Abstract: The data, created in ArcGIS, represents an assessment of air quality risk for the agricultural area of Alberta in 2005. Agricultural activities that may have some influence on air quality manure production (odour) and cultivation intensity (particulate matter). The airsheds of the agricultural region of Alberta are considered to be uniform in their physical susceptibility to risk from agricultural activities. Air quality risk is a useful measure for those concerned about health, safety and nuisance issues related the quality of air in agricultural areas. Awareness of where agricultural activities related to livestock production and intensive cultivation are located, may be useful for people with health or nuisance related concerns. Blowing soil can cause respiratory problems and can reduce visibility on roads and highways. Dust from farm traffic can be a concern during peak agricultural activity, such as harvesting or manure hauling. Frequent strong odours can be unpleasant nuisance for neighbours. In areas of greater air quality risk, environmental farm planning can help to address the issues and provide solutions. Practices including pen/barn maintenance, method of manure application, manure storage, composting, adjusting, feed rations and reducing or eliminating tillage can be looked at in an environmental farm plan.
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eng
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Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Environmental Stewardship Branch, GIS Unit
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
403-742-7901
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
7000 – 113 St
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T6H 5T6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
duke@gov.ab.ca
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08:00-17:00 Monday to Friday except for statutory holidays
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salutation “Attention: Geographic Information Systems Lead (currently David Spiess,
david.spiess@gov.ab.ca or in his absence: David Hildebrand, david.hildebrand@gov.ab.ca; or Karen Raven,
karen.raven@gov.ab.ca) – Air Quality Risk”
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publisher
Date stamp:
2020-03-10
Metadata standard name:
NAP - Metadata
Metadata standard version:
1.2
Dataset URI:
https://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex10341
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EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry
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2016-07-13
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OGP Geomatics Committee
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missing
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custodian
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3400
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EPSG
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8.9.3
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Data identification:
Citation:
Citation:
Title:
Air Quality Risk
Date:
Date:
Date:
2005-09-01
Date type:
Date type code:
publication
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Environmental Stewardship Branch, GIS Unit
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
403-742-7901
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
7000 – 113 St
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T6H 5T6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
duke@gov.ab.ca
Hours of service:
08:00-17:00 Monday to Friday except for statutory holidays
Contact instructions:
Queries about the creation and/or characteristics of the data set submitted through electronic
mail must include the salutation "Attention: Geographic Information Systems Lead (currently
David Spiess, david.spiess@gov.ab.ca or in his absence: David Hildebrand,
david.hildebrand@gov.ab.ca; or Karen Raven, karen.raven@gov.ab.ca) – Air Quality Risk”
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Abstract:
The data, created in ArcGIS, represents an assessment of air quality risk for the agricultural area of Alberta
in 2005. Agricultural activities that may have some influence on air quality manure production (odour) and
cultivation intensity (particulate matter). The airsheds of the agricultural region of Alberta are
considered to be uniform in their physical susceptibility to risk from agricultural activities. Air quality
risk is a useful measure for those concerned about health, safety and nuisance issues related the quality of
air in agricultural areas. Awareness of where agricultural activities related to livestock production and
intensive cultivation are located, may be useful for people with health or nuisance related concerns.
Blowing soil can cause respiratory problems and can reduce visibility on roads and highways. Dust from farm
traffic can be a concern during peak agricultural activity, such as harvesting or manure hauling. Frequent
strong odours can be unpleasant nuisance for neighbours. In areas of greater air quality risk, environmental
farm planning can help to address the issues and provide solutions. Practices including pen/barn
maintenance, method of manure application, manure storage, composting, adjusting, feed rations and reducing
or eliminating tillage can be looked at in an environmental farm plan.
Purpose:
Provides users with raster format representation of air quality risk, such as odour or particulate matter. The
data is suitable for indexing and analysis purposes.
Credit:
The following individuals contributed to the development and review of the Atlas: John Hermans, Tim Martin,
David Neilson and David Spiess (Alberta Agriculture and Food), and Tony Brierley, Michael Bock and Alan
Stewart (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada).
