Soil – Degradation Hazards

Title: Land Qualities/Degradation Hazards Western Australia

Custodian: Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia

Jurisdiction:Western Australia

Description

Abstract:Land qualities/degradation hazards which impact upon a variety of agricultural land uses as attributed to the best available soil-landscape mapping. See DAFWA Resource Management Technical Report 298 for a description of the qualities assessed and the methodology involved.

Search Words:SOIL, SOIL Mapping, GEOSCIENCES Geomorphology, LAND Capability, LAND Degradation

Geographic Extent: Western Australia

Data Currency

Beginning Date:01-10-2001

Ending Date:Current

Dataset Status

Progress:In Progress

Maintenance & Update Frequency: Biannually

Access

Stored Data Format:DIGITAL Oracle Spatial

Available Format Types:DIGITAL Geomedia warehouse, DIGITAL ESRI shapefile,

Access Constraints: Subject to data licensing agreement

Data Quality

Lineage:Data compiled from attribution associated with the best available soil-landscape mapping for Western Australia (version 5.01) using the following attributes.

Acidity at 50 to 80 cmLQ_PH_5080_LE4_5_PC

Alkalinity at 50 to 80 cmLQ_PH_5080_GE_7_PC

Ease of ExcavationLQ_EXCAVA_VL_L_PC

Flood HazardLQ_FLOODR_M_H_PC

Land Instability HazardLQ_INSTAB_M_H_PC

Microbial PurificationLQ_MI_PURE_VL_L_PC

Phosphorus Export HazardLQ_PHOS_L_H_E_PC

Physical Crop Rooting DepthLQ_URD_VS_S_PC

Salinity HazardLQ_SA_RIS_M_PS_PC

Site Drainage PotentialLQ_SI_DRA_VP_P_PC

Soil Water StorageLQ_WA_STO_EL_L_PC

Subsurface Acidification SusceptibilityLQ_SU_ACI_H_P_PC

Subsurface Compaction SusceptibilityLQ_SU_COM_H_PC

Surface Acidity (pH Ca <4.5)LQ_PH_0_10_LE4_5_PC

Surface Alkalinity (pH Ca > 7.0)LQ_PH_0_10_GE7_PC

Surface SalinityLQ_SALIN_M_E_PC

Waterlogging/Inundation RiskLQ_WA_LOG_M_VH_PC

Water Erosion HazardLQ_WA_ERO_VH_E_PC

Water Repellence SusceptibilityLQ_WA_REP_H_PC

Wind Erosion HazardLQ_WI_ERO_H_E_PC

Positional Accuracy: Variable depending upon scale of survey + or – 25 to 500 m.

Attribute Accuracy: Accuracy of attribution is variable depending upon scale of survey and the hierarchy level of the mapping.

Logical Consistency: Topological errors checked and corrected using ArcGIS 10,GeoMedia Professional and Oracle Spatial.

Completeness: Western Australia.

Contact

Contact Role: Point of contact

Contact Organisation Name: Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia

Contact Organisation Jurisdiction: Western Australia

Contact Name: Geographic Information Services

Contact Position: Data manager

Mail Address 1: Locked Bag No. 4

Mail Address 2:

Suburb or Place or Locality: Bentley Delivery Centre

State or Locality 2: WA

Country: Australia

Postcode: 6983

Telephone: 08 9368 3925

Facsimile: 08 9474 2405

Electronic Mail Address:

Contact Role: Custodian

Contact Organisation Name: Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia

Contact Organisation Jurisdiction: Western Australia

Contact Name: Dennis van Gool

Contact Position: Research Officer

Mail Address 1: Locked Bag No. 4

Mail Address 2:

Suburb or Place or Locality: Bentley Delivery Centre

State or Locality 2: WA

Country: Australia

Postcode: 6983

Telephone: 08 9368 3899

Facsimile: 08 9474 2405

Electronic Mail Address:

Metadata Date: June 2016