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Ronald D. CollmanAssistant State Soil ScientistUSDA NRCS2118 W Park Ct.Champaign, IL [email protected]
Soils and Geospatial DataWeb Soil Survey: http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/
START WSS: http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/WebSoilSurvey.aspx
Soil Data Mart: http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/
Online manuscripts- http://soils.usda.gov/survey/printed_surveys/
Soil Data Access: http://sdmdataaccess.nrcs.usda.gov
Soil Data Viewer: http://soils.usda.gov/sdv/
SDV Rules manager: https://sdvrulemanager.sc.egov.usda.gov/RuleManager.aspx
SDV Rule manager User Guide: ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/training/Soil_Data_Viewer_Rule_Manager_User_Guide_2_0.pdf
Illinois Suite of Interpretive Maps: http://www.il.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/soils/Suite_Maps.htmlU.S. General Soil Map (STATSGO2): http://www.soils.usda.gov/survey/geography/statsgo/
Soil Geochemistry Spatial database: http://soils.usda.gov/survey/geochemistry/index.htmlIllinois Natural Resources Geospatial Data Clearinghouse: http://www.isgs.illinois.edu/nsdihome/NRCS National Geospatial Data Gateway: http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/TerraServer: http://www.terraserver.com/USGS National Map Viewer: http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/USGS Map Locator and Downloader TOPOS and ORTHOS (FREE): http://store.usgs.gov/SOIL EROSION CALCULATION: RUSLE II files for download: http://fargo.nserl.purdue.edu/rusle2_dataweb/RUSLE2_Index.htm
National Soil Erosion Research Lab (ARS): http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=36-02-15-00
LAB Data and Soil Series DataSoil Survey Lab Characterization Data (Point data): http://ncsslabdatamart.sc.egov.usda.gov/Official Series Descriptions: http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/osd/index.html Soil Series Classification Database (SC): http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/scfile/index.htmlSoil Extent Mapping Tool: http://www.cei.psu.edu/soiltool/NSSL GOOGLE point data: http://www.google.com/fusiontables/embedviz?
viz=MAP&q=select+col0,+col1,+col2,+col3,+col4,+col5,+col6,+col7,+col8,+col9,+col10,+col11,+col12,+col13,+col14,+col15,+col16,+col17,+col18+from+310291+&h=false&lat=19.31114335506464&lng=-90.703125&z=2&t=3&l=col2
Topographic and location informationConvert and calculate UTM to Lat\Long: http://leware.net/geo/utmgoogle.htmLocate Topo name: http://www.topoquest.com/find.php#utmFind points and get direction form Google: http://leware.net/geo/utmgoogleapp.htm
CLIMATEWorld Climate: http://www.worldclimate.com/National Climate: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.htmlNRCS Climate: http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/Climate Reports (Narratives and Tables): http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/cgibin/soil-nar.pldrought.gov: http://www.drought.gov/portal/server.pt/community/drought_gov/202;jsessionid=E5CF6E514958F6CA693B5D1867EC467AIllinois Climate Summaries: http://www.sws.uiuc.edu/atmos/statecli/Summary/Illinois.htmNational Weather Service: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/Soil Temperatures: http://www.isws.illinois.edu/warm/soiltemp.aspUSGS Precipitation Maps: http://il.water.usgs.gov/gmaps/precip/
WATERISWS - Surface Water & Floodplain Information - Floodplain Information Database: http://www.sws.uiuc.edu/fpi/cfd.asp
USGS Surface Water for Illinois Peak Streamflow: http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/il/nwis/peak?search_criteria=county_cd&submitted_form=introductionUSGS Gage-Linked Inundation Maps: http://il.water.usgs.gov/ifhpUSGS StreamStats Watershed Delineation Maps: http://water.usgs.gov/osw/streamstats/
WARM - Well Level Data: http://www.sws.uiuc.edu/warm/sgwdata/wells.aspx
STATISTICSNational Ag Stats: http://www.nass.usda.gov/USDA Census of Ag: http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/University of Illinois crop yield data: http://www.nres.uiuc.edu/soilproductivity http://soilproductivity.nres.illinois.edu/
PLANTS\ECOSITESIllinois Natural History Survey: http://www.inhs.illinois.edu/resources/dataresources.html
ILPIN: http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/delaware/ilpin/ilpin.htmlFire Effects Information System http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/ LIKE ILPIN http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/Silvics of Trees of North America http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/silvics_manual/table_of_contents.htm Commercial speciesCTAP: IDNR site: http://dnr.state.il.us/orep/ctap/ CTAP: INHS site: http://ctap.inhs.uiuc.edu/data/data.aspNatural Communities of Illinois: http://www.inhs.illinois.edu/~kenr/natural_communities.html NRCS Plants Database: http://plants.usda.gov/
VegSpec: http://vegspec.sc.egov.usda.gov/vegSpec/index.jsp Currently unavailable?
