The goal of this study is to present a method to quantify and map SNC that directly uses information available in soil survey databases, with results that may be applied to extensive geographic areas. Furthermore the goal is to develop a method that yields an index as a measure of the capability of a soil to provide a service for a specific land use. There is a need to value soil natural capital in monetary terms (McBratney et al., 2014) to be effectively included in environmental accounting. However, this isn't the only way the importance of soils can be recognised. We propose an index for four reasons. First, it is important to clarify the relationships between SNC and the dependent soil services under a use. Second, the index provides a quantity that may be used as an objective measure of SNC capability from which monetary values might be derived if needed from a specific use. Third, monetary values can become an impediment in some forums. Non-monetary values, however, are useful for policy and planning professionals in framing regulatory instruments (Samarasinghe et al., 2013). Fourth, monetary valuation can be technically challenging, including issues of non-commensurability, price volatility, double counting, assumptions made by use of proxies, and the effect of choice of valuation methods, time scale and discount rates.