Identification_Information:
  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator:
        U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
        Conservation Service
      Publication_Date: 20000301
      Title: soils
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
      Publication_Information:
        Publication_Place: Fort Worth, Texas
        Publisher:
          U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
          Conservation Service
      Other_Citation_Details: mt609
      Online_Linkage: URL:http://www.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/ssur_data.html
  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 Map
      Unit Interpretations Record 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: 20000301
        Ending_Date: 200000301
    Currentness_Reference: publication date
  Status:
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -110.328047
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -104.005774
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.129838
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.400302
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Theme_Keyword: soil survey
      Theme_Keyword: soils
      Theme_Keyword: Soil Survey Geographic
      Theme_Keyword: SSURGO
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
        Counties and County Equivalents of the States of the United
        States and the District of Columbia (FIPS Pub 6-3)
      Place_Keyword: Montana
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
        Counties and County Equivalents of the States of the United
        States and the District of Columbia (FIPS Pub 6-3)
      Place_Keyword: Broadwater County
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Topographic Map Names Data Base
      Place_Keyword: Canyon Ferry Quadrangle		(s4611119)
      Place_Keyword: Hellgate Gulch Quadrangle		(s4611120)
      Place_Keyword: Louisville Quadrangle		(s4611126)
      Place_Keyword: Canyon Ferry SW Quadrangle		(s4611127)
      Place_Keyword: Canyon Ferry SE Quadrangle		(s4611128)
      Place_Keyword: Diamond City Quadrangle		(s4611129)
      Place_Keyword: Boulder Baldy Quadrangle		(s4611130)
      Place_Keyword: Casey Peak Quadrangle		(s4611134)
      Place_Keyword: Winston Quadrangle			(s4611135)
      Place_Keyword: Townsend NE Quadrangle		(s4611136)
      Place_Keyword: Gurnett Creek West Quadrangle	(s4611137)
      Place_Keyword: Gurnett Creek East Quadrangle	(s4611138)
      Place_Keyword: Giant Hill Quadrangle		(s4611143)
      Place_Keyword: Townsend Quadrangle		(s4611144)
      Place_Keyword: Holker Quadrangle			(s4611145)
      Place_Keyword: Lippert Gulch Quadrangle		(s4611146)
      Place_Keyword: Sulphur Bar Creek Quadrangle	(s4611147)
      Place_Keyword: Devils Fence Quadrangle		(s4611150)
      Place_Keyword: Radersburg Quadrangle		(s4611151)
      Place_Keyword: Parker Quadrangle			(s4611152)
      Place_Keyword: Toston Quadrangle			(s4611153)
      Place_Keyword: Deer Park Quadrangle		(s4611154)
      Place_Keyword: Willow Springs Quadrangle		(s4611158)
      Place_Keyword: Radersburg SW Quadrangle		(s4611159)
      Place_Keyword: Plunket Lake Quadrangle		(s4611160)
      Place_Keyword: Lombard Quadrangle			(s4611161)
      Place_Keyword: Roy Gulch Quadrangle		(s4611162)
      Place_Keyword: Milligan Canyon Quadrangle		(s4511103)
      Place_Keyword: Three Forks Quadrangle		(s4511104)
      Place_Keyword: Logan Quadrangle			(s4511105)
      Place_Keyword: Willow Creek Quadrangle		(s4511111)
      Place_Keyword: Three Forks SE Quadrangle		(s4511112)
  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: 10 E. Babcock Street, Rm 443
        City: Bozeman
        State_or_Province: Montana
        Postal_Code: 59715-4704
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 406 587 6818
      Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: 202 720 7808
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 406 587 6761
  Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800
  Cross_Reference:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service
      Publication_Date: 1977
      Title: Soil Survey of Broadwater County Area, Montana
      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:
      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 quadrangles in this survey have
    an exact line and attribute match to the quadrangles in the Gallatin
    County Area, Montana soil survey.
  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 5 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,
            Soil Conservation Service
          Publication_Date: 1977
          Title: Soil Survey of Broadwater County Area, Montana
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Washington, D.C.
