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Region 11 Technical Note – NASIS Text Notes Guide

Date: January 2009

Subject: NASIS text notes

Purpose: Provide guidance for population of text notes in NASIS.

Background: In Region 11, all MLRA soil survey activities are managed in NASIS. All SSURGO soil business and all soil survey correlation activities are captured in NASIS. NASIS provides us with an opportunity to document and store all pieces of information that go into the production of a soil survey. That opportunity resides in the “Text” tables available in NASIS. To make the most of that opportunity there needs to be some sort of structure and organization of these pieces of information so that they can be easily entered into the database and later retrieved and understood by our successors. The Region 11 NASIS Text Note Guide will help provide consistency in capturing soil business and correlation activities. In the text field, the soil scientist should place their name and date for each note captured.

Procedure: Use these worksheets to identify NASIS text tables, categories, subcategories, choice lists, etc. to be populated in Region 11.

TEXT NOTES
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NASIS TEXT TABLE KIND - Choice List CATEGORY * SUBCATEGORY * TEXT Populated by:
Area Text edit notes       NO, SO, MO
Area Text miscellaneous notes       NO, SO, MO
           
Legend Text edit notes       SSO
Legend Text mou       SO, MO
Legend Text certification statements       SO, MO
Legend Text field reviews       SSO
Legend Text correlation notes       SSO
Legend Text miscellaneous notes       SSO
           
Mapunit Text edit notes SSO
Mapunit Text correlation notes       SSO
Mapunit Text map unit description SSO
Mapunit Text nontechnical description       SSO
Mapunit Text certification statements       SSO
Mapunit Text miscellaneous notes       SSO
           
Data Mapunit Text edit notes       SSO
Data Mapunit Text certification statements       SSO
Data Mapunit Text correlation notes       SSO
Data Mapunit Text miscellaneous notes SSO
 
Component Text edit notes       SSO
Component Text correlation notes       SSO
Component Text s5 description       SSO, SO
Component Text miscellaneous notes       SSO
           
Horizon Text edit notes       SSO
Horizon Text miscellaneous notes       SSO

 * No Choice List in NASIS for Category and Subcategory
Notes: NO = National Office       SO = State Office       MO = MLRA Regional Office       SSO = MLRA Soil Survey Office

EXAMPLES:

NASIS TEXT TABLE KIND CATEGORY SUBCATEGORY TEXT
Area Text edit notes     Document changes to area name or acreage
Area Text miscellaneous notes      
         
Legend Text edit notes tech review complete manuscript review Enter quality assurance report and responses 
Legend Text mou     Insert copy of mou and any amendments
Legend Text certification statements aml reports   List aml reports needed for SSURGO certification
Legend Text certification statements certified elements   Store list of certified elements for SSURGO downloads
Legend Text certification statements date   Enter date of SSURGO download; use mm/dd/yy 
Legend Text certification statements map comp issue   Enter instructions for map compilation, finishing, or digitizing
Legend Text certification statements metadata   Include Metadata notes needed for SSURGO certification
Legend Text certification statements notes   Include notes pertaining to certification of data for SSURGO
Legend Text certification statements compilation, digitizing, DMF MO 11 QA Review To provide status of QA reviews
Legend Text certification statements scale   Enter scale of mapping for legend
Legend Text correlation notes correlation conversion legend Paste in conversion legend
Legend Text correlation notes geologic history   Include notes on general geology of the subset
Legend Text correlation notes landform   Include notes on correlation of soils to a particular landform 
Legend Text miscellaneous notes correction acres Corrections made to map unit acres for NRI county acreage
Legend Text miscellaneous notes HEL 1990 To store 1990 Erodible Soils list
Legend Text miscellaneous notes nonssurgo   Document reason(s) digital product doesn't meet SSURGO stds
Legend Text miscellaneous notes mapping progress   Document which map units were updated & reported as progress
Legend Text miscellaneous notes evaluation attribute/spatial/or Notes from Soil Survey evaluations
      interpretation  
         
Mapunit Text edit notes innitrate (value) Indiana - for Nitrate Leaching values
Mapunit Text correlation notes     List any correlation concerns related to this mapunit
Mapunit Text map unit description      
Mapunit Text nontechnical description Soi or Ag   Nontech description for conserv. planning; mainly historical data
Mapunit Text certification statements joining   Document decisions relating to joins with other survey areas
Mapunit Text miscellaneous notes evaluation attribute/spatial/or Notes by mapunit from Map Unit and Soil Survey evaluations
      interpretation  
Mapunit Text miscellaneous notes gsm   List gsm unit that the map unit belongs in
Mapunit Text miscellaneous notes mud location Describe landscape/landform/position on which mapunit occurs
Mapunit Text miscellaneous notes mud major uses List dominant use of the mapunit
Mapunit Text miscellaneous notes similar soils   Describe similar soils 

 

NASIS TEXT TABLE KIND CATEGORY SUBCATEGORY TEXT
Data Mapunit Text edit notes last updated   Document when/what/by whom changes were made to DMU
Data Mapunit Text certification statements farm class statewide importance For DMU's assigned to category 30; list qualifying criteria
Data Mapunit Text certification statements farm class prime Enter pertinent notes
Data Mapunit Text correlation notes built or copied from   Document which DMU's were used to build or edit this DMU
Data Mapunit Text correlation notes combined units   Documentation for combination of two or more map units
Data Mapunit Text correlation notes linked   Document what was linked
Data Mapunit Text correlation notes field notes   Enter notes on DMU collected during field work
Data Mapunit Text miscellaneous notes major uses   Documents information on the major land uses
         
