New England Functional Assessment Surficial Geology Materials
New England surficial materials is a vector dataset and an associated web map developed using National Cooperative Soil Survey soil parent material data. Provided for the purpose of documenting surficial materials for the New England Wetland Functional Assessment.
The SurficialGeo variable determines the type of underlying geologic layer(s) of the wetland system to assess the permeability of the mineral constituents of the soil(s). Underlying parent materials that generally result in coarse textured soils receive a high score for SurficialGeo because infiltration rates increase with soil texture coarseness.
The source SSURGO data set is a digital soil survey and generally is the most detailed level of soil geographic data developed by the National Cooperative Soil Survey. The information was prepared by digitizing maps, by compiling information onto a planimetric correct base and digitizing, or by revising digitized maps using remotely sensed and other information. This data set consists of georeferenced digital map data and computerized attribute data. The map data are in a soil survey area extent format and include a detailed, field verified inventory of soils and miscellaneous areas that normally occur in a repeatable pattern on the landscape and that can be cartographically shown at the scale mapped. A special soil features layer (point and line features) is optional. This layer displays the location of features too small to delineate at the mapping scale, but they are large enough and contrasting enough to significantly influence use and management. The soil map units are linked to attributes in the National Soil Information System relational database, which gives the proportionate extent of the component soils and their properties.
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ArcGIS REST Services Directory: NEWFA_surficialgeo layer
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ArcGIS Online Web Map: New England Functional Assessment Surficial Geology Materials Map
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| description | New England surficial materials is a vector dataset and an associated web map developed using National Cooperative Soil Survey soil parent material data. Provided for the purpose of documenting surficial materials for the New England Wetland Functional Assessment. The SurficialGeo variable determines the type of underlying geologic layer(s) of the wetland system to assess the permeability of the mineral constituents of the soil(s). Underlying parent materials that generally result in coarse textured soils receive a high score for SurficialGeo because infiltration rates increase with soil texture coarseness. The source SSURGO data set is a digital soil survey and generally is the most detailed level of soil geographic data developed by the National Cooperative Soil Survey. The information was prepared by digitizing maps, by compiling information onto a planimetric correct base and digitizing, or by revising digitized maps using remotely sensed and other information. This data set consists of georeferenced digital map data and computerized attribute data. The map data are in a soil survey area extent format and include a detailed, field verified inventory of soils and miscellaneous areas that normally occur in a repeatable pattern on the landscape and that can be cartographically shown at the scale mapped. A special soil features layer (point and line features) is optional. This layer displays the location of features too small to delineate at the mapping scale, but they are large enough and contrasting enough to significantly influence use and management. The soil map units are linked to attributes in the National Soil Information System relational database, which gives the proportionate extent of the component soils and their properties. |
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| identifier | USDA-NRCS-NEWFA-SurficialGeo |
| issued | 2026-03-18 |
| keyword |
[ "Soil Survey", "clean water act", "functional assessment", "geology", "section 404", "soil parent material", "surficial materials", "wetland", "wetlands" ] |
| landingPage | https://nrcs.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/nrcs::new-england-functional-assessment-surficial-geology-materials-map-wfl1/about |
| language |
[ "en-US" ] |
| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 2026-09-04 |
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| publisher |
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| references |
[ "https://www.nae.usace.army.mil/missions/regulatory/regulatory-field-tools/" ] |
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| spatial | New England |
| theme |
[ "geospatial" ] |
| title | New England Functional Assessment Surficial Geology Materials |
