GIS Resources

Soil Data

Calgary

• Open Calgary Habitat shapefile has some soil information

• Alberta Geological Survey: Surface Geology of the Calgary Urban Area (Moran) PDF and shapefiles. See also this updated PDF.

  • Linear landforms (GIS data, line features)

  • Veneer material (GIS data, polygon overlay features)

  • Geological contacts (GIS data, line features)

  • Surface materials of the Calgary urban area (GIS data, polygon features)

• Alberta Agriculture Bulletin no 39: Soil Survey of Blackfoot and Calgary sheets  report and maps jpg format

• Alberta Geological Survey: Soil Survey of the Calgary Urban Perimeter (MacMillan): pdf

Alberta

• Alberta Soil Information Viewer

  • allows viewing and querying of soils information within the agricultural regions of Alberta

• Alberta Soil Information Centre

  • provides digital files, published maps, and reports for soil information

• AGRASID Agricultural Region of Alberta Soil Inventory Database

  • coverage

  • download gdb and shapefile from SANDS file server (version 4)

  • download individual map sheets 1:250K and metadata (version 3)

• Soil Erosion Risk - Displays an assessment of soil erosion risk for the agricultural areas of Alberta

• Wind Erosion Risk

• Current and Historical Alberta Weather Station Data viewer

  • includes soil moisture and temperature under Elements tab

British Columbia

• BC Soil Information Finder Tool

• Agriculture Capability Mapping Canada Land Inventory

Canada

• Canada Land Inventory Land Capability for Agriculture

  • 1:50,000 download documents and data

  • 1:250,000 download documents and data

• CANSIS Canadian Soil Information System includes the National Soil Database, maps, reports, interpretations and other publications

• Soil Landscapes of Canada a series of GIS files showing the major characteristics of soil and land across Canada

• ESRI ArcCanada3 soil layer, Canadian Provinces and Territories (partial) download

International

• Soil Geographic Databases from ISRIC — World Soil information