Agricultural Soil Inventory for Alberta's Agricultural Region

AGRASID Version 1.0 is a spatial database of soils for Alberta's agricultural area, created by the Government of Alberta. This version is noted as outdated and has been superseded by online versions of the data. The dataset was last updated on the platform in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Map soil property classifications like texture or pH across Alberta's agricultural region using geospatial polygons.
• Analyze historical soil inventory data for land capability assessment prior to the adoption of online versions.
• Study the spatial distribution of soil types for agricultural zoning and regional planning.

Strengths

• Covers the full agricultural area of Alberta, a major Canadian province.
• Published under the open OGL-CA-2.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• The database is explicitly noted as an outdated version (V1.0), replaced by newer online data.
• Specific data volume (row count, file size) and column schema are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Geography

Agricultural area of Alberta, Canada