            Publisher: Government Prionting Office
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
      Type_of_Source_Media: paper
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1977
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS1
      Source_Contribution: basic reference about soils and landscape
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator:
            U.S. Department of Agriculture,
            Natural Resources Conservation Service
          Publication_Date: unpublished material
          Title: aerial photographs
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote sensing image
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
      Type_of_Source_Media: stable-base material
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Range_of_Dates/Times:
            Beginning_Date: 1998
            Ending_Date: 1999
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS2
      Source_Contribution:
        source of soil lines, labels and special feature
        symbols
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator:
            U.S. Department of the Interior,
            United States Geological Survey
          Publication_Date: 1976
          Title: multiple orthophotographs, full quadrangle format
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Denver, Colorado
            Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
      Type_of_Source_Media: stable-base material
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Range_of_Dates/Times:
            Beginning_Date: 1998
            Ending_Date: 1999
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS1
      Source_Contribution:
        base maps for compilation of soils, special
        soil features, publication of hardcopy maps, and as reference
        in compilation of cultural features
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator:
            U.S. Department of the Interior,
            United States Geological Survey
          Publication_Date: 1966-1978
          Title: 7.5 minute topographic quadrangles
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia
            Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
      Type_of_Source_Media: stable-base material
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1999
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS2
      Source_Contribution: source used for digitizing cultural features
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator:
            U.S. Department of Agriculture,
            Natural Resources Conservation Service
          Publication_Date: unpublished material
          Title: publication annotation overlays
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
      Type_of_Source_Media: stable-base material
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Range_of_Dates/Times:
            Beginning_Date: 1998
            Ending_Date: 1999
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS3
      Source_Contribution: scan source
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator:
            U.S. Department of Agriculture,
            Natural Resources Conservation Service
          Publication_Date: unpublished material
          Title:
            DLG DOC TAB directories of the soil survey of Broadwater
            County Area, Montana
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
      Type_of_Source_Media: magnetic tape
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1999
        Source_Currentness_Reference: 1999
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS4
      Source_Contribution:
        digital area and special features, metadata,
        and tabular information for SSURGO
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        Broadwater County Area was previously compiled
        and published on 1965 aerial photos at 1:24,000 scale.  A detailed
        evaluation of the Giant Hills, Townsend, Parker, and Radersburg
        quadrangles of the soil survey found that significant changes in
        land use, soil classification, soil interpretations, and standards
        and procedures for making soil surveys made those four quadrangles
        of the survey obsolete.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS1
      Process_Date: 1998
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        Field procedures for remapping four quadrangles
        of the soil survey was completed in 1998 and included plotting of
        soil boundaries determined by field observation and by interpretation
        of remotely sensed data.  Boundaries were verified at closely spaced
        intervals, and the soils in each delineation were identified by
        traversing and transecting the landscape.  Soil scientists described
        and sampled the soils, and statistically analyzed the data.  The
        classification and map unit names were finalized at the final
        correlation in August 1999.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS1, NRCS2, USGS1
      Process_Date: 1998-1999
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        Map compilation was completed by Natural
        Resources Conservation Service soil scientists.  Stable-base
        overlays were registered to orthophographs.  This composite of the
        overlay and orthophotograph, was overlaid on the publication aerial
        photographs.  Soil lines, symbols and special soil features were
        transfered.  Map compilation of the Giant Hills, Townsend, Parker, and
        Radersburg quadrangles was completed in the field directly on to the
        four orthophotograhs of the Giant Hills, Townsend, Parker, and
        Radersburg quadrangles.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS2, USGS1, NRCS3
      Process_Date: 1999
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        Digitizing materials of the soil survey of
        Broadwater County Area, Montana were submitted to the Montana
        Digitizing Unit.  The annotated overlays were raster scanned at
        Midwest Graphics in Kenosha, Wisconsin at a scanning resolution
        of 300 dpi.  Digitizing was completed by cartographic technicians
        on staff at the Montana Digitizing Unit in Bozeman, Montana.  Four
        control points corresponding to the four corners of the quadrangles
        were used for registration during data collection.  The processing,
        raster editing, map neatline development, vector conversion,
        edge matching, labeling, and editing were done in LT4X, Version 4.11.
        Author errors were noted and sent to soil scientists on staff in
        Bozeman, Montana for editing.  Special soil features were digitized
        on screen from raster image and labeled using LT4X, Version 4.11.
