LAND SUITABILITY MAP

ABACA

LAND RESOURCES EVALUATION AND SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT OF STRATEGIC PRODUCTION AREAS

GENERAL SANTOS CITY

R E P U B L I C O F T H E P H I L I P P I N E S D E PA R T M E N T O F AG R I C U LT U R E BUREAU OF SOILS AND WATER MANAGEMENT SRDC Bldg., Elliptical Road Cor. Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City 1101 Tel/Fax No. : (+632) 332-9534 E-mail : bswm [email protected] MAP INDEX LAND RESOURCES EVALUATION AND SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT OF STRATEGIC PRODUCTION AREAS GENERAL SANTOS CITY

LEGEND

Places

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Administrative Boundary

BANGA Regional

4013-IV Provincial Mount City SURALLAH Matutum 4013-I Kabayawa Municipal

Map Index TUPI Index grid MALUNGON

Topographic Relief

Bathymetry LAKE SEBU T'BOLI POLOMOLOK

LOCATION MAP 4013-III 3913-II General GENERAL 4013-II Parker Santos City SANTOS Alabel Volcano ALABEL

MALAPATAN

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Land suitabilityinformation produced by the Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM) through the Land Resources Evaluation and GLAN Suitability Assessment of Strategic Production Areas for Major Commodities Project duly supported by the Philippine Council on Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) and funded by the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR). Map produced by the Geomatics and Soil Information Technology Division, Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM).

Users noting errors or omissions in this publication are requested to inform the Bureau of Soils and Water Management.

Unless otherwise noted, copyright and any other intellectual property rights is owned by the Philippine Government.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DEPARTME NT OF AGRICU LTU RE BUREAU OF SOILS AND WATER MANAGEMENT SRDC Bldg., Elliptical Road Cor. Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City 1101 Philippines Tel/Fax No. : (+632) 332-9534 E-mail : [email protected] LAND SUITABILITY MAP FOR ABACA LAND RESOURCES EVALUATION AND SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT OF STRATEGIC PRODUCTION AREAS GENERAL SANTOS CITY, REGION XII

EXTENT OF SUITABILITY FOR ABACA PRODUCTION BY MUNICIPALITY SUITABILITY CLASSES: EXPANSION AREA (Ha) CONFLICT RESOLUTION AREA (Ha) TOTAL Highly Suitable (S1) Marginally Suitable (S3) TOTAL EXISTING ABACA (Ha) Shrubland, Grassland, POTENTIAL Land having no significant limitation to sustained Land having limitations which in aggregate are MUNICIPALITY EXISTING Coconut Corn Pineapple Other crops application of a given use, or only minor limitations severe for sustained application of a given use and unmanaged* unmanaged* EXPANSION AREA (Ha) that will not significantly reduce productivity or will so reduce productivity or benefits, or increase AREA (Ha) S1 S2 S3 S1 S2 S1 S2 S1 S2 S1 S2 S1 S2 S1 S2 benefits and will not raise inputs above an required inputs, that this expenditure will be only GENERAL SANTOS CITY - - - - 2,427 410 189 433 1,532 5,857 6,588 2,534 70 41 3 - 20,084 acceptable level. marginally justified.

TOTAL - - - - 2,427 410 189 433 1,532 5,857 6,588 2,534 70 41 3 - 20,084 Note: Delivery of abaca planting materials must be started on the onset of rainy season. *establishment of shade trees prior to planting of abaca. Moderately Suitable (S2) Not Suitable / Not Relevant Land having limitation which in aggregate are Land having limitations which may be surmountable moderately severe for sustained application of a in time but which cannot be corrected with existing given use; the limitation will reduce productivity or knowledge at currently acceptable cost; the benefits and increase required inputs to the extent limitations are so severe as to preclude successful that the overall advantage to be gained from the sustained use of the land in the given manner. use, although still attractive, will be appreciably Existing forest, shrubland greater than 18% slope, inferior to that expected on class S1 land. irrigated paddy rice and miscellaneous land types such as built up areas, roads, etc are considered as not relevant.

