Northampton County --- Virginia Coast Reserve - Long Term Ecological
Research (VCR/LTER) Digital Geospatial Metadata
1. Identification Information
1.1 Citation
8.1 Originator: Virginia Coast Reserve - Long Term Ecological
Research (VCR/LTER) in cooperation with Northampton County,
Virginia.
8.2 Publication Date: 19950310
8.4 Title: Soil Survey of Northampton County, Virginia:
Cape Charles and Cherriton Areas
(Map sheets 13 and 14)
8.5 Edition (version): 1.0
8.6 Geospatial Data Presentation Form: view
8.8 Publication Information
8.8.1 Publication Place: Charlottesville, VA.
8.8.2 Publisher: Virginia Coast Reserve - Long Term
Ecological Research (VCR/LTER)
8.9 Other Citation Details: Virginia Department of Environmental
Quality grant DEQ-??????? with computational support from NSF
support grants BSR-8702333-06 and DEB-9211772.
1.2 Description
1.2.1 Abstract: Detailed soil survey map. The Soil Survey of
Northampton County, Virginia contains a Soil Survey map set of 21
sheets. To date, only the Cape Charles and Cheriton areas have
been put in digital form. These areas corespond to sheet 13 and
sheet 14, west of Mockhorn Bay. For more information on this dataset
refer to soilmeta.htm or the U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil
Conservation Service book which accompanies the map set.
Base maps are orthophotographs prepared by the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Geological Survey, from 1982 aerial photography. Coordinate
grid ticks and land division corners, if shown, are approximately
positioned.
Scale is 1:15,840
Projection is in Longitute/Latitude
Measurement units are in feet
(State Plane Coordinate System)
1.2.2 Purpose: Northampton County planning
1.3 Time Period of Content
9.1 Single Date/Time
9.1.1 Calendar Date: 1987????
1.3.1 Currentness Reference: publication date
1.4 Status
1.4.1 Progress: ~1 and 3/4 sheets of 21 sheet set done to date.
1.4.2 Maintenance and Update Frequency: None planned
1.5 Spatial Domain
1.5.1 Bounding Coordinates
1.5.1.1 West Bounding Coordinate (longitude): -76.2
1.5.1.2 East Bounding Coordinate (longitude): -75.6
1.5.1.3 North Bounding Coordinate (latitude): 37.6
1.5.1.4 South Bounding Coordinate (latitude): 37.1
1.6 Keywords
1.6.1 Theme
1.6.1.1 Theme Keyword Thesaurus: None
1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword: Soil
1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword: Survey
1.6.2 Place
1.6.2.1 Place Keyword Thesaurus: None
1.6.2.2 Place Keyword: Northampton County
1.6.2.2 Place Keyword: Virginia
1.7 Access Constraints: None.
1.8 Use Constraints: This is one piece of a GIS database presently
being developed for Northampton County's planning purposes. If you
use VCR/LTER-generated data in a publication, please acknowledge
the VCR/LTER in addition to the originator, and cite support from
the above listed NSF grants. We would also like to receive a copy
of your publication(s), sent to the contact below.
1.9 Point of Contact
10.2 Contact Organization Primary
10.1.2 Contact Organization: Virginia Coast Reserve - Long
Term Ecological Research (VCR/LTER)
10.3 Contact Position: Data Manager
10.4 Contact Address
10.4.1 Address Type: mailing and physical address
10.4.2 Address: LTER, Dept. Environmental Sciences, Clark
Hall, University of Virginia
10.4.3 City: Charlottesville
10.4.4 State or Province: VA
10.4.5 Postal Code: 22903
10.4.6 Country: USA
10.5 Contact Voice Telephone: (804) 924-8999
10.8 Contact Electronic Mail Address: jporter@lternet.edu or
jhp7e@virginia.edu
1.10 Browse Graphic
1.10.1 Browse Graphic File Name: cc_soil.gif
1.10.2 Browse Graphic Description: Detailed soil map of Northampton
County, VA: Cape Charles and Cherriton areas.
1.10.3 Browse Graphic File Type: GIF
1.11 Data Set Credit: Primary compilation by Ray Dukes Smith.
Addition help provided by A.L. Halpin, D.L. Richardson and J.H. Porter.
All at the Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA.
1.13 Native Data Set Environment: ARC/INFO 6.1 running under SunOS
4.1 on a SUN SPARC station 1.
2. Data Quality Information
2.1 Attribute Accuracy
2.1.1 Attribute Accuracy Report: This coverage was digitized at UVA
from a paper map which was part of the USDA Soil Conservation Service
Survey booklet. The coverage was digitized in ArcInfo with an RMS error
of .004 inches or less (tablet coordinates). See this publication for
further information on the map's accuracy and complete attribute
descriptions.
