Agricultural Land Classification Survey: Detailed Soil Grades for England

England's Billingley (south) area was surveyed by the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food between 1989 and 1999. The dataset likely contains scanned original paper maps and survey reports detailing soil grades, including subdivisions of Grade 3 into 3a and 3b. It is provided by Natural England and contains Ordnance Survey data.

Use Cases

• Classify agricultural land suitability based on detailed soil grading methodology.
• Map land use potential for planning using scanned survey maps at scales from 1:5,000 to 1:50,000.
• Analyze soil characteristics for specific sites using available unedited sample point and soil pit data.

Strengths

• Survey data uses a current, documented grading methodology.
• Includes subdivision of Grade 3 into subgrades 3a and 3b for finer detail.
• Original maps and reports are available, providing primary source material.

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

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

Time Range

1989 to 1999

Geography

Billingley (south) area, Barnsley, England