Legend (UKSO/UKSO_BGS)

Soil.depth.from.boreholes (0) 0.03 - 0.1 0.11 - 0.2 0.21 - 0.3 0.31 - 0.4 0.41 - 0.5 0.51 - 0.6 0.61 - 0.7 0.71 - 1. 1.1 - 1.5 1.51 - 2.0 GBASE.Laser.texture (1) HEAVY MEDIUM (SILTY) MEDIUM (SANDY) LIGHT (SILTY) LIGHT (SANDY) Parent.Material.Soil.texture.simple.1km (2) ALL HEAVY HEAVY AND MEDIUM HEAVY TO MEDIUM HEAVY TO MEDIUM TO LIGHT(SILTY) HEAVY TO MEDIUM(SANDY) TO LIGHT(SANDY) LIGHT LIGHT TO MEDIUM LIGHT(SANDY) LIGHT(SANDY) TO MEDIUM(SANDY) LIGHT(SANDY) TO MEDIUM(SANDY) TO HEAVY LIGHT(SILTY) LIGHT(SILTY) TO MEDIUM(SILTY) LIGHT(SILTY) TO MEDIUM(SILTY) TO HEAVY MEDIUM MEDIUM TO HEAVY MEDIUM TO LIGHT MEDIUM TO LIGHT(SILTY) MEDIUM TO LIGHT(SILTY) TO HEAVY MEDIUM(SILTY) MEDIUM(SILTY) TO HEAVY MEDIUM(SILTY) TO LIGHT(SILTY) MEDIUM(SILTY) TO LIGHT(SILTY) TO HEAVY NA Parent.Material.Parent.calcareous.content.1km (3) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Parent.Material.European.Soil.Bureau.Description.1km (4) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 95 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 132 133 134 135 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 161 162 163 165 166 167 168 169 171 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 182 183 184 187 188 191 192 198 199 Parent.Material.Grain.size.1km (5) ARENACEOUS: A sand-rich subsoil. ARENACEOUS - RUDACEOUS: A layered subsoil of sand and gravel. ARGILLACEOUS: A layered subsoil of sand and gravel. ARGILLIC: A layered subsoil of sand and gravel. ARGILLIC - ARENACEOUS: A layered subsoil of clay, silt and sand. COARSE: A sand-rich subsoil, with fragmented hard rock at shallow depth. FINE: A clay or silt subsoil, with fragmented hard rock at shallow depth. MEDIUM: A silt and sand-rich subsoil, with fragmented hard rock at shallow depth. MIXED (ARENACEOUS-RUDACEOUS): A sand and gravel-rich subsoil. MIXED (ARGILLIC-ARENACEOUS): A variable clay, silt, and sand subsoil. MIXED (ARGILLIC-RUDACEOUS): A variable clay, silt, sand and gravel subsoil. NA: No data applicable (typically inland water bodies). PEAT: Organic peaty subsoil. RUDACEOUS: A gritty or gravel-rich subsoil. Parent.Material.Soil.layer.thickness.1km (6) DEEP: The soil and subsoil can be easily dug to a depth of more than 1 metre. DEEP-INTERMEDIATE: The soil and subsoil can be easily dug to a depth of 1 metre, sometimes more in places. INTERMEDIATE: The soil and subsoil can be easily dug to a depth of 1 metre, sometimes more in places. INTERMEDIATE-SHALLOW: The soil and subsoil can be dug to depths of more than half a metre, but less than 1 metre. NA: No data applicable (typically inland water bodies). SHALLOW: The soil and subsoil can be dug to depths of only half a metre, sometimes less. Parent.Material.Soil.texture.1km (7) CHALKY CLAY TO CHALKY LOAM CHALKY, SANDY LOAM CHALKY, SILTY LOAM CLAY TO CLAYEY LOAM CLAY TO LOAM CLAY TO SANDY LOAM CLAY TO SILT CLAYEY LOAM CLAYEY