Soil legend

This soil legend is based on the 2020 SoilGrids data. For the older legend, based on 2017 SoilGrids data, click HERE.

The following table shows the list of 30 top-level soil classes. IPUMS-DHS uses the numeric part of the original soil code, which ranges from 0 to 29. The table below also shows a crosswalk of the 118 soil types between the older 2017 classification and the newer soil legend.

Numeric Code	Soil Name	Old IPUMS-DHS Code
0	Acrisols	1 to 6
1	Albeluvisols	7 to 9
2	Alisols	10 to 11
3	Andosols	12 to 14
4	Arenosols	15 to 20
5	Calcisols	21 to 24
6	Cambisols	25 to 35
7	Chernozems	36 to 38
8	Cryosols	39 to 41
9	Durisols	42
10	Ferralsols	43 to 47
11	Fluvisols	48 to 52
12	Gleysols	53 to 58
13	Gypsisols	59 to 60
14	Histosols	61 to 65
15	Kastanozems	66 to 67
16	Leptosols	68 to 72
17	Lixisols	73 to 75
18	Luvisols	76 to 84
19	Nitisols	85 to 86
20	Phaeozems	87 to 89
21	Planosols	90 to 94
22	Plinthosols	95 to 96
23	Podzols	97 to 98
24	Regosols	99 to 104
25	Solonchaks	105 to 107
26	Solonetz	108 to 111
27	Stagnosols	112
28	Umbrisols	113 to 114
29	Vertisols	115 to 118