SLC Component Table

The Component table describes soil landscapes which are components of a polygon.

Contents

  Field  Name      Type  Width
  -----  ----      ----  -----
    1    SL          I     6    (relate key)
    2    CMP         I     2    (relate key)
    3    PERCENT     I     3    (percent occurrence)
    4    KINDMAT     C     2    (kind of material)
    5    VEGET       C     2    (vegetation/land use)
    6    PMDEP       C     2    (mode of deposition)
    7    CFRAG       C     1    (coarse fragment content)
    8    ROOTDP      C     3    (rooting depth)
    9    DRAIN       C     1    (drainage)
   10    DEVEL       C     1    (soil development)
   11    CALC        C     1    (calcareous class)
   12    LOCSF       C     3    (local surface form)
   13    SLOPE       C     1    (slope gradient)
   14    SNF         C     2    (relate key)
   15    SOILCODE    C     3    (relate key)
   16    MODIFIER    C     3    (relate key)

Relationships

• A record in this file is unique with respect to SL & CMP.
• SL & CMP are required to relate (1:N) to the Carbon Layer File.
• SNF & SOILCODE & MODIFIER are required to relate (N:1) to the SNF.

The proportion of the polygon occupied by each separate component is identified. However, their location within the polygon is not defined. While the data model does not restrict the number of components or the proportion of the polygon that they occupy, restrictions have been recommended from a subject matter/organization standpoint.

Note that the dominant component for some polygons will be a non-soil (i.e. water, ice or rock). Analyses involving dominant soil components should take this fact into account.

Limitations

• ORGANIC SOIL ATTRIBUTES

Background

The Soil Landscape Component Table was developed in response to the requirements of the Soil Carbon Database. It has been compiled for all map coverages in Canada and is beneficial to all other applications because it consists of major attributes important to plant growth and land management. The attribute list of the component file consists of a subset of those in the original dominant and subdominant files compiled for the provincial map coverages. However, the component file allows for more than two soil landscapes per polygon, and provides explicit descriptions of inclusions.

effective Version 2.0. Contact:

• J. Shields (provincial coverages)
• D. Kroetsch (territorial coverages)