Land Use Data for Latitude 29.75 Longitude -90.25

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

Locations

Jean Lafitte National Hist. Park & Preserve

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Urban land

Ecosystems

Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Sugar crops and sweeteners

Growing Period (days)

above 360

Soil Types

Acrisols
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

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
 Geothermal
New Orleans Plant (Processing Plant)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Taft Phos-Acid Plant (Processing Plant)Phosphorus-Phosphates
Taft Phosphoric Acid Plant (Processing Plant)Phosphorus-Phosphates

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.