<p>After a lenghty unsuccessful search, I found an option to do my own mapping. There are <a href="http://globalchange.bnu.edu.cn/research/soilw" rel="nofollow noreferrer">global datasets with the percentages of clay, silt and loam</a> available from the Land-Atmosphere Interaction Research Group at Sun Yat-sen University and I used the <a href="https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/soiltexture/soiltexture.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">R soiltexture package</a> for the classification. I ended up making a dataset covering my domain of interest in 2 km resolution. I attached my map and the original map mentioned in the question for comparison (some of the colours are a bit off, but they should more or less correspond to the same category in both images). If anyone is interested in this data, feel free to let me know. <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/RhFAz.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/RhFAz.png" alt="Custom mapping"></a>My custom mapping.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/zZYRc.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/zZYRc.png" alt="Original dataset from the European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC)"></a>Original dataset from the European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC)</p>

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Janina
<p>I'm looking for a dataset (in pretty much any format) of soil texture according to USDA classification (by U.S. Department of Agriculture). Is there anything that would cover the entirety of Europe? </p>

<p>I found the <a href="http://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/topsoil-physical-properties-europe-based-lucas-topsoil-data#tabs-0-description=1&amp;tabs-0-description-2=" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Topsoil physical properties for Europe (based on LUCAS topsoil data)</a> dataset from the European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC), which would suit my needs perfectly, except that it only covers the EU member countries and thus some countries are missing.</p>

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Am I missing something here? You want *European* data based on a *US* classification? Does the set you found meet that criterium?
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If I understand correctly, the issue is that the data they've found doesn't have the coverage that they need. The information in it is what they're looking for though.
Zeitsperre
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Yes, exactly. The [USDA classification](http://images.slideplayer.com/15/4740178/slides/slide_9.jpg) is widely used, as for the data I found, there is a link to [USDA Texture](http://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/public_path/usda.png) which is perfect except for the missing non-EU countries.
Janina
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A former colleague had the same problem (European soil data in US classification schema). As far as I know he ended up creating his own mapping from the available European data set schema to the US schema he needed. However, the mapping is ambiguous.
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# European soil texture dataset according to USDA classification

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-10-20)

I'm looking for a dataset (in pretty much any format) of soil texture according to USDA classification (by U.S. Department of Agriculture). Is there anything that would cover the entirety of Europe?

I found the [Topsoil physical properties for Europe (based on LUCAS topsoil data)](http://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/topsoil-physical-properties-europe-based-lucas-topsoil-data#tabs-0-description=1&tabs-0-description-2=) dataset from the European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC), which would suit my needs perfectly, except that it only covers the EU member countries and thus some countries are missing.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Am I missing something here? You want *European* data based on a *US* classification? Does the set you found meet that criterium?  
> **username_2**: If I understand correctly, the issue is that the data they've found doesn't have the coverage that they need. The information in it is what they're looking for though.  
> **username_0**: Yes, exactly. The [USDA classification](http://images.slideplayer.com/15/4740178/slides/slide_9.jpg) is widely used, as for the data I found, there is a link to [USDA Texture](http://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/public_path/usda.png) which is perfect except for the missing non-EU countries.  
> **username_3**: A former colleague had the same problem (European soil data in US classification schema). As far as I know he ended up creating his own mapping from the available European data set schema to the US schema he needed. However, the mapping is ambiguous.  

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### Answer by username_0 on 2016-12-09. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

After a lenghty unsuccessful search, I found an option to do my own mapping. There are [global datasets with the percentages of clay, silt and loam](http://globalchange.bnu.edu.cn/research/soilw) available from the Land-Atmosphere Interaction Research Group at Sun Yat-sen University and I used the [R soiltexture package](https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/soiltexture/soiltexture.pdf) for the classification. I ended up making a dataset covering my domain of interest in 2 km resolution. I attached my map and the original map mentioned in the question for comparison (some of the colours are a bit off, but they should more or less correspond to the same category in both images). If anyone is interested in this data, feel free to let me know. [![Custom mapping](https://i.sstatic.net/RhFAz.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/RhFAz.png)My custom mapping.

[![Original dataset from the European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC)](https://i.sstatic.net/zZYRc.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/zZYRc.png)Original dataset from the European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC)


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