Geologic and Soil Resources Inventory for North Country Trail Thorp Property, Wisconsin

Wisconsin's Thorp Property and vicinity along the North Country National Scenic Trail are covered by this integrated GIS dataset. It was compiled in 2024-2025 by the National Park Service's Geologic Resources Division from multiple sources including USGS 3DEP lidar, SSURGO soils, and county parcel data. The data package includes files for ESRI ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, and Google Earth.

Use Cases

• Modeling terrain and hydrology based on integrated USGS 3DEP lidar and 3DHP hydrography data.
• Analyzing soil characteristics for land use planning based on SSURGO soil data.
• Mapping property boundaries and land ownership for management based on Douglas County tax parcel data.
• Visualizing trail corridors and surrounding resources in 3D based on the provided KMZ file for Google Earth.

Strengths

• Integrates multiple authoritative sources including USGS, USDA NRCS, and county government data.
• Provides data in three common GIS formats (ESRI geodatabase, OGC GeoPackage, KMZ) for flexibility.
• Includes supporting project files for ArcGIS Pro and QGIS to facilitate immediate use.

Limitations

• Data are not uniform in scale and resolution, which may complicate integrated analysis.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The KMZ format version presents a limited subset of the available data layers.

Provenance

Source

National Park Service Geologic Resources Division (GRD), Geologic and Soil Resources Inventory (GSRI) program.

Collection Method

Adapted and integrated from existing USGS, USDA NRCS, county, and trail association datasets.

Time Range

Source data from 2024 and 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03 04 01:06:51.495762; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Thorp Property and vicinity along the North Country National Scenic Trail in Wisconsin, with references to Douglas County, Wisconsin and Gogebic County, Michigan.