Rating Factors	Rating Criteria	Rating: mapping, combining, evaluating
Topogrphy	Slope, DTW	Using 1-m DEM for slope, flow channel and DTW derivation
NB Forest Soil Association	Topsoil texture	Updating the NB Forest Soil Association layer
	Subsoil texture	Updating the NB Forest Soil Association layer
	Depth to compaction	Using GeoNB’s wetland and waterbody delineations
	Coarse fragments
	Calcareousness
Climate	Annual growing-degree days	Combining the crop-rated climate, soil and slope rasters
Climate	Annual frost-free days	Combining the crop-rated climate, soil and slope rasters
Socioeconomics		Evaluating property taxation values in terms of property attributes: size, farm/ woodlot combination, building footprint