EDUCATIONSoils Information: http://soils.usda.govSoil Education: http://soils.usda.gov/education/index.html
The APPSOILWEB http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/drupal/node/886
Other Appshttp://water.usgs.gov/wateralert/
GAMEShttp://urbanext.illinois.edu/soil/game.html
Ecology\EnvironmentESIS (Ecological Site Information System: http://esis.sc.egov.usda.gov/USDA-ARS:Ecological Sites: http://usda-ars.nmsu.edu/esdIntro.htmlFossil and Surface Pollen Data: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/pollen.htmlBureau of Land management (BLM) ecological sites: http://www.blm.gov/nstc/library/pdf/1734-7.pdfNTSC Ecological Site Descriptions and restoration: http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/ncer2009/PPTPDF_pres/2-Tuesday/6-Santa%20Monica%20A/PM/0200%20W%20Gilgert.pdf
Map of Major Land Resource Areas (MLRA)Oak-Woodland & Annual Grassland Ecological Site DescriptionsInformation Sources
NRCS (Natural Resources Conservation Service). 2003. National Pasture and Range Handbook
http://directives.sc.egov.usda.gov/viewerFS.aspx?hid=18937
State and Transition Models - General Concepts and Methods
Bestelmeyer, Brandon, Joel R. Brown, Kris M. Havstad, Robert Alexander, George Chavez and Jeffery Herrick. 2003. Development and use of state-and-transition models for rangelands.
Briske, D.D., S.D. Fuhlendorf, and F.E. Smeins. 2005. State-and-transition models, thresholds, and rangeland health: A synthesis of ecological concepts and perspectives. Rangeland Ecology and Management 58:1-10.
Stringham, Tamzen K., William C. Krueger, and Patrick L. Shaver. 2003. State and transition modeling: An ecological process approach. J. Range Management 56:106-113.
Stringham, Tamzen K., William C. Krueger, and Patrick L. Shaver. 2001. State, transitions, and thresholds: Further refinement for rangeland application. Agric. Exper. Sta., Oregon State Univ. Spec. Rep 1024.
Westoby, Mark, Brian Walker and Imanuel Noy-Meir. 1989. Opportunistic management for rangelands at equilibrium. J. Range Management 42:266-274.
State and Transition Models - Oak Woodlands
George, M.R.; J.R. Brown, W.J. Clawson. 1992. Application of nonequilibrium ecology to management of Mediterranean grasslands. J. Range Management 45:436-440.
Huntsinger, L., and J. W. Bartolome. 1992. A state transition model of the ecological dynamics of Quercus dominated woodlands in California and southern Spain. Vegetation 99-100:299-305.
Jackson, Randall D. and James W. Bartolome. 2002. A state-transition approach to understanding nonequibibrium plant community dynamics in Californian grasslands. Plant Ecology 162: 49-65.
Illinois Soil Classifiers Association (ISCA): http://www.illinoissoils.org/
eFOTG- the NRCS electronic Field Office Technical Guide.
Internal LinksTRAINING AND TECHNICAL REFERENCESSoils Information: http://soils.usda.gov
Soil Education: http://soils.usda.gov/education/index.html
NASIS: http://soils.usda.gov/technical/nasis/NASIS training: http://soils.usda.gov/technical/nasis/documents/documentation_6/index.html
NCSS Technical References: http://soils.usda.gov/technical/NCSS course materials: http://soils.usda.gov/education/training/ncss_courses.htmlNCSS Training: http://soils.usda.gov/education/training/NCSS Job Aids: http://soils.usda.gov/education/training/job_aids.html\
Technical Soil Services Handbook (TSSH): http://soils.usda.gov/technical/tssh/index.html
ASTM Standards: http://usda.citation.com this is Citation Technologies
MLRAMLRA areas: http://soils.usda.gov/contact/mlra_offices/
MO11 Guidance: http://www.in.nrcs.usda.gov/mlra11/index.htmlMO10 Guidance: http://www.mo10.nrcs.usda.gov/references/guidesMO16 Guidance: http://www.ar.nrcs.usda.gov/soils/mo16.htmlMO18 Guidance: http://www.ky.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/soils/soils_main.html
Aurora MLRA: http://www.il.nrcs.usda.gov/contact/directory/mlra.html#AuroraCarbondale MLRA: http://www.il.nrcs.usda.gov/contact/directory/mlra.html#CarbondaleSpringfield MLRA: http://www.il.nrcs.usda.gov/contact/directory/mlra.html#Springfield
My Shared Drive: \\Ilchampai4c057\shared\Service_Center\NRCS\Collman_Ron
Illinois Soils Sharepoint: https://nrcs.sc.egov.usda.gov/central/il/soils/default.aspx
eFOTG- the NRCS electronic Field Office Technical Guide.
