Andover Agricultural Land Classification Survey: Soil Grades and Maps

Post 1988 Agricultural Land Classification (ALC) survey data for the Andover, Picket Twenty Farm site in Test Valley. The data 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. For some surveys, unedited sample point soils data and soil pit descriptions are also available.

Use Cases

• Classify agricultural land quality based on the detailed grading methodology described in the survey reports.
• Map soil grade subdivisions, including Grade 3a and 3b, using the scanned original paper maps.
• Analyze soil characteristics using the unedited sample point soils data available for some surveys.

Strengths

• Survey data uses the current grading methodology as described in the official 'Agricultural Land Classification of England and Wales' publication.
• Individual sites have been mapped at varying scales and levels of detail, from 1:5,000 to 1:50,000.
• Data includes the subdivision of Grade 3 into subgrades 3a and 3b.

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

Andover, Picket Twenty Farm (Test Valley LP), England