Soil Survey Spatial View

Soil Survey polygons contain soils spatial and attribute information utilized by the Ministry of Environment online Soil Information Finder Tool (SIFT). The information pertains to soil survey data in the Province of British Columbia, as well as links to a variety of reports and maps. Polygons related to soil surveys can be made up of a complex of up to 3 components representing 3 different soil types. These components are aspatial and represent the amount in the polygon indicated by the PERCENT_x field for the component x. Each unique soil type has a soil name and generalized attributes such as drainage, texture and coarse fragment percent. The Soil Name and Layer Files can be joined and related to each of the 3 components of the Soil Survey Spatial View polygons using the SoilSymbol field in the name and layer tables and the SOILSYM_x fields in the Soil Survey Spatial View.

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Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 17:58 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 17:58 (UTC)
contact_email	deepa.filatow@gov.bc.ca
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open_canada_date_published	2017-04-06 00:00:00
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title_fr
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