Identification_Information:
  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: USDA/NRCS - National Geospatial Center of Excellence
      Title: USDA-NRCS Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO)
  Description:
    Purpose: SSURGO depicts information about the kinds and distribution of soils on the landscape. The soil map and data used in the SSURGO product were prepared by soil scientists as part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey.
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Single_Date/Time:
        Calendar_Date: 09-DEC-15  FY16
  Status:
    Progress: In Work
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -83.79431
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -83.25069
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.0432
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.56268
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Standard for Geospatial Dataset File Naming
      Theme_Keyword: Soil Survey
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GNIS
      Place_Keyword: Tennessee
      Place_Keyword: Sevier
  Use_Constraints:

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Service Center Agencies should be acknowledged as the data source in products derived from these data.

    This data set is not designed for use as a primary regulatory tool in permitting or citing decisions, but may be used as a reference source.  This information may be interpreted by organizations, agencies, units of government, or others based on needs; however, they are responsible for the appropriate application.  Federal, State, or local regulatory bodies are not to reassign to the Service Center Agencies any authority for the decisions that they make.  The Service Center Agencies will not perform any evaluations of these data for purposes related solely to State or local regulatory programs.

    Photographic or digital enlargement of these data to scales greater than at which they were originally mapped can cause misinterpretation of the data.  Digital data files are periodically updated, and users are responsible for obtaining the latest version of the data.
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: National Geospatial Center of Excellence
      Contact_Address:
        Address: 501 W. Felix St, Bldg 23
        City: Fort Worth
        State_or_Province: Texas
        Postal_Code: 76115
Data_Quality_Information:
  Lineage:
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator:
            USDA-NRCS-NCGC
          Publication_Date: 2001 - Present
          Title: Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO II)
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 12,000 - 63,360
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description: Compilation of  soil line delineations and mapunit labels were completed on multiple orthophotos. Special soil features were then digitized using DOQQs.  Exported as shape, coverage and dlg.
      Process_Date: 1995 - Present
Spatial_Reference_Information:
  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
    Geographic:
      Latitude_Resolution: 0.02
      Longitude_Resolution: 0.02
      Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
    Geodetic_Model:
      Horizontal_Datum_Name: World Geodetic System of 1984 (WGS84)
      Ellipsoid_Name: WGS84
      Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
      Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257223563
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
  Overview_Description:
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
      Map Unit Delineations are closed polygons that may be dominated by a single soil or nonsoil component plus allowable similar or dissimilar soils, or they can be geographic mixtures of groups of soils or soils and nonsoil areas. 
The map unit symbol uniqu
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Information in the SSURGO Users Guide provides a complete description of the entity and attributes.
Distribution_Information:
  Distribution_Liability:

    Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the Service Center Agencies regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture will warrant the delivery of this product in computer readable format, and will offer appropriate adjustment of credit when the product is determined unreadable by correctly adjusted computer input peripherals, or when the physical medium is delivered in damaged condition.  Request for adjustment of credit must be made within 90 days from the date of this shipment from the ordering site.

    Neither the U.S. Department of Agriculture, nor any of its agencies are liable for misuse of the data, for damage, for transmission of viruses, or for computer contamination through the distribution of these data sets.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.)
  Standard_Order_Process:
    Digital_Form:
      Digital_Transfer_Information:
        Format_Name: USGS ASCII ESRI Shape File
Metadata_Reference_Information:
  Metadata_Date: 12/01/2016
  Metadata_Standard_Name: SCI Minimum Compliance Metadata
  Metadata_Standard_Version: SCI Std 003-02