The Soils of part of the Upper Adelaide River Floodplain

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Metadata
Citation
Description

Dataset Status
Data Quality
Contact Information
Data Dictionary
Supplementary Information

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Version:1.0

Date Metadata Extracted:2024-04-27

Date Metadata Last Updated:2021-11-17

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Citation

ANZLIC Identifier:2DBCB771215506B6E040CD9B0F274EFE

Title:The Soils of part of the Upper Adelaide River Floodplain

Citation Date:2000-01-14

Date Type:publication

Custodian:Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security

Description

Abstract:

This spatial dataset provides land resource information on the map unit boundaries of the Soils of part of the Upper Adelaide River Floodplain, Northern Territory. The purpose of the survey was to indentify and delineate soils suitable for establishment of a rice project farm in an area thought to have high potential for rice production.

The survey area, originally known as Tortilla Flats, covers 38 km2 and is located approximately 90 km south of Darwin between the Adelaide River and Whitestone Creek to the west. The original field survey was undertaken in 1982 at a mapping scale of 1:25,000.

ANZLIC Search Words:

biota

environment

geoscientificInformation

Spatial Domain:

Bounding Coordinates:

North Bounding Coordinate:-13.018

South Bounding Coordinate:-13.158

East Bounding Coordinate:131.254

West Bounding Coordinate:131.191

Dataset Status

Dataset ID:ANZNT0903000071

Language:English

Character Set: Latin 1

Progress:completed

Maintenance and Update Frequency:notPlanned

Data Currency Start Date:1982-01-01

Data Currency End Date:2010-04-23

Access Constraint:Download the spatial data package (contains spatial data, maps and reports) via data.nt.gov.au/

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Data Quality

Lineage:Original map unit boundaries delineated from aerial photographs and stereoscope interpretation. Map units transferred to clean dyeline sheets or topographic maps via a mapograph. Original maps were hardcopy only. With the advent of geographic information systems polygons were digitised by rectifying the original hard copy maps.

Map unit boundaries derived using hard copy aerial photography and stereoscope, satellite imagery (post 1993), geological and topographic maps. Field data (site data) described and classified according to national standards at the time of capture.

Map unit polygons collected via geographic information system (ArcInfo/MapInfo). Core landform, soil and vegetation attributes attached to map units with additional attributes unique to individual surveys.

Positional Accuracy:POLYGON DATA
Hardcopy maps rectified using control points marked on original hardcopy maps. Control points include creek lines, cadastre and other topographic features. Depending on the nature of the landscape (the number of control points) positional accuracy may vary. Positional accuracy generally considered moderate.

POINT SOURCE DATA
Survey teams navigated during field operations with topographic maps, aerial photographs and prismatic compass's. Point source locations marked on aerial photography in the field. Positional accuracy considered within 300m but generally below 200m depending on the terrain. Site coordinates derived by transferring site locations from aerial photographs to topographic maps and coordinates calculated. In some cases sites have been georeferenced directly from aerial photography to Google Earth Web Map Server in MapInfo or ArcGIS.

Attribute Accuracy:Attributes assigned according to the dominant feature. For example; where ten sites have been grouped to describe a particular map unit and two different soils describe these sites, then the dominant soil is chosen. Attribute values, as described in the Data Dictionary below, have been added to each polygon.

Logical Consistency:GIS editing tools were used to rectify all overshoots and undershoots in line work. Polygon topology rules applied are; must not overlap, must not have gaps and each polygon has only one label.

Completeness:Complete

Contacts

Name Organisation Position Role Phone Fax Email

Data Requests Officer Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security Geospatial Services Branch (on behalf of department) distributor datarequests.depws@nt.gov.au

Name	Organisation	Position	Role	Phone	Fax	Email
Data Requests Officer	Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security	Geospatial Services Branch (on behalf of department)	distributor			datarequests.depws@nt.gov.au

Data Dictionary

Attribute Attribute Description Possible Code Code Description

LAND_UNIT The LAND_UNIT field is the land unit label from the spatial dataset (ie.9a2).

LF_CLASS Landform class is a system adopted by the department. The categories do not conform to national criteria even though some have been sourced from Australian Soil and Land Survey - Field Handbook (Mc Donald et.al. 1998).

LU_DESC The LU_DESC is a general text field from the map legend. The amount of detail may vary between surveys.

SOIL The dominant soil order described in a land unit is recorded.

SOIL_SYS The SOIL_SYS field is the soil classification system used to describe the soil in the land unit description.

SPECIES_ 3 Where 3 dominant vegetation species described in a land unit.The order of species listed determines their dominance.

SPECIES_1 The dominant vegetation species described in a land unit. The order of species listed determines their dominance.

SPECIES_2 Where 2 dominant vegetation species were described in a land unit. The order of species listed determines their dominance.

SURVEY_ID The SURVEY_ID field is the first five characters from the corporate survey code.

SURVEY_NME The SURVEY_NAME is the full name of the report to which the mapping refers.

VEG_STRUC Structural classes from NVIS (ESCAVI 2003), Walker and Hopkins (1998) and Specht (1970) classification schemes.

VEG_SYS The National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) classification system.

Attribute	Attribute Description	Possible Code	Code Description
LAND_UNIT	The LAND_UNIT field is the land unit label from the spatial dataset (ie.9a2).
LF_CLASS	Landform class is a system adopted by the department. The categories do not conform to national criteria even though some have been sourced from Australian Soil and Land Survey - Field Handbook (Mc Donald et.al. 1998).
LU_DESC	The LU_DESC is a general text field from the map legend. The amount of detail may vary between surveys.
SOIL	The dominant soil order described in a land unit is recorded.
SOIL_SYS	The SOIL_SYS field is the soil classification system used to describe the soil in the land unit description.
SPECIES_ 3	Where 3 dominant vegetation species described in a land unit.The order of species listed determines their dominance.
SPECIES_1	The dominant vegetation species described in a land unit. The order of species listed determines their dominance.
SPECIES_2	Where 2 dominant vegetation species were described in a land unit. The order of species listed determines their dominance.
SURVEY_ID	The SURVEY_ID field is the first five characters from the corporate survey code.
SURVEY_NME	The SURVEY_NAME is the full name of the report to which the mapping refers.
VEG_STRUC	Structural classes from NVIS (ESCAVI 2003), Walker and Hopkins (1998) and Specht (1970) classification schemes.
VEG_SYS	The National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) classification system.

Supplementary Information

Department Survey Code (Land Units): PLAIN_25

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE:
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Olsen, C. J (1982) THE SOILS OF PART OF THE UPPER ADELAIDE RIVER FLOODPLAIN, NT (1982). Report Number 05/82D. Land Conservation Unit, Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory. Technical Report ref number - LRD82005.
The technical report is available for download (PDF) via the Northern Territory Library, hdl.handle.net/10070/229517

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
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Land Resources of the Mary River Catchment.
A compilation of 8 land resource surveys, including the Soils of part of the Upper Adelaide River Floodplain, were appended to a single dataset. No report was written for this survey.
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