Soil family particle size class map for Colorado River Basin above Lake Mead
Data for journal manuscript: What determines the effectiveness of Pinyon-Juniper clearing treatments? Evidence from the remote sensing archive and counter-factual scenarios
Dates
Publication Date
2021-12-09
Time Period
2021
Citation
Nauman, T.W., and Duniway, M.C., 2021, Soil family particle size class map for Colorado River Basin above Lake Mead: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P94MS41X.
Summary
These data were compiled to support analysis of remote sensing data using the Disturbance Automated Reference Toolset (Nauman et al., 2017). The objective of our study was to assess results of pinyon and juniper land treatments. These data represent major soil types as defined primarily by soil texture and depth, but also geology, parent material, and geomorphology for relevant features that distinguish major ecological land units. These data were created from field soil descriptions collected in the upper Colorado River watershed mostly since 2000, but include some older data catalogued in USDS Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) databases. These soils data used in model training were collected by NRCS soil scientists. Travis [...]
Summary
These data were compiled to support analysis of remote sensing data using the Disturbance Automated Reference Toolset (Nauman et al., 2017). The objective of our study was to assess results of pinyon and juniper land treatments. These data represent major soil types as defined primarily by soil texture and depth, but also geology, parent material, and geomorphology for relevant features that distinguish major ecological land units. These data were created from field soil descriptions collected in the upper Colorado River watershed mostly since 2000, but include some older data catalogued in USDS Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) databases. These soils data used in model training were collected by NRCS soil scientists. Travis Nauman compiled these data as a training set to build an interpolative raster soil map following methods in digital soil mapping studies. These data can be used to identify probable areas with different soil types recognized to distinguish ecological communities. Soils are grouped into classes based on the taxonomic family particle size class used in US Soil Taxonomy, but also include slight class modifications to make them more ecologically relevant. These classes have been shown to be very closely related to the distribution of ecological sites, a land classification used by several land management agencies.
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Type: Related Primary Publication
Fick, S.E., Nauman, T.W., Brungard, C.C., Duniway, M.C., 2021, What determines the effectiveness of Pinyon-Juniper clearing treatments? Evidence from the remote sensing archive and counter-factual scenarios: Forest Ecology and Management (online), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119879.
The purpose of these data are support remote sensing analysis and other relevant uses of soil mapping. Other uses may also support in identifying areas with soils likely to be more or less suitable to differing land uses. These data were created to provide a detailed map of soil variability that can be used by land managers or researchers in many different applications. Our primary purpose was for analysis of remotely sensed vegetation maps, but there are many other potential applications.
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The authors of these data request that data users contact them regarding intended use and to assist with understanding limitations and interpretation. Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data for other purposes, nor on all computer systems, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
