Land Use Data for Latitude 37.25 Longitude -77.25

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

Locations

Petersburg National Battlefield
Richmond National Battlefield Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Urban land

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Oil-bearing crops
Soybeans

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269

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)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Curles Neck Pit No. 9 (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Fort Harrison Pit #3 (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Hitch Gravel Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
J.R. Parker Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Nice Properties Co. Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Providence Ford (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Puddledock Production Mine (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Tidewater Crushed Stone (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Turkey Island Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Whitehill Mine (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Wilton Property (Surface)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.