QU'APPELLE RIVER VALLEY LAND PLANNING DATA BASE FLYING CREEK PLANNING AREA COMPOSITE UTM COVERAGE 1. Coverage Specifications Original Map Scale: 1:50,000 Resolution : originally .000061035 of a degree, which acooresponds to approximately 6 meters Map Projection : Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 13 Datum : NAD27 Spheroid : Clarke 1866 Units of Measure : meters 2. Level II Composite UTM Digital Data The composite UTM digital data for the Qu'Appelle River Valley land planning areas is an overlay composite of all the available themes in such planning area, with the overlay results projected to Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM Zone 13). The overlay composite was derived by performing a GIS union overlay of the nine or twelve respective themes in each of the six distinct planning areas. The overlay results were further processed to get rid on small slivers, i.e. small sliver areas were eliminated. The cleaned up results were then projected to UTM zone 13. These composite UTM data are intended for GIS users who have only basic GIS functionality but at the same time want to perform sophisticated spatial and statistical analysis of the entire mapped datasets. Other users should note that the same data are available on a layer by layer basis, in latitude/longitude coordinates and as originally digitized, from the same distribution source. 3. Attribute Schema (Polygon Attribute Table - PAT.DBF) a) Standard ArcInfo Polygon Attribute Table (PAT) variables: AREA Num 13,6 Area, in square degrees PERIMETER Num 13,6 Perimeter, in decimal degrees COVER_# Num 11,0 Standard ArcInfo Polygon Number COVER_ID Num 11,0 Standard ArcInfo User ID b) Original Digital Data Classification: Shoreline Theme SHRLN Char 1 Shoreline feature type Meridian, Range and Townships Theme MERIDIAN Char 1 Meridian TOWNSHIP Char 2 Township RANGE Char 2 Range SECTION Char 2 Section QTR_SECTION Char 2 Quarter Section Zoning Theme ZONING Char 1 Land Use Zoning Code Rural Municipalities Theme MUNIC Char 5 Municipal Code Vegetation Theme VEG Char 2 Treed Vegetation Indicator FLD_PL Char 2 Floodplain Indicator WET_LAND Char 2 Wetland Indicator Topography Theme TOPOGRAPHY Char 1 Topography Code Terrain Theme TER1 Char 3 Primary Terrain Code TER2 Char 3 Secondary Terrain Code Soils Theme S_TYPE_1 Char 5 1st Soil Association & Type Code S_TYPE_2 Char 5 2nd Soil Association & Type Code S_TYPE_3 Char 5 3rd Soil Association & Type Code S_TYPE_4 Char 5 4th Soil Association & Type Code CLI Land Capability for Agriculture Theme Class_A Char 1 The primary and/or dominant CLI class Percent_A Char 1 The proportion (% base 10) of the polygon in Class_A (blank = 100%) Subclas_A1 Char 1 The primary limitation for the proportion of the polygon in Class_A Subclas_A2 Char 1 The secondary limitation for the proportion of the polygon in Class_A Class_B Char 1 The secondary CLI class Percent_B Char 1 The proportion (% base 10) of the polygon in Class_B (blank = 0%) Subclas_B1 Char 1 The primary limitation for the proportion of the polygon in Class_B Subclas_B2 Char 1 The secondary limitation for the proportion of the polygon in Class_B Class_C Char 1 The tertiary CLI class Percent_C Char 1 The proportion (% base 10) of the polygon in Class_C (blank = 0%) Subclas_C1 Char 1 The primary limitation for the proportion of the polygon in Class_C Subclas_C2 Char 1 The secondary limitation for the proportion of the polygon in Class_C Groundwater Theme GR_SYM Char 3 Ground Classification Code GR_WAT Char 1 Groundwater Suitability Code Landforms Theme MAT1 Char 4 Primary Material Type Code LAND_F1 Char 2 Primary Landform Type Code VAR1 Char 2 Primary Landform Variety Code MAT2 Char 4 Secondary