Farmland Classification: Santa Clara County, California, 2015

Description:

This polygon shapefile depicts the California Department of Conservation Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program (FMMP) soil mapping units for the County of Santa Clara, California which meet the criteria for either Prime Farmland or Farmland of Statewide Importance as outlined in the United States Department of Agriculture Land Inventory and Monitoring (LIM) Project. These classifications are based on the document entitled "Soil Candidate Listing for Prime Farmland and Farmland of Statewide Importance, Santa Clara County," last updated Jan 31, 2011. These data are the official soil survey data for Santa Clara County compiled from the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Web Soil Survey Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) Database. Santa Clara County is divided into two soil surveys; a western part (CA 641, last updated: Tabular: Version 3, September 18, 2014. Spatial: Version 2, December 13, 2013) and an eastern part (CA 646, last updated Tabular: Version 9, September 25, 2014, Spatial: Version 4, September 19, 2014). This dataset combines those two surveys into one dataset that covers the entire county. This layer is part of a collection of GIS data for Santa Clara County, California. The Santa Clara County Planning Office is part of the Department of Planning and Development. Their primary function is to plan and regulate land use and development within the unincorporated portions of Santa Clara County. Other responsibilities include policy analysis, GIS services, research and technical assistance relating to land use, housing, environmental protection, historic preservation and demographics. The Geographic Information Services Department has taken on all those activities related to GIS data and GIS process and procedures that cross organizational boundaries. Santa Clara County encompasses 15 cities and approximately 1.7 million people. This coverage can be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analyses of geospatial data. Santa Clara County, California. Planning Office. (2015). Farmland Classification: Santa Clara County, California, 2015. Santa Clara County, Calif. Planning Office. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/mv452yx5458. There are no Use Constraints. The user must be familiar with GIS software and web maps to use these data. No support on the use of software or webmaps is provided. All information provided herein by the Santa Clara County Department of Planning and Development (SCCDPD) is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute a legal contract between the SCCDPD and any person or entity. Information on the website is subject to change without prior notice. Although every reasonable effort is made to present current and accurate information, the SCCDPD makes no guarantees of any kind.The SCCDPD, its employees, officers, content providers, affiliates or other representatives are not liable for damages of any kind (including, without limitation, lost profits, direct, indirect, compensatory, consequential, exemplary, special, incidental, or punitive damages) arising out of your useof, your inability to use, or the performance of this website or the content whether or not we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/mv452yx5458

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/mv452yx5458

Language:

English

Creator:

Santa Clara County (Calif.). Planning Office

Publisher:

Santa Clara County (Calif.). Planning Office

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Datasets

Subject:

Agriculture, Farmland, Land use, Rural, Soil surveys, Soil chemistry, Soil structure, Soil erosion prediction, Soil moisture potential, Farming, Environment, and Geoscientific Information

Temporal Coverage:

2015

Date Issued:

2015

Spatial Coverage:

Santa Clara County (Calif.)

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile