Land Use Data for Latitude 48.25 Longitude -122.75

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
Puget lowland forests ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
(Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
A. J. I. Corporation (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Allan IslandStone
AlversonNickel, Arsenic
Alverson DepositStrontium, Nickel
AnacopperCopper, Gold, Silver
Anacortes Copper ProspectCopper
Burrows IslandStone
Chimacum ValleyIron
Christensen Gravel Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Coal Lake Pit and MillStone, Dimension
Concrete Nor West, Inc. (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Evans Creek Pit No 1Stone, Dimension
Evans Creek Pit No 2Stone, Dimension
Everett Bros. (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Fidalgo IslandCopper, Silver, Gold
Fidalgo IslandCopper, Gold
Forest Sales Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Greenbank Sand & Gravel (Surface)REE
Henni Pit and Mill (Surface)REE
Irondale (Surface)Diatomite
Island Frontier Landscape Const.Co. (Surface-Underground)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Island MineCopper, Magnesite, Iron
John A. Stevens (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Knudson, Harold, Jr. (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Krieg Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
La ConnerNickel, Mercury
La ConnerNickel
Matrix PropertyCopper, Gold
Mountain HomeManganese
Mountain Home ClaimManganese, Copper
Northwest Talc & Magnesium Co (Surface-Underground)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Osberg Const. Co. (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Prairie Gravel Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sand and Gravel Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Skagit County Rd. Dept. (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
StephensCopper, Gold, Silver
Swinomish Bay (Surface)Magnesite, Nickel
Whidbey Island Pit and Mill (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction

Agricultural use data provided by LADA, 2008. "Mapping Land Use Systems at global and regional scales for Land Degradation Assessment Analysis. Version 1.0" Nachtergaele F. & Petri M.
Mineral extraction data provided by USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), downloaded June 2, 2010.