Land Use Data for Latitude 39.25 Longitude -121.75

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

Locations

Gray Lodge State Wildlife Area

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Temperate drylands
Mediterranean humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Rice Paddy

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119
120 to 149
150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Luvisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
 Chromium
(Surface)Gold
Baldwin Sand Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Butte County Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, Construction
Butte Ranch Borrow Site (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Butte Rock North Pit (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Cooper Pit and Mill (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Garcia Pit and Mill (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Gold Hill Dredging CompanyGold
Gridley Pit and MillSand and Gravel, Construction
Hallwood Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
John Nugent Placer (Placer)Gold
Kaiser, Henry J. Co. Betchel-Kaiser Rock CoSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken
Lucky Boy Occurrences 2Chromium
Marysville Rock Products Co (Processing Plant)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Mathews RoySand and Gravel, Construction
Mcfarland Pit and Mill (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Meyer Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Morehead Pit & Mill (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Myers Quarry (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Natomas 100 Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
North Fork American River (Placer)Gold
Number Two (Underground)Gold
Olson # 1 & 2 (Placer)Gold
OrovilleGold, Silver
Oroville Gold Dredging Company (Surface)Gold
Oroville Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Oroville South Pits (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Oroville Wildlife Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Pacific Coast Aggregates Inc (Processing Plant)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Pennington Quarry (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Pennsylvania (Placer)Gold
Quarry (Surface)Stone
R-5 Gold Field Pit and Mill (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Robinson Construction Co (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
San Juan Mine (Placer)Gold
Secret Town (Underground)Gold
Simpson Lane Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Speckert PitSand and Gravel, Construction
Spreckert Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sunset & RiversideGold
Sutter Buttes Quarry (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Vance Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Woods Pit & Mill (Surface)Stone
Yuba Biggs Dredge No. 1Gold
Yuba Dredge No 1 (Surface)Gold
Yuba Dredge No 2 (Surface)Gold
Yuba Dredge No 3 (Surface)Gold
Yuba Dredge No. 2Gold
Yuba Dredge No. 3Gold
Yuba River Sand Co (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.