        The county boundaries were manually digitized using the topographic
        quadrangles as the source.  The data were created and maintained in
        North American Datum of 1927.  DLG-3 optionals were written with the
        export ssurgo_area and export ssurgo_spec options in LT4X, Version
        4.11.  The data were forwarded to certification staff of the Montana
        Digitizing Unit in Bozeman, Montana.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS2, NRCS3, USGS2
      Process_Date: 1999
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        The DLG DOC and TAB directories were imported
        to ARC/INFO, Version 7.21 for further evaluation and certification.
        ARCEDIT was used to remove extra vertices and correct label mismatches
        between to the soil survey of Gallatin County, Montana.  ARCEDIT was
        used to verify exact match to the soil survey of Gallatin County,
        Montana.  New dlg's were written.  The data were forwarded to the
        National Cartography and Geospatial Center in Ft. Worth, Texas for
        archiving and distribution.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS4
      Process_Date: 2000
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        The Map Unit Interpretations Record data base
        was developed by Natural Resources Conservation Service soil
        scientists according to national standards.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS1
      Process_Date: 1999
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description: SSURGO datasets were merged to cover the study area for the Middle and Lower Yellowstone River Geomorphic Assessment and clipped to within a 5 mile buffer of the NHD centerline for the Yellowstone River.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\xmlCF.tmp
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
  Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
  Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
    SDTS_Terms_Description:
      SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
      Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 26408
Spatial_Reference_Information:
  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
    Planar:
      Grid_Coordinate_System:
        Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: State Plane Coordinate System 1983
        State_Plane_Coordinate_System:
          SPCS_Zone_Identifier: 2500
          Lambert_Conformal_Conic:
            Standard_Parallel: 45.000000
            Standard_Parallel: 49.000000
            Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -109.500000
            Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 44.250000
            False_Easting: 600000.000000
            False_Northing: 0.000000
      Planar_Coordinate_Information:
        Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
        Coordinate_Representation:
          Abscissa_Resolution: 0.001024
          Ordinate_Resolution: 0.001024
        Planar_Distance_Units: meters
    Geodetic_Model:
      Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
      Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
      Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
      Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
  Detailed_Description:
    Entity_Type:
      Entity_Type_Label: soils
      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: FID
      Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Codeset_Domain:
          Codeset_Name:
            Classification and Correlation of the Soils of Broadwater County
            Area, Montana
          Codeset_Source:
            U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
            Conservation Service
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Shape
      Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: AREA
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: PERIMETER
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: SOILS_
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: SOILS_ID
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: MAJOR1
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: MINOR1
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: MUSYM
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: MUKEY
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: MUSYM_1
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: MUNAME
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: MUKIND
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: MUSTATUS
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: MUACRES
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: FARMLNDCL
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: MUHELCL
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: MUWATHELCL
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: MUWNDHELCL
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: INTERPFOCU
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: INVESINTEN
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: IACORNSR
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: NHIFORSOIG
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: NHSPIAGR
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: VTSEPTICSY
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: MUCERTSTAT
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: LKEY
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: MUSYM_12
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: MUNAME_1
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: MUSTATUS_1
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: SLOPEGRADD
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: SLOPEGRADW
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: BROCKDEPMI
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: WTDEPANNMI
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: WTDEPAPRJU
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: FLODFREQDC
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: FLODFREQMA
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: PONDFREQPR
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: AWS025WTA
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: AWS050WTA
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: AWS0100WTA
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: AWS0150WTA
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: DRCLASSDCD
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: DRCLASSWET
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: HYDGRPDCD
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: ICCDCD
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: ICCDCDPCT
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: NICCDCD
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: NICCDCDPCT
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: ENGDWOBDCD
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: ENGDWBDCD
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: ENGDWBLL
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: ENGDWBML
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: ENGSTAFDCD
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: ENGSTAFLL
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: ENGSTAFML
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: ENGSLDCD
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: ENGSLDCP
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: ENGLRSDCD
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: ENGCMSSDCD
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: ENGCMSSMP
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: URBRECPTDC
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: URBRECPTWT
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: FORPEHRTDC
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: HYDCLPRS
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: AWMMFPWWTA
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: COMPPCT_L
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: COMPPCT_R
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: COMPPCT_H
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: COMPNAME
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: COMPKIND
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: MAJCOMPFLA
