Land Use Data for Latitude 34.75 Longitude -85.25

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

Locations

Chickamauga & Chattanooga Nat'l Military Park
Crockford-Pigeon Mountain State Wildlife Management Area

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

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

Growing Period (days)

270 to 299
300 to 329

Soil Types

Acrisols
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Unknown

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
 Aluminum
Alton Park TractStone, Crushed/Broken
Catoosa Mining Co ProspectsManganese
Chatanooga Mine (Surface)Clay
Frank Gillum ProspectBarium-Barite
General Shale Georgia Pit (Surface)Clay
Glenn ProspectIron
Justice Deposit (Surface)Aluminum, Iron
Northwest Georgia BauxiteKaolin
Patton Quarry (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Rossville Quarry (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Tiftonia Plant & Quarry Pit #395 (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Tiftonia Plant Pit No. 395Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General
Warthen ProspectIron
Wilmer Frye Prospect (Surface)Iron, Manganese

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.