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Soil Name File
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SOILKEY
Soilkey Identifier
Description
Linkage key used to relate between the CMP and the NAME and
LAYER files.
Origin
The SOILKEY field is concatenated from the following fields in
the NAME file:
- PROVINCE
- SOIL_CODE
- MODIFIER
- LU
Validation
- All records in the NAME file must have a SOILKEY code.
- SOILKEY codes in the NAME file must be unique
Usage
See the documentation on the Land Use
(LU) for information on how to control the linkage between the
CMP file and the NAME and LAYER files