Land Use Data for Latitude 33.75 Longitude -84.25

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

Locations

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Urban land
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Groundnuts in Shell
Oil-bearing crops
Seed Cotton

Growing Period (days)

300 to 329

Soil Types

Acrisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Atlanta Cement Plant (Processing Plant)Stone
Barber's Quarry (Surface)Granite
Bellwood Quarry (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Big Ledge Quarry (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Dredge No. 1 (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Forest Park Quarry (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Galite #1 (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Jack Bell Prospect (Underground)Mica
Lawson Sand & Gravel (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Lithonia Quarry (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Norcross Quarry (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Norcross Shops (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
North Georgia Quarry (Surface)Granite
Pine Mountain Quarry (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Pine Mountain Quarry (Surface)Granite
Reagin Quarry (Surface)Granite
Red Oak Quarry (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Rock Chapel Quarry (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Stamps Mine (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Stockbridge Quarry (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Stone Mountain Quarry (Surface)Granite
Vaughn DepositMica

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.