Land Use Data for Latitude 35.25 Longitude -85.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Tennessee River Gorge |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Ecosystems
Temperate humidLivestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsMaize
Oil-bearing crops
Seed Cotton
Soybeans
Growing Period (days)
270 to 299300 to 329
Soil Types
AcrisolsCambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
5 to 10Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Bennetts Lake Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General |
| Bennetts Lake Quarry (Surface) | Stone, Crushed/Broken |
| Cowan Quarry Cement | Limestone, General |
| Cowan Quarry Cement (Surface) | Stone, Crushed/Broken |
| Cumberland Mountain Sand Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction |
| Deep Well-Spalerite Occurrence | Zinc |
| Deep Well-Sphalerite Occurrence | Zinc |
| Grundy Limestone Company Pit No. 84 | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General |
| Hillsboro Mine (Surface) | Sand and Gravel, Construction |
| Hillsboro Quarry | Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken |
| Hillsboro Quarry (Surface) | Stone, Crushed/Broken |
| Jasper Job (Surface) | Stone, Crushed/Broken |
| King Prospect | Clay |
| King Prospect | Manganese |
| Marion Quarry (Surface) | Stone, Crushed/Broken |
| No 1 Mine (Surface) | Sand and Gravel, Construction |
| Old State Quarry Pit #8 (Surface) | Stone, Crushed/Broken |
| Sewanee Silica Company Pit | Silica |
| Signal Mountain Plant #521 | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General |
| South Pittsburg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General |
| Tennessee Metallurgical Corp (Processing Plant) | Iron, Silica |
| Winton Quarry Pit #374 | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General |
| Winton Quarry Pit #374 (Surface) | Stone, Crushed/Broken |
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.