David Spiess, Arva Traynor, Longin Pawlowski, and Gerald Stark, Conservation and Development Branch, Alberta
Agriculture and Food (AF), compiled the data, and produced the maps in the Atlas. Donna Beever served as
editor and developed the accompanying map descriptions. Overall publication layout was completed by Chris
Kaulbars, John Gillmore and Sherrill Strauss.
Funding for the Atlas was provided by AF as part of Alberta’s contribution to the Environment Chapter of the
Agricultural Policy Framework (APF).
The following groups are also recognized for their contribution of the data used to produce the maps: Alberta
Agriculture and Food, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Alberta Environment, Alberta Sustainable Resource
Development, AltaLIS Ltd., Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, Ducks Unlimited Canada,
Environment Canada, Norwest Labs, Statistics Canada and the United States National Climate Data Center.
Status:
Progress code:
completed
Resource maintenance:
Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
asNeeded
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:
Keyword:
Alberta
Type:
Keyword type code:
place
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:
Keyword:
Environmental Farm Planning
Keyword:
Beneficial Management Practice
Keyword:
Environmental Scan
Keyword:
Agriculture
Keyword:
Air pollution
Keyword:
Blowing soil
Keyword:
Dust
Type:
Keyword type code:
theme
Thesaurus name:
Citation:
Title:
Agrovoc
Date:
Date:
Date:
2016-01-21
Date type:
Date type code:
revision
Cited responsible party:
missing
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Keyword:
Downloadable Data
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Legal constraints:
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license
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Use of this information is governed by the terms of the Open Government Licence - Alberta. Information can
be found at http://open.alberta.ca/licence
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To access this data, users must agree to the terms of the Open Government Licence - Alberta found at
http://open.alberta.ca/licence
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Distribution Liability: The Information Provider is not liable for any errors or omissions in the
Information, and will not under any circumstances be liable for any direct, indirect, special,
incidental, consequential, or other loss, injury or damage caused by its use or otherwise arising in
connection with this licence or the Information, even if specifically advised of the possibility of such
loss, injury or damage. Refer to http://open.alberta.ca/licence
Resource constraints:
Security constraints:
Classification:
Classification code:
unclassified
User note:
UNRESTRICTED under Government of Alberta Security Classification System
Classification system:
Government of Alberta Security Classification System
Handling description:
https://imtpolicy.sp.alberta.ca/standards/pdf/Data-and-Information-Security-Classification-Standard.pdf
Aggregation Info:
AggregateInformation:
Aggregate Data Set Name:
Citation:
Title:
Beneficial Management Practices: Environmental Manual for Crop Producers in Alberta - Air Quality
Date:
Date:
Date:
2004-11-01
Date type:
Date type code:
publication
Cited responsible party:
missing
Other citation details:
For information about air quality including odour concerns and beneficial management practices.
Association Type:
Association type code:
crossReference
Aggregation Info:
AggregateInformation:
Aggregate Data Set Name:
Citation:
Title:
Land Disposal of Manure in Province of Quebec
Date:
Date:
Date:
1984-02-01
Date type:
Date type code:
publication
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Individual name:
Culley, J.B. and Barnett, G.M.
Contact info:
missing
Role:
Role code:
author
Series:
Series:
Name:
Canadian Journal of Soil Science
Issue identification:
64(1)
Page:
75-86
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Denominator:
3000000
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Language Code:
eng
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environment
Topic category:
Topic category code:
farming
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Extent:
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true
West bound longitude:
-120.50134
East bound longitude:
-109.50517
South bound latitude:
47.601134
North bound latitude:
61.39605
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2001-01-01T00:00:00
End date:
2001-01-01T00:00:00
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Extent type code:
true
West bound longitude:
-120.902378
East bound longitude:
-108.461627
South bound latitude:
48.895441
North bound latitude:
60.097731
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Distribution:
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Name:
SDE Raster Dataset
Version:
10.3.1
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Name:
FGDB
Version:
ArcGIS 10.3.1
Distributor:
Distributor:
Distributor contact:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Environmental Stewardship Branch, GIS Unit
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
403-742-7901
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
7000 – 113 St
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T6H 5T6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
duke@gov.ab.ca
Hours of service:
08:00-17:00 Monday to Friday except for statutory holidays
Contact instructions:
Queries about the distribution of the data set may be addressed to Geographic Information Systems
Lead (currently David Spiess, david.spiess@gov.ab.ca or in his absence: David Hildebrand,
david.hildebrand@gov.ab.ca; or Karen Raven, karen.raven@gov.ab.ca
Role:
Role code:
distributor
Distribution Order Process:
Standard order process:
Ordering instructions:
PDF of the map can be downloaded from Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development website at
https://open.alberta.ca/publications/agricultural-land-resource-atlas-of-alberta-2nd-edition .
