LandIS Digital Soil Dataset Families
LandIS Datasets
What data do I need?
Cranfield University market a wide range of soil and soil-related datasets. These are outlined below:
NATMAP - the National Soil Map
NATMAP datasets represent the authoritative digital soil map for England and Wales. There are various data products derived from the National Soil Map, each suitable for different tasks; these are outlined below.
More details ...NATMAP Vector
If you are looking for the best quality available map data with national coverage of both England and Wales, we recommend NATMAP Vector. This flagship dataset has many uses from regional assessments, catchment characterisation, site assessment and, combined with our 'SOILSERIES' set of soil property datasets, computer modelling.
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Number of soil classes: ~ 300;
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Scale: 1:250K;
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Map units: Soil Associations.
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details ...NATMAP Soilscapes
NATMAP Soilscapes is a simplified version of the full National Soil Map, having an easy-to-understand map legend. Soilscapes is ideal for simple descriptive overviews of the soils and soil landscapes of a region, as well as the relationship between soil and the environment.
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Number of soil classes: ~ 30;
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Scale: 1:250K;
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Map Units: Soilscape Units.
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details ...NATMAP 1000 & 5000
These are gridded vector versions of the National Soil Map, where the squares represent 1km x 1km, and 5km x 5km gridcells respectively. These are suitable for modelling situations, but do not provide the full spatial detail of NATMAP vector.
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Map Units: Soil Series % within polygon;
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Resolution: 1 km, or 5 km gridcells.
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details ...Other Soil Maps Interpreted from NATMAPvector
NATMAP WRB More details ... NATMAP HOST More details ... NATMAP topsoil texture More details ... NATMAP subsoil texture More details ... NATMAP wetness More details ... NATMAP available water More details ... NATMAP carbon More details ...Top
Soil Attribute Data : SOILSERIES and HORIZON
Soil series (soil type) data
SOILSERIES attribute datasets have been developed to link to the NATMAP datasets (excepting NATMAP Soilscapes) to provide more detailed soil information specific to the users needs. These are outlined below.
SOILSERIES Info
This includes basic soil information including the modern definition of soil series.
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details ...SOILSERIES Pesticides
This dataset is useful for modelling and predicting the movement and attenuation (fate and behaviour) of pesticides in soil, based on leaching and runoff classes.
More details ...SOILSERIES Hydrology
This detailed dataset contains hydrological properties of the soil and associated rivers. It is useful for many types of hydrological models.
More details ...SOILSERIES Agronomy
This provides information on the available soil water for mainstream crops for the different soil types across England and Wales.
More details ...SOILSERIES Leacs
The Leacs data product is used by almost all the major water companies as part of their pipe replacement programme as part of their strategic Asset Management Plans (AMPs). Because soils are variably aggressive to pipes, knowing which pipes will need replacing first can save significant sums.
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details ...HORIZON Fundamentals
These data detail the properties of each of the soil horizons (layers) from the topsoil to the parent material. Information includes textural propterties along with layer thicknesses. It provides different information for the same soil series under different land uses.
More details ...HORIZON Hydraulics
These data detail the properties of each of the soil horizons (layers) from the topsoil to the parent material. Information includes hydraulic propterties along with layer thicknesses. It provides different information for the same soil series under different land uses.
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The National Soil Inventory of Soil Quality Monitoring Data: NSI
Soil monitoring data
The National Soil Inventory, or NSI, covers England and Wales on a 5km x 5km grid and provides detailed information for each intersect on that grid. Collectively, NSI data are statistically representative of English and Welsh soils and they offer a valuable foundation for the future monitoring of soil quality.
More details ...NSI site
This dataset describes the site of the NSI point, including landuse and lithological information.
More details ...NSI profile
This dataset gives a very detailed description of each soil horizon (layer) in the soil profile.
More details ...NSI topsoil
This dataset gives detailed measurements from a bulked sample of the topsoil, of pH, organic carbon and over 20 elements (total and available) by a variety of laboratory methods.
More details ...NSI textures
This dataset describes the soil texture, providing % information for the texture grades (i.e. sand (4 grades), silt & clay).
More details ...NSI features
This dataset provides depth information to the various diagnostic layers within the soil profile.
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Other soil datasets
Special datasets
LandIS contains a wide range of other data. If you have a special request, please contact our help desk for more details.
Obtaining digital soils data
Access arrangements
Arrangements for access to soil data are governed by an agreement between Cranfield University and Defra acting on behalf of the Crown. Under the LandIS Agreement:
- Data are only ever licensed (i.e. not sold) for use over a specified period;
- Departments of the Crown and their contractors are entitled to royalty-free data for specified applications, and therefore only pay an administrative fee to cover the cost of extraction and administration;
- Bona fide researchers are entitled to data on a similar basis;
- Cranfield is entitled to charge all other individuals and groups, including the Executive Agencies, an additional royalty fee to reflect the value of the information. Royalty fees are calculated using a set of standardised charging formulae that apply progressive discounts on base rates for larger volumes of data.
Data are normally supplied via an online dropoff service in an agreed format. To find out which datasets we lease, look at our data families description, or alternatively run our handy data quotation advisor utility.
Our standard data licence Terms and Conditions are available for inspection.
For further information regarding leasing digital datasets from LandIS, for a soils data quotation, or for further information, please contact us as below:
Data enquiries
Ian Truckell
Senior Geospatial Technologist
Cranfield Environment Centre
Cranfield University
Bullock Building (B53)
Cranfield campus
Cranfield
MK43 0AL
(01234) 754180
i.g.truckell@cranfield.ac.uk
