ALCC00189: Detailed Agricultural Land Classification Survey Maps and Reports

Detailed Agricultural Land Classification survey data for the Silsoe Home Farm site. The dataset includes scanned original paper maps and survey reports from detailed site surveys conducted between 1989 and 1999 by the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food. It also contains unedited sample point soils data and soil pit descriptions for some surveys.

Use Cases

• Classify agricultural land quality based on the detailed grading methodology described in the survey reports.
• Analyze soil characteristics and subgrades for land parcels based on the unedited sample point soils data.
• Map land classification grades, including subdivisions of Grade 3, using the scanned original paper maps.
• Assess historical land quality changes by comparing survey data from the 1989-1999 period.

Strengths

• Survey data uses the current grading methodology as described in the official 'Agricultural Land Classification of England and Wales'.
• Includes subdivision of Grade 3 into subgrades 3a and 3b, providing finer detail.
• Contains unedited sample point soils data and soil pit descriptions for some surveys.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to eu_open_data, focusing on a specific site.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Detailed site surveys conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food.

Time Range

1989-1999

Geography

Silsoe, Home Farm (England)