Identification_Information:
  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Publication_Date: 2013
      Title: Soils (by type)
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
      Originator: Maria Kottermair, University of Guam
      Online_Linkage: www.hydroguam.net
  Description:
    Abstract: This data set shows general soil categories which are loosely based on the General Soil Map (1985) by the USDA Soil Conservation Service (now NRCS). The generalized map units are based on parent material (volcanic, limestone, alluvial, etc), landscape (uplands, bottomlands, etc.) and some soil properties (deep, shallow, etc). The generalized soil map units are derived from the detailed soil map units from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
    Purpose: To provide general soil categories for general use.
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Currentness_Reference: publication date
  Status:
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: 144.618069
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: 144.956955
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 13.654421
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 13.234019
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Theme_Keyword: soil survey
      Theme_Keyword: soils
      Theme_Keyword: generalized
      Theme_Keyword: soil properties
      Theme_Keyword: simply soil map
    Place:
      Place_Keyword: Guam
      Place_Keyword: U.S. Territory
      Place_Keyword: Mariana Islands
      Place_Keyword: Micronesia
      Place_Keyword: Northwest Pacific
      Place_Keyword: Pacific Islands
  Access_Constraints: None
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization:
          U.S. Department of Agriculture,
           Natural Resources Conservation Service
      Contact_Position: State Soil Scientist
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing address
        Address: USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service
        Address: Pacific Basin Office
        Address: FHB Building, Suite 301
        Address: 400 Route 8
        City: Maite
        State_or_Province: GU
        Postal_Code: 96927-2003
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 671-472-7182
      Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: 800-877-8339
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bob.gavenda@pb.usda.gov
      Contact_Instructions: For any information regarding soils please contact the Guam NRCS office. For GIS-realted questions regarding this generalized soil data set, you may contact mariakottermair@uguam.uog.edu
  Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.6.1500
  Data_Set_Credit: Maria Kottermair, University of Guam (WERI)
  Use_Constraints: Data set is for planning purpose only and not for use in litigation.
Data_Quality_Information:
  Attribute_Accuracy:
    Attribute_Accuracy_Report: The attributes are based on information from the Guam Soil Survey by the Soil Conservation Service (now NRCS) available at http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/Manuscripts/PB640/0/guam.pdf
    Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:
      Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation:
        Detailed Map Unit -> General Map Unit
        Agfayan-Akina-Rock outcrop association -> Akina-Agfayan
        Agfayan-Akina association -> Akina-Agfayan
        Agfayan-Rock outcrop complex -> Akina-Agfayan
        Agfayan clay -> Akina-Agfayan
        Akina-Agfayan association -> Akina-Agfayan
        Akina-Atate association -> Akina-Atate
        Akina-Atate silty clays -> Akina-Atate
        Akina-Badland association -> Akina-Atate
        Akina-Badland complex -> Akina-Atate
        Akina-Urban land complex -> Akina-Agfayan
        Akina silty clay -> Akina-Agfayan
        Chacha clay -> Pulantat-Kagman-Chacha
        Chacha variant clay -> Pulantat-Kagman-Chacha
        Guam-Saipan complex -> Guam
        Guam-Urban land complex -> Guam
        Guam-Yigo complex -> Guam
        Guam cobbly clay loam -> Guam
        Inarajan clay -> Inarajan-Inarajan Variant
        Inarajan sandy clay loam -> Inarajan-Inarajan Variant
        Inarajan variant mucky clay -> Inarajan-Inarajan Variant
        Pulantat-Chacha clays -> Pulantat-Kagman-Chacha
        Pulantat-Kagman clays -> Pulantat-Kagman-Chacha
        Pulantat-Urban land complex -> Pulantat-Kagman-Chacha
        Pulantat clay -> Pulantat-Kagman-Chacha
        Ritidian-Rock outcrop complex -> Ritidian-Rock outcrop
        Rock outcrop-Ritidian complex -> Ritidian-Rock outcrop
        Sasalaguan clay -> Akina-Togcha-Ylig
        Shioya loamy sand -> Shioya
        Togcha-Akina silty clays -> Akina-Togcha-Ylig
        Togcha-Ylig complex -> Akina-Togcha-Ylig
        Troposaprists -> Troposaprists
        Urban land-Ustorthents complex -> Urban land
        Water -> Water
        Ylig clay -> Akina-Togcha-Ylig
  Positional_Accuracy:
    Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
      Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
        The accuracy of these digital data is based upon their compilation to base maps that meet National Map Accuracy Standards at a scale of 1 inch equals 1,000
        feet. The difference in positional accuracy between the soil boundaries and special soil features locations in the field and their digitized map locations is unknown. The
        locational accuracy of soil delineations on the ground varies with the transition between map units.
