National Soils Hydrology Map

This map shows drainage classes of soils across Ireland based on examination of the soil profile. Organic soils, comprising either peat or alluvium, are separated out from four drainage classes across mineral soils; well drained, imperfectly drained, poorly drained or very poorly drained. Made ground in urban areas is also illustrated.

Simple

Alternate title

National Soils Wet/Dry
Date (Creation)
2019-09-30T00:00:00
Date (Publication)
2020-11-17T00:00:00
Citation identifier
SO.IE.EPA.SOIL_soils_ie_WetDry
Purpose

The map shows the varying types of soil drainage class to best approximate soil hydrological characteristics.
Status
Completed
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Environmental Protection Agency

GIS Team

gis@epa.ie

Point of contact

Talamh Ireland

Robert Meehan

antalamhireland@gmail.com

Originator
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

GemetInspireTheme

  • Soil

GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1

  • soil

  • soil type

  • hydrology

  • soil water

  • landscape

  • earth science

Environmental Protection Agency

  • soil drainage

  • land drainage

  • soil mapping

ISO 3166

  • IE
Use limitation

no limitations
Use limitation

Data is for public use under Creative Commons CC-By 4.0
Access constraints
License
Use constraints
License
Other constraints

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
50000
Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
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S
E
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Begin date
1998-01-01T00:00:00
End date
2006-06-30T00:00:00

Vertical extent

Minimum value
0
Maximum value
1014

Vertical CS

No information provided.

Vertical datum

Reference system identifier
EPSG / http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/29902

EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset 2009-11-25

Distribution format
Name Version

ESRI Shapefile

10.x
Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Environmental Protection Agency

GIS Team

gis@epa.ie

Publisher
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

text/html

 		http://gis.epa.ie/Geoportal/GetData/Download

Download Data
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

application/json

 		https://gis.epa.ie/geoserver/EPA/wms?service=WMS&version=1.1.0&request=GetMap&layers=EPA:SOILS_WETDRY&styles=&bbox=17444.120839731768,19914.98412698321,334573.94060419593,459879.55145929195&width=553&height=768&srs=EPSG:29902&format=image%2Fpng

WMS GetMap
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Title

INSPIRE Data Specification on Soil
Alternate title

INSPIRE Data Specifications v3.0
Date (Publication)
2013-12-10
Explanation

The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.

Pass
No

Conformance result

Title

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Alternate title

INSPIRE Interoperability Regulation
Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

Level of conformance with the COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Pass
No
Statement

The modelling of soil drainage classes across the Republic of Ireland, and the consequent subdivision of these wide swathes of areas land into varying sub-classes of soil drainage status, used a focussed methodology and field experience garnered across all geomorphic sub-regions of the country. A number of already-existing datasets were available to help constrain this modelling process; those of most use were the GSI subsoil permeability map, historical soil survey data from Teagasc, and field notes, photographs, and the experience of mapping soils and subsoils across Ireland.

Metadata

File identifier
18d12255-0f47-420a-bbbe-db78ebff48cc XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2022-04-29T11:56:15Z
Metadata standard name

ISDI Metadata Profile
Metadata standard version

1.2
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Environmental Protection Agency

GIS Team

gis@edenireland.ie

Point of contact
 
 

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Spatial extent

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Keywords

Environmental Protection Agency

land drainage soil drainage soil mapping
GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1

earth science hydrology landscape soil soil type soil water
GemetInspireTheme

Soil


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