Soil Name Table (SNT)
Filename
soil_name_REGION_v1
Description
The Soil Name Table (SNT) contains general information for all soils in the NSDB.
Contents
Field | Name | Type | Width | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | PROVINCE | string | 2 | Province Code |
2 | SOILNAME | string | 24 | Soil Name |
3 | SOIL_CODE | string | 3 | Soil Code |
4 | MODIFIER | string | 3 | Soil Code Modifier |
5 | LU | string | 1 | Land Use flag |
6 | KIND | string | 1 | Kind of Surface Material |
7 | WATERTBL | string | 2 | Water Table Characteristics |
8 | ROOTRESTRI | string | 1 | Soil layer that restricts root growth |
9 | RESTR_TYPE | string | 2 | Type of root restricting layer |
10 | DRAINAGE | string | 2 | Soil Drainage Class |
11 | PMTEX1 | string | 2 | Parent material texture - first (uppermost) |
12 | PMTEX2 | string | 2 | Parent material texture - second |
13 | PMTEX3 | string | 2 | Parent material texture - third |
14 | PMCALC1 | string | 2 | Parent material chemical property - first (uppermost) |
15 | PMCALC2 | string | 2 | Parent material chemical property - second |
16 | PMCALC3 | string | 2 | Parent material chemical property - third |
17 | MDEP1 | string | 4 | Mode of deposition - first (uppermost) |
18 | MDEP2 | string | 4 | Mode of deposition - second |
19 | MDEP3 | string | 4 | Mode of deposition - third |
20 | ORDER | string | 2 | Soil Order (2nd edition) |
21 | S_GROUP | string | 4 | Soil Subgroup (2nd edition) |
22 | G_GROUP | string | 3 | Soil Great Group (2nd edition) |
23 | ORDER3 | string | 2 | Soil Order (3rd edition) |
24 | S_GROUP3 | string | 5 | Soil Subgroup (3rd edition) |
25 | G_GROUP3 | string | 3 | Soil Great Group (3rd edition) |
26 | PROFILE | string | 25 | Linkage key to the Detail II (pedon) File |
27 | SOILKEY | string | 9 | Soil Name Identifier |
Relationships
- There is one SNT table per province.
- A record in this file is unique with respect to SOILKEY.
- This file is linked to the SLT table by SOILKEY.
- The link to the SLT table can be altered using the LU field.