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: OTHERPH
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: LOCALPHASE
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: SLOPE_L
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: SLOPE_R
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: SLOPE_H
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: SLOPELENUS
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: SLOPELEN_1
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: SLOPELEN_2
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: RUNOFF
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TFACT
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: WEI
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: WEG
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: EROCL
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: EARTHCOVKI
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: EARTHCOV_1
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: HYDRICON
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: HYDRICRATI
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: DRAINAGECL
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: ELEV_L
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: ELEV_R
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: ELEV_H
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: ASPECTCCWI
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: ASPECTREP
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: ASPECTCWIS
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: GEOMDESC
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: ALBEDODRY_
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: ALBEDODRY1
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: ALBEDODRY2
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: AIRTEMPA_L
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: AIRTEMPA_R
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: AIRTEMPA_H
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: MAP_L
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: MAP_R
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: MAP_H
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: REANNUALPR
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: REANNUAL_1
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: REANNUAL_2
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: FFD_L
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: FFD_R
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: FFD_H
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: NIRRCAPCL
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: NIRRCAPSCL
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: NIRRCAPUNI
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: IRRCAPCL
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: IRRCAPSCL
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: IRRCAPUNIT
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: CROPPRODIN
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: CONSTREESH
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: WNDBRKSUIT
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: RSPROD_L
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: RSPROD_R
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: RSPROD_H
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: FORAGESUIT
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: WLGRAIN
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: WLGRASS
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: WLHERBACEO
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: WLSHRUB
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: WLCONIFERO
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: WLHARDWOOD
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: WLWETPLANT
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: WLSHALLOWW
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: WLRANGELAN
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: WLOPENLAND
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: WLWOODLAND
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: WLWETLAND
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: SOILSLIPPO
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: FROSTACT
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: INITSUB_L
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: INITSUB_R
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: INITSUB_H
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TOTALSUB_L
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TOTALSUB_R
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TOTALSUB_H
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: HYDGRP
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: CORCON
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: CORSTEEL
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TAXCLNAME
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TAXORDER
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TAXSUBORDE
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TAXGRTGROU
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TAXSUBGRP
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TAXPARTSIZ
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TAXPARTS_1
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TAXCEACTCL
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TAXREACTIO
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TAXTEMPCL
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TAXMOISTSC
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TAXTEMPREG
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: SOILTAXEDI
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: CASTORIEIN
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: FLECOLCOMN
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: FLHE
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: FLPHE
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: FLSOILLEAC
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: FLSOIRUNOF
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: FLTEMIK2US
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: FLTRIUMPH2
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: INDRAINGRP
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: INNITRATEL
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: MISOIMGMTG
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: VASOIMGTGR
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: COKEY
  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 Map Unit
      Interpretations Record 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 Map Unit Interpretations
      Record 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 soil Map Unit
      Interpretations Record database consists of the following
      relational tables:

      codes (database codes) - stores information on all codes used
      in the database
      comp (map unit component) - stores information for soil map unit
      components
      compyld (component crop yield) - stores crop yield information
      for soil map unit components
      forest (forest understory) - stores information for plant cover
      as forest understory for soil map unit components
      helclass (highly erodible lands class) - stores the highly
      erodible land classification for wind and water assigned to
      the soil map units (table not populated)
      hydcomp (hydric component information) - stores data related to
      the hydric classification, criteria, landform, etc.
      inclusn (map unit inclusion) - stores the names of soils
      included in the soil map units
      interp (interpretation) - stores soil interpretation ratings
      (both limitation ratings and suitability ratings) for soil
      map unit components
      layer (soil layer) - stores characteristics of soil layers for
      soil map unit components
      mapunit (map unit) - stores information that applies to all
      components of a soil map unit
      mucoacre (map unit county acres) - stores the number of acres
      for the map unit within a county
      muident (map unit identification) - stores the NASIS data base
      record number of each map unit.  This is internal to NRCS and
      contains no relevant data for external users.
