The soils layer combines the following separate coverages:

The final resolution of the complete coverage is 30 meter. It is however noted that some of the source data is of lower resolution. The coverage is matched with all soil parameters intact. The parameters were used to match each soil to a similar soil available in the database of soils that comes with the S.W.A.T. interface. The S.W.A.T. database only contains soils used in STATSGO records. Each coverage contained soils that are not in STATSGO. These files could have been created, however S.W.A.T. requires parameters not generally available with any of the coverages used. As this process was very complicated, I will not go into details in this web page. Contact me for additional information.

MATCH Map showing matching score between the actual soil parameters and the selected soil included with the S.W.A.T. interface.

Hydraulic Group of each soil in the watershed.

USLE K Factor values for each soil in the region.

Organic Matter Content of the surface layer of soil. This value is the upper limit for organic matter content listed in the MUIR tables for each soil

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