1. SSURGO Dataset to File Geodatabase Import Tool One Example of Extending Capabilities through Python 2013 IGIC Conference Muncie, Indiana Chris Morse, NRCS State GIS Coordinator Rick Neilson, Assistant State Soil Scientist Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

2. Overview Python Script compatible with Arc 9.3 and higher Author: Adolfo Diaz, NRCS This tool imports multiple soil surveys into one File Geodatabase It creates the proper relationships between all SSURGO data tables, including map unit and component tables – SSURGO metadata at: http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/SSURGOMetadata.aspx It can clip your imported files to a bounding area of interest, if different than survey extents Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

3. Topics Soil Data Mart Downloads (10 minutes) Folder Set Up (5 minutes) Setup and Run the Python Script (10 minutes) Demo of results (5 minutes) Questions (5 minutes) Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

4. Soil Data Mart Current NRCS site for public download of SSURGO (Soil Survey Geographic) GIS data http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov Soil Data Mart will be shutting down in the near future Download access will be moving to Web Soil Survey (WSS) at WSS 3.0 release http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov (Current WSS release is 2.3) Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

5. Soil Data Mart Downloading Indiana data – Download Spatial AND Tabular (database) files – Download Shapefiles File Geodatabases are not supported for download at this time – Select the Indiana Template Access 2002 Database, latest version (version 33 as of 4/26/13) – Select a coordinate system for best compatibility with your work and the geographic location of interest Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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13. Downloading in Web Soil Survey 3.0 Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. (Link pending final release)

14. Downloading in Web Soil Survey 3.0 Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Set options and links are available on the page

15. Extract Files Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

16. Extract Files Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Input surveys must be in a common directory with the file structure of the standard SSURGO download preserved.

17. Run the Tool Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Tool is a Python script that can be accessed through ArcToolbox

18. Run the Tool Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

19. Run the Tool Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Example of an input boundary

20. Results (Catalog view) Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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23. Results (Tabular view) Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

24. Results (Selection via Relates) Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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