Natural Soil Landscape Position 1999

Soil map units from 1990's era soil maps were re-classed into 12 categories based on the depth of the seasonal high-water table, soil morphological characteristics, and geographical location.The Natural Soils Landscape Position project was undertaken to simplify the complex, multi-county soil survey data and to promote a clearer understanding of the relationships that exist between soil, hydrology, and vegetation community. The resulting product is a seamless spatial soil landscape layer within the boundaries of the SFWMD as well as a methodology that can be applied to other soils data to produce a similar result. This project was a cooperative effort between SFWMD and the NRCS. Funding was provided as part of the United Satets Environmental Protection agency's grant to the SFWMD for the Comprehensive Conservation Permitting and Mitigation Strategy Wetland Strategies under the assistance agreement ID number X9948864-96-0 to the South Florida Wetlands Conservation Strategy. Associated Technical Publication WS-06 (2001): Soil Classification Database: Categorization of County Soil Survey Data within the SFWMD Including Natural Soils Landscape Positions