Land Use Data for Latitude 47.25 Longitude -101.25

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

Locations

Knife River Indian Villages National Hist. Site

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Oil-bearing crops
Soybeans
Sunflower Seed
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

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
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Fisher Sand & Gravel Was (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Fishers Keen Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Missouri River Sand &Gravel Co Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Whites Underwood 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.