  Lineage:
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service
          Publication_Date: 1988
          Title: Soil Survey of Territory of Guam
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: atlas
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Washington, D.C.
            Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
          Online_Linkage: http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/Manuscripts/PB640/0/guam.pdf
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 25000
      Type_of_Source_Media: paper
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1988
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: SCS1
      Source_Contribution: source of soil map unit properties
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator:
            U.S. Department of Agriculture,
            Natural Resources Conservation Service
          Publication_Date: 2009
          Title: Guam soil shapefiles
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 12000
      Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 2009
        Source_Currentness_Reference: date of completion
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NRCS5
      Source_Contribution: source of the detailed map unit delineation that were generalized
    Process_Step:
      Process_Contact:
        Contact_Information:
          Contact_Organization_Primary:
            Contact_Organization: Guam Coastal Management Program, Bureau of Statistics and Plans
            Contact_Person: Maria Kottermair
          Contact_Position: GIS Support for GCMP, University of Guam (WERI)
          Contact_Voice_Telephone: 671-472-4201-3
          Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mariakottermair@uguamlive.uog.edu
      Process_Description: Copied the detailed soil series shapefile by NRCS. Projected it toWGS_1984_UTM_Zone_55_North. Added a field called "Name" and populated field based on general soil map unit that are loosly based on the 1985 General Soil Map of Guam.  The feature class was then dissolved based on the general soil map unit. Other fields were added that describe the general location, depth, and drainage of each map unit; information was taken from the Soil Survey Manuscript and reviewed by Bob Gavenda, soil scientist at NRCS. Geometry attributes were added.
      Process_Date: 2013
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Title: General Soil Map
          Originator: USDA Soil Conservation Service (now NRCS)
          Publication_Date: 1985
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
      Type_of_Source_Media: Scanned map
      Source_Contribution: source of generalized soil map unit design
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 90,080
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
  Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
  Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
Spatial_Reference_Information:
  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
    Geodetic_Model:
      Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984
      Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
      Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
      Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224
    Planar:
      Planar_Coordinate_Information:
        Planar_Distance_Units: meters
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
  Detailed_Description:
    Entity_Type:
      Entity_Type_Label: soils_general_by_type
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
      Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Shape
      Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Name
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Location
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Depth
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Drainage
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Area_m2
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Area_ha
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Area_ac
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Area_mi2
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Shape_Length
      Attribute_Definition: Length of feature in internal units.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Shape_Area
      Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Distribution_Information:
  Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: 501 West Felix Street, Building 23, P.O. Box 6567
        City: Fort Worth
        State_or_Province: Texas
        Postal_Code: 76115
Metadata_Reference_Information:
  Metadata_Date: 20130920
  Metadata_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: Guam Coastal Management Program (GCMP), Bureau of Statistics and Plans
        Contact_Person: Maria Kottermair
      Contact_Position: GIS Support for GCMP, University of Guam (WERI)
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 671-735-2685
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mariakottermair@uguamlive.uog.edu
  Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
  Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
  Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
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