Soil spectroscopy data from 130 soil profiles in Lora del Rio, Andalusia, Spain

The data set was used to predict soil organic carbon (%), clay (<2 µm), silt (2-50 µm), and sand (50-2000 µm) content (%) and pH on samples that were not analysed with wet chemistry. Subsequently, cation exchange capacity (cmol kg⁻¹; doi:10.1016/j.catena.2017.07.002) and water content at field capacity (cm³ cm⁻³; doi:10.1111/ejss.12192) were calculated with the referenced pedo-transfer functions. The soil samples were taken in an area of 1000 km² around Lora del Rio, Andalusia, Spain, in the Sierra Morena mountain range (Palaeozoic granite, gneiss, and slate), at the Guadalquivir river flood plain (Pleistocene marl, calcarenite, coarse sand, and Holocene sands and loams), and southern tertiary terraces (coarse gravel and cobble with sands and loams). Present soil types according to USDA Soil Taxonomy are Alfisols, Entisols, Inceptisols, and Vertisols. […]