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Single Interpretation rating of Map Units by State

This script retrieves the interpretation rating for a single interpretation for the dominant component in Missouri.


Text highlighted in yellow in the example script can be changed for a particular area, or you can use wildcards to get an entire State. Examples can be found on the Tips page.

Tips Page

Copy the example script below and paste it into the query page on the Soil Data Access site.

Soil Data Access Query Page

Example Script

SELECT l.areasymbol AS Area_symbol, m.musym AS Map_unit_symbol, m.mukey AS MUKEY, c.compname AS Component_name, c.comppct_r AS Component_percent, ci.mrulename AS Rule_name, interplr AS Rating, interplrc AS Rating_class

FROM legend AS l

INNER JOIN mapunit AS m ON l.lkey = m.lkey AND l.areasymbol LIKE 'MO%'

INNER JOIN component AS c ON m.mukey = c.mukey AND c.majcompflag='yes' AND c.cokey = (SELECT TOP 1 c2.cokey FROM component AS c2 WHERE c2.mukey=m.mukey

ORDER BY c2.comppct_r DESC )

INNER JOIN cointerp AS ci ON c.cokey = ci.cokey AND ci.ruledepth=0 AND mrulename = 'FOR - Black Walnut Suitability Index (MO)'

ORDER BY musym

Example Table Output

Description of tables and columns can be found on this link: Table and Column Descriptions

Area_symbol Map_unit_symbol MUKEY Component_name Component_percent Rule_name Rating Rating_class
MO173 67060 2575455 Landes 90 FOR - Black Walnut Suitability Index (MO) 0.797 Moderately suited
MO037 10000 2521021 Arisburg 90 FOR - Black Walnut Suitability Index (MO) 0.549 Somewhat suited
MO073 67095 2575513 Racoon 85 FOR - Black Walnut Suitability Index (MO) 0 Unsuited



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