Datasets

The European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC) contains currently many soil data and information; most of the offered data are at European scale, while, when possible, links to national or global datasets are provided. 

Datasets are organized in some broad categories.

  • A first category contains the European Soil Database (ESDB), datasets that have been derived with the help of the ESDB and general European datasets that contain soil properties.
  • A second category offers data that are related to soil threats (erosion, soil organic carbon, landslides, compaction, salinization, soil biodiversity, contaminated sites, soil sealing, etc.)
  • A third category offers data related to soil functions
  • A fourth category offers soil point data (LUCAS, SPADE, etc)
  • A fifth category contains data that stem from projects.

Some datasets can be freely downloaded; others will be made accessible after prior registration, through a fill-in form, indicated by the  button.

On top of the list below, there is also a handy one-page overview of all datasaets publicly available in ESDAC: the name (and link) for the dataset and a short abstract.

More information about some of the datasets in the European Soil Data Centre can be found in the following publications: 

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WRB Data for the Soil Atlas of the Northern Circumpolar Region
Title: WRB Data for the Soil Atlas of the Northern Circumpolar Region
Resource Type:
Registration requested: Request Form
Year: 2018
Publisher: European Commission - Joint Research Centre
Keywords: Northern Circumpolar |

Global Rainfall Erosivity
Title: Global Rainfall Erosivity
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Erosion by water, Global Rainfall Erosivity, Future Global Rainfall Erosivity in 2050 and 2070, Satellite-based Global R-factor, Rainfall Erosivity in Europe
Registration requested: Request Form
Country: IT
Author: Panos Panagos, Cristiano Ballabio
Year: 2017
Publisher: European Commission, Joint research Centre
Language: en
Keywords: erosion | erosivity |

3D Soil Hydraulic Database of Europe at 1 km and 250 m resolution
Title: 3D Soil Hydraulic Database of Europe at 1 km and 250 m resolution
Resource Type:
Registration requested: Request Form
Author: Brigitta Tóth, Melanie Weynants, László Pásztor, Tomislav Hengl
Year: 2017
Publisher: Wiley Online Library
Keywords: Soil | soil hydraulic properties | europe |


Maps indicating the availability of Raw Material from soils in the European Union
Title: Maps indicating the availability of Raw Material from soils in the European Union
Resource Type:
Registration requested: Request Form
Author: Gergely Tóth, Ciro Gardi, Katalin Bódis, Éva Ivits, Ece Aksoy, Arwyn Jones, Simon Jeffrey, Thorum Petursdottir and Luca Montanarella, European Commission
Year: 2016
Keywords: Soils | EU | raw material | organic soil material | soil material for constructions |

Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) Projections for Europe
Title: Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) Projections for Europe
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Organic Carbon Content
Registration requested: Request Form
Author: Yusuf Yigini and Panos Panagos, European Commission
Year: 2016

European map of soil suitability to provide a platform for most human activities (EU28)
Title: European map of soil suitability to provide a platform for most human activities (EU28)
Resource Type:
Registration requested: Request Form
Author: Tamas Hermann, Gergely Toth of the European Commission JRC
Year: 2016
Keywords: Soil | human activties |

Maps of preservation capacity of cultural artefacts and buried materials in soils in the EU
Title: Maps of preservation capacity of cultural artefacts and buried materials in soils in the EU
Resource Type:
Registration requested: Request Form
Author: Mark Kibblewhite, Cranfield University, Gergely Toth, European Commission, Tamas Hermann, European Commission
Year: 2016
Publisher: European Soil Data Centre
Keywords: Soil | preservation | capacity |

Maps of the Storing and Filtering Capacity of Soils in Europe
Title: Maps of the Storing and Filtering Capacity of Soils in Europe
Resource Type:
Registration requested: Request Form
Author: András Makó, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Mihály Kocsis, University of Pannonia, Gyöngyi Barna, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Gergely Tóth, European Commission
Year: 2015
Publisher: European Commission
Keywords: Soil | storing | filtering | capacity |

Maps of indicators of soil hydraulic properties for Europe
Title: Maps of indicators of soil hydraulic properties for Europe
Resource Type:
Registration requested: Request Form
Country: IT
Author: Gergely Toth, Melanie Weynants
Year: 2016
Publisher: JRC - European Commission

Soil Organic Carbon - Saturation Capacity in Europe
Title: Soil Organic Carbon - Saturation Capacity in Europe
Resource Type:
Registration requested: Request Form
Author: Emanuele Lugato, Joint Research Centre European Commission
Year: 2016
Keywords: soil organic carbon | SOC | saturation capacity |

Predicted distribution of SOC content in Europe (based on LUCAS, BioSoil and CZO) in the context of the EU-funded SoilTrEC project
Title: Predicted distribution of SOC content in Europe (based on LUCAS, BioSoil and CZO) in the context of the EU-funded SoilTrEC project
Resource Type:
Registration requested: Request Form
Author: Ece Aksoy , Yusuf Yigini , Luca Montanarella
Year: 2016
Publisher: PLoS ONE 11(3): e0152098. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0152098

Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas Maps
Title: Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas Maps
Resource Type:
Registration requested: Request Form
Author: Alberto Orgiazzi, Arwyn Jones, Luca Montanarella
Year: 2016

Potential threats to soil biodiversity in Europe
Title: Potential threats to soil biodiversity in Europe
Resource Type:
Registration requested: Request Form
Year: 2016
Publisher: European Commission, Joint Research Centre




Global Landform classification
Title: Global Landform classification
Resource Type:
Project/s: Completed Projects, Landform Classification
Registration requested: Request Form
Year: 2008
Publisher: European Commission - DG JRC
Keywords: SRTM V4 | CIAT/JRC | void filled data | Terrain |

Support Practices factor (P-factor) for the EU
Title: Support Practices factor (P-factor) for the EU
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Erosion by water, Support Practices Factor
Registration requested: Request Form
Year: 2015
Publisher: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Keywords: RUSLE | GAEC | stone walls | grass margins | LUCAS | contour farming |


Topsoil Soil Organic Carbon (LUCAS) for EU25
Title: Topsoil Soil Organic Carbon (LUCAS) for EU25
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Organic Carbon Content, Topsoil Soil Organic Carbon (LUCAS)
Registration requested: Request Form
Year: 2014
Publisher: European Commission Joint Research Centre
Keywords: SOC | organic carbon | content | policy |

Soil Atlas of Africa and its associated Soil Map (data)
Title: Soil Atlas of Africa and its associated Soil Map (data)
Resource Type:
Registration requested: Request Form
Year: 2014
Publisher: European Commission
Language: en
Keywords: Soil | Atlas | Africa |

Soil erosion in forestland in Europe (using RUSLE2015)
Title: Soil erosion in forestland in Europe (using RUSLE2015)
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Erosion by water, Erosion in forestland
Registration requested: Request Form
Year: 2015
Publisher: European Commission - DG JRC
Keywords: Soil Erosion | Italy | USLE | Forest | Forest harvest | Forest cut |