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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The soils workgroup of the Geoscience FIT, led by Ian Reid of NRCS, has recently made available a statewide soils dataset for Oregon. Comprised of SSURGO data combined with
STATSGO soils where SSURGO is not yet available, and enhanced through the addition of a number of companion layer files. The data are now available through the Oregon Spatial Data Library (<a href="http://spatialdata.oregonexplorer.info/">http://spatialdata.oregonexplorer.info/</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Direct link to the Oregon soils framework dataset:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Link to the proposed framework soils data standard document:
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/CIO/GEO/fit/geoscience/docs/Soils_Layer_Distribution_Draft-20150305a.docx">
http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/CIO/GEO/fit/geoscience/docs/Soils_Layer_Distribution_Draft-20150305a.docx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">-Bob<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bob DenOuden, GISP<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Oregon GIS Framework Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
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Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">office: (503) 378-3157 cell: (503) 428-4892<o:p></o:p></p>
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