Title: Land Qualities/Degradation Hazards Western Australia
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