FGARA Digital Soil Mapping Output - Soil Depth Version 1

This data has been superseded by a Version 2 post FGARA in 2026, metadata titled “Soil thickness DSM data of the Flinders and Gilbert catchments Queensland 2026 Version 2, post the Flinders and Gilbert Agricultural Resource Assessment (FGARA)"

Soil depth is one of 19 attributes of soils chosen to underpin the land suitability assessment of the Flinders and Gilbert Agricultural Resource Assessment (FGARA) project through the digital soil mapping process (DSM). This raster data (in GeoTIFF format) represents a modelled surface of soil depth measured in 0.00m and is derived from measured site data and environmental covariates. It generally does not represent soils deeper than 1.5m as the input data was only recorded to a maximum of 1.5m where possible. The data is used in assessment of the requirements for physical support for the plant.
The attribute data file is named "SoilDPredictions.tif".
Also included are data reflecting confidence of the main dataset. This file is named "soilDepth_SD.tif". "SD" represents "standard deviation".
The DSM process is described in the technical report: Bartley R, Thomas MF, Clifford D, Phillip S, Brough D, Harms D, Willis R, Gregory L, Glover M, Moodie K, Sugars M, Eyre L, Smith DJ, Hicks W and Petheram C (2013) Land suitability: technical methods. A technical report to the Australian Government for the Flinders and Gilbert Agricultural Resource Assessment (FGARA) project, CSIRO.
This raster data provides improved soil information to identify opportunities and promote detailed investigation for a range of sustainable development options and was created within the “Land Suitability” component of FGARA projects.