Land Use Data for Latitude 40.25 Longitude -78.75

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

Locations

Allegheny Portage Railroad Nat'l Hist. Site
Johnstown Flood National Memorial

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Oats

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239

Soil Types

Acrisols
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

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
 Ball Clay
 Clay
Bethlehem Steel--Johnstown, Pa. (Processing Plant)Iron, Manganese
Central City Quarry & Mill (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
Laurel Run Clay ProspectFire Clay (Refractory)
Nicosia Stone Quarry (Surface)Stone, Crushed/Broken
South Fork Clay ProspectBall Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory)

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.