MY.NRCS https://my.nrcs.usda.gov/
NCSS Sharepoint: https://nrcs.sc.egov.usda.gov/ssra/nssc/default.aspxhttps://nrcs.sc.egov.usda.gov/ssra/nssc/ssl/Shared%20Documentshttps://pws.sc.egov.usda.gov/login/login.aspx?TYPE=33554433&REALMOID=06-5e835052-fddd-4148-ad48-b4dd0f28f2ab&GUID=&SMAUTHREASON=0&METHOD=GET&SMAGENTNAME=-SM-2wH4D%2bLNkCcqW8HlDrAysZRgcJUcrJ5vZ87OAN7WPBKtT2kIVnXwX9vBxEiyWwD2&TARGET=-SM-https%3a%2f%2fsoils--staging%2esc%2eegov%2eusda%2egov%2f
Staging Server: https://soils-staging.sc.egov.usda.gov/
DIRECTIVES
MO 1 - Portland, OR MO 2 - Davis, CA MO 3 - Reno, NV MO 4 - Bozeman, MT MO 5 - Salina, KS MO 6 - Lakewood, CO MO 7 - Bismarck, ND MO 8 - Phoenix, AZ MO 9 - Temple, TX MO 10 - St. Paul, MN MO 11 - Indianapolis, IN MO 12 - Amherst, MA MO 13 - Morgantown, WV MO 14 - Raleigh, NC MO 15 - Auburn, AL MO 16 - Little Rock, AR MO 17 - Palmer, AK MO 18 - Lexington, KY
eDirectives: http://directives.sc.egov.usda.gov/default.aspx?l=180
IT and Computer OCIO certification: https://itsalerts.sc.egov.usda.gov/End%20User%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?View={EE6E34E2-B11A-4372-819C-E6CEFFDEDF79}&FilterField1=Category&FilterValue1=Software%20and%20Hardware%20Certification
BPA: https://ice.sc.egov.usda.gov/BPA/hardware.htm
https://pws.sc.egov.usda.gov/login/login.aspx?TYPE=33554433&REALMOID=06-4c6ac8b3-28f9-4ca7-bf10-66258610101c&GUID=&SMAUTHREASON=0&METHOD=GET&SMAGENTNAME=-SM-6zklQ67CG6GKvmrxzvzx8UmldcWWg%2b24EuTC6Xj%2b4NeIMebITo0tQyGIXIQupD5y&TARGET=-SM-https%3a%2f%2fice%2esc%2eegov%2eusda%2egov%2fBPA%2f
ITS alerts: https://itsalerts.sc.egov.usda.gov/default.aspx
Field Office Links:
SHAREPOINT SITES
Illinois Sharepoint: https://nrcs.sc.egov.usda.gov/central/il/default.aspx
MO10 and 11 ESI Sharepoint: https://nrcs.sc.egov.usda.gov/ssra/mo-10/ESI/default.aspx
Getting Started with Microsoft SharePoint
NRCS SharePoint Directory
NRCS
Soil Survey & Resource Assessment
Science & Technology
Soil Survey Division
Soil Business Area Analysis Group (SBAAG)
NRCS GIS
West Region NRCS
East Region NRCS
Central Region NRCS
NRCS Office of the Chief
Management
Programs
Strategic Planning & Accountability
Digital Soil Mapping in the National Cooperative Soil Survey
Editor's SharePoint
Central NTSC Ecological Sites and Forage Suitability Groups
MLRA Regional Office 1 (OR) MLRA Regional Office 2 (CA)
MLRA Regional Office 3 (NV)
MLRA Regional Office 7 (ND)
MLRA Regional Office 8 (AZ)
MLRA Regional Office 11 (IN)
MLRA Regional Office 12 (MA)
MLRA Regional Office 13 (WV)
MLRA Regional Office 14 (NC)
MLRA Regional Office 15 (AL)
MLRA Regional Office 16 (AR)
MLRA Regional Office 18 (KY)
GPSSelected GPS-Related Websites
http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov. link to online sales for USGS map, aerial photographs, and digital datasets geonames.usgs.gov/index.html the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) site, all named features, and coordinates, on USGS maps are here in a searchable database rmmcweb.cr.usgs.gov/software download the USGS coordinate conversion software, TRIPAC(Windows) or GEOCON (DOS) www.cellspark.com/UTM.html a lat/long converter, use this or find a better one on the ‘net or use TRIPAC (see above) www.confluence.org the Confluence Project, fun for the true GPS addicts www.dmap.co.uk/utmworld.htm information about UTM
http://www.flourish.org/upsidedownmap/ a slightly different look at the world
