{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "deepgis", "hasEmail": "mailto:deep.helpdesk.footprints@ct.gov"}, "description": "<div style='text-align:Left;'><div><div><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>Parent material name is a term for the general physical, chemical, </span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>and mineralogical composition of the unconsolidated material, mineral </span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>or organic, in which the soil forms. Mode of deposition and/or weathering </span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span>may be implied by the name. </span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span /></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>The soil surveyor uses parent material to develop a model used for soil </span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>mapping. Soil scientists and specialists in other disciplines use parent </span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>material to help interpret soil boundaries and project performance of </span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>the material below the soil. Many soil properties relate to parent material. </span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>Among these properties are proportions of sand, silt, and clay; chemical </span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>content; bulk density; structure; and the kinds and amounts of rock fragments. </span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>These properties affect interpretations and may be criteria used to separate </span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>soil series. Soil properties and landscape information may imply the kind of </span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span>parent material.</span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span /></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>For each soil in the database, one or more parent materials may be identified. </span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>One is marked as the representative or most commonly occurring.The representative </span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span>parent material name is presented here.</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>", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "downloadURL": "https://geodata.ct.gov/api/download/v1/items/df9dfae90f6b46cfa320ee5e67d37d23/csv?layers=0", "mediaType": "text/csv", "title": "CSV"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "downloadURL": "https://geodata.ct.gov/api/download/v1/items/df9dfae90f6b46cfa320ee5e67d37d23/geojson?layers=0", "mediaType": "application/vnd.geo+json", "title": "GeoJSON"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "downloadURL": "https://geodata.ct.gov/api/download/v1/items/df9dfae90f6b46cfa320ee5e67d37d23/kml?layers=0", "mediaType": "application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml", "title": "KML"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "downloadURL": "https://geodata.ct.gov/api/download/v1/items/df9dfae90f6b46cfa320ee5e67d37d23/shapefile?layers=0", "mediaType": "application/zip", "title": "Shapefile"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "downloadURL": "https://geodata.ct.gov/datasets/CTDEEP::soils-parent-material-name", "mediaType": "text/html", "title": "ArcGIS Hub Dataset"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "downloadURL": "https://services1.arcgis.com/FjPcSmEFuDYlIdKC/arcgis/rest/services/Soils_Parent_Material_Name/FeatureServer/0", "mediaType": "application/json", "title": "ArcGIS GeoService"}], "identifier": "https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=df9dfae90f6b46cfa320ee5e67d37d23&sublayer=0", "issued": "2023-12-14", "keyword": ["connecticut", "ct", "ctdeep", "deep", "geoscience", "hydric", "material", "nrcs", "parent", "parent material", "prime farmland", "soil", "soil interpretation", "soil survey", "soil survey geographic", "soils", "ssurgo", "stormwater runnoff management", "subsurface sewage disposal", "wetland"], "landingPage": "https://geodata.ct.gov/datasets/CTDEEP::soils-parent-material-name", "modified": "2026-01-28", "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "Department of Energy & Environmental Protection"}, "spatial": "-73.7255,40.9498,-71.7814,42.0484", "theme": ["geospatial"], "title": "Soils Parent Material Name"}