Land Systems of Western New South Wales at 1:250,000 Scale

251 land systems are mapped for Western New South Wales, describing recurring patterns of topography, soils, and vegetation. The vector dataset and accompanying report from the Soil Conservation Service of NSW provide soil and land resource information for broad-scale land-use planning and management. It was originally published in 1991 and is maintained by the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.

Use Cases

• Broad-scale land-use planning based on recurring patterns of topography, soils, and vegetation.
• Land management strategy development based on soil and land resource information.
• Cross-referencing land systems with related datasets like hydrogeological landscapes or catchment soil resources.

Strengths

• 251 distinct land systems mapped across Western New South Wales.
• Mapped at a detailed 1:250,000 scale suitable for regional planning.
• Accompanied by a hardcopy technical report (Walker, 1991).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The core data is from 1991, though metadata was updated in 2026; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Soil Conservation Service of NSW.

Collection Method

Mapping and analysis described in Technical Report No. 25.

Time Range

Report published 1991.

Freshness

Metadata last updated 2026-05-13; underlying data from 1991.

Geography

Western New South Wales, Australia.