Due to increased industrialization, the problem of environmental pollution has increased for several decades. Among numerous soil pollutants, heavy metals are especially dangerous due to their toxicity and persistence in the environment and public health concerns. The accuracy of heavy metal spatial distribution maps is critical for risk assessment and planning. Chemical approaches for evaluating soil pollution are difficult, expensive and destructive, Recently, magnetometer methods which are quick, inexpensive and non-destructive have been proposed as a proxy for assessing the heavy metal pollution of soil. The objective of this study was to determine the vertical and horizontal variability of selected heavy metals and magnetic susceptibility in Zob-Ahan industrial district, Isfahan. For this purpose, 202 profiles were dug and described in the green landscapes of Zob-Ahan industrial site a using gird sampling method. oil samples were taken from depths of 0–30, 60–90, and 120–150 cm. After preparation, the magnetic susceptibility (?lf and ?hf) and concentration of total lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co) and chromium (Cr) were measured in the soil samples. Frequency dependent magnetic susceptibility (?fd) was also calculated by the ratio of magnetic susceptibility in low and high frequencies. Selected soil chemical and physical properties including calcium carbonate equivalent, organic matter, gypsum, pH, electrical conductivity, sand, silt, clay, and cation exchange capacity were also determined to recognize the relationships between magnetic susceptibility and soil properties. The contamination factors and theirs maps were used to define pollution and distribution of heavy metal in the study area . According to the results of the contamination factors, the studied area in regards of contamination by heavy metals was ranked as following : Pb Zn Mn Fe Cu Ni ? Co Cr. Results of this study showed that soil surface has been enriched by ferrimagnetic particles. The presence of ferrimagnetic particles of anthropogenic origin was also confirmed in the clay fraction of polluted surface soils by scanning electron microscope and EDS analysis. . Results showed that the concentration of Mn, Fe, Zn and Pb in the soil surface (0-30 cm) has been affected by anthropogenic sources such as industrial activities, while concentration of Cu, Ni, Cr and Co are mainly controlled by parent material. The concentrations of Mn, Fe, Zn and Pb in the depth of 0-30 cm were positively correlated with magnetic properties (? lf and ? lf ) which could be attributed to an input from industrial activities, while Co concentration showed negative significant correlation with magnetic properties. Moreover, the Tomlinson pollution load index showed a significant correlation with the magnetic properties (? lf and ? lf ). Magnetic properties were shown to be highly effective for investigating industrial pollutants. The results also suggested that magnetic methods could be used to estimate the heavy metal contamination from anthropogenic sources in industrial soils. Keywords: Heavy metals, Magnetic properties, Soil pollution, Contamination factors, industrial activities, Steel mill