Datasets - ESDAC - European Commission

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 soil point data (LUCAS, SPADE, etc)
A fourth 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.

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

Panagos P., Van Liedekerke M., Jones A., Montanarella L. European Soil Data Centre: Response to European policy support and public data requirements. (2012) Land Use Policy, 29 (2), pp. 329-338, doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.07.003
The European Soil Data Centre: a one-stop-shop for soil science "Science for Environment Policy": European Commission DG Environment News Alert Service (9 February 2012)

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	Title: European Soil Database v2.0 (vector and attribute data)
	Resource Type: Datasets European Soil Database & soil properties Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2001 Publisher: European Commission –- DG JRC

	Title: European Soil Database v2 Raster Library 1kmx1km
	Resource Type: Datasets European Soil Database & soil properties Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2006 Publisher: European Commission – DG JRC

	Title: Carbon mitigation potential and radiative agricultural land management
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Functions Data Registration requested: Request Form	Country: IT Year: 2020 Publisher: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) Language: en

	Title: Global phosphorus losses due to soil erosion
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2020

	Title: Global soil erosion by water in 2070
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2020 Language: en

	Title: Caesium-137 and Plutonium-239+240 in European topsoils
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Country: IT Year: 2020 Publisher: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) Language: en

	Title: Soil Organic Matter (SOM) fractions for 186 LUCAS 2009 soil samples (grassland, forest)
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Country: IT Year: 2019 Language: en

	Title: Maps of Soil Chemical properties at European scale based on LUCAS 2009/2012 topsoil data
	Resource Type: Datasets European Soil Database & soil properties Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2019 Publisher: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) Language: en
	Attachments: pH in Water (H2O), pH in CaCl2 solution, C:N ratio, Cation Exchange Capacity, Calcium carbonates, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium

	Title: LUCAS 2015 Topsoil data of Switzerland
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Point Data Registration requested: Request Form	Author: Oihane Fernandez Ugalde, Arwyn Jones, R.G. Meuli Year: 2019 Publisher: European Commission - Joint Research Centre

	Title: Global Soil Erosion
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Country: IT Year: 2019 Publisher: Joint Research Centre of the European Commission Language: en

	Title: Soil loss due to crop harvesting in the European Union
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2019 Publisher: Joint Research Centre of the European Commission Language: en

	Title: Maps of heavy metals in the soils of the EU, based on LUCAS 2009 HM data
	Resource Type: Datasets Registration requested: Request Form	Author: Gergely Toth et al. Year: 2018

	Title: Carbon budget in the EU agricultural soils
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2018 Publisher: Joint Research Centre of the European Commission Language: en

	Title: Biodiversity factor in soil erosion.
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2018 Publisher: Joint Research Centre of the European Commission Language: en

	Title: Soil profile analytical database 14 (SPADE 14)
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Point Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2018 Language: en

	Title: Copper distribution in topsoils in the European Union
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2018 Publisher: Joint Research Centre of the European Commission

	Title: Soil GHG fluxes using LUCAS soil-DayCent (for EU)
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Functions Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2018

	Title: Net erosion and sediment transport using WaTEM/SEDEM (for EU)
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2018

	Title: WRB Data for the Soil Atlas of the Northern Circumpolar Region
	Resource Type: Datasets European Soil Database & soil properties Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2018 Publisher: European Commission - Joint Research Centre

	Title: Global Rainfall Erosivity
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Country: IT Author: Panos Panagos, Cristiano Ballabio Year: 2017 Publisher: European Commission, Joint research Centre Language: en

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

	Title: N2O emissions from agricultural soils in Europe
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Projects Data Registration requested: Request Form	Author: Emanuele Lugato Year: 2017 Publisher: European Commission - DG JRC

	Title: Soil Biomass Productivity maps of grasslands and pasture, of croplands and of forest areas in the European Union (EU27)
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Functions Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2016

	Title: Maps indicating the availability of Raw Material from soils in the European Union.
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Functions Data 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

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

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

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

	Title: Maps of the Storing and Filtering Capacity of Soils in Europe
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Functions Data Maps & Documents Maps Soil Data Maps 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

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

	Title: Soil Organic Carbon - Saturation Capacity in Europe
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Functions Data Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Author: Emanuele Lugato, Joint Research Centre European Commission Year: 2016

	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: Datasets Maps & Documents Documents Publications in Journals 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

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

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

	Title: Soil erosion by water (RUSLE2015)
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2015
	Attachments: Soil loss by water Erosion in Europe

	Title: Topsoil physical properties for Europe (based on LUCAS topsoil data)
	Resource Type: Datasets European Soil Database & soil properties Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2015
	Attachments: Clay (%) , Sand (%), Silt (%), Coarse Fragments (%), Bulk Density, Available Water Capacity, USDA Texture

	Title: Cover Management factor (C-factor) for the EU
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2015 Publisher: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
	Attachments: Cover Management (C-factor) in Europe, Influence of Tillage practices in C-factor reduction, Influence of Cover Crops in C-factor reduction, Influence of Plant Residues in C-factor reduction, C-factor in arable lands aggregated in NUTS2 level

	Title: Global Landform classification
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Projects Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2008 Publisher: European Commission - DG JRC

	Title: Support Practices factor (P-factor) for the EU
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2015 Publisher: European Commission, Joint Research Centre

	Title: LS-factor (Slope Length and Steepness factor) for the EU
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2015 Publisher: European Commission, Joint Research Centre

	Title: Topsoil Soil Organic Carbon (LUCAS) for EU25
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2015 Publisher: European Commission Joint Research Centre

	Title: Soil Atlas of Africa and its associated Soil Map (data)
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Projects Data Maps & Documents Atlases Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2014 Publisher: European Commission Language: en

