Download a zipped directory containing the spatial and tabular data for a SSURGO study area.

download_ssurgo_study_area first tries to download data including a state-specific Access template, then the general US template.

Usage

download_ssurgo_study_area(area, date, raw.dir)

Arguments

area

A character string indicating the SSURGO study area to be downloaded.

date

A character string indicating the date of the most recent update to the SSURGO area for these data. This information may be gleaned from the SSURGO Inventory (get_ssurgo_inventory).

raw.dir

A character string indicating where raw downloaded files should be put.

Value

A character string representing the full local path of the SSURGO study areas zipped directory.