Land Use Data for Latitude 39.75 Longitude -77.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Catoctin Mountain Park Gettysburg National Military Park |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Temperate humidLivestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsMaize
Soybeans
Growing Period (days)
180 to 209210 to 239
Soil Types
AcrisolsCambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Luvisols
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
5 to 10Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Copper | |
| Alwine Brick Co. Clay Mine (Surface) | Clay |
| Bethleham Mines Corporation (Surface) | Stone, Crushed/Broken |
| Bethlehem Limestone Quarry (Surface) | Dolomite, Limestone, General |
| Bigham Prospect | Copper |
| Bingham Prospect | Copper |
| Camp Ritchie (Underground) | Copper |
| Cashtown Hematite Occurence | Iron |
| Center Mills Prospect (Surface-Underground) | Iron |
| Charmian Plant & Quarry (Surface) | Stone, Crushed/Broken |
| Cole's Ore Bank Prospect | Iron |
| Cox Mines (Surface-Underground) | Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead |
| Culp Hill Prospect | Copper |
| Eagle Prospect | Copper |
| Eiler Prospect (Surface) | Copper, Gold, Silver |
| Gettsburg Quarry & Mill (Surface) | Stone, Crushed/Broken |
| Gettysburg Limestone Co. Quarry (Surface) | Limestone, General |
| Headlight Prospect | Copper |
| Herbert Mummurt Farm Deposit | Iron |
| Kerr Hill Prospect (Surface-Underground) | Iron |
| Legore Quarry (Surface) | Calcium |
| Medford Quarry (Surface) | Stone, Crushed/Broken |
| Mells Mine (Underground) | Iron |
| Mountain View Mine (Surface-Underground) | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc |
| Orrtanna Prospect (Underground) | Iron |
| Reed Hill Prospect | Copper |
| Robert D. Repp Prospect | Copper |
| Rocky Ridge Pit (Surface) | Clay |
| Roop Mine (Surface-Underground) | Copper, Zinc |
| Russell Prospect | Copper |
| S.W.Barrick & Sons, Inc (Surface) | Calcium |
| Snively Prospect | Copper |
| South Mountain Prospect | Copper |
| Teeter Limestone Quarry (Surface) | Limestone, General |
| Union Bridge Quarry & Cement Plant (Surface) | Stone |
| Virgin Copper Mine (Underground) | Copper |
| Virginia Mills Hematite Occurence | Iron |
| Woodsboro | Bloating Material |
| Woodsboro Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken |
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.