Material Type Code LAND_F2 Char 2 Secondary Landform Type Code VAR2 Char 2 Secondary Landform Variety Code MAT3 Char 4 Tertiary Material Type Code LAND_F3 Char 2 Tertiary Landform Type Code VAR3 Char 2 Tertiary Landform Variety Code Construction Materials Theme CON_MAT Char 1 Construction Material Availability Code 4. Valid Data Domain Shoreline Feature Types L Land area Z Water area 8 Unmapped areas Meridian, Range and Townships Theme Meridian 1, 2 or 3 Township 14 to 30 Range 1 to 33 Section 1 to 36 Quarter_Section SE,SW,NE,NW or blank Zoning Theme A1 - Agriculture Priority 1 A2 - Agriculture Priority 2 NA - National Area WM - Wildlife Habitat FM - Fish Habitat RE - Recreation UR - Urban HI - Historical, Archecological or Palenontological IR - Indian Reserve Rural Municipalities Theme AB186 - Abernethy BA251 - Big Arm CR222 - Craik CU218 - Cupar DUI90 - Dufferin ED158 - Edenwold EL154 - Elcapo FB183 - Fertile Belt GRI84 - Grayson HU223 - Huron IH156 - Indian Head LL219 - Longlaketon LM250 - Last Mountain Valley LU189 - Lumsden MA191 - Marquis MC185 - McLeod Mil6l - Moose Jaw MK220 - McKillop NQI87 - North Qu'Appelle PE160 - Pense RV151 - Rocanville SA221 - Sarnia SH152 - Spy Hill SQ157 - South Qu'Appelle WD153 - Willowdale WL155 - Wolseley WR280 - Wreford Vegetation Theme VEG TR => Treed Vegetation or blank FLD_PL FP => Floodplain or blank WET_LAND WT => Wetland or blank Topography Theme F - Flat M - Moderate S - Steep U - Undulating 9 - Unclassified Terrain Theme AFD Individual alluvial fan deposits ASP Alkali-salt patches BDL Bird's-foot delta CAF Coalescing alluvial fans and colluvium-matled lower valley-side till slopes CFP Cover flood plain CSS Cuspate sand spits EVS Eroded valley sides HT High terraces MFP Meander flood plains OVS Old Valleyside slump bloacks PLA Ponded lacustrine areas RVS Recent valleyside slump blocks SVS Smooth valleyside slopes SPS Springs and seepages USV Upper side of most-apparent slump blocks on valley walls DUN Dunes SUD Sudes LAK Lake SPC Spillaway channel GRP Gravel pit PTU Potentially unstable MEC Meltewater channel ERC Eroded channel OLS Old slide WEA Wet area BER Beach ridge ECB Eroded till course gravel-bondlers 999 Unclassified Soils Theme ADCL - Ardill clay loam ADL - Ardill loam AFL - Asquith fine sandy loam ALL - Asquith light loam ALS - Asquith loamy sand AMCH - Amulet clay loam AML - Amulet loam AS - Asquith sand ASL - Asquith sandy loam AV - Alluvium AVC - Alluvium clay AVCL - Alluvium clay loam BAC - Balcarres clay BACL - Balcarres clay loam BGFL - Bigaar fine sandy loam BGGL - Biggar gravelly loam BGGSL - Biggar gravelly sandy loam BGL - Biggar loam BGLG - Biggar loam gravelly BGLL - biggar light loam BGLS - Biggar loamy sand BGLSG - Biggar loamy sand gravelly BGSL - Biggar sandy loam BGSLG - Biggar sandy loam gravelly BKCL - Brooking clay loam BKL - Brooking loam BRFCL - Bradwell fine sandy clay loam BRFL - Bradwell fine sandy loam BRL - Bradwell loam BRSCL - Bradwell sandy clay loam BRSL - Bradwell fine sandy loam BRVCL - Bradwell very fine sandy clay loam BRVL - Bradwell very fine sandy loan BYFL - Birsay fine sandy loam BYL - Birsay loam BYSL - Birsay sandy loam CACL - Canora clay loam CAL - Canora loam CALL - Canora light loam CASIL - Canora silt loam CDCL - Codworth clay loam CDL - Codworth loam CDLL - Codworth light loam CHLS - Chaplin loamy sand CHSL - Chaplin sandy loam CHSLG - Chaplin sandy loam gravelly CLLSO - Chaplin loamy sand gravelly CN - Caron CNSL - Caron sandy loam DS - Dune sand EC - Elstow clay ECL - Elstow loam ECL - Elstow clay loam EGCL - Edgeley clay loam EL - Elstow loam ELL - Elstow light loam ELSCL - Elstow silty clay loam ER - Eroded EX - Exposure FCL - Flaxcombe loam FXCL - Fox