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.

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:

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: Land degradation debt
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2021
	Attachments: Global Land Degradation

	Title: Soil microbial biomass and respiration
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2021

	Title: Water erosion in Europe by 2050
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2021

	Title: Land degradation in global arable lands
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2021 Language: en

	Title: Mercury content in the European Union topsoil
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2021 Language: en
	Attachments: Hg distribution

	Title: LUCAS 2015 TOPSOIL data
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Point Data Soil Projects Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2020

	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
	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: 2014 Publisher: European Commission Joint Research Centre

	Title: Soil Atlas of Africa and its associated Soil Map (data)
	Resource Type: Datasets European Soil Database & soil properties 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: Manure and soil biodiversity
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data	Year: 2021

	Title: Global Applications of Soil Erosion Modelling Tracker
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data	Year: 2021

	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

18 Jan 2022	An update of soil erosion dataset for the year 2016. This includes an update of C-factor and P-factor based on land use changes and management
17 Dec 2021	The JRC Soil Team developed a new online course on soil biodiversity, available on the EU academy platform. It aims at raising awareness and increasing knowledge of the secret life beneath our feet. It also allows you to familiarise with European Union initiatives for soil (biodiversity) protection.
15 Nov 2021	Manure and soil biodiversity. Data on annual manure production in the European Union plus the Database of articles reviewed to find the links between manure and soil biodiversity (described in this research study)
10 Nov 2021	Soil microbial biomass and respiration: Using the LUCAS soil biodiversity samples in EU, we developed datasets predicting potential soil basal respiration at 20°C, soil microbial biomass as estimated by substrate-induced respiration, and soil microbial respiratory quotient across Europe.
5 Oct 2021	Two new positions are available at the JRC, in relation to soil and the EU Soil Observatory. One is on the development of the Integrated Soil Monitoring System. The other on the development of indicators of soil organic carbon.