AGRONOMIC REQUIREMENT OF ABACA PRODUCTION CLIMATE TYPE LAND SOIL ANNUAL TYPE I : Two pronouced season, dry from November to April and TYPE II : No dry season with a very pronounced maximum rain SUITABILITY SOIL DEPTH SOIL INHERENT FLOODING EROSION ROCK ELEVATION CLIMATIC wet during the rest of the year. Maximum rain period is period from December to February. There is not a single UTILIZATION SLOPE (%) SOIL TEXTURE REACTION RAINFALL RATING (cm) DRAINAGE FERTILITY CLASS CLASS OUTCROPS (masl) TYPE from June to September dry month. Maximum monthly rainfall occurs during the TYPE (pH) (mm) period from March to May. CL, SiCL, SCL, SC, S1 <8 >50 WD,MWD, SPD 5.6 -7.2 high none-slight none-slight none-few <500 2001-4500 II, III, IV SiC, C, HC 5.1 - 5.5 Abaca S2 8 - 30 30 - 50 FSL, L, SiL, SL PD,VPD medium moderate moderate common 500-1500 1000-2000 I, II 7.3 - 7.8 TYPE III : No very pronounced maximum rain period, with a dry TYPE IV : Rainfall is more or less evenly distributed throughout the <1000 S3 >30 < 30 S, LS, CSL ED <5.0 - > 7.9 low severe severe many >1500 season lasting only from one to three months, either year. This type resembles Type II since it has no dry >4500 during the period from December to February or from season. March to May. This type resembles Type I since it has SLOPE (%) SOIL DRAINAGE SOIL REACTION (pH) SOIL TEXTURE a short dry season. 0 - 3 - level to gently sloping ED - excessively drained < 4.5 - extremely acid Coarse Fine 3 - 8 - gently sloping to undulating WD - well drained 4.5 - 5.0 - very strongly acid S - sand SC - sandy clay 8 - 18 - undulating to rolling MWD - moderately well drained 5.1 - 5.5 - strongly acid LS - loamy sand SiC - silty clay 18 - 30 - rolling to moderately steep SPD - somewhat poorly drained 5.6 - 6.0 - medium acid CSL - coarse sandy loam C - clay 30 - 50 - steep PD - poorly drained 6.1 - 6.5 - slightly acid SL - sandy loam HC - heavy clay General Santos City is classified as climatic Type IV. > 50 - very steep VPD - very poorly drained 6.6 - 7.2 - neutral Medium 7.3 - 7.8 - mildly alkaline FSL - fine sandy loam SOIL DEPTH (cm) SURFACE IMPEDIMENT 7.9 - 8.4 - moderately alkaline L - loam 0 - 30 - very shallow ROCK OUTCROPS > 8.5 - strongly alkaline SiL - silt loam 30 - 50 - shallow < 10% - none - few CL - clay loam 50 - 100 - moderately deep 10 - 30% - common SiCL - silty clay loam > 100 - deep to very deep > 30% - many SCL - sandy clay loam

LAND LIMITATIONS DESCRIPTION AND COMBINATIONS ELEVATION SOIL DRAINAGE SOIL DEPTH SOIL EROSION El2 - 500 - 1000m or 2000 - 2500m D2 - Somewhat poorly drained to poorly drained Sh2 - Shallow to moderately deep (30 - 100cm) E2 - Moderate erosion El3 - < 500m or > 2500m D3 - Very poorly drained or excessively drained Sh3 - Very shallow (< 30cm) E3 - Severe erosion

SLOPE/TOPOGRAPHY SOIL TEXTURE ROCK OUTCROPS FLOODING T2 - Undulating to moderately steep Tc - Coarse texture Rc2 - Common F2 - Moderate seasonal flooding T3 - Steep to very steep Rc3 - Many F3 - Severe seasonal flooding

CODE LIMITATION CODE LIMITATION CODE LANDUSE 1 F2-D2 11 T2-F3-D2 4 Corn 2 F3-D2 12 T2-Sh2-Rc2 51 Cassava 3 Rc2 13 T3 84 Pineapple 85 Mango 4 Sh2-Rc2 14 T3-E3 116 Coconut 5 T2 15 T3-E3-Sh3-Rc2 126 Grassland 6 T2-E2-Sh2-Rc2 16 T3-E3-Sh3-Rc3 134 Shrubs, unmanaged 7 T2-E3 17 T3-E3 Source: PAGASA 2018, Climatological Normals (Rainfall),Philippine Atmospheric, 8 T2-E3-Sh2-Rc2 18 T3-E3-Sh3-Rc3 Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), accessed 27 July 2018, 9 T2-E3-Sh2-Rc3 19 T5-El3 . 10 T2-F2-D2 20 Tc 4013-IV GENERAL SANTOS CITY Mount Matutum

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D A V A O D E L S U R Balasiao

! LAND SUITABILITY MAP ABACA Bulol-Salo LAND RESOURCES EVALUATION AND SUITABILITY Pula-bato ASSESSMENT OF STRATEGIC PRODUCTION AREAS Tablu : SCALE 1 : 50 000

0 0.5 1 2 3 4 5 Kilometers 0 0.5 1 2 3 Miles Universal Transverse Mercator Zone 51 N. PRS 1992 Datum DISCLAIMER : All political boundaries are not authoritative.

Albagan LEGEND S A R A N G A N I SUITABILITY CLASSES S1 Highly Suitable - Land having no significant limitations to sustained Malabod application of a given use, or only minor limitations that will not signifi- 6°25' 6°25' cantly reduce productivity or benefits and will not raise inputs above an acceptable level.

S2 Moderately Suitable - Land having limitations which in aggregate are moderately severe for sustained application of a given use; the limitations B'Laan will reduce productivity or benefits and increase required inputs to the extent that the overall advantage to be gained from the use, although still attractive, will be appreciably inferior to that expected on class S1 land. Miasong S3 Marginally Suitable - Land having limitations which in aggregate are Datal Batong severe for sustained application of a given use and will so reduce produc- tivity or benefits, or increase required inputs, that this expenditure will be only marginally justified.

