ALCR02897: Agricultural Land Classification Survey Maps and Reports

Agricultural Land Classification detailed Post 1988 survey ALCR02897 is a site survey dataset from the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food. It contains scanned original paper maps and survey reports for individual sites surveyed in detail between 1989 and 1999, using grading methodology described in "Agricultural Land Classification of England and Wales." Unedited sample point soils data and soil pit descriptions are also available for some surveys.

Use Cases

• Classify agricultural land quality based on the grading methodology described in the survey reports.
• Analyze soil characteristics based on unedited sample point soils data and soil pit descriptions.
• Map land use potential at varying scales from 1:5,000 to 1:50,000 based on the scanned original paper maps.

Strengths

• Survey data uses the current grading methodology as described in "Agricultural Land Classification of England and Wales."
• Includes subdivision of Grade 3 into subgrades 3a and 3b.
• Contains scanned original paper maps and survey reports for individual sites.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food, Natural England.

Collection Method

Detailed site surveys conducted between 1989 and 1999.

Time Range

1989-1999

Geography

Buttsash, New Road (New Forest DLP Obj. Site 34), England.