Land Use Data for Latitude 38.25 Longitude -96.75

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

Locations

Flint Hills tall grasslands ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Oil-bearing crops
Sorghum
Soybeans
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

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

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

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

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Campbell Quarry (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Chase County Quarry (Processing Plant)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Marion Quarry #81g (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sunflower Quarry & Mill (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken

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.