Historisch Bodem Bestand: Historical Soil Contamination Sites in the Netherlands

A historical overview of locations with potential soil contamination in the Netherlands, compiled by the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. The dataset merges records from three historical sources: Bio-s (filled ditches), Bio-b (industrial sites), and BSB (soil remediation on active industrial sites). It is published under a Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Map historical soil contamination risk based on the described location data.
• Analyze the distribution of legacy industrial pollution sites based on the merged Bio-b and BSB records.
• Cross-reference historical land alterations like filled ditches (Bio-s records) with modern environmental data.
• Support environmental due diligence for property development using the historical site overview.

Strengths

• Integrates three distinct historical data sources (Bio-s, Bio-b, BSB) into a single overview.
• Published under a permissive public domain license (CC-PDM-1.0).
• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (WMS, WFS, JSON) for interoperability.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are 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

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Merged compilation of three historical records: Bio-s, Bio-b, and BSB.

Time Range

Historical (specific range not provided).

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Netherlands, with specific notes on coverage in Zuid-Holland, Rotterdam, and Den Haag.