These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This data set contains county estimates of nitrogen and phosphorus content of animal wastes produced annually for the years 1982, 1987, and 1992. The estimates are based on animal populations for those years from the 1992 Census of Agriculture (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1995) and methods for estimating the nutrient content of manure from the Soil Conservation Service (1992). The data set includes several components.. 1. Spatial...
Categories: pre-SM502.8;
Tags: Ground water,
Manure,
NAWQA,
NSDI,
National Water-Quality Assessment Program, All tags...
Nitrogen,
Nutrients,
Phosphorus,
Surface water,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
United States,
Water quality,
environment,
geoscientificInformation,
inlandWaters,
inlandWaters, Fewer tags
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