2.3 Completeness Report: To date, only the Cape Charles and Cheriton
areas have been put in digital form. These areas corespond to sheet 13
and sheet 14, west of Mockhorn Bay.
2.4 Positional Accuracy: Base maps are orthophotographs prepared by the
U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, from 1982 aerial
photography. Coordinate grid ticks and land division corners, if shown,
are approximately positioned.
*** 2.5 Lineage
2.5.1 Source Information (repeat this section as often as needed)
2.5.1.1 Source Citation
8.1 Originator: United States Department of Agriculture
Soil Conservation Service
In cooperation with Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University
8.2 Publication Date: 198908
8.4 Title: Soil Survey of Northampton County, Virginia
8.5 Edition (version): 1
8.6 Geospatial Data Presentation Form: map
8.8 Publication Information
8.8.1 Publication Place: ????
8.8.2 Publisher: Soil Conservation Service ?
8.9 Other Citation Details:
2.5.1.2 Source Scale Denominator: 1:190,000
2.5.1.3 Type of Source Media: paper
2.5.1.4 Source Time Period of Content
9.1 Single Date/Time
9.1.1 Calendar Date: 198908
2.5.1.4.1 Source Currentness Reference: publication date
2.5.1.5 Source Citation Abbreviation (for reference hereafter):
Soil Survey
2.5.2 Process Step
2.5.2.1 Process Description: The paper map was digitized in tablet
coordinates using ArcInfo. This Arc coverage was given attributes
to correspond to the legend on the paper map. There are two versions
of this coverage; soil and soilorig. Soilorig represents the general
soil map as it was in the Soil Survey booklet. It's scale is
1:190,000. Soil has been adapted for use with other maps of
Northampton County which are at 1:100,000-scale. This was done by
deleting all exterior arcs in the soilorig coverage and replacing
them with the USGS 1:100,000-scale Hydrology outline coverage
created for use at the county. Interior lines were not moved but
were in some cases extended or clipped to match the more detailed
shoreline of the overlaid county outline. Small islands which were
not present in the larger resolution General Soil Map were assigned
the class value of the neighboring islands.
2.5.2 Process Step
2.5.2.1 Process Description: A final version was converted to
State Plane, NAD83 using PROJECT and EXPORTed (compression NONE)
for use on a PC.(Some descriptive attribute information is not
readily interchangable between systems.) Another version was
converted to UTM, NAD83 using PROJECT for use on a UNIX system
and EXPORTed (compression FULL).
2.5.2.3 Process Date (completed): 19950322
2.5.2.5 Source Produced Citation Abbreviation: none
2.5.2.6 Process Contact (processor): Ray Dukes Smith
10.2 Contact Organization Primary
10.1.2 Contact Organization: Virginia Coast Reserve -
Long Term Ecological Research (VCR/LTER)
10.1.1 Contact Person: Ray Dukes Smith
10.4 Contact Address
10.4.1 Address Type: mailing and physical address
10.4.2 Address: LTER, Dept. Environmental Sciences,
Clark Hall, University of Virginia
10.4.3 City: Charlottesville
10.4.4 State or Province: VA
10.4.5 Postal Code: 22903
10.4.6 Country: USA
10.8 Contact Electronic Mail Address: rds3r@virginia.edu
3. Spatial Data Organization Information
3.2 Direct Spatial Reference Method : Vector
3.3 Point and Vector Object Information
3.3.1 SDTS Terms Descriptions: line and polygon coverages
3.3.1.1 SDTS Point and Vector Object Type: GT-polygons
composed of chains
* 3.3.1.2 Point and Vector Object Count:
4. Spatial Reference Information
4.1 Horizontal Coordinate System Definition *(choose Geographic or
Planar, PLUS Geodetic Model)
4.1.2 Planar
4.1.2.2 Grid Coordinate System Name
4.1.2.2.1 Grid Coordinate System Name: State Plane
Coordinate System 1983
4.1.2.2.4 State Plane Coordinate System (SPSC)
4.1.2.2.4.1 SPCS Zone Identifier: Virginia, south zone
: -4502 NOS, 5576 USGS
4.1.2.4 Planar Coordinate Information
4.1.2.4.1 Planar Coordinate Encoding Method: coordinate pair
4.1.2.4.4 Planar Distance Units: international feet
4.1.4 Geodetic Model
4.1.4.1 Hoizontal Datum Name: North American Datum of 1983
4.1.4.2 Ellipsoid Name: Clarke 1866
4.2 Vertical Coordinate System Definition: none
5. Entity and Attribute Information
5.1 Detailed Description
5.1.1 Entity Type *(repeat as needed)
5.1.1.1 Entity Type Label (name): label
5.1.1.2 Entity Type Definition (description): A polygon label
point giving a character or numerical description of the attribute.