Valley clay loam FXL - Fox Valley loam FXSIC - Fox Valley silty clay loam FXSIL - Fox Valley silt loam GYFL - Gilroy fine sandy loam GYL - Gilroy loam GYSL - Gilroy sandy loam HRL - Haverhill loam HRSL - Haverhill sandy loam HTFL - Hatton fine sandy loam HTLS - Hatton loamy sand HTSL - Hatton sandy loam HW - Hillwash HYCL - Hanley clay loam HYL - Hanley loam IC - Indian Head clay ICL - Indian Head clay loam IHVC - Indian Head heavy clay ISICL - Indian Head silty clay loam KDCL - Kindersley clay KHL - Kettlehut loam KNL - Kelstern loam MEFL - Meota fine sandy loam MESL - Meota sandy loam MW - Meadow OCL - Oxbow clay loam OL - Oxbow loam OLL - Oxbow light loam RC - Regina clay RHC - Regina heavy clay RHVG - Regina heavy clay RML - Rosemae loam RVCL - Rocanville clay loam RVL - Rocanville loam RVSCL - Rocanville clay loam RW - Runway RYL - Ryerson loam SA - Saline SUC - Sutherland clay SUCL - Sutherland clay loam TCL - Trossachs clay loam TL - Troossaciis loam TUC - Tuxford clay TUCH - Tuxford clay loam TUL - Tuxford loam WCC - Wascana clay WCCL - Wascana clay loam WCL - Weyburn clay loam WFL - Weyburn fine sandy loam WGFCL - Wingello fine sandy clay loam WGFL - Wingello fine sandy loam WGL - Wingello loam WGSL - Wingello sandy loam WGVL - Wingello very fine sandy loam WHCL - Whitewoud clay loam WHL - Whitewood loam WL - Weyburn loam WLG - Weyburn loam gravelly WLL - Weyburn light loam WSGL - Whitesand gravelly loam WSGSL - Whitesand gravelly sandy loam WSH - Weyburn sandy loam WSLL - Whitesand light loam WSSL - Whitesand sandy loam WVL - Waitville loam WWCL - Willows clay loam YCL - Yorkton clay loam YL - Yorkton loam YLL - Yorkton light loam CLI Land Capability for Agriculture Theme VALID CLASSES 1. No significant limitations 2. Moderate limitations, moderate conservation practices required 3. Moderately severe limitations, range of crops restricted or special conservation practices required 4. Severe limitations 5. Forage crops improvement practices feasible 6. Forage crops improvement practices not feasible 7. No capability for arable culture or permanent pasture 8. Unclassified 0 Organic soils VALID LIMITATION SUBCLASSES C. Adverse climate D. Undesirable soil structure and/or low permeability E. Erosion F. Low fertility I. Inundation by streams or lakes M. Moisture limitation N. Salinity P. Stoniness R. Consolidated bedrock S. Cumulative adverse soil characteristics T. Topography limitation W. Excess water X. Cumulative minor adverse characteristics Groundwater Theme Ground Classification Code ASF - Abandoned shoreline feature ER - Esker ridges IFF - Ice flow features IND - Intermittently inundated depression MCS - Meltwater channel or spillway S - Spring SGP - Sand or gravel pit SMR - Scaterred small morainal ridges TMR - Trend of prominent moraine ridges TVC - Tunnel valley / ice walled channel Groundwater Suitability Code G - Good F - Fair U - Mostly Unsuitable P - Poor Landforms Theme Landform Type Code AF - Alluvial fan AP - Alluvial floodplain AT - Alluvial terrace BT - Bedrock terrain ED - Eolian dunes GK - Glaciofluvial knobs and ridges (kames) GO - Glaciofluvial plain (outwash) LB - Lacustrine raised LD - Lacustrine delta LH - Lacustrine hummocky terrain LP - Lacustrine floodplain ME - End moraine MG - Ground moraine MH - Hummocky moraine OT - Organic terrain SE - Slopes of eroded valley and hill sides SL - Slopes of slumped valley sides Material Type Code C - Highly plastic (heavy) clay CM - Silty clay M - Silt and very fine sand MS - Fine sandy silt SM - Silty fine sand S - Fine and medium sand SG - Sand and fine to medium gravel GS - Sandy gravel T - Till V - Variable textured soil SHSS - Shale and sandstone Landform Variety Code A - Alkaline