There are also KML and SHP files available for download through the online transfer options listed.
Transfer options:
Digital transfer options:
Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://geospatial.alberta.ca/titan/rest/services/agriculture/agricultural_land_resource_atlas/MapServer/
Protocol:
HTTPS
Name:
REST
Online:
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Linkage:
URL:
https://geospatial.alberta.ca/titan/services/agriculture/agricultural_land_resource_atlas/MapServer/WMSServer
Protocol:
HTTPS
Name:
WMS
Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://extranet.gov.ab.ca/srd/geodiscover/srd_pub/AG_FOR/LandResourceAtlas/Air_Quality_Risk.zip
Protocol:
FTP
Name:
Contains SHP and KMZ for Air Quality Risk dataset
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Data quality:
Scope:
Scope:
Hierarchy level:
Scope code:
dataset
Lineage:
Lineage:
Statement:
The air quality risk assessment procedure utilized 2001 Census of Agriculture data related to livestock
numbers and tillage practices.
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Soil Landscapes of Canada (SLC) Version 1.9 was used for this map. SLC polygons were created using
existing soil survey information. Each polygon is described by a standard set of soil and land
attributes that characterizes the soil landscapes found in each SLC polygon. Soils, landscapes and
climate are the key natural resource factors that determine agricultural productivity, and the farms
within a soil landscape unit usually have similar production characteristics.
Odour was considered directly correlated to manure production. Manure production was calculated for
each SLC polygon from 2001 Census of Agriculture data collected about the numbers of all livestock
raised in the province. Using research by Culley and Barnett (1984), Statistics Canada calculated
the amount of manure produced by the total number of livestock. A formula that weighted the
different livestock based on animal size and average manure output was used. The numbers of each
type of livestock reported in the Census, multiplied by its manure factor, were totalled to give the
total manure produced in tonnes. That value divided by the SLC area (square km) resulted in a ratio
per unit area for each SLC (manure rating).
Particulate matter in the air was considered directly correlated to cultivation intensity. A
cultivation rating based on frequency of cultivation used in various management systems was
calculated. Data was collected during the 2001 Census of Agriculture. Census questions provided an
estimate of the area of no till, conservation tillage, conventional tillage and summerfallow on
farms in Alberta. Custom processing of the data by Statistics Canada yielded the percent of the land
within each SLC polygon associated with the four management systems.
The cultivation rating is a measure of the cultivation intensity with management systems having a
greater frequency of cultivation weighted higher. The cultivation rating was calculated for each SLC
by the following formula:
Cultivation rating = (% area in no till) x 1 + (% area in conservation tillage) x 2 + (% area in
conventional tillage) x 3 + (% area in summerfallow) x 4
The manure rating and the cultivation rating were added, and the result was ranked from 0 to 1 to form
the air quality risk factor for each SLC polygon as displayed on the map.
Date and time:
2005-01-01T00:00:00
Source:
Source:
Description:
Census of Agriculture data related to livestock numbers and tillage practices.
Source citation:
Citation:
Title:
2001 Census of Agriculture
Date:
Date:
Date:
2014-03-24
Date type:
Date type code:
revision
Cited responsible party:
missing
Source:
Source:
Description:
A series of GIS coverages that show the major characteristics of soil and land for Canada.
Source citation:
Citation:
Title:
Soil Landscapes of Canada
Date:
Date:
Date:
1991-01-01
Date type:
Date type code:
publication
Edition:
1.0
Cited responsible party:
missing
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Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
notPlanned
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