LOAM TO SANDY LOAM CLAYEY LOAM TO SILTY LOAM CLAYEY LOAM, LOCALLY CHALKY LOAM LOAM TO CLAYEY LOAM LOAM TO CLAYEY LOAM, LOCALLY CHALKY LOAM TO SANDY LOAM LOAM TO SILTY LOAM TO SILTY LOAM NA PEAT PEAT AND PEATY CLAY OR SILT PEATY CLAY PEATY CLAY OR SILT PEATY SILT SAND SAND TO LOAM SAND TO SANDY LOAM SAND TO SILT SANDY LOAM SANDY LOAM TO CLAYEY LOAM SANDY LOAM TO LOAM SANDY LOAM TO SAND SANDY LOAM TO SILTY LOAM SILT TO SAND SILT TO SILTY LOAM SILTY LOAM SILTY LOAM TO SANDY LOAM SILTY LOAM TO SILT VARIED, LOCALLY PEATY Parent.Material.Soil.Wash.1km (8) Not applicable Run off seen in most years during wet periods Run off seen in some years during wet periods Run off seen in some years during VERY wet periods Parent.Material.Bare.Soil.Wind.Erosion.1km (9) Not applicable Soil may be prone to wind erosion Soil is very prone to wind erosion Soil is not prone to wind erosion Soil is prone to wind erosion Parent.Material.Bare.Soil.Erosion.1km (10) Not applicable Very high. Rills likely to form most seasons and gullies form in very wet periods High. Rills likely to form during very wet periods. Sediment seen in run-off Low-moderate. Rarely rills may form during very wet periods. Sediment seen in run-off Moderate. Rills may form during very wet periods. Sediment seen in run-off Low. Sediment rarely seen to move, but be aware of soil run-off Peat.Coverage.1km (11) Peat body at surface Peat layers buried within subsoil Parent.Material.Soil.texture.simple (12) LIGHTEST SOILS MEDIUM AND/TO LIGHT MEDIUM SOILS MEDIUM AND/TO HEAVY HEAVIEST SOILS MIXED or ORGANIC NA Parent.Material.Parent.calcareous.content (13) HIGH LOW MOD NA NONE UNKN VARIABLE VARIABLE(HIGH) VARIABLE(LOW) Parent.Material.European.Soil.Bureau.Description (14) ACID AND ULTRABASIC PLUTONIC ROCKS ACID PLUTONIC ROCKS AND TUFF ACID REGIONAL METAMORPHIC ROCKS ACID TO INTERMEDIATE ROCKS ACID TO INTERMEDIATE VOLCANIC ROCKS AMPHIBOLITE ANDESITE ANHYDRITE ARGILLITE-SLATE ANDESITE AND BASALT BASALT BASALT AND ANDESITE BASALT AND GABBRO BASALT AND SANDSTONE BASALT AND TUFF BASIC AND ULTRABASIC PLUTONIC ROCKS BASIC PLUTONIC ROCKS BASIC REGIONAL METAMORPHIC ROCKS BASIC TO ULTRABASIC VOLCANIC ROCKS BASIC TO ULTRABASIC VOLCANIC ROCKS AND CLASTIC ROCKS BRECCIA BRECCIA AND SANDSTONE CALCAREOUS METAMORPHIC ROCKS AND CALCSILICATES CALCAREOUS METAMORPHIC ROCKS AND CLASTIC ROCKS CALCAREOUS METAMORPHIC ROCKS AND MUDSTONES CALCAREOUS ROCKS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS CALCAREOUS REGIONAL METAMORPHIC ROCKS CALCSILCATES AND PSAMMITE CALCSILICATE CALCSILICATES AND CALCAREOUS METAMORPHC ROCKS CALCSILICATES AND MUDSTONES CALCSILICATES AND TUFF CALCAREOUS ROCKS CALCAROUS ROCKS AND CLASTIC ROCKS CALCAREOUS ROCKS AND SANDSTONE CALCAREOUS ROCKS AND MUDSTONE CHALK CHERT CLASTIC ROCKS CLASTIC ROCKS WITH CALCEREOUS METAMORPHIC ROCKS CLASTIC ROCKS WITH CALCSILICATE ROCKS CLASTIC ROCKS WITH CHEMICALLY PRECIPITATED