Name: Corn/Soybeans - Wet: Contig. to Aquatic Corridor (Restoration Value)
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Description: Corn/Soybean cropland on wet soils within the Mississippi River Basin, scored for relative restoration value, contiguous to an aquatic corridor, minimum size - 1 acre. Minimum field size of 5 acres used as input. In this case a "wet soil" is a Gridded SSURGO mapunit where "pwsl1pomu" (Potential Wetland Landscape) is at least 60 or at least 50 and "drclassdcd" (Drainage Class - Dominant Condition) is poorly or very poorly drained. These mapunits represent those with the highest wetland potential based on these conservative criteria. Drainage class criteria was included to account for mapunit inconsistencies across county/state lines. CDL 2013/Gridded SSURGO 2014. Wetland restoration values were calculated by adding together values according to whether a site overlapped the following areas: high tile drainage; NWI wetland feature; low-lying area; organic soil; marginal soil; low slope. Areas within high tile drainage areas, within NWI features, within a low-lying area, with organic soils, or in very flat areas (slope < 1%) were weighted higher. Corridors generated by The Conservation Fund as part of the Midwest Wind Energy Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP) and NiSource MSHCP processes. Maximum score = 20.
Copyright Text: USDA-NASS Cropland Data Layer, 2013
NRCS Gridded SSURGO, 2014
The Conservation Fund, 2015. Point of Contact: Michael Schwartz | Email: MichaelSchwartz@conservationfund.org | Phone: 304-876-2815
Name: Corn/Soybeans - Wet: Contig. to Wetland Corridor (Restoration Value)
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Type: Raster Layer
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Description: Corn/Soybean cropland on wet soils within the Mississippi River Basin, scored for relative restoration value, contiguous to a wetland corridor, minimum size - 1 acre. Minimum field size of 5 acres used as input. In this case a "wet soil" is a Gridded SSURGO mapunit where "pwsl1pomu" (Potential Wetland Landscape) is at least 60 or at least 50 and "drclassdcd" (Drainage Class - Dominant Condition) is poorly or very poorly drained. These mapunits represent those with the highest wetland potential based on these conservative criteria. Drainage class criteria was included to account for mapunit inconsistencies across county/state lines. CDL 2013/Gridded SSURGO 2014. Wetland restoration values were calculated by adding together values according to whether a site overlapped the following areas: high tile drainage; NWI wetland feature; low-lying area; organic soil; marginal soil; low slope. Areas within high tile drainage areas, within NWI features, within a low-lying area, with organic soils, or in very flat areas (slope < 1%) were weighted higher. Corridors generated by The Conservation Fund as part of the Midwest Wind Energy Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP) and NiSource MSHCP processes. Maximum score = 20.
Copyright Text: USDA-NASS Cropland Data Layer, 2013
NRCS Gridded SSURGO, 2014
The Conservation Fund, 2015. Point of Contact: Michael Schwartz | Email: MichaelSchwartz@conservationfund.org | Phone: 304-876-2815
Description: Corn/Soybean cropland on wet soils scored for relative restoration value within the Mississippi River Basin, minimum size - 1 acre. Minimum field size of 5 acres used as input. In this case a "wet soil" is a Gridded SSURGO mapunit where "pwsl1pomu" (Potential Wetland Landscape) is at least 60 or at least 50 and "drclassdcd" (Drainage Class - Dominant Condition) is poorly or very poorly drained. These mapunits represent those with the highest wetland potential based on these conservative criteria. Drainage class criteria was included to account for mapunit inconsistencies across county/state lines. CDL 2013/Gridded SSURGO 2014. Wetland restoration values were calculated by adding together values according to whether a site overlapped the following areas: high tile drainage; NWI wetland feature; low-lying area; organic soil; marginal soil; low slope. Areas within high tile drainage areas, within NWI features, within a low-lying area, with organic soils, or in very flat areas (slope < 1%) were weighted higher. Maximum score = 20.