and saline deposits C - Channelled by meltwater E - Eroded by running water F - Fluted or drumlinized K - Kettled topography L - Low hummocky relief M - Meander features S - Superglacial features ("doughnut" and "brain" patterns) T - Terraced by running water W - Wind modified Construction Materials Theme H - High M - Medium L - Low N - None granular 5. Narrative Description of Qu'Appelle River Valley Themes Shoreline Theme The Qu'Appelle Shoreline was digitized as a topological land and water theme, presumably based on National Topographic Series base maps. This layer therefore represents coastline, lakes and double line rivers as they existed before or at the time inventory. Meridian, Range and Townships Theme This theme represents a local coordinate system based on a system of zonal medians, townships (north-south) and ranges (east-west). Each unique combination of meridian, township and range is in turn divided into 36 sections; each section is in turn divided into four quarter-section. Zoning Theme This theme depicts the land use zoning at the time of the inventory in the late 1970's. Rural Municipalities Theme This theme delineates the rural municipalities of the planning area. Most planning study areas are based on municipal boundaries but some municipalities can span more than one study area. Vegetation Theme This theme identified the areas of treed vegetation, floodplains or wetlands, at the time of the inventory. Some of these land characteristics can occur in combination of others. Topography Theme This theme classifies the topography of the Qu'Appelle River Valley in one of the four classes listed in Section 5 above. Terrain Theme This theme classifies the terrain into one or two of the terrain classes listed in Section 5 above. The terrain classification reflects land cover/land use conditions at the time of the inventory and may not be current. Soils Theme This theme classifies the soils of the Qu'Appelle River Valley into one to four of the soil associations and soil types listed in Section 5 above. CLI Land Capability for Agriculture Theme In this classification the mineral soils are grouped into seven classes on the basis of soil survey information. Soils in classes 1, 2, 3, or 4 are considered capable of sustained use for cultivated field crops. Those in classes 5 and 6 only for perennial forage crops and those in class 7 for neither. Some of the important factors on which the classification is based are: The soils will be managed and cropped, under a largely mechanized system. Land requiring improvements, including clearing, that can be made economically by the farmer himself, is classed according to its limitations or hazards in use after the improvements have been made. Land requiring improvements beyond the means of the farmer himself is classed according to present condition. The following are not considered: distances to market, kind of roads, location, size of farms, type of ownership, cultural patterns, skill or resources of individual operators, and hazard of crop damage by storms. The classification does not include capability of soils for trees, tree fruits, small fruits, ornamental plants, recreation, or wildlife. The classes are based on intensity, rather than kind, of their limitations for agriculture. Each class includes many kinds of soil, and many of the soils in any class require unlike management and treatment. CLASS DESCRIPTIONS CLASS 1 SOILS IN THIS CLASS HAVE NO SIGNIFICANT LIMITATIONS IN USE FOR CROPS. THE SOILS ARE DEEP, ARE WELL TO IMPERFECTLY DRAINED, HOLD MOISTURE WELL, AND IN THE VIRGIN STATE WERE WELL SUPPLIED WITH PLANT NUTRIENTS. THEY CAN BE MANAGED AND CROPPED WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. UNDER