# Source: gNATSGO Soil Database - Tables
# Type: geoparquet
# Catalog: STACConnector
# Generated by: folia catalog import
# Generated at: 2026-02-08T00:48:44.743328+00:00
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source:
  id: planetary-computer-gnatsgo-tables
  name: gNATSGO Soil Database - Tables
  type: geoparquet
  url: https://planetarycomputer.microsoft.com/api/stac/v1/collections/gnatsgo-tables
  description: 'This collection contains the table data for gNATSGO. This table data
    can be used to determine the values of raster data cells for Items in the [gNATSGO
    Rasters](https://planetarycomputer.microsoft.com/dataset/gnatsgo-rasters) Collection.


    The gridded National Soil Survey Geographic Database (gNATSGO) is a USDA-NRCS
    Soil & Plant Science Division (SPSD) composite database that provides complete
    coverage of the best available soils information for all areas of the United States
    and Island Territories. It was created by combining data from the Soil Survey
    Geographic Database (SSURGO), State Soil Geographic Database (STATSGO2), and Raster
    Soil Survey Databases (RSS) into a single seamless ESRI file geodatabase.


    SSURGO is the SPSD flagship soils database that has over 100 years of field-validated
    detailed soil mapping data. SSURGO contains soils information for more than 90
    percent of the United States and island territories, but unmapped land remains.
    STATSGO2 is a general soil map that has soils data for all of the United States
    and island territories, but the data is not as detailed as the SSURGO data. The
    Raster Soil Surveys (RSSs) are the next generation soil survey databases developed
    using advanced digital soil mapping methods.


    The gNATSGO database is composed primarily of SSURGO data, but STATSGO2 data was
    used to fill in the gaps. The RSSs are newer product with relatively limited spatial
    extent.  These RSSs were merged into the gNATSGO after combining the SSURGO and
    STATSGO2 data. The extent of RSS is expected to increase in the coming years.


    See the [official documentation](https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/survey/geo/?cid=nrcseprd1464625)'
  provider: United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation
    Service
  license: CC0-1.0
  metadata:
    stac: true
    stac_api: true
    connector_id: planetary-computer
    tags:
    - Soils
    - NATSGO
    - SSURGO
    - STATSGO2
    - RSS
    - USDA
    - United States
    dataset:
      tier: 1
      thematic_group: Land Cover & Land Use
      format: geoparquet
      crs: EPSG:4326
      temporal:
        range: 2020-07-01/2020-07-01
        type: snapshot
        default_range: latest
      quality:
        coverage: global
      layout:
        type: tiled
      stac_collection_id: gnatsgo-tables
      homepage: https://planetarycomputer.microsoft.com/api/stac/v1/collections/gnatsgo-tables