Identification

Title

Map of topsoil compaction risk (partial cover)

Alternative title(s)

Abstract

The map shows the risk of the topsoil becoming compacted due to the passage of machinery. This map primarily covers the cultivated land in Scotland and provides information on the risk of topsoil compaction.The topsoil compaction risk gives information of the likelihood of the topsoil becoming compacted in 3 classes: High, Moderate or Low. The risk is based on the natural drainage class of the soil and the soil texture.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/natural-resource-datasets/soilshutton/soils-maps-scotland/download

Unique resource identifier

code

None

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

authority code

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG:27700

Additional information source

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

farming

geoscientificInformation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

compaction

soil compaction

Keyword set

keyword value

Soil

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-5.2

East bounding longitude

-1.7

North bounding latitude

58.7

South bounding latitude

54.6

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

Vertical extent information

Minimum value

-100000.00

Maximum value

900719825474.10

Coordinate reference system

authority code

code identifying the coordinate reference system

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2018-04-19

date type

creation

effective date

2018-04-19

date type

revision

effective date

2018-04-19

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

The assessment of the risk of soil compaction for each of the soils in the Soil Map of Scotland (partial cover) followed the guidelines published in Ball (1985) and Ball (1986) and is based on the natural soil drainage, soil texture and organic matter content. The Land Cover of Scotland map (1988) (LCS88) was used to identify which soils were semi-natural and likely to have an organic topsoil and which were likely to be cultivated and have a mineral topsoil. Where the LCS88 map showed a mixture of both semi-natural and cultivated land cover, the latter was taken to represent the land cover class. Where the soils were described as complexes (that is, more than one soil type if found in the area), the precautionary principle was applied and the soil most at risk of topsoil compaction was used to describe the whole map unit. Ball, B.C. (Compiler) 1985. Cultivation requirements for Winter barley. SAC/MISR/SIAE publication 154. Scottish Agricultural Colleges. Edinburgh. Ball, B.C. 1986. Provisional land grouping for selection of cultivation requirements for Winter barley in Scotland. Soil and Tillage Research, 7, 7-18. Lilly, A & Baggaley, N.J. 2014. Developing simple indicators to assess the role of soils in determining risks to water quality, CREW project number CD2012_42.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Esri shapefile

version of format

10

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Copyright

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

No limitations on public access

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Principal Soil Scientist

organisation name

The James Hutton Institute

full postal address

Craigiebuckler

Aberdeen

email address

allan.lilly@hutton.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Principal Soil Scientist

organisation name

The James Hutton Institute

full postal address

Craigiebuckler

Aberdeen

email address

allan.lilly@hutton.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2020-07-08

Metadata language