Soils Farmland Classification

<div style='text-align:Left;'><div><div><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>Farmland classification identifies map units as prime farmland, </span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>farmland of statewide importance, farmland of local importance, </span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>or unique farmland. It identifies the location and extent of the </span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>soils that are best suited to food, feed, fiber, forage, and </span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>oilseed crops. NRCS policy and procedures on prime and unique </span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>farmlands are published in the "Federal Register," Vol. 43, </span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span>No. 21, January 31, 1978.</span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span /></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>This data set is a digital soil survey and generally is the most</span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>detailed level of soil geographic data developed by the National</span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>Cooperative Soil Survey. The information was prepared by digitizing</span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>maps, by compiling information onto a planimetric correct base</span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>and digitizing, or by revising digitized maps using remotely</span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span>sensed and other information.</span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span /></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>This data set consists of georeferenced digital map data and</span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>computerized attribute data. The map data are in a soil survey area</span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>extent format and include a detailed, field verified inventory</span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>of soils and miscellaneous areas that normally occur in a repeatable</span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>pattern on the landscape and that can be cartographically shown at</span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>the scale mapped. The soil map units are linked to attributes in the</span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>National Soil Information System relational database, which gives</span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span>the proportionate extent of the component soils and their properties.</span></p></div></div></div>