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International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research Volume 1 | Number 2 Article 6 March 2015 A Soil Parameters Geodatabase for the Modeling Assessment of Agricultural Conservation Practices Effects in the United States Mauro Di Luzio Blackland Research Center, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, [email protected] Martin L. Norfleet Natural Resource Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture Jeffrey G. Arnold Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture Jimmy R. Williams Blackland Research Center, Texas A&M AgriLife Research James R. Kiniry Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture Follow this and additional works at: hps://dc.uwm.edu/ijger Part of the Agricultural Science Commons , Agronomy and Crop Sciences Commons , Environmental Engineering Commons , Geochemistry Commons , Geography Commons , Hydrology Commons , Natural Resources and Conservation Commons , and the Water Resource Management Commons is Research Article is brought to you for free and open access by UWM Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research by an authorized administrator of UWM Digital Commons. For more information, please contact open- [email protected]. Recommended Citation Di Luzio, Mauro; Norfleet, Martin L.; Arnold, Jeffrey G.; Williams, Jimmy R.; and Kiniry, James R. (2015) "A Soil Parameters Geodatabase for the Modeling Assessment of Agricultural Conservation Practices Effects in the United States," International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research: Vol. 1 : No. 2 , Article 6. Available at: hps://dc.uwm.edu/ijger/vol1/iss2/6

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Page 1: A Soil Parameters Geodatabase for the Modeling Assessment

International Journal of Geospatial and EnvironmentalResearch

Volume 1 | Number 2 Article 6

March 2015

A Soil Parameters Geodatabase for the ModelingAssessment of Agricultural Conservation PracticesEffects in the United StatesMauro Di LuzioBlackland Research Center, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, [email protected]

Martin L. NorfleetNatural Resource Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture

Jeffrey G. ArnoldAgriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture

Jimmy R. WilliamsBlackland Research Center, Texas A&M AgriLife Research

James R. KiniryAgriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture

Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.uwm.edu/ijgerPart of the Agricultural Science Commons, Agronomy and Crop Sciences Commons,

Environmental Engineering Commons, Geochemistry Commons, Geography Commons,Hydrology Commons, Natural Resources and Conservation Commons, and the Water ResourceManagement Commons

This Research Article is brought to you for free and open access by UWM Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in International Journalof Geospatial and Environmental Research by an authorized administrator of UWM Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected].

Recommended CitationDi Luzio, Mauro; Norfleet, Martin L.; Arnold, Jeffrey G.; Williams, Jimmy R.; and Kiniry, James R. (2015) "A Soil ParametersGeodatabase for the Modeling Assessment of Agricultural Conservation Practices Effects in the United States," International Journal ofGeospatial and Environmental Research: Vol. 1 : No. 2 , Article 6.Available at: https://dc.uwm.edu/ijger/vol1/iss2/6

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A Soil Parameters Geodatabase for the Modeling Assessment ofAgricultural Conservation Practices Effects in the United States

AbstractSoil parameters for hydrology modeling in cropland dominated areas, from the regional to local scale, are partof critical biophysical information whose deficiency may increase the uncertainty of simulated conservationeffects and predicting potential. Despite this importance, soil physical and hydraulic parameters lack common,wide-coverage repositories combined to digital maps as required by various hydrology-based agriculturalwater quality models.

This paper describes the construction of a geoprocessing workflow and the resultant hydrology-structured soilhydraulic, physical, and chemical parameters geographic database for the entire United States, named US-SOILM-CEAP. This database is designed to store a-priori values for a suit of models, such as SWAT (Soil andWater Assessment Tool), APEX (Agricultural Policy Environmental EXtender) and ALMANAC(Agricultural Land Management Alternatives with Numerical Assessment Criteria), which are commonlyused for the across scale assessment of agricultural hydrology and conservation practice scenarios. The SoilSurvey Geographic (SSURGO) database developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture provided the mainsource data for this development. Additional spatial information, a geographic information system platformand Python computer programming language code were used to create hydrology-based tile coverage of theareal soil units linked to the specific and detailed attributes required by each model.

The created repository adds value to the source soil survey data, while maintaining and extending the detailedinformation necessary for the across scale and combined application of the models. Ultimately, our multi-model database provides a comprehensive product achieving joined informational-mapping-geoprocessingfunctionality with the explicit maintenance of the original conceptual links between soil series and composingsoil layers, allowing for efficient data retrieval, analysis and service as input for modeling conservation effects.

KeywordsGeodatabase, Soil, Crop Model, Hydrologic Model, SSURGO, SWAT, APEX, ALMANAC

AcknowledgementsThis research was supported by the United States Department of Agriculture - Natural Resource ConservationService (USDA - NRCS) Conservation Effect Assessment Project (CEAP).

This research article is available in International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research: https://dc.uwm.edu/ijger/vol1/iss2/6

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