Not Suitable/ Not Relevant

OTHER SIGNS

NGP Areas 1 Land limitation

Cacao 116 Land use

CONVENTIONAL SIGNS Datal Bila ROADS BOUNDARY HYDROLOGY Alkikan Kiblat Expressway Region Sea / Shoreline Kibala Trunk line Province Lakes / Rivers Primary District PLACES Secondary Municipality \ ^ Capital City / City

! Tertiary Barangay P ! Capital Town / Town

LAND USE Built-up Fishpond Mangrove Atlae

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6°20' 6°20' Datal Tampal

Kablon Kinilis 4013-IV 4013-I

Landan 3913-II 4013-III 4013-II S O U T H ! C O T A B A T O Maligo MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION SOURCES OF INFORMATION : Topographic information taken from NAMRIA Topographic Map at 1:50,000 scale. Land resources information from the Agricultural Land Management and Palkan Evaluation Division (ALMED), Soils Survey Division (SSD) and Laboratory Services Division (LSD) of BSWM. Rice areas obtained from the Land Use System (FAO, 2015) and Philippine Rice Information System (PRISM) (IRRI, 2015). Data analysis and compilation through the Land Resources Evaluation and Suitability Assessment of Strategic Production Areas for Major 12 134 Commodities Project implemented by BSWM (2017). 134 134 Project Leader : BERNARDO B. PASCUA 12 134 GIS and Cartography : IRVIN K. SAMALCA 12 12 Malandag 134 126 Funding Agency : Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR) 3 134 134 Collaborating Agencies : Philippine Council on Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) 12 134 5 12 5 : Department of Agriculture and Fisheries - ARMM, Department of 84 134 5 5 Agriculture Regional Field Office of Region IX, X, XI, XII and XIII (Caraga) 5 5 126 116 : Local Government Unit (LGU) of covered provinces and municipalities 134 5 Map produced by the Geomatics and Soil Information Technology Division, Bureau of Soils and 5 5 Water Management (BSWM). 5 134 134 Users noting errors or omissions in this publication are requested to inform the Bureau of Soils Polo 12 5 5 84 5 and Water Management. 5 5 This publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Lam-Caliaf 134 134 5 116 International License. Unless otherwise noted, copyright and any other 5 intellectual property rights, in this publication is owned by the 134 5 5 116 5 Crossing 134 Philippine Government. This publication should be attributed as : 84 4 Palkan 116 BSWM, 2019. Land Suitability Map Series for Abaca of GENERAL SANTOS CITY 5 116 Upper Labay 5 (50,000 Scale) . CC BY NC SA 4.0. 5 4 116 5 2 R E P U B L I C O F T H E P H I L I P P I N E S 134 116 84 134 134 134 5 4 2 126 5 D E PA R T M E N T O F AG R I C U LT U R E 5 5 4 134 4 2 4 116 4 126 BUREAU OF SOILS AND WATER MANAGEMENT 5 5 126 5 116 2 5 SRDC Bldg., Elliptical Road Cor. Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City 1101 2 84 134 116 4 2 2 2 55 5 134 4 4 Tel/Fax No. : (+632) 332-9534 E-mail : [email protected] 134 5 5 116 116 6°15' 116 84 134 116 5 116 126 116 4 116 2 6°15' 125°0' 125°5' 125°10' 125°15' GENERAL SANTOS CITY Sheet 1 of 6 Sheet No. 4013-IV 4013-I GENERAL SANTOS CITY Kabayawa

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Kidadan Pocaleel Parame J.P. Laurel Pongpong

Rizal Bagong Negros (Parame) LAND SUITABILITY MAP Banate ABACA Bonifacio Buca LAND RESOURCES EVALUATION AND SUITABILITY S A R A N G A N I San Antonio San Isidro ASSESSMENT OF STRATEGIC PRODUCTION AREAS

Kinabalan

Bunot : SCALE 1 : 50 000 Datu Intan Kinilidan 0 0.5 1 2 3 4 5 Datu Kilometers Daligasao 0 0.5 1 2 3

Talus Miles Universal Transverse Mercator Zone 51 N. PRS 1992 Datum Upper Biangan DISCLAIMER : All political boundaries are not authoritative.

San Miguel LEGEND

Kawayan SUITABILITY CLASSES San Pedro S1 Highly Suitable - Land having no significant limitations to sustained application of a given use, or only minor limitations that will not signifi- 6°25' 6°25' cantly reduce productivity or benefits and will not raise inputs above an acceptable level.

Malalag Cogon S2 Moderately Suitable - Land having limitations which in aggregate are Pinalpalan moderately severe for sustained application of a given use; the limitations will reduce productivity or benefits and increase required inputs to the extent that the overall advantage to be gained from the use, although still San Juan attractive, will be appreciably inferior to that expected on class S1 land. San Roque S3 Marginally Suitable - Land having limitations which in aggregate are severe for sustained application of a given use and will so reduce produc- tivity or benefits, or increase required inputs, that this expenditure will be D A V A O O C C I D E N T A L only marginally justified. Not Suitable/ Not Relevant

OTHER SIGNS

NGP Areas 1 Land limitation Upper Lumabat Cacao 116 Land use Poblacion

San Juan CONVENTIONAL SIGNS MALUNGON ROADS BOUNDARY HYDROLOGY

Expressway Region Sea / Shoreline Trunk line Province Lakes / Rivers Primary District Kilalag PLACES Secondary Municipality \ ^ Capital City / City

! Tertiary Barangay ! Capital Town / Town Panamin P

Upper Mainit LAND USE Lower Mainit Built-up Fishpond Mangrove Demoloc Nagpan ADJOINING SHEETS INDEX MAP 4013-I

