Indianapolis Soil Survey Project Office Team

6013 Lakeside Blvd.

Indianapolis, Indiana 46278

(317) 290-3200

Former Team Members




Michael Wigginton

Soil Scientist/Subset Project Leader.

Currently working on the NRCS soil survey update for Fountain County, Indiana. Responsible for coordinating mapping, data collection and analysis, database maintenance, taxonomic and map unit descriptions, quality assurance, progressive correlation, special studies, Official Series Descriptions, soil interpretations, and mapping efforts associated with updating soil surveys in Central Indiana, MLRA 111. Work experience: soil mapping in Shelby, Darke and Licking Counties, Ohio. Overseas assignments in Africa and South America, Michigan State University Cooperative Extension. Member of Geomorpholgy workgroup. Member of the Indiana Professional Soil Classifiers. Certified Professional Soil Scientist. Education: Ohio State University B.S., Mennonite Biblical Seminary M.A.

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Telephone extension #365


Norm Stephens

Project Soil Scientist;

Currently working on NRCS soil survey updates for MLRA 11. Map compilation, and digitizing for NRCS projects in the state of Indiana. MLRA 11 Webmaster. B.S. in Geology from Indiana University. Past work experience in Indiana delineating Wetlands and NRI data collection.

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Telephone extension #369


GIS Support


Kris Soonpaa

Geographer;

SSURGO support, and quality assurance reviews for MLRA Region 11. Map compilation, digitizing, and metadata for NRCS projects in the state of Indiana.Past work experience in North Dakota, and NRI data collection in Indiana. B.S., M.S. in Geography from the University of North Dakota.

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Telephone extension #376


Digital Map Finishing


Nils (Buster) Landin

Digital Map Finishing Team Leader, Cartographic Technician;

Responsible for the facilitation of Digital Map Finishing (DMF) soil survey projects for publication in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania using GIS. This includes the delivery and set up of DMF projects, AML development, and quality control. Past work experience: Map compilation and digitizing of NRCS projects in Indiana. Education: BA in Geology from Indiana University.

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Telephone extension #391


Kenny Streett

Cartographic Technician;

Digital Map Finisher for NRCS projects in the MLRA Region 11.

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Telephone extension #372


Map Digitizing



Alena Stephens

Cartographic Aid;

Map compilation and Lead Digitizer for NRCS projects in the state of Indiana.

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Telephone extension #368


Map Recompilation

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