Component Text edit notes revisions   Document all changes to component data
Component Text correlation notes RIC   Identify properties that are outside the series RIC
Component Text s5 description     Enter description from s5; historical information
Component Text miscellaneous notes typical pedon modal pedon Enter data or reference lab data number for modal pedon
Component Text miscellaneous notes classification revisions Note changes to taxonomic classification
Component Text miscellaneous notes field notes   Enter notes on components collected during field work
Component Text miscellaneous notes CTSG   Document plant information
Component Text miscellaneous notes MW-CTSG   Document plant information
Component Text nontechnical description GENSOIL generated Nontech description calculated from NASIS data
         
Horizon Text edit notes revisions to horizon data   Document all changes to horizon data
Horizon Text miscellaneous notes range in characteristics   Identify properties that are outside the series RIC
Horizon Text miscellaneous notes field notes   Enter notes on horizons collected during field work

Notes:
This list of categories and subcategories is provided to provide uniformity in notes being populated within the region and to allow for querying.
Please notify the MO of any additional categories and/or subcategories that you would like to have added to above list. 

LEGEND CORRELATION TABLE

 
CORRELATION TYPE AMENDMENT NUMBER CORRELATION DOCUMENT
correlation amendment 1, 2, 3, etc.  
field correlation     
final correlation    

Notes:
Applies to Initial Soil Surveys, Updates requiring extensive revision, and pre-SSURGO certified surveys.
Paste the correlation amendment, quality assurance report (QAR), or correlation memorandum as appropriate.
At present time, the SOI-37A will not paste into the Text box. 
Legend Correlation Table is populated by the MLRA-SSO.

MAPUNIT HISTORY TABLE

CORRELATION KIND  CORRELATION EVENT   STATUS  
Choice List Choice List HISTORICAL NAME * Choice List TEXT
join statement correlation amendment   provisional  
name change correlation team meeting   approved

Paste in Region 11 MLRA Correlation Worksheet

notes to accompany final correlation   correlated  
status change-added final field review   additional  
status change-disapproved initial field review      
status change-dropped/combined progress field review      
status change-reinstated technical assist      
symbol change        
 * No choice list in NASIS for Historical Name. Paste or type in historical map unit name as appropriate.

EXAMPLES:

CORRELATION KIND CORRELATION EVENT HISTORICAL NAME * STATUS TEXT
join statement final field review     Enter join statements from FFR report
name change initial field review enter historical map unit name   Enter new map unit name
notes to accompany initial field review     Enter notes to accompany from field review report
notes to accompany final correlation     Paste in notes to accompany from correlation memo.
status change-added progress field review   approved Status of map units XXX and YYY changed from provisional to approved at 200_ PFR. 
Notes:
All changes to the legend, map units, and taxons made during MLRA Soil Surveys must be documented in the Mapunit History Table.
Map Unit History is generally populated by the MLRA-SSO.  Status change to correlated is done by the MO after the final correlation.   

SITE - PEDON - TRANSECT

NASIS TEXT TABLE KIND TEXT
Site Association  correlation notes  
Site Association  miscellaneous notes  
Site Association  site association, formatted A formatted note written at the time of describing a site, pedon, or horizon. This note may be included into the pedon description report.
Site Association  site association, unformatted A free-form note written at the time of describing a site, pedon, or horizon.
Site Association  windows pedon import issue These notes are automatically inserted when import problems occur.
     
Transect miscellaneous notes  
Transect transect, methodology  
Transect transect, formatted  
Transect transect, unformatted  
Transect windows pedon import issue These notes are automatically inserted when import problems occur.
     
Site conversion problem Note related to a problem on converting data from PDP system to NASIS.
Site correlation notes  
Site miscellaneous notes  
Site pedon conversion  
Site site note, formatted A formatted note written at the time of describing a site, pedon, or horizon. This note may be included into the pedon description report.
Site site note, unformatted A free-form note written at the time of describing a site, pedon, or horizon.
Site windows pedon import issue These notes are automatically inserted when import problems occur.
     
Site Observation correlation notes  
Site Observation miscellaneous notes  
Site Observation site observation, formatted A formatted note written at the time of describing a site, pedon, or horizon. This note may be included into the pedon description report.
Site Observation site observation, unformatted A free-form note written at the time of describing a site, pedon, or horizon.
Site Observation windows pedon import issue These notes are automatically inserted when import problems occur.
     
Pedon conversion problem Note related to a problem on converting data from PDP system to NASIS.
Pedon correlation notes  
Pedon miscellaneous notes  
Pedon pedon conversion  
Pedon pedon note, formatted A formatted note written at the time of describing a site, pedon, or horizon. This note may be included into the pedon description report.
Pedon pedon note, unformatted A free-form note written at the time of describing a site, pedon, or horizon.
Pedon windows pedon import issue These notes are automatically inserted when import problems occur.

 

NASIS TEXT TABLE KIND TEXT
Pedon Horizon conversion problem Note related to a problem on converting data from PDP system to NASIS.
Pedon Horizon correlation notes  
Pedon Horizon horizon note, formatted A formatted note written at the time of describing a site, pedon, or horizon. This note may be included into the pedon description report.
Pedon Horizon horizon note, unformatted A free-form note written at the time of describing a site, pedon, or horizon.
Pedon Horizon miscellaneous notes  
Pedon Horizon windows pedon import issue These notes are automatically inserted when import problems occur.