Ampon 6°20' 6°20'

Lutay 4013-IV 4013-I

Banahaw 4013-III 4013-II

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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

SOURCES OF INFORMATION : Topographic information taken from NAMRIA Topographic Map Tamban at 1:50,000 scale. Land resources information from the Agricultural Land Management and Evaluation Division (ALMED), Soils Survey Division (SSD) and Laboratory Services Division (LSD) Datu Danwata of BSWM. Rice areas obtained from the Land Use System (FAO, 2015) and Philippine Rice Information System (PRISM) (IRRI, 2015). Data analysis and compilation through the Land Resources Evaluation and Suitability Assessment of Strategic Production Areas for Major Commodities Project implemented by BSWM (2017). Project Leader : BERNARDO B. PASCUA GIS and Cartography : IRVIN K. SAMALCA Funding Agency : Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR) Collaborating Agencies : Philippine Council on Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) : Department of Agriculture and Fisheries - ARMM, Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office of Region IX, X, XI, XII and XIII (Caraga) : Local Government Unit (LGU) of covered provinces and municipalities Map produced by the Geomatics and Soil Information Technology Division, Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM). Users noting errors or omissions in this publication are requested to inform the Bureau of Soils and Water Management. This publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Unless otherwise noted, copyright and any other intellectual property rights, in this publication is owned by the Philippine Government. This publication should be attributed as : BSWM, 2019. Land Suitability Map Series for Abaca of GENERAL SANTOS CITY (50,000 Scale) . CC BY NC SA 4.0.

116 R E P U B L I C O F T H E P H I L I P P I N E S D E PA R T M E N T O F AG R I C U LT U R E 4 5 116 BUREAU OF SOILS AND WATER MANAGEMENT SRDC Bldg., Elliptical Road Cor. Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City 1101 4 2 Tel/Fax No. : (+632) 332-9534 E-mail : [email protected] 4 6°15' 5 5 126 5 6°15' 125°15' 125°20' 125°25' 125°30' GENERAL SANTOS CITY Sheet 2 of 6 Sheet No. 4013-I 3913-II GENERAL SANTOS CITY Parker Volcano

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Simbo Koronadal Proper Upper Maculan Lemsnolon

Lambuling Edwards (Pob.) LAND SUITABILITY MAP ABACA

Talcon Kematu Datal Bob LAND RESOURCES EVALUATION AND SUITABILITY Halilan T'BOLI ! ASSESSMENT OF STRATEGIC PRODUCTION AREAS Poblacion

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0 0.5 1 2 3 4 5 Lamcade Kilometers 0 0.5 1 2 3 Miles Universal Transverse Mercator Zone 51 N. PRS 1992 Datum Desawo Aflek DISCLAIMER : All political boundaries are not authoritative.

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SUITABILITY CLASSES S1 Highly Suitable - Land having no significant limitations to sustained Afus application of a given use, or only minor limitations that will not signifi- 6°10' 6°10' cantly reduce productivity or benefits and will not raise inputs above an acceptable level.

S2 Moderately Suitable - Land having limitations which in aggregate are moderately severe for sustained application of a given use; the limitations will reduce productivity or benefits and increase required inputs to the extent that the overall advantage to be gained from the use, although still Basag attractive, will be appreciably inferior to that expected on class S1 land.

S3 Marginally Suitable - Land having limitations which in aggregate are severe for sustained application of a given use and will so reduce produc- Denlag tivity or benefits, or increase required inputs, that this expenditure will be only marginally justified.

Not Suitable/ Not Relevant T'bolok 12 OTHER SIGNS

12 NGP Areas 1 Land limitation 12 Cacao 116 Land use

12 12 S O U T H CONVENTIONAL SIGNS C O T A B A T O ROADS BOUNDARY HYDROLOGY

Sea / Shoreline Mongocayo Expressway Region Province Lakes / Rivers Salacafe Trunk line 12 Primary District PLACES Secondary Municipality \ ^ Capital City / City

! Tertiary Barangay P ! Capital Town / Town 126 LAND USE MAUGHAN L AKE Built-up Fishpond Mangrove

ADJOINING SHEETS INDEX MAP Dlanag 3913-II

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SOURCES OF INFORMATION : Topographic information taken from NAMRIA Topographic Map at 1:50,000 scale. Land resources information from the Agricultural Land Management and Evaluation Division (ALMED), Soils Survey Division (SSD) and Laboratory Services Division (LSD) of BSWM. Rice areas obtained from the Land Use System (FAO, 2015) and Philippine Rice Tudok Information System (PRISM) (IRRI, 2015). Data analysis and compilation through the Land Resources Evaluation and Suitability Assessment of Strategic Production Areas for Major Commodities Project implemented by BSWM (2017). Project Leader : BERNARDO B. PASCUA GIS and Cartography : IRVIN K. SAMALCA Funding Agency : Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR) Collaborating Agencies : Philippine Council on Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) : Department of Agriculture and Fisheries - ARMM, Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office of Region IX, X, XI, XII and XIII (Caraga) : Local Government Unit (LGU) of covered provinces and municipalities Map produced by the Geomatics and Soil Information Technology Division, Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM). Gasi Users noting errors or omissions in this publication are requested to inform the Bureau of Soils and Water Management. This publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Unless otherwise noted, copyright and any other intellectual property rights, in this publication is owned by the Philippine Government. This publication should be attributed as : BSWM, 2019. Land Suitability Map Series for Abaca of GENERAL SANTOS CITY (50,000 Scale) . CC BY NC SA 4.0. S A R A N G A N I R E P U B L I C O F T H E P H I L I P P I N E S D E PA R T M E N T O F AG R I C U LT U R E BUREAU OF SOILS AND WATER MANAGEMENT SRDC Bldg., Elliptical Road Cor. Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City 1101 Tel/Fax No. : (+632) 332-9534 E-mail : [email protected] 6°0' 6°0' 124°45' 124°50' 124°55' 125°0' GENERAL SANTOS CITY Sheet 3 of 6 Sheet No. 3913-II 4013-III GENERAL SANTOS CITY General Santos City

