dutchsoils 0.3.0

Package to get soil profiles of the Netherlands.

DutchSoils - get Dutch soil data

DutchSoils is a Python package to get soil data from the Dutch Soil Map, Staring series and BOFEK clustering.

It contains code to get soil physical, textural, chemical data from the Dutch Soil Map and combine that with the BOFEK soil clustering and the hydraulic parameters from the Staring series.

[!Note] The data and soil profiles in this package are not actual measurements but are derived from field measurements. It is assumed that the soil profile and associated data are typical for the soil at a certain location.

[!Note] The method from_location() uses the API of soilphysics.wur.nl to get the soil profile at a location. This website uses the outdated soil map from 1999. Please check https://bodemdata.nl/documentatie if your location is within an area which was updated in the last 25 years. If so, please do not use this method.

Installation

The easiest way to install the package is through pip:

pip install dutchsoils

Get started

Getting a soil profile with geographical coordinates and plotting its most common parameters:

import dutchsoils as ds
sp = ds.SoilProfile.from_location(x=171827, y=445436, crs="EPSG:28992")
sp.get_data_horizons()
sp.plot()

An example with other available options is given in docs/examples. XXX

Feedback

Feedback is always welcome!

Questions, issues, feature requests and bugs can be reported in the issue section.

Many thanks to

• The developers of Wageningen Environmental Research for publishing and maintaining the Dutch soil map and providing an API to get the soil profile at a certain location.
• The people behind pyOpenSci, who provided an elaborate step-by-step tutorial on how to publish a Python package.
• The developers of (among others) pyswap, pedon, and Artesia Water, whose Python packages were a source of inspiration.

Sources

• Wageningen Environmental Research (2024). Bodemkaart van Nederland V2024-01. https://www.broloket.nl/ondergrondmodellen; downloaded on 07-08-2025.
• Heinen, M., Brouwer, F., Teuling, K., & Walvoort, D. (2021). BOFEK2020 - Bodemfysische schematisatie van Nederland: Update bodemfysische eenhedenkaart. Wageningen Environmental Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/541544
• Heinen, M., Bakker, G., & Wösten, J. H. M. (2020). Waterretentie- en doorlatendheidskarakteristieken van boven- en ondergronden in Nederland: De Staringreeks : Update 2018 [page 17]. Wageningen Environmental Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/512761