NRCS2
      Process_Date: 20150804
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        The spatial data has been updated for areas previously designated
        as mapunit symbol NOTCOM.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS1, USGS2, NAIP1, NRCS2
      Process_Date: 20170817
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        The spatial data has been updated as part of a MLRA update project
        and revising joins between ID670 and ID608.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS2
      Process_Date: 2019
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        The spatial data for the entire SSURGO database was recertified in October
        of 2019 to reduce storage requirements and to improve map display
        and geoprocessing performance.  The SSURGO data is internally managed
        using 12 Regional Transactional Spatial Databases (RTSD) that are in
        an ESRI File Geodatabase format.  The spatial extent of the RTSDs follow the
        Soil and Plant Science Division (SPSD) regional administrative boundaries.
        The XY coordinate system of this RTSD is USA Contiguous Albers Equal Area
        Conic USGS Version WKID: 102039 and has an XY storage precision of 0.001
        meters.  The RTSDs were recreated using a reduced storage precision of 0.1
        meters to reduce the physical size of the data.  The SSURGO data was also
        generalized by removing excess vertices, using a tolerance of 1 meter.
        The topology was validated at the CONUS level using a tolerance of 0.2
        meters.  This effort directly affects the gSSURGO and gNATSGO product since
        these deliverables are in a File Geodatabase format.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS2
      Process_Date: 2019
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        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.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
      Process_Date: 20190916
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        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.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
      Process_Date: 20190916
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        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.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
      Process_Date: 20200608
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        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.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
      Process_Date: 20200609
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        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.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
      Process_Date: 20210907
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        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.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
      Process_Date: 20210907
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        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.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
      Process_Date: 20220901
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        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.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
      Process_Date: 20220901
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        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.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
      Process_Date: 20220902
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        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.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
      Process_Date: 20220902
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        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.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
      Process_Date: 20230830
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        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.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
      Process_Date: 20230830
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        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.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
      Process_Date: 20230831
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        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.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
      Process_Date: 20230831
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        Minor edits to polygon geometry were made in order to comply with NRCS
        cartographic standards. No changes were made to soil polygon attribute
        data.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASIS
      Process_Date: 20240628
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
  Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Spatial_Reference_Information:
  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
    Geographic:
      Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001
      Longitude_Resolution: 0.0000001
      Geographic_Coordinate_Units: decimal degrees
    Geodetic_Model:
      Horizontal_Datum_Name: World Geodetic System 1984
      Ellipsoid_Name: World Geodetic System 1984
      Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.00000
      Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
  Detailed_Description:
    Entity_Type:
      Entity_Type_Label: Special Soil Features
      Entity_Type_Definition:
        Special Soil Features represent soil, nonsoil, or landform
        features that are too small to be digitized as soil delineations
        (area features).
      Entity_Type_Definition_Source:
        U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1993. Soil Survey Manual.
        Soil Surv. Staff, U.S. Dep. Agric. Handb. 18.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Special Soil Features Codes
      Attribute_Definition:
        Special Soil Features Codes represent specific Special Soil
        Features. These features are identified with a major code,
        a minor code, and a descriptive label. The codes and label
        are assigned to the point or line assigned to represent the
        feature on published maps.
      Attribute_Definition_Source:
        U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1993. Soil Survey Manual.
        Soil Surv. Staff, U.S. Dep. Agric. Handb. 18; U.S. Department
        of Agriculture. (current issue). National Soil Survey
        Handbook, title 430-VI, part 647. Soil Conserv. Serv.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Codeset_Domain:
          Codeset_Name:
            Classification and Correlation of the Soils of
            Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Idaho
          Codeset_Source:
            U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
            Conservation Service
  Overview_Description:
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
      Map Unit Delineations are closed polygons that may be dominated
      by a single soil or nonsoil component plus allowable similar or
      dissimilar soils, or they can be geographic mixtures of groups
      of soils or soils and nonsoil areas.

      The map unit symbol uniquely identifies each closed delineation
      map unit. Each symbol is linked to a map unit name. The map unit
      symbol is also the key for linking information in the National Soil
      Information System tables. The map unit symbols are not carried
      within the modified Digital Line Graph file; however, they are made
      available in a companion attribute file. The attribute file links
      the minor codes in the Digital Line Graph files to the map unit
      symbols.

      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 a
      feature label, feature name, and feature description for each
      special and ad hoc feature in the survey area.
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
      U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1999. Soil Taxonomy: A basic system
      of soil classification for making and interpreting soil surveys.
      Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric. Handb. 436.

      U.S. Department of Agriculture. (current issue). Keys to Soil
      Taxonomy.  Soil Surv. Staff, Soil Conserv. Serv.

      U.S. Department of Agriculture. (current issue). National Soil
      Survey Handbook, title 430-VI. Soil Surv. Staff, Natural Resources
      Conservation Service.

      U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1993. Soil Survey Manual.
      Soil Surv. Staff, U.S. Dep. Agric. Handb. 18.
Distribution_Information:
  Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization:
          U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural
          Resources Conservation Service, National
          Geospatial Center of Excellence
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: 501 West Felix Street, Building 23
        City: Fort Worth
        State_or_Province: Texas
        Postal_Code: 76115
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 800 672 5559
      Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: 202 720 2600
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 817 509 3469
  Resource_Description: Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Idaho SSURGO
  Distribution_Liability:
    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.)
  Standard_Order_Process:
    Digital_Form:
      Digital_Transfer_Information:
        Format_Name: ESRI shapefile
        Format_Information_Content: spatial
        Transfer_Size: 58.4
      Digital_Transfer_Option:
        Online_Option:
          Computer_Contact_Information:
            Network_Address:
              Network_Resource_Name: URL:http://DataGateway.nrcs.usda.gov/
          Access_Instructions:
            Select desired survey area at above Internet
            Web site. An email address is required for receipt of
            instructions on retrieval via anonymous FTP. Anticipate a
            delay between submission of request at Web site and receipt of
            email message.
    Fees:
      There is currently no direct charge for requesting data or for
      retrieval via FTP.
    Ordering_Instructions:
      Visit the above mentioned Internet Web Site, select state or
      territory, then select individual soil survey area of interest.
      Spatial line data and locations of special feature symbols are in
      ESRI ArcGIS shapefile, format. The National Soil Information
      System attribute soil data are available in variable length, pipe
      delimited, ASCII file format.
    Turnaround: Typically within four hours
Metadata_Reference_Information:
  Metadata_Date: 20240923
  Metadata_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
      Contact_Position: State Soil Scientist
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing address
        Address: 9173 West Barnes Drive, Suite C
        City: Boise
        State_or_Province: ID
        Postal_Code: 83709-1555
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 208-378-5728
      Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: 800-877-8339
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: shawn.nield@usda.gov
  Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
  Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