ROCKS CLASTIC ROCKS WITH DOLOMITE CLASTIC ROCKS WITH LIMESTONE CLASTIC ROCKS WITH METAMORPHIC ROCKS CLASTIC ROCKS WITH PLUTONIC BASIC ROCKS CLASTIC ROCKS WITH TUFFS CLAY WITH FLINTS CLAYSTONE/MUDSTONE COAL COLLUVIUM CONGLOMERATE CONGLOMERATE AND SANDSTONE CONTACT METAMORPHIC ROCKS CONTACT METAMORPHIC ROCKS AND QUARTZITE DACITE DACITE AND TUFF DIORITE DIORITE AND ANDESITE DIORITE AND BASIC VOLCANIC ROCKS DIORITE AND GABBRO DIORITE AND GRANITE DIORITE AND GRANODIORITE DIORITE AND SYENITE DOLOMITE AND PSAMMITE DOLOMITE AND CALCAREOUS ROCKS DOLOMITE AND LIMESTONE DOLOMITE AND MUDSTONE DOLOMITE AND SANDSTONE DOLOSTONE EOLIAN SAND FERRUGINOUS SANDSTONE FLOODPLAIN CLAY, SAND/GRAVEL FLOODPLAIN SAND/GRAVEL FLUVIAL CLAYS AND SILTS FLUVIAL CLAYS, SILTS SANDS AND GRAVEL FLUVIAL SANDS AND GRAVELS GABBRO GABBRO AND BASALT GABBRO AND BASIC VOLCANIC ROCKS GABBRO AND SANDSTONE GABBRO AND ULTRABASIC PLUTONIC ROCKS GLACIAL TILL GLACIOFLUVIAL AND GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSITS GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSITS GLACIOLACUSTRINE GNEISS GRANITE GRANITE AND GABBRO GRANODIORITE GRANODIORITE AND ANDESITE GRANODIORITE AND DIORITE GREENSCHIST GREYWACKE GYPSUM HALITE HOLOCENE SILT HORNFELS LACUSTRINE SAND AND SILT LAKE DEPOSITS LAKE SAND LAKE SILT LAMPROPHYRE LIMESTONE LIMESTONE AND CLASTIC ROCKS LIMESTONE AND CONGLOMERATE LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE LOAM LOESS LOAMY AND SANDY LOESS MARINE AND ESTUARINE SANDS MARINE AND ESTUARINE SANDS AND SILTS METAMORPHIC ROCKS METAMORPHIC ROCKS AND CALCAREOUS METAMORPHIC ROCKS MICA SCHIST MORAINIC DEPOSITS MORANIC AND GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSITS MUDSTONE AND BRECCIA MUDSTONE AND CALCSILICATE ROCKS MUDSTONE AND CONGLOMERATE MUDSTONE AND CONTACT METAMORPHIC ROCKS MUDSTONE AND DOLOMITE MUDSTONE AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS MUDSTONE AND REGIONAL METAMORPHIC ROCKS CALCAREOUS MUDSTONE AND REGIONAL METAMORPHIC ROCKS ULTRABASIC MUDSTONE AND SANDSTONE MUDSTONE AND TUFF MYLONITE NA OUTWASH SAND OUTWASH SAND AND OUTWASH GRAVEL OVERBANK DEPOSITS PEAT PEAT AND GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSITS PEGMATITE PELITE, ARGILLITE OR LUTITE (MUDROCKS) PERIDOTITE PREQUATERNARY MARINE/ESTUARINE CLAY/SILT PREQUATERNARY MARINE/ESTUARINE SAND PREQUATERNARY MARINE/ESTUARINE SAND AND SILT PSAMMITE AND CALCSILICATE ROCKS PSAMMITE OR ARENITE PSEPHITE OR RUDITE PYROCLASTIC ROCKS PYROCLASTIC ROCKS AND SANDSTONE QUARTZITE QUARTZITE AND CLASTIC ROCKS QUARTZITE AND CONGLOMERATE QUARTZITE AND MUDSTONE QUARTZITE AND PSAMMITE QUATERNARY MARINE/ESTUARINE CLAY/SILT QUATERNARY MARINE/ESTUARINE SAND QUATERNARY MARINE/ESTUARINE SAND AND SILT RESIDUAL CLAY RESIDUAL CLAY AND LOAMY LOESS RESIDUAL LOAM RHYOLITE RIVER CLAY AND SILT RIVER LOAM RIVER TERRACE SAND/GRAVEL RIVERINE CLAY AND FLOODPLAIN SANDS AND GRAVEL RIVERINE