Land Use Data for Latitude 38.25 Longitude -78.25

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

Locations

Lower Rappahannock River
Shenandoah National Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
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)

210 to 239
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
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
 Vermiculite
 Iron
 Barium-Barite
Albemarle Trophy Mine No 1 (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Alger ProspectSulfur-Pyrite
Aston Quarry (Surface)Granite
Bray Estate OccuranceCopper
Culpeper Branch ProspectBarium-Barite
Culpeper Mine (Surface)Granite
Piedmont Pyrites and Mineral Corp. ProspectSulfur-Pyrite
Pyrite MineSulfur
QuarryLimestone, Dimension
QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken
Rapidan River QuarryLimestone, Dimension
Richard E Sansom Mine (Surface)Vermiculite
Rose River QuarryLimestone, Dimension
Shadwell Mine (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
T R Lillard Farm OccurrenceIron, Mica, Zirconium
Taylors ProspectCopper, Sulfur-Pyrite
Virginia Granite Company Quarry (Surface)Granite
Walker Prospect (Surface-Underground)Barium-Barite
Webster Brick Company Clay Pit (Surface)Clay

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.