Loudoun County Soil Point Features and Anomalies

A geospatial point dataset cataloging localized soil anomalies within Loudoun County, Virginia. It was created and is maintained as needed by the county's Department of Building and Development. The data includes features like sinkholes, springs, and stony areas that differ from surrounding soil mapping units.

Use Cases

• Classify soil anomaly types (e.g., SP, SNK, WET) using point geometry for environmental hazard mapping.
• Integrate point features with polygon soil maps to create composite land-use suitability models.
• Identify locations of specific features like borrow pits (BPI) or springs (SPR) for resource management planning.

Strengths

• Contains 13 distinct classified soil point feature types, including sinkholes and wet spots.
• Data is stored in a corporate ArcSDE Geodatabase with a defined coordinate system (Virginia State Plane, NAD83 HARN).

Limitations

• Features may have been eliminated or generalized due to map scale, potentially omitting smaller anomalies.
• Sample size and total row count are unknown, limiting statistical analysis.

Provenance

Source

Loudoun County, Virginia Department of Building and Development

Collection Method

Collected as a subset of the county soils map, stored as a point feature class.

Time Range

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Freshness

As needed

Geography

Loudoun County, Virginia, USA