SSURGO Dataset to File Geodatabase Import Tool
One Example of ExtendingCapabilities through Python
2013 IGIC ConferenceMuncie, Indiana
Chris Morse, NRCS State GIS CoordinatorRick Neilson, Assistant State Soil Scientist
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Overview
• Python Script compatible with Arc 9.3 and higher• Author: Adolfo Diaz, NRCS• This tool imports multiple soil surveys into one File
Geodatabase• It creates the proper relationships between all SSURGO
data tables, including map unit and component tables– SSURGO metadata at: http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/SSURGOMetadata.aspx
• It can clip your imported files to a bounding area of interest, if different than survey extents
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Topics
• Soil Data Mart Downloads (10 minutes)• Folder Set Up (5 minutes)• Setup and Run the Python Script (10 minutes)• Demo of results (5 minutes)• Questions (5 minutes)
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Soil Data Mart
• Current NRCS site for public download of SSURGO (Soil Survey Geographic) GIS data
http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov• Soil Data Mart will be shutting down in the near
future• Download access will be moving to Web Soil
Survey (WSS) at WSS 3.0 releasehttp://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov
(Current WSS release is 2.3)
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Soil Data Mart
• Downloading Indiana data– Download Spatial AND Tabular (database) files– Download Shapefiles• File Geodatabases are not supported for download at this
time– Select the Indiana Template Access 2002 Database,
latest version (version 33 as of 4/26/13)– Select a coordinate system for best compatibility
with your work and the geographic location of interest
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(DEMO)
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Soil Data Mart
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Soil Data Mart
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Soil Data Mart
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Soil Data Mart
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Soil Data Mart
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Soil Data Mart
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Sample E-mail
Downloading in Web Soil Survey 3.0
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(Link pending final release)
Downloading in Web Soil Survey 3.0
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Set options and links areavailable on the page
Extract Files
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Extract Files
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Input surveys must be in a common directory with the file structure of thestandard SSURGO download preserved.
Run the Tool
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Tool is a Python script that can beaccessed through ArcToolbox
Run the Tool
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Run the Tool
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Example of an inputboundary
Results (Catalog view)
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Results (Relates)
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Results (Map view)
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Results (Tabular view)
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Results (Selection via Relates)
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Questions?
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