Herne Bay Agricultural Land Classification Survey Maps and Reports

Detailed Agricultural Land Classification survey data for Herne Bay, Frogs Island Farm. 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 uses the grading methodology from the official Agricultural Land Classification of England and Wales publication.

Use Cases

• Analyze historical agricultural land quality based on detailed site survey reports.
• Map soil grade subdivisions, including Grade 3a and 3b, based on the survey methodology.
• Correlate soil pit descriptions and unedited sample point data with land classification maps.

Strengths

• Survey data uses the official Agricultural Land Classification grading methodology.
• Includes subdivision of Grade 3 into subgrades 3a and 3b.
• Contains unedited sample point soils data and soil pit descriptions for some surveys.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Maps are scanned original paper documents at varying scales, which may affect digital analysis.

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

Herne Bay, Frogs Island Farm, England