Wake County Soil Survey Data from 1970

A 1970 soil survey layer for Wake County, North Carolina, provided by the Wake County Soil and Water Conservation Department. The dataset includes multiple geospatial file formats and is licensed under CC-BY-4.0. It was last updated on the platform in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Conduct historical land use analysis based on the 1970 soil survey.
• Compare historical soil data with modern surveys for change detection.
• Create historical reference maps for environmental planning based on the geospatial layers.

Strengths

• Provides a historical baseline from a specific year (1970).
• Offers data in multiple geospatial formats (CSV, GEOJSON, KML).
• Has a permissive open license (CC-BY-4.0).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The description explicitly states it 'Should be used only for reference or historical research', indicating potential accuracy limitations for current applications.

Provenance

Source

Wake County Soil and Water Conservation Department.

Collection Method

Likely digitized from a 1970 paper soil survey.

Time Range

1970

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 02:58:57.511319; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Wake County, North Carolina, United States.