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Group of Interpretation Ratings for Map Units by Area Symbol

This script retrieves the rating for any lawn interpretation by area symbol. It retrieves all major components.


Text highlighted in yellow in the example script can be changed for a particular area or particular interpretation. Run the "list of Interpretations" script to find the list of Interpretations that are in your area. 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 page.

Soil Data Access Query site

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, c.majcompflag AS Major_Component,

ci.mrulename AS Rule_name, ci.ruledepth AS Rule_depth, 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 'MO123'

INNER JOIN component AS c ON m.mukey = c.mukey AND c.majcompflag='yes'

INNER JOIN cointerp AS ci ON c.cokey = ci.cokey AND ci.ruledepth=0 AND mrulename LIKE '%lawn%'

ORDER by m.musym, c.comppct_r

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 Major_Component Rule_name Rule_depth Rating Rating_class
MO123 73055 2501597 Rueter 35 Yes ENG - Lawn, Landscape, Golf Fairway 0 1 Very limited
MO123 73267 2502210 Scholten 20 Yes ENG - Lawn, Landscape, Golf Fairway 0 0.88 Somewhat limited
MO123 99006 2501255 Psamments 90 Yes ENG - Lawn, Landscape, Golf Fairway 0 1 Very limited



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