Land Use Data for Latitude 37.25 Longitude -78.75

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

Locations

Appomattox Court House National Historical Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269

Soil Types

Acrisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

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
(Underground)Manganese
 Iron
 Feldspar
Aaron Moore Prospect (Surface)Manganese
Appomattox Quarry (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Appomattox River ProspectGold, Sulfur-Pyrite
Baker Mountain MineKyanite, Sand and Gravel, Construction
Baker Mountain Mine (Surface)Kyanite
Button ProspectManganese
Carwile DepositKyanite
Chestnut Mt. Prospect No. 1 (Underground)Manganese
Covington Prospect (Surface)Mica
Crews No. 1 ProspectMica
Crews No. 2 ProspectMica
Crews ProspectFeldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium)
Cromer Prospect (Surface)Feldspar, Mica
Cromer Prospect (Surface)Mica
Davis Prospect (Surface)Feldspar, Mica
Evans ProspectMica
Falling Creek DepositKyanite
Furnace ProspectIron
Gilliam ProspectCopper
John Hall Prospect (Surface-Underground)Mica
Madisonville DepositKyanite
Matthews TunnelIron
Mays Prospect (Underground)Manganese
Moore Manganese ProspectManganese
Mutall ProspectManganese
Nutall ProspectManganese
Oscar Weaver and Ella Meadows Pro (Surface-Underground)Manganese
Rebecca Crews ProspectIron
S F Riley ProspectFeldspar, Mica
Spring Creek OccurrenceTantalum, Niobium (Columbium)
Stapleton Area (Surface)Manganese, Iron
Stonewall Creek Valley No. 1 (Surface)Manganese
Stonewall Creek Valley No. 2 (Surface)Manganese
Wheeler Prospect (Surface)Feldspar, Mica
Wilson Mine (Underground)Copper
Wilson ProspectCopper
Woods Mountain Kyn OccurrenceKyanite
Woods Mtn DepositKyanite

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.