Land Use Data for Latitude 39.75 Longitude -74.75

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

Locations

New Jersey Pinelands Biosphere Reserve

Agricultural Land Uses

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

240 to 269

Soil Types

Acrisols
Luvisols
Podzols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Buzby Bros. Materials Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Cedar Lake Division Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Collings Lake Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Hammonton Pit & Plant (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Hayville Division (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Hollander Dredge (Offshore)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Husky Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Jackson Road Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
M & R Refractory Metals/ Winslow Nj (Processing Plant)Molybdenum
New Freedom Plant Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Piersons Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Seeger Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sicklerville Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Tri-Borough Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Vincentown Dredge (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Williamstown Junction Plant Dredge (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.