2010 Growing Season - Harvey County, Kansas Land Cover Summary

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1 2010 Growing Season - Harvey County, Kansas Land Cover Summary Number of Fields Percent of Total Fields Total Acres Percent of Acres ALFALFA % % CORN % 6, % CRP 1 0.2% % FALLOW 2 0.4% % GRAIN SORGHUM % 4, % PASTURE 4 0.9% % RANGELAND % 1, % SOYBEAN % 11, % SUDAN GRASS 3 0.6% % SUNFLOWER 1 0.2% % URBAN/RESIDENTIAL WHEAT % 7, % OTHER (Total) % % Brome 8 1.7% % Cotton 1 0.2% % Oats 1 0.2% % Silage 1 0.2% % TOTAL FIELDS ,693.2

2 2010 Growing Season - Harvey County, KS Tillage Summary Number of Fields Percent of Tillage Fields Total Acres Percent of Tillage Acres NO TILL % 12, % (Greater than 30% Residue) REDUCED TILL % 2, % (15-30% Residue) CONVENTIONAL TILL % 15, % (Less than 15% Residue) OTHER METHODS (TOTAL) Continuous No Till Burn Mulch Till Ridge Till Strip Till % % 3 0.7% % 2 0.5% % % % % % TOTAL , TILLAGE FIELDS ,972.9

3 2010 Growing Season - Harvey County, Kansas Tillage by Land Cover Summary Number of Fields Percent Tillage of Crop Acres Percent of Acres ALFALFA No Til % % Conventional Till 1 8.3% % Not Applicable % % CORN 77 6,627.5 No Till % 2, % Reduced Till % 1, % Conventional Till % 2, % Ridge Till 1 1.3% % Strip Till % % CRP Not Applicable % % FALLOW No Till % % Not Applicable % % GRAIN SORGHUM 69 4,884.0 No Till % 2, % Reduced Till 6 8.7% % Conventional Till % 2, % Continuous No Till 2 2.9% % Strip Till 2 2.9% % PASTURE & RANGELAND 23 1,459.9 Not Applicable % 1, % SOYBEAN ,785.0 No Till % 5, % Reduced Till 9 5.6% % Conventional Till % 5, % Continuous No Till 1 0.6% %

4 SUDAN GRASS Conventional Till % % SUNFLOWER No Till % % WHEAT 106 7,509.8 No Till % 1, % Reduced Till 3 2.8% % Conventional Till % 5, % Burn 2 1.9% % OTHER (Total) Brome Not Applicable % % Cotton No Till % % Oats Conventional Till % % Silage Reduced Till % % TOTAL FIELDS ,582.5

5 2010 Growing Season - Harvey County, Kansas Extrapolation to Entire County Using FSA Acreage Percent Tillage of Crop Acres Surveyed Total Acres of Crop Planted (FSA) Estimate of acres per crop per tillage practice CORN 41,211.0 No Till 33.7% 13,888.1 Minimum Till 15.6% 6,428.9 Conventional Till 39.0% 16,072.3 Ridge Till 1.3% Strip Till 10.4% 4,285.9 FORAGE SORGHUM/SUDANGRASS Conventional Till 100.0% GRAIN SORGHUM 19,830.0 No Till 46.4% 9,201.1 Minimum Till 8.7% 1,725.2 Conventional Till 39.1% 7,753.5 Continuous No Till 2.9% Strip Till 2.9% SOYBEAN 69,841.0 No Till 46.0% 32,126.9 Minimum Till 5.6% 3,911.1 Conventional Till 47.8% 33,384.0 Continuous No Till 0.6% WHEAT 87,647.0 No Till 16.0% 14,023.5 Reduced Till 2.8% 2,454.1 Conventional Till 79.3% 69,504.1 Burn 1.9% 1,665.3 FALLOW 1,356.0 No-Till 50.0% Not Applicable 50.0% OATS Conventional Till 100.0% CRP 3,644.0

6 2010 Growing Season - Harvey County, Kansas Practices Summary Number of Fields Percent of Practice Acres Percent of Acres TERRACES ,430.5 Greater than 12in % 3, % 6in to 12in % 3, % Less than 6in % % None % 25, % CONDITION OF RANGELAND/PASTURE 29 1,573.3 Good % % Average % % Poor % % BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPs) ,543.2 Contour Buffers Contour Farming Double Crop % 5, % Field Buffers 4 1.9% % Filter Strips Grass Waterway % 6, % Irrigated Field % 4, % TOTAL FIELDS , WITH PRACTICES , Some fields may have duplicate practices.

7 2010 Growing Season - Harvey County, Kansas Erosion Summary Number of Fields Percent of Assessed Fields Total Acres Percent of Assessed Acres CLASSIC GULLY % 10, % EPHEMERAL GULLY % 2, % SHEET & RILL 8 1.7% % SOIL DEPOSITION 1 0.2% % TOTAL FIELDS ,934.8 WITH EROSION CONCERNS % 13, % TOTAL FIELDS ASSESSED , Some fields may have duplicate forms of erosion.

8 Harvey County - Land Cover Land Cover Alfalfa Brome Cotton CRP Corn Fallow Grain Sorghum Oats Pasture Rangeland Silage Soybean Sudan Grass Sunflower Wheat September 11, 2010

9 Harvey County - Tillage Method TILLAGE No Till Reduced Till Conventional Till Burn Ridge Till Strip Till September 11, 2010

10 Harvey County - Terrace Height Terrace Height Greater than 12in 6in to 12in Less than 6in None September 11, 2010

11 Harvey County - BMPs Double Crop Field Buffer Grass Waterway Irrigated September 11, 2010

12 Harvey County - Visible Erosion Classic Gully Ephemeral Gully Sheet & Rill Soil Deposition September 11, 2010

13 Harvey County - Land Cover with HUC 12s Land Cover Alfalfa Brome Cotton CRP Corn Fallow Grain Sorghum Oats Pasture Rangeland Silage Soybean Sudan Grass Sunflower Wheat Monitoring Sites HUC 12s December 4, 2010

14 Harvey County - Tillage Method with HUC 12s TILLAGE No Till Reduced Till Conventional Till Burn Ridge Till Strip Till Monitoring Sites HUC 12s December 4, 2010

15 Harvey County - Terrace Height with HUC 12s Terrace Height Monitoring Sites Greater than 12in 6in to 12in HUC 12s Less than 6in None December 4, 2010

16 Harvey County - Visible Erosion with HUC 12s Classic Gully Ephemeral Gully Sheet & Rill Soil Deposition Monitoring Sites HUC 12s December 4, 2010

17 Harvey County - BMPs with HUC 12s Double Crop Field Buffer Grass Waterway Irrigated Monitoring Sites HUC 12s December 4, 2010

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