IRELAND · LANDSCAPE · GEOLOGY & SOILS
Irish National Soils
What this layer shows
The Teagasc/EPA Irish Soil Information System: every soil association with its drainage, texture and depth, each linking to its full profile. Ireland's answer to Soilscapes. 25,143 polygons.
Publisher and licence
Teagasc / Environmental Protection Agency · CC-BY 4.0
© Teagasc / Environmental Protection Agency, CC-BY 4.0
Where the data comes from
ARCGIS · services6.arcgis.com
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Facts shown for each feature
Drainage · Texture · Depth
In these presets
Groundwater & geology
Aquifers, vulnerability, subsoils, bedrock and radon.
Farming
Nutrient planning for Irish farms: where nitrate and phosphorus are most likely to reach water (the EPA's high-rank critical source areas), which agricultural pressure each sub-basin needs work on, groundwater vulnerability, soils, wells and septic-tank risk. Ireland runs a whole-territory Nitrates Action Programme, so risk grades come from these layers rather than from NVZ boundaries.