CLAY AND FLUVIAL SANDS AND GRAVEL SAND LOESS SANDSTONE SANDSTONE AND BRECCIA SANDSTONE AND CONGLOMERATE SANDSTONE AND FERRUGINOUS SANDSTONE SANDSTONE AND GYPSUM SANDSTONE AND MUDSTONE SCHIST AND GRANITE SCHIST AND PSAMMITE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS (CHEMICAL OR BIOGENIC ORIGIN) SERPENTINITE SERPENTINITE AND GABBRO SILTSTONE SILTSTONE AND BASALT SILTSTONE AND CHERT SILTSTONE AND GYPSUM SILTSTONE AND HALITE SILTSTONE AND LIMESTONE SILTSTONE AND TUFF SLATE AND LIMESTONE SLIME AND OOZE SLOPE DEPOSITS SYENITE TALUS TECTONIC BRECCIA TERRACE CLAY TERRACE CLAY AND LOAMY LOESS TRACHYTE TUFF TUFF AND BASALT TUFF AND LIMESTONE ULTRABASIC PLUTONIC ROCKS UNCONSOLIDATED FLUVIAL AND GLACIGENIC DEPOSITS UNCONSOLIDATED FLUVIAL DEPOSITS UNCONSOLIDATED GLACIAL DEPOSITS VOLCANIC ASH VOLCANIC BRECCIA WEAKLY METAMORPHIC WEAKLY METAMORPHIC ROCKS AND SANDSTONE Parent.Material.Grain.size (15) RUDACEOUS ARENACEOUS - RUDACEOUS ARENACEOUS ARGILLIC - ARENACEOUS ARGILLACEOUS; ARGILLIC COARSE MEDIUM FINE MIXED (ARENACEOUS-RUDACEOUS) MIXED (ARGILLIC-RUDACEOUS) MIXED (ARGILLIC-ARENACEOUS) PEAT NA Parent.Material.Soil.layer.thickness (16) DEEP DEEP-INTERMEDIATE INTERMEDIATE INTERMEDIATE-SHALLOW SHALLOW NA Parent.Material.Soil.texture (17) CHALKY CLAY TO CHALKY LOAM CHALKY, SILTY LOAM CHALKY, SANDY LOAM CLAYEY CLAY TO SILT CLAYEY TO SILTY CLAY TO CHALKY CLAY CLAY TO CLAYEY LOAM CLAY TO LOAM CLAYEY LOAM CLAYEY LOAM, LOCALLY CHALKY CLAYEY LOAM TO SILTY LOAM CLAYEY LOAM TO SANDY LOAM CLAY TO SANDY LOAM LOAM TO CLAY LOAM TO CLAYEY LOAM LOAM TO CLAYEY LOAM, LOCALLY CHALKY LOAM LOAM TO SANDY LOAM TO SANDY LOAM LOAM TO SILTY LOAM TO SILTY LOAM NA PEAT PEAT AND PEATY CLAY OR SILT PEATY CLAY OR SILT PEATY CLAY PEAT AND PEATY SILT OR SAND PEATY SILT SAND SAND TO LOAM SAND TO SANDY LOAM SAND TO SILT SANDY LOAM SANDY LOAM TO CLAYEY LOAM SANDY LOAM TO LOAM SANDY LOAM TO SAND SANDY LOAM TO SILTY LOAM SILT TO SAND SILT TO SILTY LOAM SILTY LOAM SILTY LOAM TO SANDY LOAM SILTY LOAM TO SILT VARIED, LOCALLY PEATY Parent.Material.Soil.Wash (18) Run off seen in some years during VERY wet periods Run off seen in some years during wet periods Run off seen in most years during wet periods Parent.Material.Bare.Soil.Wind.Erosion (19) Not applicable Soil is not prone to wind erosion Soil may be prone to wind erosion Soil is prone to wind erosion Soil is very prone to wind erosion Parent.Material.Bare.Soil.Erosion (20) Not applicable Low. Sediment rarely seen to move, but be aware of soil run-off Low-moderate. Rarely rills may form during very wet periods. Sediment seen in run-off Moderate. Rills may form during very wet periods. Sediment seen in run-off High. Rills likely to form during very wet periods. Sediment seen in run-off Very high. Rills likely to form most seasons and gullies form in very wet periods Peat.Coverage (21) Peat body at surface Peat layers buried within subsoil