Collier County Florida Soil Map Composite from 1954

A composite of soil maps for Collier County, Florida, originally issued by the Soil Conservation Service in March 1954. The data is provided as ARC/INFO files at a 1:40,000 scale. It was contributed to the platform by the organization CEOS_EXTRA.

Use Cases

• Analyze historical soil type boundaries and classifications for land use change studies using the geospatial polygon features.
• Digitize and vectorize the 1:40,000 scale map data to create a GIS layer for modern environmental modeling.
• Compare 1954 soil classifications with contemporary data to assess long-term environmental shifts in Collier County.

Strengths

• Original map data at a detailed 1:40,000 scale.
• Composite map reduces the need to merge multiple individual source files.

Limitations

• Data is from a single historical snapshot (1954) and may not reflect current conditions.
• Specific row/record counts and attribute columns are unknown from the description.
• Original data capture methods may introduce digitization artifacts.

Provenance

Source

Soil Conservation Service (now Natural Resources Conservation Service).

Collection Method

Digitized from printed soil maps, potentially using semi-automated extraction from scanned graphics.

Time Range

March 1954

Geography

Collier County, Florida, USA.