Soils
Fertile soil for your digital research needsDescription
Soils mediate the flow of water and nutrients to plants, affect the environmental risk of erosion, and play a fundamental role in all biogeochemical cycles. GEMS Soils provides all variables within the Soil Survey Geographic Database (SSURGO) anchored to the GEMS Grid, making them interoperable with other GEMS data streams. These data are critical for process-based and statistical modeling as well as for experimental research, land suitability assessment, and a multitude of other applications.
| API Product | Region | Release date | GEMS Grid Level | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSURGO Soils Data on the GEMS Grid | Minnesota | 2022-03-09 | Level 5 (~ 10m) | Data collected 2014-2022 |
API Product: SSURGO Soils Data on the GEMS Grid
Data Specifications
Citation: GEMS Informatics, gssurgo: SSURGO Soils data on the GEMS Grid, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 2022-03-09
Grid level: Level 5 (~ 10m)
Layers: Soils API Layers
API License Link: Own research use, details here
Period: Data collected 2014-2022
Product: SSURGO Soils Data on the GEMS Grid
Region: Minnesota
Release date: 2022-03-09
Units: meters
Spatial data transformations: Projection transformation: data transformed to WGS-84, EPSG: 6933; Descriptor transformations: spatially weighted averaging
Source Details:
Region: Minnesota
Citation: Soil Survey Staff. Gridded Soil Survey Geographic (gSSURGO) Database for Minnesota. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. Available online at https://gdg.sc.egov.usda.gov/. Obtained February 2022.
Download link: Gridded Soil Survey Geographic (gSSURGO) Database
Institution: USDA-NRCS
Period: Data collected 2014-2022
Spatial resolution: vector data, modeled