ISRIC SoilGrids 250m v2.0

ISRIC SoilGrids 250m v2.0

MH Subset Needed

Global gridded soil property maps at 250m resolution for 6 standard depth intervals. Maharashtra subset provides pH, organic carbon, clay/sand/silt content, bulk density, and CEC maps critical for precision agriculture and crop suitability modeling.

Build a precision agriculture soil advisor for Maharashtra using 250m resolution SoilGrids predictions.
Maharashtra subset not yet extracted. This is a global dataset that contains data covering Maharashtra. A regional subset can be extracted by filtering on geographic coordinates or administrative boundaries.

Quick Start

import requests
# SoilGrids REST API
url = 'https://rest.isric.org/soilgrids/v2.0/properties/query'
print('SoilGrids 250m: https://soilgrids.org/')
print('250m resolution soil property predictions globally')
Modality
raster-gridded
Size
~100 GB (global, all properties), ~1 GB (MH subset)
License
Format
GeoTIFF / COG
Language
en
Update Frequency
static
Organization
ISRIC - World Soil Information

Schema

FieldTypeDescription
latitudefloatGrid cell center latitude
longitudefloatGrid cell center longitude
phh2ofloatSoil pH in water (pH x 10)
socfloatSoil organic carbon content (g/kg)
clayfloatClay content (g/kg)
sandfloatSand content (g/kg)
bdodfloatBulk density of fine earth (kg/dm³ x 100)
cecfloatCation exchange capacity (cmol(c)/kg)

Build With This

Create a soil carbon mapping service for Maharashtra supporting carbon credit verification programs
Develop a crop-soil matching optimizer recommending ideal crops for each field based on soil properties
Build a soil degradation risk model for Maharashtra using SoilGrids multi-depth property analysis

AI Use Cases

Crop suitability mapping for Maharashtra's agro-climatic zonesSoil health assessment and fertilizer recommendationCarbon sequestration estimationIrrigation planning based on soil water holding capacityLand degradation monitoring
Last verified: 2026-03-07