Copyright Text: USDA-NASS Cropland Data Layer, 2013
NRCS Gridded SSURGO, 2014
The Conservation Fund, 2015. Point of Contact: Michael Schwartz | Email: MichaelSchwartz@conservationfund.org | Phone: 304-876-2815
Description: Corn/Soybean cropland on wet soils in area with high proportion of reported tile drainage within the Mississippi River Basin, minimum size - 1 acre. Minimum field size of 5 acres used as input. In this case a "wet soil" is a Gridded SSURGO mapunit where "pwsl1pomu" (Potential Wetland Landscape) is at least 60 or at least 50 and "drclassdcd" (Drainage Class - Dominant Condition) is poorly or very poorly drained. These mapunits represent those with the highest wetland potential based on these conservative criteria. Drainage class criteria was included to account for mapunit inconsistencies across county/state lines. Areas with high proportion of tile drainage are those counties that contain at least 40,000 tile drained acres as identified in either NASS, NPWRC, or WRI datasets. Tile drainage data sources: 2012 USDA NASS Census of Agriculture; World Resources Institute. 2008. Assessing Farm Drainage <http://www.wri.org/publication/assessing-us-farm-drainage>; USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. 2014. Assessment of agricultural subsoil pattern tile drainage on wetland hydrology and ecosystem services in the Prairie Pothole Region <https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/52fb9ea6e4b00c6b800b98ff>.
Copyright Text: USDA-NASS Cropland Data Layer, 2013
NRCS Gridded SSURGO, 2014
The Conservation Fund, 2015. Point of Contact: Michael Schwartz | Email: MichaelSchwartz@conservationfund.org | Phone: 304-876-2815
Description: Corn/Soybean cropland on wet soil, minimum size - 1 acre within the Mississippi River Basin. In this case a "wet soil" is a Gridded SSURGO mapunit where "pwsl1pomu" (Potential Wetland Landscape) is at least 60 or at least 50 and "drclassdcd" (Drainage Class - Dominant Condition) is poorly or very poorly drained. These mapunits represent those with the highest wetland potential based on these conservative criteria. Drainage class criteria was included to account for mapunit inconsistencies across county/state lines. CDL 2013/Gridded SSURGO 2014.
Copyright Text: USDA-NASS Cropland Data Layer, 2013
NRCS Gridded SSURGO, 2014
The Conservation Fund, 2015. Point of Contact: Michael Schwartz | Email: MichaelSchwartz@conservationfund.org | Phone: 304-876-2815
Description: Corn/Soybean cropland on marginal wet soils within the Mississippi River Basin, minimum size - 1 acre. In this case a "wet soil" is a Gridded SSURGO mapunit where "pwsl1pomu" (Potential Wetland Landscape) is at least 60 or at least 50 and "drclassdcd" (Drainage Class - Dominant Condition) is poorly or very poorly drained. These mapunits represent those with the highest wetland potential based on these conservative criteria. Drainage class criteria were included to account for mapunit inconsistencies across county/state lines. A "marginal soil" is any area where the National Commodity Crop Productivity Index (Overall) value within a given field is less than 0.4. Minimum corn/soybean field size of 5 acres used as input. Derived from the intersection of "Corn/Soybeans on Marginal Soil" with "CornSoybeans on Wet Soil". CDL 2013/Gridded SSURGO 2014.
Copyright Text: The Conservation Fund, 2017. Point of Contact: Michael Schwartz | Email: mschwartz@conservationfund.org | Phone: 304-876-2815
Name: Corn/Soybeans - Marginal: Contig. to Aquatic Corridor
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Description: Corn/Soybean cropland (minimum size - 5 acres) on marginal soils contiguous to a forest patch at least 10 acres in area and contiguous to an aquatic corridor. In this case "marginal soil" is where the National Commodity Crop Productivity Index (Overall) value within a given field is less than 0.4. CDL 2013/NLCD 2011/Gridded SSURGO 2014. Corridors generated by The Conservation Fund as part of the Midwest Wind Energy Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP) and NiSource MSHCP processes.
