Soil Grids of Victorian Total Organic Carbon % at 90m Resolution

Soil Grids of Victoria provide digital soil maps for total organic carbon percentage across the state. The Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action produced these raster grids, which offer mean, 5th, and 95th percentile prediction values at a 90-meter resolution for depths of 0-5 cm, 5-15 cm, and 15-30 cm. The dataset was last updated on 2026-04 27.

Use Cases

• Modeling soil carbon stocks for climate change mitigation based on the raster prediction maps.
• Informing agricultural production decisions based on regional soil organic carbon trends.
• Supporting land use policy and planning based on exhaustive spatial estimates of soil attributes.
• Conducting ecosystem modelling research based on the interpolated key soil property grids.

Strengths

• Provides prediction maps at a fine 90-meter grid resolution.
• Includes confidence intervals (5th and 95th percentile values) for uncertainty assessment.
• Covers three distinct soil depth intervals (0-5 cm, 5-15 cm, 15-30 cm).
• Follows the consistent specifications of the GlobalSoilMap project.

Limitations

• Prediction maps are only published for the first three depths due to poor model validation for lower depths.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• The dataset is recommended for regional-to-state-wide trend assessment, not for local-scale use without caution.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Collection Method

Spatial interpolation based on methodology refined by the Australian Soil and Landscape Grid, using existing soil profile and land mapping collections.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-27 22:36:27.040496; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Victoria, Australia