S-map Soil Texture (June 2016 release)

NOTE: There has been a change in the way the S-map is being made available to users. The S-map primary map layer of soil classes (i.e. delineated areas that are labelled with the soil family name) is no longer freely available to commercial users. Access to this data and associated soil attribute data for commercial use is by negotiation - viewable at S-map - or contact Graeme Anderson (andersong@landcareresearch.co.nz).

This layer is a "dissolved" representation of the soil texture attribute for dominant S-map soil sibling - previously available as a lookup table. It is available for non-commercial use under a creative commons licence (CC-BY-NC-ND).

Soil texture profile is defined in Webb and Lilburne (2011). Texture can be specified as either a single texture or a compound texture profile.

clay
skeletal
loam
sandy loam
loamy peat
peat
sandy peat
silty loam

Webb TH, Lilburne LR 2011. Criteria for defining the soil family and soil sibling: The fourth and fifth categories of the New Zealand Soil Classification. 2nd ed. Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand, Manaaki Whenua Press. 38 p.