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soilDB (version 2.8.8)

Soil Database Interface

Description

A collection of functions for reading soil data from U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) and National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) databases.

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https://github.com/ncss-tech/soilDB/

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Andrew Brown

Last Published

February 10th, 2025

Functions in soilDB (2.8.8)

Create local NASIS database connection

Create a database from SSURGO Exports

SoilWeb_spatial_query

Get SSURGO Data via Spatial Query

Get SSURGO ZIP files from Web Soil Survey 'Download Soils Data'

Query a NASIS DBIConnection

createStaticNASIS

Create a memory or file-based instance of NASIS database

Web Coverage Services Details

Graphical Description of US Soil Taxonomy Soil Temperature Regimes

SDA_spatialQuery

Query Soil Data Access by spatial intersection with supplied geometry

estimateColorMixture

Estimate color mixtures using weighted average of CIELAB color coordinates

Estimate Soil Temperature Regime

Query data from Kellogg Soil Survey Laboratory Data Mart via Soil Data Access or local SQLite snapshot

fetchNASISLabData

Get NCSS Pedon laboratory data from NASIS

summarizeSoilTemperature

Get data from Henry Mount Soil Temperature and Water Database

Get Official Series Descriptions and summaries from SoilWeb API

Get Kellogg Soil Survey Laboratory Data from SoilWeb snapshot

fetchNASISWebReport

Get component tables from NASIS Web Reports

Get a pedon or component data SoilProfileCollection from NASIS

get_component_from_GDB

Get a SoilProfileCollection from a SSURGO file geodatabase

Get a SoilProfileCollection from a PedonPC v.5 database

Fetch Soil Landscapes of the United States (SOLUS) Grids

Get vegetation plot data from local NASIS database

Filter KSSL Geochemical Table

fetchSDA_spatial

Get Spatial Data from Soil Data Access by mukey, nationalmusym or areasymbol

Get Rapid Carbon Assessment (RaCA) data

get_component_from_SDA

Get SSURGO/STATSGO2 Mapunit Data from Soil Data Access

Get SoilGrids 2.0 Property Estimates for Points or Spatial Extent

Fetch Soil Inventory Resource (SRI) for USFS Region 6

Get Daily Climate Data from USDA-NRCS SCAN (Soil Climate Analysis Network) Stations

format_SQL_in_statement

Format vector of values into a string suitable for an SQL IN statement.

Get Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCND) data from NOAA API

get_RMF_from_NASIS_db

Get RMF data from local NASIS

getHzErrorsNASIS

Get Logic Errors in NASIS/PedonPC Pedon Horizon

get_EDIT_ecoclass_by_geoUnit

Get Ecological Dynamics Information Tool (EDIT) ecological sites by catalog (ESD/ESG) and MLRA

Get Official Series Description Data from JSON, HTML or TXT sources

get_NASIS_table_metadata

Get NASIS Table Metadata (Table and Column Descriptions)

get_NASIS_table_name_by_purpose

Get NASIS 7 Physical Table Names

get_NOAA_stations_nearXY

Get NOAA station data near a given latitude and longitude

get_NASIS_metadata

Get NASIS Metadata (Domain, Column and Choice Lists)

