Land Use Data for Latitude 43.75 Longitude -116.75

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

Locations

Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Sugar Beets
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89

Soil Types

Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter)
Luvisols
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
2 to 10
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5
5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
(Surface)Pumice
A and A Redimix Gravel Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Baker Sand and Gravel (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Blue Creek Clay DepositClay
Bowman Sand and Gravel Co. (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Bryon C Rambo Crushing, Co Inc (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Caldwell Pit & Plant (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Cinder Deposit (Surface-Underground)Volcanic Materials
Cinder Pit (Surface-Underground)Volcanic Materials
City Transfer Pit and Plant (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Clay DepositClay
Clay Industrial (Surface)Clay
Emmett Plant (Surface)Silica
Geothermal LocationGeothermal
Gravel Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Hennis Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Henry Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Ida State Mine 103 (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Idaho Concrete Co (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Mac D Mining CorpMercury
Marsing Clay (Surface)Clay
Mcdowell Mercury ClaimsMercury, Semiprecious Gemstone
Mp 260.7 King Avenue (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Nampa Pit and Plant (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Nelson-Deppe Gravel Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Nelson-Deppe,Inc Gravel Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Nyssa Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Pickles Butte Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Pumice Deposit (Surface)Pumice
Pumicite DepositPumice
Raymond Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Richard Hill (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Rock Tepe Mine (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sebree Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Valley Pit (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.