      muyld (map unit yield) - stores crop yield information for the
      soil map unit (table not populated)
      plantcom (plant composition) - stores plant symbols and percent
      of plant composition associated with components of a soil
      map unit
      plantnm (plant name) - stores the common and scientific names
      for plants used in the database
      rangenm (range name) - stores the range site names
      rsprod (range site production) - stores range site production
      information for soil map unit components
      ssacoac (soil survey area county acreage) - stores the acreage
      for the county within the boundary of the soil survey area
      ssarea (soil survey area) - stores information that will apply
      to an entire soil survey area
      taxclass (taxonomic classification) - stores the taxonomic
      classification for soils in the database
      windbrk (windbreak) - stores information on recommended
      windbreak plants for soil map unit components
      wlhabit (wildlife habitat) - stores wildlife habitat information
      for soil map unit components
      woodland (woodland) - stores information on common indicator
      trees for soil map unit components
      woodmgt (woodland management) - stores woodland management
      information for soil map unit components
      yldunits (yield units) - stores crop names and the units used to
      measure yield

      Special features are described in the feature table.  It includes a
      feature label, feature name, and feature definition for each
      special and ad hoc feature in the survey area.
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
      U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1975. 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.

      U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1994. Soil Survey Geographic
      (SSURGO) Data Base: Data use information. Soil Conserv. Serv.

      U.S. Department of Agriculture. State Soil Survey Database
      Data Dictionary. Soil Conserv. Serv.
Distribution_Information:
  Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization:
          U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural
          Resources Conservation Service, National
          Cartography and Geospatial Center
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing address
        Address: P.O. Box 6567
        City: Fort Worth
        State_or_Province: Texas
        Postal_Code: 76115
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 800 672 5559
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 817 509 3469
  Resource_Description: Montana 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 prohibits
    discrimination in its programs on the basis of race, color,
    national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs,
    and marital or familial status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to
    all programs.)
  Standard_Order_Process:
    Digital_Form:
      Digital_Transfer_Information:
        Format_Name: ARC/INFO coverage
        Format_Information_Content: spatial
        Transfer_Size: 15.9
      Digital_Transfer_Option:
        Offline_Option:
          Offline_Media: CD-ROM
          Recording_Format: ISO 9660 Level 1
    Digital_Form:
      Digital_Transfer_Information:
        Format_Name: ARCE
        Format_Information_Content: spatial
        Transfer_Size: 32.9
      Digital_Transfer_Option:
        Offline_Option:
          Offline_Media: CD-ROM
          Recording_Format: ISO 9660 Level 1
    Digital_Form:
      Digital_Transfer_Information:
        Format_Name: DLG
        Format_Version_Date: 19920508
        Format_Specification: Optional
        Format_Information_Content: spatial and keys
        Transfer_Size: 8.9
      Digital_Transfer_Option:
        Offline_Option:
          Offline_Media: CD-ROM
          Recording_Format: ISO 9660 Level 1
    Digital_Form:
      Digital_Transfer_Information:
        Format_Name: ASCII
        Format_Information_Content: keys and attributes
        Transfer_Size: 1.0
      Digital_Transfer_Option:
        Offline_Option:
          Offline_Media: CD-ROM
          Recording_Format: ISO 9660 Level 1
    Fees:
      The charge is $50 for a CD-ROM that contains one or more data
      sets. A data set is one soil survey area in full quadrangle
      format and includes both spatial and attribute data.
    Ordering_Instructions:
      Call or write to organizations listed under Distributor. Spatial
      line data and locations of special feature symbols are in DLG-3
      optional format and ARC/INFO coverage and export formats. Digital
      line graph files contain major and minor code pairs in area and
      line records. A conversion legend is provided for each digital
      line graph file. Soil map symbols and special feature labels are
      available in a companion ASCII attribute file. The Map Unit
      Interpretations Record attribute soil data are available in
      variable length, tab delimited, ASCII file format.
    Turnaround: 10 working days
Metadata_Reference_Information:
  Metadata_Date: 20040323
  Metadata_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization:
          U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural
          Resources  Conservation Service
        Contact_Person: REQUIRED: The person responsible for the metadata information.
      Contact_Position: State Soil Scientist
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing address
        Address: 10 E. Babcock Street, Rm 443
        City: Bozeman
        State_or_Province: Montana
        Postal_Code: 59715-4704
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 406 587 6818
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 406 587 6761
  Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
  Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
  Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
  Metadata_Extensions:
    Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
    Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
