Land Use Data for Latitude 35.75 Longitude -101.75

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

Locations

Lake Meredith National Recreation Area

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands
Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Oil-bearing crops
Seed Cotton
Sorghum
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

30 to 59
60 to 89

Soil Types

Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
2 to 10

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Kritser Pit & Plant (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Mckee Sulfur Plant (Processing Plant)Sulfur
Potash Company of America (Processing Plant)Potassium
U S Bureau of Mines Operation (Processing Plant)Helium

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.