Flooding Frequency, based on soil characteristics, has been updated to the October 2019 NRCS SSURGO data release. Note there is a change to the legend used to depict the data in this update.
Forest Productivity – Top Species/Tree Types depicts the most productive tree species or type based on soil characteristics.
Forest Productivity is a measure of wood volume likely to be produced by the most important tree species based on soil characteristics.
This layer classifies soils types by farmland importance. Important farmlands consist of prime farmland, unique farmland, and farmland of statewide or local importance. Within these classifications, limitations to farmland importance may be noted. See Prime Farmlands Definitions for further information.
The Soil Boundaries have been updated to the October 2019 NRCS SSURGO data release.
Forest Productivity – Top Species/Tree Types depicts the most productive tree species or type based on soil characteristics.
Hydrologic Soil Group, which estimates potential runoff from precipitation based on soils characteristics, has been updated to the October 2019 NRCS SSURGO data release.
Surface Percent Organic Matter shows the percentage of the surface layer of soil that is comprised of plant and animal residue.
Farmland Class, which shows prime and important farmland, has been updated to the October 2019 NRCS SSURGO data release.
Surface Texture is based on the composition of sand, silt, and clay in the surface layer of soil based on the standard soil triangle definition.