Inland areas of Tasmania with potential to contain Acid Sulfate Soils

A NHT (National Heritage Trust) funded project headed by the NRM Cradle Coast to delineate inland areas with potential to contain Acid Sulfate Soils (ASS). The dataset forms part of the larger project pertaining to ‘Tasmanian Acid Sulfate Soils Information’ (TASSI) with the aim of providing better awareness to stake holders and planners in regards to the distribution of Acid Sulfate Soils in inland environments of Tasmania. Inland environment for the sake of the TASSI project was defined as the landward zone extending above 20m AHD. The dataset comprises polygons mapped at a variety of scales in different parts of the state (mostly at 1:25,000 or 1:250,000) and geo-referenced to the GDA94 datum. Each polygon is attributed with a probability rating (high, low or extremely low) that indicate a polygons potential to contain ASS as well as a descriptor/code which describe the ASS landscape that a polygon represents. The descriptor/code pertains to the Atlas of Australian Acid Sulfate Soils (developed in part by CSIRO and used on the ASRIS website, http://www.asris.csiro.au ). Ancillary dataset information that were used to model and derive the probability ratings and subsequent codes are embedded within the dataset attribute table.