gNATSGO Soil Database - Rasters

This collection contains the raster data for gNATSGO. In order to use the map unit values contained in the `mukey` raster asset, you'll need to join to tables represented as Items in the [gNATSGO Tables](https://planetarycomputer.microsoft.com/dataset/gnatsgo-tables) Collection. Many items have commonly used values encoded in additional raster assets. 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)

Organization	United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
License	CC0-1.0
Access	cog
URL	https://planetarycomputer.microsoft.com/api/stac/v1/collections/gnatsgo-rasters
Datasets	0