Soils - Tennessee

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<p style='text-align:center;'><span style='font-size:24px;'><strong>Tennessee gSSURGO Soils</strong></span></p><p><span style='font-size:14px;'><u>Overview</u></span></p><p><span style='font-size:14px;'>This feature layer represents the authoritative statewide soil units derived from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Gridded Soil Survery Geopgraphic database (gSSURGO). The polygons in this dataset delineate the boundaries of soil units for use in assisting sustainable forestry, wildlife habitat, soil and water conservation, and public recreation.</span></p><p><span style='font-size:14px;'>This dataset is intended for use in planning, management, analysis, and public information purposes. It serves as the primary TDF GIS data source for Tennessee soils.</span></p><p><span style='font-size:14px;'><u>Data Attributes</u></span></p><ul><li><span style='font-size:14px;'><strong>AREASYMBOL:</strong> The state area symbol of the mapunit.</span></li><li><span style='font-size:14px;'><strong>SPATIALVER:</strong> The spatial version of the mapunit.</span></li><li><span style='font-size:14px;'><strong>MUSYM:</strong> The abbreviated symbol of the soil mapunit.</span></li><li><span style='font-size:14px;'><strong>MUKEY:</strong> </span><span style='background-color:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(74,74,74); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:14px;'><span style='display:inline !important; float:none; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'>The mapunit key field is found throughout SSURGO and provides a primary link between the geographic and tabular data</span></span><span style='font-size:14px;'>.</span></li><li><span style='font-size:14px;'><strong>MUNAME:</strong> The full mapunit name.</span></li><li><span style='font-size:14px;'><strong>FARM:</strong> The farmland classification of the mapunit.</span></li><li><span style='font-size:14px;'><strong>ACRES:</strong> Acreage of the mapunit.</span></li><li><span style='font-size:14px;'><strong>HYDRICRATING:</strong> The hydric rating of the mapunit.</span></li><li><span style='font-size:14px;'><strong>LCPRIMARY:</strong> The primary land cover classification of the mapunit.</span></li><li><span style='font-size:14px;'><strong>LCSECONDARY:</strong> The secondary land cover classification of the mapunit.</span></li><li><span style='font-size:14px;'><strong>DRAINAGECLASS:</strong> The drainage class of the mapunit.</span></li><li><span style='font-size:14px;'><strong>HYDROGROUP:</strong> The soil hydrologic group code of the mapunit.</span></li><li><span style='font-size:14px;'><strong>FROSTFREEDAYS:</strong> Number of frost free days in a calendar year, on average, of the mapunit.</span></li><li><span style='font-size:14px;'><strong>SOILORDER:</strong> The taxonomic soil order of the mapunit.</span></li></ul><h3><span style='font-size:14px;'><u>Data Maintenance</u></span></h3><p><span style='font-size:14px;'>This layer is actively maintained by the TDF Forest Data and Analysis Unit. It is updated periodically to reflect new data publishes from the gSSURGO dataset.</span></p>