Lambert Azimuthal Projection
Files for rock volume percent
Files for rock volume percent
Data set reference code -- 1997-0011
To accommodate users with a variety of GIS software, the data giving the
rock volume percent are available in several different formats.
The files needed by each of the types of user below are described
separately.
NOTE -- Most of these files have been compressed using
the GNU gzip program, as indicated by the .gz file
extension. Users who do not have access to the gunzip
decompression program can request that files be uncompressed prior to
transfer via ftp. In some cases, however, the uncompressed file may be
very much larger than the compressed version, greatly increasing file
transfer time.
The orginal STATSGO mapunits for the 48 states have been merged into a
single Arc/Info polygon (vector) coverage. The rock volume percent for each
standard layer of each mapunit is given by the INFO table MU_ROCKVOL, which
may be RELATEd to the mapunit coverage using "MUID" as the relate item.
The needed files are
-
mu_poly.e00.gz (116 Mbyte, uncompresses to 274 Mbyte)
- Mapunit polygon coverage in Arc/Info EXPORT format.
-
mu_rockvol.e00.gz (185 kbyte, uncompresses to 759 kbyte)
- INFO table giving mean rock volume percent for each standard layer of each
mapunit, in Arc/Info EXPORT format.
-
stdlayer.e00
- INFO table defining the 11 standard soil layers for which the
mean rock volume percent was computed.
The mapunits have been gridded at 1-km cell size. The value attribute
table (VAT) for the Arc/Info grid listed below contains the mapunit
indentifier, MUID, the mapunit serial number, MUSERIAL, the mean depth
to bedrock, ROCKDEPM, and the mean rock volume percent for each of the 11
standard soil layers.
Warning -- The uncompressed version of the grid
file below is very much larger than the compressed version.
-
rockvolgrid.e00.gz (8 Mbyte, uncompresses to 122 Mbyte)
- 1-km grid giving rock volume percent, in Arc/Info grid format.
-
stdlayer.e00
- INFO table defining the 11 standard soil layers for which the
mean rock volume percent was computed.
The 1-km gridded data are also available as a three-dimensional array of
8-bit unsigned binary integers. The data are organized as eleven
two-dimensional layers, giving, respectively, mean rock volume percent
for each of the 11 standard soil layers. Within each layer, the values
are arranged by horizontal rows. All values for the first layer are
given first, starting with the value for the left (western) end of the
top (northern-most) row, and continuing left to right along the row.
The data for the last row of the first layer are then followed by the
top row of the second layer, and so on.
Each layer of the array contains 2889 rows of 4587 values each. Code
for reading the binary array is available in Fortran 77
and C.
Warning -- The uncompressed version of the BSQ file
below is very much larger than the compressed version.
-
rockvol.bsq.gz (17 Mbyte, uncompresses to 146 Mbyte)
- Three-dimensional array of 8-bit unsigned integer values for
mean rock volume percent for each standard layer of each grid cell.
-
mu_rockvol.ascii.gz (126 kbyte, uncompresses to 662 kbyte)
- Table
giving, for each STATSGO mapunit, the mapunit ID, mapunit serial number,
mean depth to bedrock in cm, and volumetric percent of rock.
-
stdlayer.ascii
- Table defining the 11 standard soil layers for which the mean rock
volume percent was computed.
The same array is also available in LAS format (files rockvol.img.gz and
rockvol.ddr).
The file systems containing the datasets are cross-mounted on the local
ESSC computer network. Local Arc/Info users may find it more convenient
to copy necessary files directly to their own workspaces using the
Arc/Info COPY and COPYINFO commands. The needed directories and files
(under directory $DSREF/1997-0011/) are
- rockvolgrid
- Arc/Info grid giving mean rock volume percent for each standard soil layer
for each 1-km grid cell.
- ../mapunits/mu_poly
- Arc/Info coverage containing polygon version of mapunit boundaries.
- info!MU_ROCKVOL
- INFO table giving rock volume percent values for each mapunit.
- info!STDLAYER
- Table defining the 11 standard soil layers for which the mean bulk
desnity was computed.
Last change: 2006 Apr 14,
R. A. White / raw@essc.psu.edu
Methodws |
Datasets |
Image
STATSGO Mapunits |
Soil Texture Class |
Depth to Bedrock
Sand, Silt, Clay Fractions |
Rock Fragment Class |
Rock Fragment Volume
Bulk Density |
Porosity |
Permeability
Available Water Capacity |
pH |
Plasticity
K-Factor |
Hydrologic Soil Groups |
Curve Numbers
Background |
Methods |
Data Coverages |
Citation |
Feedback
CONUS-Soil |
STATSGO |
SSURGO
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