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 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 datasets 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., Borrelli, P., Köninger, J., Ballabio, C., Orgiazzi, A., Lugato, E., Liakos, L., Hervas, J., Jones, A. Montanarella, L. 2022. European Soil Data Centre 2.0: Soil data and knowledge in support of the EU policies. European Journal of Soil Science, 73(6), e13315. DOI: 10.1111/ejss.13315
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

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	Title: Net erosion and sediment transport using WaTEM/SEDEM (for EU)
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Theme/Sub-Theme: Erosion by water, Europe (Baseline), Sediment transport using WaTEM/SEDEM Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2018 Keywords: RUSLE2015; Topographic factor; Sediment distribution; net soil loss; sediment deposition

	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 Keywords: Northern Circumpolar

	Title: Global Rainfall Erosivity
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data 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

	Title: 3D Soil Hydraulic Database of Europe at 1 km and 250 m resolution
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Functions Data 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
	Attachments: Map of THS (cm3 cm−3 × 100), FC (cm3 cm−3 × 100), WP (cm3 cm−3 × 100), KS and (cm day−1 × 100) at 15 cm depth in EU-SoilHydroGri

	Title: N2O emissions from agricultural soils in Europe
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Functions Data Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Organic Carbon Content, Soil climate regulation 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 Keywords: soil biomass productivity grassland cropland forestland
	Attachments: Soil biomass productivity of forest areas in the European Union

	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 Keywords: Soils EU raw material organic soil material soil material for constructions
	Attachments: Raw material availability from soils of the European Union. a) organic soil material; b) soil material for constructions.

	Title: Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) Projections for Europe
	Resource Type: Datasets Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Organic Carbon Content Registration requested: Request Form	Author: Yusuf Yigini and Panos Panagos, European Commission Year: 2016
	Attachments: Soil organic carbon prediction map which represents the present conditions simulated by the base model

	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 Keywords: Soil human activties

	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 Keywords: Soil preservation capacity

	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 Keywords: Soil storing filtering capacity

	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 Keywords: soil organic carbon SOC saturation capacity

	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 Soil Projects Data 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
	Attachments: Predicted distribution of SOC content by using combination 1 dataset

	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 Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Biodiversity Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2016 Publisher: European Commission, Joint Research Centre Keywords: Biodiversity
	Attachments: Biodiversity_Threats.jpg, Maps of potential risk to soil biodiversity in Europe.

	Title: Soil erosion by water (RUSLE2015)
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Theme/Sub-Theme: Erosion by water, Europe (Baseline), Soil Erodibility in Europe, Rainfall Erosivity in Europe, Cover Management Factor, Support Practices Factor, Slope Length and Steepness factor (LS-factor) Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2015 Keywords: RUSLE soil erodibility rain erosivity Management practices agricultural sustainability policy scenarios

	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 Keywords: Texture clay silt sand awc available water capacity Bulk density
	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 Theme/Sub-Theme: Erosion by water, Cover Management Factor Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2015 Publisher: European Commission, Joint Research Centre Keywords: LANDUM; Tillage
	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 Project/s: Completed Projects, Landform Classification Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2026 Publisher: European Commission - DG JRC Keywords: SRTM V4 CIAT/JRC void filled data Terrain

	Title: Support Practices factor (P-factor) for the EU
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data 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

	Title: LS-factor (Slope Length and Steepness factor) for the EU
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Theme/Sub-Theme: Erosion by water, Slope Length and Steepness factor (LS-factor) Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2015 Publisher: European Commission, Joint Research Centre Keywords: Soil Erosion Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE)LS-factor System for Automated Geoscientific Analyses (SAGA)Digital Elevation Model (DEM)europe

	Title: Topsoil Soil Organic Carbon (LUCAS) for EU25
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data 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

empty	Title: Soil Atlas of Africa
	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, Fr, EPUB & Kindle Keywords: Atlas Maps Soil Degradation. Sustainability Biodiversity Conservation Africa

	Title: Soil erosion in forestland in Europe (using RUSLE2015)
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data 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

14 Apr 2026	Global Dataset of cumulative post fire soil erosion estimates (2001–2019) as in the relevant Nature Geoscience publication.
6 Mar 2026	Data on "Impact of Healthy Diet Shifts on Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions Across Europe" and relevant publication
23 Feb 2026	Data on the impact of Pesticides and Soil Biodiversity.The analysed data contributed to the development of a high scientific article published in NATURE.
11 Feb 2026	New dataset containing the data for Heavy Metals from samples taken during the LUCAS 2009/2012 and 2018 campaigns. The data are georeferenced to European NUTS. (LUCAS Heavy Metals)
16 Jan 2026	Inter- and intra-laboratory replicate measurements of SOC for LUCAS and relevant publication