Land Use Data for Latitude 32.25 Longitude -90.75

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

Locations

Vicksburg National Military Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Mediterranean humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Oil-bearing crops
Seed Cotton
Soybeans

Growing Period (days)

300 to 329

Soil Types

Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Luvisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Dromgoole Mine (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Highway 27 Gravel Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Lewis Miller Const. Co. Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Loess Belt Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, Construction
Old 80 Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Southern Belt-Sand and GravelSand 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.