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6°15' 5 126 134 116 126 134 134 116 4 126 2 116 116 2 2 6°15' 5 2 126 4 134 126 116 116 2 4 2 116 2 5 5 5 116 5 2 116 4 5 5 5 116 126 5 5 Upper Klinan 5 5 12 12 126 5 2 5 5 116 84 4 5 4 Cannery Site 126 5 116 126 5 12 12 4 5 2 Sulit 4 5 4 5 5 126 5 4 5 Pagalungan 134 12 5 5 2 126 4 5 5 5 2 5 5 2 5 Bentung 5 126 116 4 126 126 4 134 2 5 126 4 126 5 5 5 4 12 12 4 126 5 5 4 126 2 5 126 2 116 2 5 126 4 2 126 116 5 5 4 5 2 4 2 5 5 2 5 LAND SUITABILITY MAP 12 2 4 116 5 126 4 2 2 5 2 4 4 5 4 Poblacion 2 116 5 5 4 5 Lapu Olympog 5 2 2 ABACA 2 5 5 2 126 4 2 5 5 5 4 4 2 116 4 5 5 5 5 126 LAND RESOURCES EVALUATION AND SUITABILITY 2 4 2 POLOMOLOK 2 4 Tinagacan 5 ! 4 2 2 5 134 2 4 2 126 2 ASSESSMENT OF STRATEGIC PRODUCTION AREAS Lumakil 2 5 2 116 5 5 130 4 4 2 2 4 5 5 4 126 134 2 4 2 116 116 116 Klinan 6 4 116 5 2 Magsaysay 2 4 116 116 2 116 5 2 116 116 2 116 5 2 Rubber 2 116 5 : 4 4 Conel SCALE 1 : 50 000 5 85 4 4 Silway 8 5 2 2 0 0.5 1 2 3 4 5 4 4 150 4 2 5 4 Kilometers 5 116 0 0.5 1 2 3 150 4 4 4 Domolok 150 2 4 5 Miles 4 Universal Transverse Mercator Zone 51 N. PRS 1992 Datum 4 2 4 150 2 Silway 7 4 5 DISCLAIMER : All political boundaries are not authoritative. 150 4 4 4 4 2 150 150 150 150 5 5 LEGEND 150 116 130 Mabuhay 116 130 2 4 2 5 2 4 2 116 SUITABILITY CLASSES 150 2 5 130 Highly Suitable - Land having no significant limitations to sustained 2 150 5 2 Katangawan S1 5 2 2 130 application of a given use, or only minor limitations that will not signifi- 4 150 4 cantly reduce productivity or benefits and will not raise inputs above 6°10' Glamang 2 2 150 5 5 2 6°10' 2 2 an acceptable level. 2 4 4 2 116 Moderately Suitable - Land having limitations which in aggregate are 5 4 2 S2 5 150 150 150 5 5 moderately severe for sustained application of a given use; the limitations 5 150 2 will reduce productivity or benefits and increase required inputs to the 5 5 4 4 Tokawal 150 2 2 150 4 5 5 extent that the overall advantage to be gained from the use, although still 2 4 4 150 2 116 4 5 5 2 150 4 5 5 4 2 2 130 attractive, will be appreciably inferior to that expected on class S1 land. 4 150 5 150 Ligaya 116 2 2 4 4 2 2 2 5 2 4 150 150 5 5 4 San Isidro 2 Marginally Suitable - Land having limitations which in aggregate are 2 S3 150 (Lagao severe for sustained application of a given use and will so reduce produc- 6 2 5 2 4 2nd) 2 tivity or benefits, or increase required inputs, that this expenditure will be 6 2 4 2 4 2 2 only marginally justified. 6 2 2 6 2 6 Not Suitable/ Not Relevant 5 4 2 2 150 12 2 4 6 5 2 150 4 6 4 150 5 116 150 5 5 2 2 116 116 5 116 4 150 4 OTHER SIGNS 4 2 116 12 2 2 12 4 12 2 5 NGP Areas 1 Land limitation 4 5 2 Baluntay 116 Land use 4 150 City Heights Cacao 6 51 2 150 Lagao 2 12 5 4 (1st & Sinawal 5 150 150 5 4 6 6 126 150 6 150 5 5 3rd) 5 6 2 6 5 5 130 4 6 6 5 5 2 12 6 6 126 6 116 CONVENTIONAL SIGNS 126 6 4 2 126 4 126 Apopong 150 126 126 126 2 Baluan ROADS BOUNDARY HYDROLOGY 5 126 126 150 5 2 2 150 12 5 126 126 150 4 126 126 150 4 2 150 116 Expressway Region Sea / Shoreline 2 150 Dadiangas East (Pob.) 4 150 126 2 2 150 4 5 126 126 126 150 150 4 150 Lakes / Rivers 150 150 2 Trunk line Province 5 S O U T H 126 5 150 150 4 Dadiangas 5 150 GENERAL SANTOS 4 12 5 126 North ^ 12 5 5 5 116 Primary District PLACES 5 4 4 150 150 C O T A B A T O Secondary Municipality 12 5 6 Dadiangas \ ^ Capital City / City 12 4 Dadiangas Maribulan 5 4 84 116 South Tertiary ! Barangay 12 2 5 5 5 5 150 2 4 215150 P ! Capital Town / Town 12 6 4 2 126 2 West 4 2 126 134 134 2 55 134 150 Bula 150 4 4 84 4 150 150 Buayan 5 2 126 4 134 150 LAND USE 4 134 2 4 Labangal 215 215 6 126 126 215 150 126 126 215 6 126 126 215 215 150 116 Built-up Fishpond Mangrove 126 150 215 215 4 150 12 6 4 215 126 215 215 215 2 5 126 215 150 4 126 150 150 2 4 4 