Metadata for Soils of the Belt-Sand Coulee Region, Montana, 1982

- Identification Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- FGDC XML Metadata

Identification Information:

Citation:
  Originator: U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service
  Publication date: 1997
  Title: Soils of the Belt-Sand Coulee Region, Montana, 1982
  Publication place: Helena, Montana
  Publisher: Montana State Library
Abstract:
  These data show soil map units for the Belt-Stockett-Sand Coulee area southeast of Great Falls, Montana. The data were digitized by the Cascade county office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) from the paper orthophotos in the published Cascade County (NRCS survey number MT 613) soil survey. At the time these were digitized, it is believed that the date of the available survey would have been 1982.
Purpose:
  These data were produced to support mine reclamation efforts of the Reclamation Division of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality.
Time period of content:
  Calendar date: 1982
  Currentness reference: Publication Date
Access constraints: None
Use constraints:
  The Montana State Library provides this product/service for informational purposes only. The Library did not produce it for, nor is it suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. Consumers of this information should review or consult the primary data and information sources to ascertain the viability of the information for their purposes. The Library provides these data in good faith but does not represent or warrant its accuracy, adequacy, or completeness. In no event shall the Library be liable for any incorrect results or analysis; any direct, indirect, special, or consequential damages to any party; or any lost profits arising out of or in connection with the use or the inability to use the data or the services provided. The Library makes these data and services available as a convenience to the public, and for no other purpose. The Library reserves the right to change or revise published data and/or services at any time.
Point of contact:
  Montana State Library
  PO Box 201800
  Helena, MT 59620-1800
  Telephone: 406-444-5354
  TDD/TTY telephone: 406-444-4799
  Fax: 406-444-0266
  E-Mail: geoinfo@mt.gov

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Spatial Data Organization Information:

Point and vector object information:
  SDTS object type: GT-polygon composed of chains
    SDTS object count: 3474

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Spatial Reference Information:

Horizontal coordinate system definition:
  Map projection:
    Map projection name: NAD 1983 StatePlane Montana FIPS 2500
    Lambert conformal conic:
    NAD 1983 StatePlane Montana FIPS 2500
    Standard parallel: 45.0
    Standard parallel: 49.0
    Longitude of central meridian: -109.5
    Latitude of projection origin: 44.25
    False easting: 600000.0
    False northing: 0.0
  Planar distance units: meter
  Geodetic model:
    Horizontal datum name: D North American 1983
    Ellipsoid name: GRS 1980
    Semi-major axis: 6378137.0
    Denominator of flattening ratio: 298.257222101

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Entity and Attribute Information:

Entity type label: Soils
  Attribute label: OBJECTID
    Attribute definition: Geodatabase sequence number
  Attribute label: Shape
    Attribute definition: Feature geometry
  Attribute label: Feature_ID
    Attribute definition:
      Database sequence number from the original Esri coverage version of the data
  Attribute label: Map_Text
    Attribute definition:
      Map unit identifier that was printed on the orthophoto map published in the survey. This map unit ID code is unique within the soil survey and is associated with the map unit name provided in the MuName field.
  Attribute label: MUID
    Attribute definition:
      This is the combination of the soil survey ID with the map unit identifier that was printed on the orthophoto map published in the survey. This map unit ID code is unique within the United States and is associated with the map unit name provided in the MuName field.
  Attribute label: MUName
    Attribute definition: Name of the soil map unit.
  Attribute label: MUKind
    Attribute definition: This is a code that specifies the type of map unit.

    Attribute Value | Definition of Attribute Value
    A | Association. An association is a map unit that contains two or more different soils that appear together in a repeating geographic pattern.
    C | Consociation. A consociation is a map unit that is primarily composed of a single type of soil.
    U | Undifferentiated. An undifferentiated map unit contains two or more soils that are similar to each other.
    X | Complex. A complex is two or more different soils that appear together in an intricate geographic pattern.

  Attribute label: MLRA
    Attribute definition:
      Major Land Resource Area. The United States are divided into about 340 MLRAs by USDA Handbook 296. The soils in this survey belong to three of the MLRAs.

    Attribute Value | Definition of Attribute Value
    43 | Northern Rocky Mountains, Rocky Mountain Range and Forest Region
    46 | Northern Rocky Mountain Foothills, Rocky Mountain Range and Forest Region
    52 | Brown Glaciated Plain, Northern Great Plains Spring Wheat Region

  Attribute label: PRIMFML
    Attribute definition: Prime Farmland Code

    Attribute Value | Definition of Attribute Value
    blank | Map unit is water, disturbed soil, or outside of the soil survey area
    0 | Map unit is not prime farmland
    4 | Map unit contains soils that are prime farmland when they are irrigated
    9 | Unknown. This code is associated with map unit 613015, Assinniboine Fine Sandy Loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes.

  Attribute label: MUAcres
    Attribute definition: Total area of all polygons in this map unit in acres
  Attribute label: Shape_Length
    Attribute definition: Length of the permeter of this polygon in meters
  Attribute label: Shape_Area
    Attribute definition: Area of this polygon in square meters

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Distribution Information:

Distributor:
  Montana State Library
  PO Box 201800
  Helena, MT 59620-1800
  Telephone: 406-444-5354
  TDD/TTY telephone: 406-444-4799
  Fax: 406-444-0266
  E-Mail: geoinfo@mt.gov
Resource description: Offline Data
Distribution liability:
  The Montana State Library provides this product/service for informational purposes only. The Library did not produce it for, nor is it suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. Consumers of this information should review or consult the primary data and information sources to ascertain the viability of the information for their purposes. The Library provides these data in good faith but does not represent or warrant its accuracy, adequacy, or completeness. In no event shall the Library be liable for any incorrect results or analysis; any direct, indirect, special, or consequential damages to any party; or any lost profits arising out of or in connection with the use or the inability to use the data or the services provided. The Library makes these data and services available as a convenience to the public, and for no other purpose. The Library reserves the right to change or revise published data and/or services at any time.

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Metadata Reference Information:

Metadata date: 12/29/2014
Metadata contact:
  Montana State Library
  PO Box 201800
  Helena, MT 49620-1800
  Telephone: 406-444-5354
  TDD/TTY telephone: 406-444-4799
  Fax: 406-444-0266
  E-Mail: geoinfo@mt.gov

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