Land Units of North East Victoria with Soil and Agricultural Capability Data

The Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action produced this dataset from a 2001-02 land resource assessment project. It provides soil and land information at a 1:100,000 scale for freehold land in north-east Victoria, including erosion risk and agricultural capability assessments. The data is accompanied by a detailed methodology report available from Victorian Resources Online.

Use Cases

• Assess agricultural land suitability based on described soil-landform units and capability assessments.
• Model soil erosion risk for land management planning using the generic risk assessments included.
• Analyze regional soil variability and dominant soil types for environmental studies.
• Support land-use planning decisions with geospatial soil and landform data at a 1:100,000 scale.

Strengths

• Provides soil and land information at a defined 1:100,000 map scale.
• Includes generic soil erosion risk and agricultural capability assessments.
• Dataset is accompanied by a publicly available project methodology report.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data originates from a 2001-02 project; freshness should be verified for current applications.
• The description notes soil attributes are variable and should be used as a guide only.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (data_gov_au)

Collection Method

Primary data output from the north-east land resource assessment project.

Time Range

Project undertaken in 2001-02.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 07:42:57.093649; freshness should be verified

Geography

Freehold land in north-east Victoria.