Open soil property maps for the farm of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka

The database consists of soil property maps of up to 30 cm depth for the farm of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. It includes interpolated soil property maps for 9 soil physicochemical properties (pH, bulk density (g/cm3), electrical conductivity (μs/cm), organic carbon content (%), volumetric moisture content (VMC) at 0.33 bars level (mm/ mm), VMC at 15 bars level (mm/ mm), sand (%), silt (%) and clay content (%)) under three standard depth layers (0-5 cm, 5-15 cm and 15-30 cm). All the maps are available in TIF format while the error data are available in csv format. This data provides complementary soil information of the farm of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka at finer resolution which can be effectively used for proper land use planning, crop simulations and for other agricultural decision making.