Melbourn Agricultural Land Classification Survey with Soil Data, 1989-1999

1989 to 1999 survey data for the Melbourn, Kingsway Golf Centre site, collected by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. It includes scanned original paper maps, survey reports, and for some surveys, unedited sample point soils data and soil pit descriptions. The data uses the grading methodology from 'Agricultural Land Classification of England and Wales' and maps land at scales from 1:5,000 to 1:50,000.

Use Cases

• Classify agricultural land capability based on the detailed grading methodology described in the survey reports.
• Analyze historical soil properties and classifications based on the unedited sample point soils data.
• Map land use suitability changes over time by comparing this detailed survey with other temporal datasets.
• Train geospatial models for land classification using the scanned map layers and associated attribute data.

Strengths

• Includes original scanned maps and reports, preserving methodological transparency.
• Provides subdivision of Grade 3 land into subgrades 3a and 3b for finer granularity.
• Contains unedited soil sample point data and pit descriptions for some surveys.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; Natural England.

Collection Method

Detailed site surveys with soil sampling, mapping, and reporting.

Time Range

1989-1999

Freshness

Survey data is from 1989-1999; last update date for the dataset is unknown.

Geography

Melbourn, Kingsway Golf Centre site, England and Wales.