get_NASIS_table_key_by_name

Get a NASIS table key by type and table name

get_SDA_metrics

Get Soil Data Access, Lab Data Mart and Web Soil Survey Usage Metrics

Get map unit hydric soils information from Soil Data Access

get_SDA_interpretation

Get map unit interpretations from Soil Data Access by rule name

get_SDA_muaggatt

Get map unit aggregate attribute information from Soil Data Access

get_SDA_coecoclass

Get mapunit ecological sites from Soil Data Access

get_SDA_cosurfmorph

Get Geomorphic/Surface Morphometry Data from Soil Data Access

get_SDA_pmgroupname

Get map unit parent material group information from Soil Data Access

get_SDA_property

Get map unit properties from Soil Data Access

Get Soil Inventory Resource (SRI) for USFS Region 6

get_ecosite_history_from_NASIS_db

Get Site Ecological Site History

get_SDV_legend_elements

Get Soil Data Viewer Attribute Information

get_extended_data_from_NASIS_db

Get accessory tables and summaries from a local NASIS Database

get_colors_from_NASIS_db

Get Soil Color Data from a local NASIS Database

get_mapunit_from_NASIS

Get Legend, Mapunit and Legend Mapunit Area Overlap Tables

get_veg_from_AK_Site

Get Vegetation Data from an AK Site Database

get_comonth_from_NASIS_db

Get component month data from a local NASIS Database

get_veg_species_from_MT_veg_db

Get species-level Data from a Montana RangeDB database

get_labpedon_data_from_NASIS_db

Get lab pedon data from a local NASIS Database

get_veg_from_MT_veg_db

Get Site and Plot-level Data from a Montana RangeDB database

Get the soilDB environment used for storing error messages and quality control output

get_cosoilmoist_from_NASIS

Get the Component Soil Moisture Tables

get_veg_data_from_NASIS_db

Get vegetation data from a local NASIS Database

get_site_data_from_pedon_db

Get Site Data from a PedonPC Database

get_text_notes_from_NASIS_db

Get text note data from a local NASIS Database

get_colors_from_pedon_db

Get Soil Color Data from a PedonPC Database

get_component_data_from_NASIS_db

Get component data from a local NASIS Database

get_site_data_from_NASIS_db

Get Site Data from a local NASIS Database

make_EDIT_service_URL

Make Ecological Dynamics Interpretive Tool (EDIT) web services URL

NASIS 7 Metadata

Generate chunk labels for splitting data

local_NASIS_defined

Check for presence of nasis_local ODBC data source

get_soilseries_from_NASIS

Get records from the Series Classification (SC) database

Example SoilProfilecollection Objects Returned by fetchNASIS.

Post-process Well-Known Text from Soil Data Access

get_veg_other_from_MT_veg_db

Get cover composition data from a Montana RangeDB database

get_veg_from_NPS_PLOTS_db

Get Vegetation Data from an NPS PLOTS Database

simplifyArtifactData

Simplify Coarse Fraction Data

Get Map Unit Key (mukey) grid from SoilWeb Web Coverage Service (WCS)

get_extended_data_from_pedon_db

Get accessory tables and summaries from a local pedonPC Database

Parse contents of a web report, based on supplied arguments.

Retrieve Soil Series Extent Maps from SoilWeb

simplifyColorData

Simplify Color Data by ID

get_lablayer_data_from_NASIS_db

Get lab pedon layer data from a local NASIS Database

get_hz_data_from_NASIS_db

Get Horizon Data from a local NASIS Database

get_hz_data_from_pedon_db

Get Horizon Data from a PedonPC Database

Get "siblings" and "cousins" for a given soil series

Get SoilWeb 800m Major Component Soil Taxonomy Grids

Soil Database Interface

Timeline of US Published Soil Surveys

Convert coded values returned from NASIS and SDA queries into human-readable values

Get 30m or 270m gridded soil soil color data from SoilWeb Web Coverage Service (WCS)

Compute Water Day and Year

Develop a Water Retention Curve from KSSL Data

NASISChoiceList

Work with NASIS Choice Lists

NASISLocalDatabase

NASIS Local Database

NASIS_table_column_keys

NASIS 7 Tables, Columns and Foreign Keys

NASISDomainsAsFactor

Get/Set Options for Encoding NASIS Domains as Factors

Get 800m gridded soil properties from SoilWeb ISSR-800 Web Coverage Service (WCS)

Query USDA-ARS ROSETTA Model API

Query Soil Data Access

SCAN_SNOTEL_metadata

USDA-NRCS Station Metadata for SCAN, CSCAN, SNOTEL, SNOWLITE Networks

Search full text of Official Series Description on SoilWeb