Soil and Land Suitability Assessment for Irrigated Agriculture on part of Beswick Aboriginal Land Trust

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Metadata
Citation
Description

Dataset Status
Data Quality
Contact Information
Data Dictionary
Supplementary Information

Metadata Details:

Name:AS/NZS ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata, ANZLIC Metadata Profile

Version:1.0

Date Metadata Extracted:2024-04-27

Date Metadata Last Updated:2019-02-27

Current URL (HTML format) : http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/metadata/export_data?type=html&metadata_id=6D3C6B241DF307FEE050CD9B214419FC

Current URL (XML format) : http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/metadata/export_data?type=xml&metadata_id=6D3C6B241DF307FEE050CD9B214419FC

Citation

ANZLIC Identifier:6D3C6B241DF307FEE050CD9B214419FC

Title: Soil and Land Suitability Assessment for Irrigated Agriculture on part of Beswick Aboriginal Land Trust

Citation Date:2019-02-26

Date Type:publication

Custodian:Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security

Description

Abstract:

Soil and Land Suitability Assessment for Irrigated Agriculture on on part of Beswick Aboriginal Land Trust.
Department survey code BESWI_25
The field survey was undertaken at a mapping scale of 1:25,000

The polygon spatial dataset describes findings from a soil and land suitability investigation undertaken during 2017-2018 to assess irrigated agricultural potential on Aboriginal lands in the Beswick area, south of Katherine.The primary purpose of the investigation was to map, describe and evaluate soil landscapes to inform future irrigation development in an area with identified potential for groundwater extraction. Core landform, soil and vegetation attributes attached to the land units are included with the spatial dataset.

CAUTION: Map unit boundaries were derived using satellite imagery in association with a digital elevation model, geological and topographic data. Landform, soil and vegetation field assessments conform to national standards and support mapping at a scale of 1:25 000.

When assessing specific areas within the mapping it is recommended a site inspection is undertaken to establish unmapped variation and confirm mapping accuracy on the ground.
The mapping does not indicate, imply or ascertain the likelihood of groundwater availability or the granting of appropriate water extraction licensing needed to satisfy the irrigation requirements of the potential agricultural development options needed.

ANZLIC Search Words:

biota

environment

geoscientificInformation

Spatial Domain:

Bounding Coordinates:

North Bounding Coordinate:-14.7258756659999

South Bounding Coordinate:-14.7516880589999

East Bounding Coordinate:132.95500616

West Bounding Coordinate:132.900487949

Dataset Status

Dataset ID:

Language:English

Character Set: Latin 1

Progress:completed

Maintenance and Update Frequency:notPlanned

Data Currency Start Date:2018-05-01

Data Currency End Date:2019-02-26

Access Constraint:

Download the spatial data package (contains spatial data, maps and reports) via data.nt.gov.au/

You are licensed to use the DENR geospatial products on the terms and conditions set out in: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC BY 4.0) at: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

If you do not agree to the terms and conditions you must not use the geospatial products.

You are free to copy, communicate and adapt the licensed material, provided that you abide by the licence terms (including Attribution) and attribute the licensed material using the statement:

Supplied by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Copyright Northern Territory Government.

Data Quality

Lineage:Map unit boundaries delineated from digital satellite imagery (WorldView-2) and digital elevation model (SRTM-derived 1 second Smoothed DEM). Preliminary linework was captured on field map sheets. Field map sheets incorporated digital satellite imagery and DEM layers. Field map sheets with final linework were scanned and rectified. Linework digitised on screen directly from field map sheets.
Map unit polygons collected via geographic information system. Core landform, soil and vegetation attributes attached to map units with additional attributes unique to individual surveys.

Positional Accuracy:Polygon data - Map unit boundaries digitised on screen directly from digital rectified field maps. Level of accuracy depends on the number of control points on individual map sheets. Control points exclusively used Map Grid of Australia (MGA) grid lines. Depending on the nature of the landscape (the number of control points), positional accuracy may vary. Positional accuracy generally considered high to very high.
Point data - Site point coordinates derived from a geographic positioning system with general accuracy of within 10-50m.

Attribute Accuracy:The attribute information conforms to the 'Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook' at time of capture.
Attributes assigned according to the dominant feature. For example, where ten sites have been grouped to describe a particular map unit and two different soils described from these sites then the dominant soil is chosen. The department has assigned a list of core attribute values, described in the Data Dictionary below, to each polygon.

The attribute naming format uses 10 characters with no spaces to be suitable for an ESRI shape-file format. An alias attribute name is applied to an ESRI file geo-database format.

Each land unit has also been assessed for GENERAL LAND CAPABILITY, evaluating landscape characteristics that could influence the general use of the land. Descriptions for key characteristics considered important have been added to the land unit polygon, including flooding, microrelief, salinity, slope (as a surrogate for water erosion), sodicity, soil depth, soil drainage and surface rock.

Each land unit has been attributed with a suitability class to describe the potential for irrigated agriculture. Class 1 suitable land with negligible limitations to Class 5 unsuitable land with extreme limitations. Thirteen crop groups have been assessed for potential agricultural land use within 2 categories, IRRIGATED CROPS (Field, Hay and Forage, Tree, Row, Root and Forestry Crops) and RAIN-FED CROPS (Hay and Forage crops).