6 4 2 6 126 126 126 150 215 4 ADJOINING SHEETS INDEX MAP 2 4 126 126 150 12 4 6 2 4 6 6 126 4 Makar Cove 6 2 150 2 150 2 2 2 4 4013-III 5 5 150 150 150150 150 6 150 150 6 6 126 150 2 5 4 6 4 6 126 150 5 126 6 6 2 150 150 6°5' 6 126 150 6°5' 4 4 4 150 4 6 150 2 150 Calumpang 4 6 150 4013-IV 4013-I 6 126 126 150 150 2 126 150 4 126 6 126 150 150 116 126 150 4 126 6 126 150 150 12 5 126 126 126 126 150 150 12 4 4 126 12 4 2 126 126 126 150 4 126 150 150 5 126 4 150 2 150 150 3913-II 4013-III 4013-II San Jose 126 150 150 126 126 126 4 116 126 150 150 6 150 150 4 150 150 150 150 150 150 5 126 2 2 126 126 2 2 4 150 126 126 126 126 126 150 5 4 126 5 Fatima126 126 150 4012-IV 5 150 4 150 126 126 126 150 12 2 5 4 150 12 5 2 5 126 126 150 5 84 126 4 5 126 150 5 4 5 126 150 150 126 4 4 4 126 126 150 4 MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION 5 4 126 5 126 4 5 4 126 126 4 126 150 126 5 126 5 5 12 6 4 6 126 2 126 126 5 5 5 150 SOURCES OF INFORMATION : Topographic information taken from NAMRIA Topographic Map 12 6 126 5 126 126 5 2 150 at 1:50,000 scale. Land resources information from the Agricultural Land Management and 4 6 126 6 126 126 5 126 6 6 5 Evaluation Division (ALMED), Soils Survey Division (SSD) and Laboratory Services Division (LSD) 5 6 6 126 126 126 5 126 150 126 126 of BSWM. Rice areas obtained from the Land Use System (FAO, 2015) and Philippine Rice 126 126 5 5 126 150 4 126 126 126 5 5 5 126 Information System (PRISM) (IRRI, 2015). Data analysis and compilation through the Land 126 6 126 5 5 5 150 4 4 126 5 Resources Evaluation and Suitability Assessment of Strategic Production Areas for Major 5 126 150 126 5 S A R A N G A N I B A Y Commodities Project implemented by BSWM (2017). 126 2 126 126 126 150 5 150 6 126 Banlawan Cove Project Leader : BERNARDO B. PASCUA 5 126 150 5 5 GIS and Cartography : IRVIN K. SAMALCA 2 126 150 126 6 5 5 150 126 126 126 Funding Agency : Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR) 6 5 126 5 5 150 Collaborating Agencies : Philippine Council on Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) 6 126 5 : Department of Agriculture and Fisheries - ARMM, Department of 6 5 126 6 Tambler Agriculture Regional Field Office of Region IX, X, XI, XII and XIII (Caraga) 126 5 5 126 126 5 : Local Government Unit (LGU) of covered provinces and municipalities 126 6 126 4 4 126 126 6 126 6 6 6 5 5 150 5 6 5 126 Map produced by the Geomatics and Soil Information Technology Division, Bureau of Soils and 4 126 5 4 4 4 126 126 5 Water Management (BSWM). 126 5 6 126 6 Users noting errors or omissions in this publication are requested to inform the Bureau of Soils 4 126 6 150 6 6 and Water Management. 4 126 6 6 150 2 4 6 116 150 This publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 2 4 4 4 2 2 6 International License. Unless otherwise noted, copyright and any other 4 2 4 4 4 126 4 6 2 6 6 5 6 5 6 6 4 intellectual property rights, in this publication is owned by the 6 2 6 126 2 4 6 Philippine Government. This publication should be attributed as : 2 2 4 4 6 6 6 126 5 BSWM, 2019. Land Suitability Map Series for Abaca of GENERAL SANTOS CITY 2 6 6 2 6 (50,000 Scale) . CC BY NC SA 4.0. 2 126 134 2 6 4 5 126 2 2 4 6 126 4 2 6 5 6 5 R E P U B L I C O F T H E P H I L I P P I N E S 2 126 4 2 4 126 2 5 4 4 2 2 6 2 2 5 126 D E PA R T M E N T O F AG R I C U LT U R E 4 4 2 126 4 6 2 5 S A R A N G A N I 6 2 4 4 2 5 4 5 5 5 BUREAU OF SOILS AND WATER MANAGEMENT 126 4 4 5 6 5 126 2 6 4 6 SRDC Bldg., Elliptical Road Cor. Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City 1101 4 6 4 126 4 6 6 6 2 134 Tel/Fax No. : (+632) 332-9534 E-mail : [email protected] 4 4 6 4 6 2 6°0' 2 4 4 4 6 126 6 46 126 134 134 2 5 6°0' 125°0' 125°5' 125°10' 125°15' GENERAL SANTOS CITY Sheet 4 of 6 Sheet No. 4013-III 4013-II GENERAL SANTOS CITY Alabel

