As part of an interagency agreement between the National Park
Service (NPS) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), basin
characteristics are being determined for a number of watersheds
in National Parks of Alaska. Many of the characteristics are
being determined by use of Geographical Information Systems
(GIS). GIS coverages are being made available to other interested
parties.
The purpose of this data set is to provide the NPS information about soils of the Kobuk River Basin to do basic spatial analysis. A GIS coverage of the soils of the Kobuk River Basin can be used to determine the type and amount of soil for a given watershed, to help understand the chemistry of water that drains a certain type of soil, or in explaining runoff characteristics for a specific stream. More knowledge and understanding of the Kobuk River Basin will help the NPS in making sound management decisions.
Projection ALBERS Units METERS Spheroid CLARKE1866 Datum NAD27 Parameters: 1st standard parallel 55 00 00 2nd standard parallel 65 00 00 central meridian -154 00 00 latitude of projection's origin 50 00 00 false easting (meters) 0.0000 false northing (meters) 0.0000
The attribute MUID was used to distinguish the soil type. MUID = AK226, AK228, AK229, and AK230 are Rough Mountainous Lands, MUID = AK003 are Dune lands, MUID = AK066, AK068, AK080, AK086, AK095, AK124, AK125, AK132, AK133, AK134, AK143, AK196, AK211, and AK257 are gelisols, and MUID = AK189 and AK190 are inceptisols.
KOBUK_SOILS.PAT: COLUMN ITEM NAME WIDTH OUTPUT TYPE N.DEC ALTERNATE NAME 1 AREA 8 18 F 5 9 PERIMETER 8 18 F 5 17 KOBUK_SOILS# 4 5 B - 21 KOBUK_SOILS-ID 4 5 B - 25 MUID 7 7 C -
Although these data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of the data.
The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of this data, software, or related materials.