Land Use Data for Latitude 37.25 Longitude -86.25

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

Locations

Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park)

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Oil-bearing crops
Soybeans

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269
270 to 299

Soil Types

Acrisols
Luvisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

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

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
Bowling Green Quarry (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Dismal Creek Eastwall Clay Pit (Surface)Clay, Coal
Dismal Creek West Clay Pit (Surface)Coal, Clay
Gary Brothers Quarry (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Gully Clay (Surface)Clay
Irving Quarry (Surface)Limestone, General
Johnson Mine Clay Pit (Surface)Clay
Park City Quarry (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Ragland Mine & Mill (Underground)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Vincent Prospect Pit (Surface)Fire Clay (Refractory)

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.