Land Use Data for Latitude 34.75 Longitude -78.75

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

Locations

Middle Atlantic coastal forests ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

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

Growing Period (days)

300 to 329
330 to 359

Soil Types

Acrisols
Plinthosols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

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
Barnes Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Bass Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Butters Sand Pit Number 2 (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Evans Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Laden County Pits (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Lilesville Quarry (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Plyler Mine (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sampson Mine (Surface)Clay
Vander Pit (Processing Plant)Sand and Gravel, Construction

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.