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Winter topsoil physico-chemical properties from the UKCEH Countryside Survey, Great Britain, 2021

This dataset consists of measures of topsoil (0-15 cm) physico-chemical properties from 575 soils sampled from 146 x 1 km squares across Great Britain collected in winter 2021 as part of the UKCEH Countryside Survey. The properties included are: pH, soil organic matter (loss on ignition, LOI), derived carbon concentration and carbon stock from LOI (SOC), soil group, soil bulk density of fine earth, soil moisture of wet soil, fine earth volumetric water content (dry), and nitrogen concentration a

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What's in it

Data offered docs-verified
pH · soil organic matter (loss on ignition, LOI) · derived carbon concentration · carbon stock from LOI (SOC) · soil group · soil bulk density of fine earth · soil moisture of wet soil · fine earth volumetric water content (dry) · nitrogen concentration and stock
Coverage docs-verified
Great Britain · 2021-12-01 to 2022-02-28
Resolution docs-verified
1000 m spatial resolution (1 km grid squares); topsoil 0-15 cm; single winter sampling campaign
Formats docs-verified
CSV
Access docs-verified
Open Government Licence (OGL); no authentication listed in entry (auth: null)

Useful for

Use cases llm-inferred
Baseline topsoil pH and soil organic carbon stock for GB ecology or environmental assessment reporting · Soil carbon stock context for habitat baseline or carbon-related appraisal work · Soil bulk density and moisture inputs for infiltration or SuDS desk-study assumptions
Audience llm-inferred
ecologists · soil scientists · environmental consultants · hydrologists · geotechnical engineers

Limitations

Constraints llm-inferred
Sample-based: 575 soils from 146 1 km squares, so not a continuous map and not site-specific · Topsoil 0-15 cm only; no subsoil data · Winter sampling only (Dec 2021 to Feb 2022); seasonal variation not captured · Single snapshot; no update schedule stated · No authentication listed, but access is limited to the licence terms
Licence
Open government licence
Authentication
Unknown — review source docs
GitHub stars
Unknown
Last commit
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Last successful page check
16/10/2026
Page health
healthy
Package
Not recorded
Verification
Not independently verified

Provenance & evidence

Listed in ukceh-eidc public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).

Metadata observed 14/10/2026 · research sweep: sweep-2026-10-16 (ukceh-eidc)