Land Use Data for Latitude 29.75 Longitude -92.75

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

Locations

Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
MIXED
Oil-bearing crops
Rice Paddy
Soybeans

Growing Period (days)

above 360

Soil Types

Acrisols
Planosols
Unknown

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
 Geothermal
Rockerfeller Refuge Geothermal ProsSand 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.