	Title: Soil erosion in forestland in Europe (using RUSLE2015)
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2015 Publisher: European Commission - DG JRC

	Title: Pan-European SOC stock of agricultural soils
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2013 Publisher: European Commission Joint Research Centre

	Title: European Soil Database Derived data
	Resource Type: Datasets European Soil Database & soil properties Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2013 Publisher: European Commission Joint Research Centre

	Title: LUCAS 2009 TOPSOIL data
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Point Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2013

	Title: Climate Change Regional Indicators of Change and Extremes for Europe
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Projects Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2012 Publisher: Joint Research Centre of the European Commission

	Title: European Landslide Susceptibility Map version 2 (ELSUS v2)
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2018

	Title: Soil erosion by wind
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2016 Publisher: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) Language: en
	Attachments: wind erosion in European agricultural soils (Rweq), Wind erosion Susceptibility, Erodible fraction of Soil (for wind erosion)

	Title: Rainfall Erosivity in the EU and Switzerland (R-factor)
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2015 Publisher: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
	Attachments: R-factor map of Europe and Switzerland, Erosivity Density map of Europe, R-factor in Switzerland (2012 version), 12 Monthly R-factor maps of Greece, Seasonal Erosivity Density in Greece, Future erosivity (projections in 2050 based on climate change)

	Title: Global Soil Organic Carbon Estimates
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Author: R. Hiederer, M. Köchy Year: 2012 Publisher: Joint Research Centre of the European Commission

	Title: Soil Erodibility (K- Factor) High Resolution dataset for Europe
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2014 Publisher: Joint Research Centre of the European Commission

	Title: iSOIL project (Interactions between soil related sciences)
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Projects Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2011 Publisher: JRC and iSOIL partners

	Title: G2 soil erosion model data
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Projects Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2013 Publisher: JRC and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

	Title: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Data & PERSAM software tool
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Projects Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2015 Publisher: EFSA and JRC

	Title: Global Spatial Layers for Estimating Soil GHG Emissions from Indirect Land Use Changes(ILUC) due to the Production of Biofuels
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Projects Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2011 Publisher: JRC

	Title: Soil Erosion Risk Assessment in Europe data (MESALES model) - Dataset
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2002 Language: en

	Title: Groundwater Resources maps of Europe
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Projects Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2006 Publisher: European Commission - DG JRC

	Title: Soil pH in Europe
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Maps & Documents Maps Soil Data Maps Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2010 Language: en
	Attachments: pH in Europe

	Title: Saline and Sodic Soils in European Union
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Maps & Documents Maps Soil Data Maps Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2008 Language: en
	Attachments: Saline and Sodic Soils in European Union

	Title: Natural susceptibility to soil compaction in Europe
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Maps & Documents Maps Soil Data Maps Registration requested: Request Form	Author: Beata Houšková Year: 2008 Language: en
	Attachments: Natural susceptibility to compaction

	Title: OCTOP: Topsoil Organic Carbon Content for Europe
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Author: Jones, R.J.A., Hiederer, R., Rusco, E., Loveland, P.J. and Montanarella, L. Year: 2004 Language: en
	Attachments: Topsoil Organic Carbon Content (%)

	Title: Pan European Soil Erosion Risk Assessment - PESERA
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Maps & Documents Maps Soil Data Maps Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2003 Language: en
	Attachments: Pan-European Soil Erosion Risk Assessment: The PESERA Map, Version 1 October 2003.

	Title: Soil Profile Analytical Database 2
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Point Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2009

	Title: SINFO: ESDB Data adapted for the MARS Crop Yield Forecasting System
	Resource Type: Datasets European Soil Database & soil properties Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2005 Publisher: European Commission - DG JRC

	Title: Legend Files
	Resource Type: Datasets European Soil Database & soil properties	Year: 2010

	Title: Google Earth Files
	Resource Type: Datasets European Soil Database & soil properties	Author: Panagos P., Van Liedekerke M., Jones A., Montanarella L. Year: 2008

	Title: European Soil Database v2 Raster Library 10kmx10km
	Resource Type: Datasets European Soil Database & soil properties	Year: 2006 Publisher: European Commission – DG JRC

	Title: Support to Renewable Energy Directive
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Projects Data	Year: 2010 Publisher: JRC

	Title: Desertification risk in Greece
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data	Country: GR Year: 2018 Publisher: Joint Research Centre and Agricultural University of Athens Language: en

	Title: Heavy Metals in topsoils
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data	Year: 2008

	Title: Progress in the management of contaminated sites in Europe
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data	Year: 2013 Publisher: European Commission

	Title: Soil Sealing & food security (Loss of Potential Agricultural Production Capability)
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data	Year: 2014

	Title: SPADE/M
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Point Data	Year: 2004

	Title: European Reference Grids
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Projects Data	Year: 2009

	Title: Biochar Meta-analysis Database
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Projects Data	Year: 2012 Publisher: Joint Research Centre of the European Commission

	Title: ECALP: Ecopedological Map of the Alps
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Projects Data	Year: 2005 Publisher: European Commission - DG JRC

16 Sep 2020	Publications in Journals include more than 280 published papers from the Soil Group in the JRC.
11 Sep 2020	Global phosphorus losses due to soil erosion. P loss for arable soils, due to erosion by water, globally of approximately 5.9 kg ha^-1yr-¹. A research article published in Nature Communications has published. Data are also available
8 Sep 2020	Carbon mitigation potential and radiative agricultural land management. The role of Albedo in mitigating soil climate. Data also available.
1 Sep 2020	Climate change and anthropogenic land use could result in an average increase in soil erosion of up to 66% by 2070. A research article in PNAS has published on this topic and the data are available.
31 Jul 2020	The relevance of sustainable soil management within the European Green Deal