Agricultural Land Classification Survey for Thrumpton and Attenborough Pit Sites

Post 1988 Agricultural Land Classification (ALC) site survey data includes scanned original paper maps and survey reports for individual sites surveyed in detail between 1989 and 1999 by the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food. Surveys use the grading methodology described in "Agricultural Land Classification of England and Wales" and map Grade 3 into subgrades 3a and 3b. Unedited sample point soils data and soil pit descriptions are also available for some surveys.

Use Cases

• Classify agricultural land quality based on detailed soil survey methodology
• Analyze land suitability for mineral extraction planning based on site-specific maps
• Compare soil characteristics across subgrades 3a and 3b based on survey reports
• Integrate historical land classification data with modern GIS systems based on scanned maps

Strengths

• Survey data uses the current grading methodology as described in an official publication
• Individual sites have been mapped at varying scales from 1:5,000 to 1:50,000
• Unedited sample point soils data and soil pit descriptions are available 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
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Scanned original paper maps and survey reports from detailed site surveys

Time Range

1989 to 1999

Geography

Thrumpton, Attenborough Pit sites A&B (Derbyshire Minerals Plan)