Land Use Data for Latitude 34.75 Longitude -86.75

Locations

Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

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

Growing Period (days)

270 to 299
300 to 329

Soil Types

Acrisols
Luvisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

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
Baker Terminal (Surface)	Sand and Gravel, Construction
Base Plant (Processing Plant)	Sand and Gravel, Construction
Dixie Dredge No.8 (Offshore)	Sand and Gravel, Construction
General Shale Products Co. Pit (Surface)	Clay
Gilbert Mine (Surface)	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Huntsville North Quarry (Surface)	Stone, Crushed/Broken
Plant 4 Pit (Surface)	Stone, Crushed/Broken
Teledyne Wah Chang/Huntsville, Ala. (Processing Plant)	Molybdenum
Vulcan Materials Co. Quarry (Surface)	Stone, Crushed/Broken
Wheeler Lake Mine (Surface)	Clay