Land Use Data for Latitude 36.75 Longitude -84.75

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

Locations

Big South Fork National River and Recreation 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
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Oil-bearing crops
Soybeans

Growing Period (days)

270 to 299

Soil Types

Acrisols
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
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
Coffey Mountain Shale (Surface)Clay
Frogge & Williams Limestone Co. QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General
Highway 1363 Roadcut (Surface)Clay
Monticello Quarry (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Tateville Mine (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Whitley Clay Bed (Surface)Clay
Wright Quarry (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Yamacraw Sandstone Roadcut (Surface)Silica

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.