GOOD MANAGEMENT THEY ARE MODERATELY HIGH TO HIGH IN PRODUCTIVITY FOR A WIDE RANGE OF FIELD CROPS. CLASS 2 SOILS IN THIS CLASS HAVE MODERATE LIMITATIONS THAT RESTRICT THE RANGE OF CROPS OR REQUIRE MODERATE CONSERVATION PRACTICES. THE SOILS ARE DEEP AND HOLD MOISTURE WELL. THE LIMITATIONS ARE MODERATE AND THE SOILS CAN BE MANAGED AND CROPPED WITH LITTLE DIFFICULTY. UNDER GOOD MANAGEMENT THEY ARE MODERATELY HIGH TO HIGH IN PRODUCTIVITY FOR A FAIRLY WIDE RANGE OF CROPS. CLASS 3 SOILS IN THIS CLASS HAVE MODERATELY SEVERE LIMITATIONS THAT RESTRICT THE RANGE OF CROPS OR REQUIRE SPECIAL CONSERVATION PRACTICES. THE LIMITATIONS ARE MORE SEVERE THAN FOR CLASS 2. THEY AFFECT ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING PRACTICES: TIMING AND EASE OF TILLAGE, PLANTING AND HARVESTING, CHOICE OF CROPS, AND METHODS OF CONSERVATION. UNDER GOOD MANAGEMENT THEY ARE FAIR TO MODERATELY HIGH IN PRODUCTIVITY FOR A FAIR RANGE OF CROPS. CLASS 4 SOILS IN THIS CLASS HAVE SEVERE LIMITATIONS THAT RESTRICT THE RANGE OF CROPS OR REQUIRE SPECIAL CONSERVATION PRACTICES, OR BOTH. THE LIMITATIONS SERIOUSLY AFFECT ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING PRACTICES: TIMING AND EASE OF TILLAGE, PLANTING AND HARVESTING, CHOICE OF CROPS, AND METHODS OF CONSERVATION. THE SOILS ARE LOW TO FAIR IN PRODUCTIVITY FOR A FAIR RANGE OF CROPS BUT MAY HAVE HIGH PRODUCTIVITY FOR A SPECIALLY ADAPTED CROP. CLASS 5 SOILS IN THIS CLASS HAVE VERY SEVERE LIMITATIONS THAT RESTRICT THEIR CAPABILITY TO PROCUCING PERENNIAL FORAGE CROPS, AND IMPROVEMENT PRACTICES ARE FEASIBLE. THE LIMITATIONS ARE SO SEVERE THAT SOILS ARE NOT CAPABLE OF USE FOR SUSTAINED PRODUCTION OF ANNUAL FIELD CROPS. THE SOILS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NATIVE OR TAME SPECIES OF PERENNIAL FORAGE PLANTS, AND MAY BE IMPROVED BY USE OF FARM MACHINERY. THE IMPROVEMENT PRACTICES MAY INCLUDE CLEEARING OF BUSH, CULTIVATION, SEEDING, FERTILIZING, OR WATER CONTROL. CLASS 6 SOILS IN THIS CLASS ARE CAPABLE ONLY OF PRODUCING PERENNIAL FORAGE CROPS, AND IMPROVEMENT PRACTICES ARE NOT FEASIBLE. THE SOILS PROVIDE SOME SUSTAINED GRAZING FOR FARM ANIMALS, BUT THE LIMITATIONS ARE SO SEVERE THAT IMPROVEMENT BY USE OF FARM MACHINERY IS IMPRACTICAL. THE TERRAIN MAY BE UNSUITABLE FOR USE OF FARM MACHINERY, OR THE SOILS MAY NOT RESPOND TO IMPROVEMENT, OR THE GRAZING SEASON MAY BE VERY SHORT. CLASS 7 SOILS IN THIS CLASS HAVE NO CAPABILITY FOR ARABLE CULTURE OR PERMANENT PASTURE. THIS CLASS ALSO INCLUDES ROCKLAND, OTHER NON-SOIL AREAS, AND BODIES OF WATER TOO SMALL TO SHOW ON THE MAPS. CLASS 0 ORGANIC SOILS (NOT PLACED IN CAPABILITY CLASSES). SUBCLASS DESCRIPTIONS C ADVERSE CLIMATE. THIS SUBCLASS DENOTES A SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE CLIMATE FOR CROP PRODUCTION AS COMPARED TO THE 'MEDIAN' CLIMATE WHICH IS DEFINED AS ONE WITH SUFFICIENTLY HIGH GROWING-SEASON TERPERATURES TO BRING CROPS TO MATURITY. D UNDESIRABLE SOIL STRUCTURE AND/OR LOW PERMEABILITY. THIS SUBCLASS INDICATES SOILS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO TILL OR SOILS WHERE WATER IS ABSORBED VERY SLOWLY OR WHERE THE DEPTH OF ROOTING ZONE IS RESTRICTED BY CONDITIONS OTHER THAN A HIGH WATER TABLE OR CONSOLIDATED BEDROCK. E EROSION. THIS SUBCLASS INCLUDES SOILS WHERE DAMAGE FROM EROSION IS A LIMITATION TO AGRICULTURAL USE. DAMAGE IS ASSESSED ON LOSS OF PRODUCTIVITY AND ON THE DIFFICULTIES IN FARMING LAND WITH GULLIES. F LOW FERTILITY. INCLUDED ARE SOILS HAVING LOW FERTILITY THAT EITHER IS CORRECTABLE WITH CAREFUL MANAGEMENT IN THE USE OF FERTILIZERS AND SOIL AMENDMENTS OR IS DIFFICULT TO CORRECT BY ANY PRACTICAL MEANS. THE LIMITATIONS MAY BE DUE TO LACK OF PLANT NUTRIENTS, HIGH ACIDITY OR ALKALINITY, LOW