The Assesment of Physical Variables of the Soil Quality Index in the Coal Mine Spoil

This paper aimed to evaluate the physical properties of the soils on the slope of the spoil heap of the coal mine in Bogdanka based on literature and the authors’ opinion. The field soil tests were carried out in the agricultural season of 2018 in the coal mine waste dump. The main purpose was to develop and apply the soil physical quality index. For the calculation of the SPQI used nine soil physical properties: texture, bulk density, MWD, AWC, K, POR, PAW, S, StI. The paper used a system for assessing the physical parameters of soil within the range from 0 to 4. On the basis of the research, it was found that the best parameters of soil quality occurred in the surface horizons and increased with depth. The SPQI value calculated for the 0–60 cm Technosol layer was 0.51, which indicates good soil parameters.