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6°15' 24 5 6°15' 4 116 4

126 5 2 4 Batomelong 116 2 130 4 2 2 2 4 2 116 130 LAND SUITABILITY MAP 116 130 5 ABACA 4 126 1265 LAND RESOURCES EVALUATION AND SUITABILITY 130 2 126

116 2 ASSESSMENT OF STRATEGIC PRODUCTION AREAS 5 116 2 : Datal Anggas SCALE 1 : 50 000 0 0.5 1 2 3 4 5 Kilometers 0 0.5 1 2 3 Miles Universal Transverse Mercator Zone 51 N. PRS 1992 Datum DISCLAIMER : All political boundaries are not authoritative.

LEGEND

SUITABILITY CLASSES S1 Highly Suitable - Land having no significant limitations to sustained application of a given use, or only minor limitations that will not signifi- 6°10' 6°10' cantly reduce productivity or benefits and will not raise inputs above an acceptable level.

S2 Moderately Suitable - Land having limitations which in aggregate are moderately severe for sustained application of a given use; the limitations will reduce productivity or benefits and increase required inputs to the extent that the overall advantage to be gained from the use, although still attractive, will be appreciably inferior to that expected on class S1 land.

S3 Marginally Suitable - Land having limitations which in aggregate are severe for sustained application of a given use and will so reduce produc- tivity or benefits, or increase required inputs, that this expenditure will be only marginally justified. Alegria Not Suitable/ Not Relevant

OTHER SIGNS

NGP Areas 1 Land limitation Paraiso Pag-Asa Cacao 116 Land use S A R A N G A N I CONVENTIONAL SIGNS

ROADS BOUNDARY HYDROLOGY

Expressway Region Sea / Shoreline Trunk line Province Lakes / Rivers

Bagacay Primary District PLACES Secondary Municipality \ ^ Capital City / City

! Tertiary Barangay P ! Capital Town / Town

ALABEL LAND USE P Poblacion Kihan Built-up Fishpond Mangrove (Alabel)

ADJOINING SHEETS INDEX MAP Spring 4013-II Ladol Malalag Cove Upper Suyan 6°5' 6°5' 4013-IV 4013-I

4013-III 4013-II

Lago Cove 4012-IV

Kawas

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION Daan Suyan SOURCES OF INFORMATION : Topographic information taken from NAMRIA Topographic Map at 1:50,000 scale. Land resources information from the Agricultural Land Management and Evaluation Division (ALMED), Soils Survey Division (SSD) and Laboratory Services Division (LSD) of BSWM. Rice areas obtained from the Land Use System (FAO, 2015) and Philippine Rice Information System (PRISM) (IRRI, 2015). Data analysis and compilation through the Land Resources Evaluation and Suitability Assessment of Strategic Production Areas for Major Commodities Project implemented by BSWM (2017). Project Leader : BERNARDO B. PASCUA GIS and Cartography : IRVIN K. SAMALCA Funding Agency : Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR) Lun Padidu Patag Collaborating Agencies : Philippine Council on Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) : Department of Agriculture and Fisheries - ARMM, Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office of Region IX, X, XI, XII and XIII (Caraga) : Local Government Unit (LGU) of covered provinces and municipalities Map produced by the Geomatics and Soil Information Technology Division, Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM). Users noting errors or omissions in this publication are requested to inform the Bureau of Soils and Water Management. Lun Masla This publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Unless otherwise noted, copyright and any other intellectual property rights, in this publication is owned by the Philippine Government. This publication should be attributed as : BSWM, 2019. Land Suitability Map Series for Abaca of GENERAL SANTOS CITY S A R A N G A N I (50,000 Scale) . CC BY NC SA 4.0. B A Y R E P U B L I C O F T H E P H I L I P P I N E S D E PA R T M E N T O F AG R I C U LT U R E BUREAU OF SOILS AND WATER MANAGEMENT SRDC Bldg., Elliptical Road Cor. Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City 1101 Tel/Fax No. : (+632) 332-9534 E-mail : [email protected] 6°0' 6°0' 125°15' 125°20' 125°25' 125°30' GENERAL SANTOS CITY Sheet 5 of 6 Sheet No. 4013-II 4012-IV GENERAL SANTOS CITY Tango Maasim