http://www.garmin.com/us/ new products, user stories, go here to download the latest software for your GPS, but be sure to back up your GPS data first (see www.gpsu.co.uk below for the software) www.geocaching.com great website for geo-cache activities, including many in Colorado www.gpsdrawing.com GPS drawings, it helps to be British www.gpsnow.com check the prices here before you buy somewhere else; compare models, and download owner’s manuals www.gpsoutfitters.com/Vortech%20System.html if you use your GPS inside your car or boat and have signal problems, get this way cool reradiating system. Boosts signal strength inside car so you get improved GPS lock anywhere in the car; extra cool because you don’t need the GPS antenna hookup lacking in less-expensive GPS units
http://www.gpsu.co.uk/ freeware utility for downloading and uploading GPS data to personal computer, looks like the best one so far and it’s free ($40.00 for full registration), works with the new Garmin 76S models
http://www.magellangps.com/ the Magellan home page www.mapblast.com type in an address and get a map, used to provide lat/long coordinates but no longer??
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/ go to the geodetic tool kit link at the top of the web page for magnetic declination calculators, other useful software, information on geoids, ellipsoids www.noaa.gov marine chart source http://www.nps.gov/gis/gps/gps_info.html GPS, maps UTM tutorial, how toswww.topozone.com examine any of the USGS topographic maps for free, look up locations, map names
http://www.usgs.gov/ USGS home page, links to various USGS departments and services
Maps & Data USGS Store Geospatial One-Stop Geographic Names (GNIS) Geologic Maps (NGMDB) National Atlas National Map National Map Seamless Server Imagery Global Visualization Viewer Earth Explorer USGS Video and Image Gallery USGS Photographic Library USGS Photo Gallery
Publications Publications Warehouse USGS Library USGS Publishing Information
Reference Material
Standards and formats Naming Systems Fact Sheets More...
Select USGS Websites o Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) o Biological Resources o Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO) o Earthquake Hazards Program o http://eros.usgs.gov -- Sioux Falls, SD o Geography o Geology o Geologic Hazards Program o Geologic Hazards - Earthquakes o Geologic Hazards - Geomagnetism o Geologic Hazards - Landslides o Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) o HIF - Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility o Library - USGS o Long Valley Observatory (LVO) o Mineral Resources o National Geomagnetic Information Center o NWIS - NWISWeb Data for the Nation o Oregon Water Resources (USGS) o Portland WRD o SMIG - Surface-water quality and flow Modeling Interest Group o Tacoma WRD o Washington Water Resources (USGS) o Water Resources o Water Resources - Additional Sources of Water Information -- Links o Water Resources - Offices -- Nationwide o Western Region Kiosk o Western Region Water Resources o Volcano Hazards Program (VHP) o Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO)
http://www.weather.gov/https://government.hsin.gov/http://gis.fema.gov/dataportal/
http://hdds.usgs.gov/hdds2/https://warp.nga.mil/https://missions.cap.af.mil/login.cfm
http://www.safetravelusa.com/https://palanterra.nga.mil/
New Zealand Indigenous Plant Species Selector – Help: http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/services/greentoolbox/gtbweb/Help/help_natives.htm#HowtoCreateaSpeciesList
The Green Toolbox Species Selector: http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/services/greentoolbox/
