Land Use Data for Latitude 37.25 Longitude -80.75

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

Locations

Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Oil-bearing crops
Soybeans

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269

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
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

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

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Beamer Prospect (Surface)Manganese
C S Covey Tract OccurrenceZinc
Calvin Eugene Moore OccurrenceManganese
Chestnut Flat MineIron
Cloyd ProspectZinc, Lead
Collins ProspectManganese
Eaton Property (Surface)Manganese
Eaton ProspectManganese
Flat Top Prospect (Surface)Iron, Manganese
Gap Mountain ProspectManganese
Graham Property OccuranceManganese
Hager Iron Property ProspectIron
Hare Prospect (Surface)Manganese
Herron ProspectManganese
Hoge-Laing Prospect (Surface)Manganese
Interior MineIron
Kimballton Mine & Mill (Underground)Calcium
Kimberling & No Business Crks ProspZinc, Lead
Kimberling and Nobusiness Creeks ProspectsZinc, Lead
Linkous and Shumate Prospect (Surface)Manganese
M.L. Harrison Tract (Surface-Underground)Cobalt, Manganese
No Business Creek Prospect (Surface)Manganese, Iron
Number 2 Quarry (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Pembroke ProspectManganese
Porterfield MineIron
R P Thompson ProspectManganese
Radford Quarry (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Radford Quarry Number 2 (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Rich Creek MineManganese
Simpkins ProspectIron
Simpkins Prospect (Surface)Manganese
Snidow Prospect (Surface)Manganese
Tickel ProspectManganese
Virginia Lime Co. Magnetite Plant (Processing Plant)Iron

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.