Copyright Text: The Conservation Fund, 2017. Point of Contact: Michael Schwartz | Email: mschwartz@conservationfund.org | Phone: 304-876-2815
Name: Corn/Soybeans - Marginal: Contig. to Forest Corridor
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Type: Raster Layer
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Description: Corn/Soybean cropland (minimum size - 5 acres) on marginal soils contiguous to a forest patch at least 10 acres in area and contiguous to a forest corridor. In this case "marginal soil" is where the National Commodity Crop Productivity Index (Overall) value within a given field is less than 0.4. CDL 2013/NLCD 2011/Gridded SSURGO 2014. Corridors generated by The Conservation Fund as part of the Midwest Wind Energy Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP) and NiSource MSHCP processes.
Copyright Text: The Conservation Fund, 2017. Point of Contact: Michael Schwartz | Email: mschwartz@conservationfund.org | Phone: 304-876-2815
Description: Corn/Soybean cropland (minimum size - 5 acres) on marginal soils contiguous to a forest patch at least 10 acres in area. In this case "marginal soil" is where the National Commodity Crop Productivity Index (Overall) value within a given field is less than 0.4. CDL 2013/NLCD 2011/Gridded SSURGO 2014.
Copyright Text: The Conservation Fund, 2017. Point of Contact: Michael Schwartz | Email: mschwartz@conservationfund.org | Phone: 304-876-2815
Name: Corn/Soybeans - Marginal: Contig. to Grassland Corridor
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Description: Corn/Soybean cropland (minimum size - 5 acres) on marginal soils contiguous to an herbaceous patch at least 10 acres in area and contiguous to a grassland corridor. In this case "marginal soil" is where the National Commodity Crop Productivity Index (Overall) value within a given field is less than 0.4. CDL 2013/Gridded SSURGO 2014. Corridors generated by The Conservation Fund as part of the Midwest Wind Energy Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP) and NiSource MSHCP processes. Herbaceous = CDL 2013 Grassland/Pasture & Other Hay/Non-Alfalfa classes.
Copyright Text: The Conservation Fund, 2017. Point of Contact: Michael Schwartz | Email: mschwartz@conservationfund.org | Phone: 304-876-2815
Name: Corn/Soybeans - Marginal: Contig. to Herbaceous
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Type: Raster Layer
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Description: Corn/Soybean cropland (minimum size - 5 acres) on marginal soils contiguous to an herbaceous patch at least 10 acres in area. In this case "marginal soil" is where the National Commodity Crop Productivity Index (Overall) value within a given field is less than 0.4. Herbaceous = CDL 2013 Grassland/Pasture & Other Hay/Non-Alfalfa classes. CDL 2013/Gridded SSURGO 2014.
Copyright Text: The Conservation Fund, 2017. Point of Contact: Michael Schwartz | Email: mschwartz@conservationfund.org | Phone: 304-876-2815
Description: Contiguous Corn and Soybean (includes double-cropped classes e.g. "Dbl Crop Oats/Corn", Sweet Corn, Popcorn, and Ornamental Corn (2013 Cropland Data Layer)) areas at least 5 acres in size, with National Commodity Crop Productivity Index (Overall) values less than 0.4, located within the Mississippi River Basin.
Copyright Text: The Conservation Fund, 2017. Point of Contact: Michael Schwartz | Email: mschwartz@conservationfund.org | Phone: 304-876-2815
Description: Corn and Soybean (includes double-cropped classes e.g. "Dbl Crop Oats/Corn", Sweet Corn, Popcorn, and Ornamental Corn) fields at least 5 acres in size from the 2013 Cropland Data Layer within the Mississippi River Basin.
Copyright Text: USDA-NASS Cropland Data Layer, 2013
The Conservation Fund, 2015. Point of Contact: Michael Schwartz | Email: MichaelSchwartz@conservationfund.org | Phone: 304-876-2815