For detailed information about General Land Capability and Land Suitability Classes, review Land Evaluation, Chapter 7, in the accompanying report. (See Supplementary Information in this metadata record for report PDF download details)

Logical Consistency:GIS editing tools were used to rectify all overshoots and undershoots in line work. Polygon topology rules applied are; must not overlap, must not have gaps and each polygon has only one label.

Completeness:Complete

Contacts

Name Organisation Position Role Phone Fax Email

Data Requests Officer Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security Geospatial Services Branch (on behalf of department) distributor datarequests.depws@nt.gov.au

Name	Organisation	Position	Role	Phone	Fax	Email
Data Requests Officer	Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security	Geospatial Services Branch (on behalf of department)	distributor			datarequests.depws@nt.gov.au

Data Dictionary

Attribute Attribute Description Possible Code Code Description

LAND_UNIT Alias: Land Unit
The LAND_UNIT field is the land unit label from the spatial dataset (ie 9a2).

LF_CLASS Alias: Landform Class
Landform class is a system adopted by the department. The categories do not conform to national criteria even though some have been sourced from Australian Soil and Land Survey - Field Handbook (Mc Donald et.al. 1998).

LF_DESC Alias: Landform Description
Landform description includes details about landform, and general notes pertaining to slope, surface gravel and other details describing the land unit.

SOIL Alias: Dominant Soil Order
The dominant soil order described in a land unit is recorded.

SOIL_DESC Alias: Soil Description
Soil description includes an ASC or Northcote/other soil classification and usually includes colour, soil depth and other notes describing the soil.

SOIL_SYS Alias: Soil Classification System
The soil classification system used to describe the soil in the land unit description

SPECIES_1 Alias: Veg Dom Species 1
The dominant vegetation species described in a land unit. The order of species listed determines their dominance.

SPECIES_2 Alias: Veg Dom Species 2
Where 2 dominant vegetation species were described in a land unit. The order of species listed determines their dominance.

SPECIES_3 Alias: Veg Dom Species 3
Where 3 dominant vegetation species described in a land unit. The order of species listed determines their dominance

SURVEY_ID Alias: Survey Identifier
A department code that usually refers to the first five characters from the original survey site sheet.

SURVEY_NME Alias: Survey Name
The name of the survey area or report to which the mapping refers

VEG_DESC Alias: Vegetation Description
The dominant species and its structure are recorded. Occasionally it will include `minor' vegetation communities also noted in the land unit description and/or notes specific to the community.

VEG_STRUC Alias: Dominant Veg Structure
Vegetation structural classes from NVIS (ESCAVI 2003), Walker and Hopkins (1998) and Specht (1970) classification schemes

VEG_SYS Alias: Veg Classification System
The National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) classification system.

Attribute	Attribute Description	Possible Code	Code Description
LAND_UNIT	Alias: Land Unit The LAND_UNIT field is the land unit label from the spatial dataset (ie 9a2).
LF_CLASS	Alias: Landform Class Landform class is a system adopted by the department. The categories do not conform to national criteria even though some have been sourced from Australian Soil and Land Survey - Field Handbook (Mc Donald et.al. 1998).
LF_DESC	Alias: Landform Description Landform description includes details about landform, and general notes pertaining to slope, surface gravel and other details describing the land unit.
SOIL	Alias: Dominant Soil Order The dominant soil order described in a land unit is recorded.
SOIL_DESC	Alias: Soil Description Soil description includes an ASC or Northcote/other soil classification and usually includes colour, soil depth and other notes describing the soil.
SOIL_SYS	Alias: Soil Classification System The soil classification system used to describe the soil in the land unit description
SPECIES_1	Alias: Veg Dom Species 1 The dominant vegetation species described in a land unit. The order of species listed determines their dominance.
SPECIES_2	Alias: Veg Dom Species 2 Where 2 dominant vegetation species were described in a land unit. The order of species listed determines their dominance.
SPECIES_3	Alias: Veg Dom Species 3 Where 3 dominant vegetation species described in a land unit. The order of species listed determines their dominance
SURVEY_ID	Alias: Survey Identifier A department code that usually refers to the first five characters from the original survey site sheet.
SURVEY_NME	Alias: Survey Name The name of the survey area or report to which the mapping refers
VEG_DESC	Alias: Vegetation Description The dominant species and its structure are recorded. Occasionally it will include `minor' vegetation communities also noted in the land unit description and/or notes specific to the community.
VEG_STRUC	Alias: Dominant Veg Structure Vegetation structural classes from NVIS (ESCAVI 2003), Walker and Hopkins (1998) and Specht (1970) classification schemes
VEG_SYS	Alias: Veg Classification System The National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) classification system.

Supplementary Information

Department Survey Code (Land Units): BESWI_25
This spatial dataset should not be used at scales greater than 1 : 25,000

- Bibliographic Reference:
McGrath N and Andrews K (2019)
Agricultural Land Suitability Series, Report 13. Soil and Land Suitability Assessment for Irrigated Agriculture on part of Beswick Aboriginal Land Trust
Technical Report 16/2018D, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Northern Territory Government, Darwin, NT.

- Download the report (PDF) via the Northern Territory Library; hdl.handle.net/10070/306479
- Download map products created for this survey; www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/mpds/get_file?file_id=8023

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