125°0' 125°5' 125°10' 125°15'

6°0' 6 2 6 4 6 2 6 2 6 4 6 2 2 134 2 6°0' 4 4 4 4 126 5 4 4 2 4 6 4 2 126 116 5 4 4 4 2 126 134 6 2 6 126 116 4 5 4 2 2 126 126 4 4 4 4 4 126 4 4 4 4 5 5 116 4 4 6 126 5 2 5 5 2 4 4 6 150 6 6 126 134 5 126 4 6 126 5 S A R A N G A N I S O U T H 126 6 6 5 2 150 116 2 C O T A B A T O 5 2 5 126 6 5 2 126 5 150 150 126 6 5 LAND SUITABILITY MAP 2 126 134 134 5 134 2 2 5 126 126 134 6 Siguel ABACA 134 2 5 134 6 5 5 2 126 5 150 2 6 5 5 2 6 126 126 2 134 134 5 5 126 2 126 LAND RESOURCES EVALUATION AND SUITABILITY 2 126 5 2 5 5 5 2 5 134 116 ASSESSMENT OF STRATEGIC PRODUCTION AREAS 5 126 2 126 126 2 5 126 126 134 150 : Kamanga SCALE 1 : 50 000

0 0.5 1 2 3 4 5 Kilometers 0 0.5 1 2 3 Miles Universal Transverse Mercator Zone 51 N. PRS 1992 Datum DISCLAIMER : All political boundaries are not authoritative.

Tinoto Linao Cove S A R A N G A N I B A Y LEGEND

SUITABILITY CLASSES S1 Highly Suitable - Land having no significant limitations to sustained application of a given use, or only minor limitations that will not signifi- 5°55' 5°55' cantly reduce productivity or benefits and will not raise inputs above an acceptable level.

S2 Moderately Suitable - Land having limitations which in aggregate are moderately severe for sustained application of a given use; the limitations will reduce productivity or benefits and increase required inputs to the extent that the overall advantage to be gained from the use, although still attractive, will be appreciably inferior to that expected on class S1 land.

S3 Marginally Suitable - Land having limitations which in aggregate are severe for sustained application of a given use and will so reduce produc- Lago Cove tivity or benefits, or increase required inputs, that this expenditure will be Colon only marginally justified.

T I N O T O B A Y Not Suitable/ Not Relevant

OTHER SIGNS

NGP Areas 1 Land limitation Land use Lago Cacao 116

Seven Hills

CONVENTIONAL SIGNS

ROADS BOUNDARY HYDROLOGY

Expressway Region Sea / Shoreline Tango Trunk line Province Lakes / Rivers

Primary District PLACES Secondary Municipality \ ^ Capital City / City

Malbang ! Tertiary Barangay P ! Capital Town / Town

LAND USE Built-up Fishpond Mangrove

Glan Padidu ADJOINING SHEETS INDEX MAP

Ganalasan Cove 4012-IV

5°50' 5°50' Ganalasan Cove COVE 3913-II 4013-III 4013-II

Tapon !GLAN Poblacion 4012-IV

Taluya Ilaya Calabanit

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

SOURCES OF INFORMATION : Topographic information taken from NAMRIA Topographic Map S A R A N G A N I at 1:50,000 scale. Land resources information from the Agricultural Land Management and Evaluation Division (ALMED), Soils Survey Division (SSD) and Laboratory Services Division (LSD) of BSWM. Rice areas obtained from the Land Use System (FAO, 2015) and Philippine Rice Information System (PRISM) (IRRI, 2015). Data analysis and compilation through the Land Resources Evaluation and Suitability Assessment of Strategic Production Areas for Major Commodities Project implemented by BSWM (2017). Project Leader : BERNARDO B. PASCUA GIS and Cartography : IRVIN K. SAMALCA

Gumasa Cove Funding Agency : Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR) Gumasa Collaborating Agencies : Philippine Council on Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) : Department of Agriculture and Fisheries - ARMM, Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office of Region IX, X, XI, XII and XIII (Caraga) : Local Government Unit (LGU) of covered provinces and municipalities Map produced by the Geomatics and Soil Information Technology Division, Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM). Users noting errors or omissions in this publication are requested to inform the Bureau of Soils and Water Management. Cablalan This publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Unless otherwise noted, copyright and any other C E L E B E S S E A intellectual property rights, in this publication is owned by the Philippine Government. This publication should be attributed as : BSWM, 2019. Land Suitability Map Series for Abaca of GENERAL SANTOS CITY (50,000 Scale) . CC BY NC SA 4.0.

R E P U B L I C O F T H E P H I L I P P I N E S D E PA R T M E N T O F AG R I C U LT U R E BUREAU OF SOILS AND WATER MANAGEMENT SRDC Bldg., Elliptical Road Cor. Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City 1101 Tel/Fax No. : (+632) 332-9534 E-mail : [email protected] 5°45' 5°45' 125°0' 125°5' 125°10' 125°15' GENERAL SANTOS CITY Sheet 6 of 6 Sheet No. 4012-IV