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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Pan-European SOC stock of agricultural soils
Title: Pan-European SOC stock of agricultural soils
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Organic Carbon Content, Agricultural SOC Stocks
Registration requested: Request Form
Year: 2013
Publisher: European Commission Joint Research Centre
Keywords: SOC | Stocvks | CAPRESE | CENTURY |

European Soil Database Derived data
Title: European Soil Database Derived data
Resource Type:
Registration requested: Request Form
Year: 2013
Publisher: European Commission Joint Research Centre
Keywords: European Soil Database | HWSD | layers | Texture | Bulk density | Water Retention |

LUCAS 2009 TOPSOIL data
Title: LUCAS 2009 TOPSOIL data
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Sampling
Project/s: LUCAS
Registration requested: Request Form
Year: 2013

Climate Change Regional Indicators of Change and Extremes for Europe
Title: Climate Change Regional Indicators of Change and Extremes for Europe
Resource Type:
Project/s: Completed Projects, CC_ICE
Registration requested: Request Form
Year: 2012
Publisher: Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
Keywords: Climate change | Indicators | Temperature | Precipitation | Precipitation intensity | Relative Humidity | Aridity Index | Humidex |

European Landslide Susceptibility Map version 2 (ELSUS v2)
Title: European Landslide Susceptibility Map version 2 (ELSUS v2)
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Landslides
Registration requested: Request Form
Year: 2018
Keywords: landslides | natural hazards | susceptibility |


Rainfall Erosivity in the EU and Switzerland (R-factor)
Title: Rainfall Erosivity in the EU and Switzerland (R-factor)
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Erosion by water, Rainfall Erosivity in Europe, Future rainfall erosivity (projections for 2050 based on climate change), Monthly erosivity, R-factor in Italy, R-factor and Erosivity Density in Greece, R-Factor in Switzerland
Registration requested: Request Form
Year: 2015
Publisher: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Keywords: Rainfall erosivity | R-Factor | RUSLE | REDES | Rainfall intensity | soil degradation | erosivity density |

Global Soil Organic Carbon Estimates
Title: Global Soil Organic Carbon Estimates
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Organic Carbon Content
Registration requested: Request Form
Author: R. Hiederer, M. Köchy
Year: 2012
Publisher: Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
Keywords: organic carbon | Harmonized World Soil Database | Climate change |

Soil Erodibility (K- Factor) High Resolution dataset for Europe
Title: Soil Erodibility (K- Factor) High Resolution dataset for Europe
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Erosion by water, Soil Erodibility in Europe
Registration requested: Request Form
Year: 2014
Publisher: Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
Keywords: soil erodibility | K-Factor | USLE | LUCAS | Erosion Modelling | stone cover | Stoniness | coarse fragments |


G2 soil erosion model data
Title: G2 soil erosion model data
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Erosion by water, G2 Model
Project/s: Geoland2
Registration requested: Request Form
Year: 2013
Publisher: JRC and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Keywords: erosion; G2; modelling; USLE; Spatio-Temporal mapping; Critical zones; Crete; Cyprus; Albania; Strymonas |

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Data & PERSAM software tool
Title: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Data & PERSAM software tool
Resource Type:
Project/s: EFSA Data & Tools
Registration requested: Request Form
Year: 2015
Publisher: EFSA and JRC
Keywords: EFSA | food safety | ECOREGION | FATE |


Soil Erosion Risk Assessment in Europe data (MESALES model) - Dataset
Title: Soil Erosion Risk Assessment in Europe data (MESALES model) - Dataset
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Erosion by water, MESALES Model
Registration requested: Request Form
Year: 2002
Language: en
Keywords: erosion risk | MESALES | Soil Erosion |


Soil pH in Europe
Title: Soil pH in Europe
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil pH
Registration requested: Request Form
Year: 2010
Language: en
Keywords: pH |
Attachments: Image icon pH in Europe



OCTOP: Topsoil Organic Carbon Content for Europe
Title: OCTOP: Topsoil Organic Carbon Content for Europe
Resource Type:
Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Organic Carbon Content, European Data
Registration requested: Request Form
Author: Jones, R.J.A., Hiederer, R., Rusco, E., Loveland, P.J. and Montanarella, L.
Year: 2004
Language: en
Keywords: organic carbon | SOC | octop |


Soil Profile Analytical Database 2
Title: Soil Profile Analytical Database 2
Resource Type:
Registration requested: Request Form
Year: 2009
Keywords: Topsoil | SPADE | European Soil Database | STU |