5.1.1.3 Entity Type Definition Source (authority): Coding is
consistant with values in the USDA Soil Survey booklet.
5.1.2 Attribute
5.1.2.1 Attribute Label: CPLEX
5.1.2.2 Attribute Definition: Numerical code representing the
General Soil Map legend classes.
5.1.2.3 Attribute Definition Source: USDA Soil Survey booklet
5.1.2.4 Attribute Domain Values
5.1.2.4.1 Enumerated Domain
5.1.2.4.1.1 Enumerated Domain Value: 0
5.1.2.4.1.2 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:
water
5.1.2.4.1.1 Enumerated Domain Value: 1
5.1.2.4.1.2 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:
bojac-munden-molena
5.1.2.4.1.1 Enumerated Domain Value: 2
5.1.2.4.1.2 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:
nimmo-munden-dragston
5.1.2.4.1.1 Enumerated Domain Value: 3
5.1.2.4.1.2 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:
chincoteague-magotha
5.1.2.4.1.1 Enumerated Domain Value: 4
5.1.2.4.1.2 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:
fisherman-beaches-camocca
5.1.2 Attribute
5.1.2.1 Attribute Label: CPLEXNAME
5.1.2.2 Attribute Definition:
5.1.2.3 Attribute Definition Source: USDA Soil Survey booklet
5.1.2.4.1.1 Enumerated Domain Value: water
5.1.2.4.1.2 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:
Ocean, bay, estuary, lake, or other water covered
area.
5.1.2.4.1.1 Enumerated Domain Value: bojac-munden-molena
5.1.2.4.1.2 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:
Nearly level to steep, moderately well drained to
somewhat excessively drained, loamy and sandy
soils; on broad flats, side slopes, and escarpments
5.1.2.4.1.1 Enumerated Domain Value: nimmo-munden-dragston
5.1.2.4.1.2 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:
Nearly level. moderately well drained to poorly
drained, loamy soils; on broad flats and in
depressions
5.1.2.4.1.1 Enumerated Domain Value: chincoteague-magotha
5.1.2.4.1.2 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:
Nearly level, very poorly drained and poorly
drained, silty and loamy soils; in tidal marshes
5.1.2.4.1.1 Enumerated Domain Value: fisherman-beaches-camocca
5.1.2.4.1.2 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:
Nearly level to sloping, moderately well drained
and poorly drained, sandy soils and beaches; on
flats and low dune depressions
6. Distribution Information
6.1 Distributor
10.2 Contact Organization Primary
10.1.2 Contact Organization: Virginia Coast Reserve - Long
Term Ecological Research (VCR/LTER)
10.3 Contact Position: Data Manager
10.4 Contact Address
10.4.1 Address Type: mailing and physical address
10.4.2 Address: LTER, Dept. Environmental Sciences, Clark
Hall, University of Virginia
10.4.3 City: Charlottesville
10.4.4 State or Province: VA
10.4.5 Postal Code: 22903
10.4.6 Country: USA
10.5 Contact Voice Telephone: (804) 924-8999
10.8 Contact Electronic Mail Address: jporter@lternet.edu or
jhp7e@virginia.edu
6.3 Distribution Liability: None
6.4 Standard Order Process
6.4.2 Digital Form
6.4.2.1 Digital Transfer Information
6.4.2.1.1 Format Name: ARCE
6.4.2.1.6 File Decompression Technique:
* 6.4.2.1.7 Transfer Size (MB):
6.4.2.2 Digital Transfer Option
6.4.2.2.2 Offline Option
6.4.2.2.2.1 Offline Media: For information about
available offline media and how to obtain them, please
first obtain the permission of Northampton County
before contacting the above distribution contact party.
6.4.3 Fees: A fee may be assessed for non-digital and offline
digital formats of the dataset(s) covering reasonable costs
entailed in the distribution of the data. Any additional fees
are the prerogative of Northampton County alone.
7. Metadata Reference Information
7.1 Metadata Date: 19950310
7.4 Metadata Contact
10.2 Contact Organization Primary
10.1.2 Contact Organization: Virginia Coast Reserve - Long
Term Ecological Research (VCR/LTER)
10.3 Contact Position: Data Manager
10.4 Contact Address
10.4.1 Address Type: mailing and physical address
10.4.2 Address: LTER, Dept. Environmental Sciences, Clark
Hall, University of Virginia
10.4.3 City: Charlottesville
10.4.4 State or Province: VA
10.4.5 Postal Code: 22903
10.4.6 Country: USA
10.5 Contact Voice Telephone: (804) 924-8999
10.8 Contact Electronic Mail Address: jporter@lternet.edu or
jhp7e@virginia.edu
7.5 Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital
Geospatial Metadata
7.6 Metadata Standard Version: 19940608