EXCHANGE CAPACITY, HIGH LEVELS OF CARBONATES OR PRESENCE OF TOXIC COMPOUNDS. I INUNDATION BY STREAMS OR LAKES. THIS SUBCLASS INCLUDES SOILS SUBJECTED TO INUNDATION CAUSING CROP DAMAGE OR RESTRICTING AGRICULUTURAL USE. M MOSISTURE LIMITATIONS. THIS CONSISTS OF SOILS WHERE CROPS ARE AFFECTED BY DROUGHT OWING TO INHERENT SOIL CHARACTERISTICS. THESE SOILS USUALLY HAVE LOW WATER-HOLDING CAPACITY. N SALINITY. SOILS OF THIS SUBCLASS POSSESS EXCESSIVE SOLUBLE SALTS WHICH ADVERSELY AFFECT CROP GROWTH OR RESTRICT THE RANGE OF CROPS THAT MAY BE GROWN. P STONINESS. THESE SOILS ARE SUFFICIENTLY STONEY TO HINDER TILLAGE, PLANTING AND HARVESTING OPERATIONS. R CONSOLIDATED BEDROCK. THIS SUBCLASS INCLUDES SOILS WHERE THE PRESENCE OF BEDROCK NEAR THE SURFACE RESTRICTS THEIR AGRICULTURAL USE. CONSOLIDATED BEDROCK AT DEPTHS GREATER THAN 3 FEET FROM THE SURFACE IS NOT CONSIDERED AS A LIMITATION EXCEPT ON IRRIGATED LANDS WHERE A GREATER DEPTH OF SOIL IS DESIRABLE. S THERE ARE TWO INTERPRETATIONS ACCORDED TO SUBCLASS S. IN THE CASE OF MAPS GENERALLY PRODUCED BEFORE 1969, SUBCLASS S WILL BE USED IN PLACE OF SUBCLASSES D, F, M OR N. IF TWO OR MORE OF SUBCLASSES D, F, M OR N ARE APPLICABLE TO THE SAME AREA, THEN AGAIN SUBCLASS S WILL BE SUBSTITUTED. ON MOST OF THE MAPS SUBSEQUENT TO 1969, THE APPLICABLE SUBCLASS D, F, M OR N WILL APPEAR IF AN AREA IS CLASSIFIED WITH A SINGLE SUBCLASS. FOR AREAS CLASSIFIED WITH TWO OR MORE D, F, M OR N THEN SUBCLASS S WILL APPEEAR, DENOTING A COMBINATION OF SUBCLASSES. T TOPOGRAPHY. THIS SUBCLASS IS MADE UP OF SOILS WHERE TOPOGRAPHY IS A LIMITATION. BOTH THE PERCENT OF SLOPE AND THE PATTERN OR FREQUENCY OF SLOPES IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AFFECT THE COST OF FARMING AND THE UNIFORMITY OF GROWTH AND MATURITY OF CROPS AS WELL AS THE HAZARD OR EROSION. W EXCESS WATER. THIS SUBCLASS INCLUDES SOILS WHERE EXCESS WATER OTHER THAN BROUGHT ABOUT INUDATION IS A LIMITATION TO AGRICULTURAL USE. EXCESS WATER MAY RESULT FROM INADEQUATE SOIL DRAINAGE, A HIGH WATER TABLE, SEEPAGE OR FROM RUNOFF FROM SURROUNDING AREAS. X THIS SUBCLASS IS COMPRISED OF SOILS HAVING A LIMITATION RESULTING FROM THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF TWO OR MORE ADVERSE CHARACTERISTICS. FOR FULL DETAILS SEE 'THE CANADA LAND INVENTORY, SOIL CAPABILITY CLASSIFICATION FOR AGRICULTURE' REPORT NO. 2, 1969. Groundwater Theme These as essentially two independent themes, both of which related to groundwater availability. The groundwater suitability covers the entire planning area; the other related ground classification is only in specific areas of the planning area. Landforms Theme This Qu'Appelle River Valley theme defines the geology of the planning areas in terms of landforms, landform variety and material type. The landform classifications are complexed; up to three landforms can occur in one polygon. Construction Materials Theme This theme, which was digitized as part of the geology layer for some of the Qu'Appelle River Valley planning study areas, identifies sources of granular construction materials. 6. Accreditation The Canada Geographic Information System data extraction and distribution is managed by: The Canada Centre for Remote Sensing Natural Resources Canada Government of Canada Room 650 - 615 Booth Street Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 0E9 Based on significant research and development by: The National Archives of Canada Statistics Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Data processing completed by: Spatialanalysis Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1Y ON3 The National Archives of Canada retains intellectual property. (Copyright) Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 1999.