Distribution of grazing cattle within the Pacific drainages of the United States, 2012
Dates
Publication Date
2019-10-08
Time Period
2012
Citation
Wise, D.R., 2019, Distribution of grazing cattle within the Pacific drainages of the United States, 2012: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P92EZQO3.
Summary
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is developing SPARROW models (SPAtially Related Regressions On Watershed Attributes) to assess the transport of contaminants (e.g., sediment and nutrients) through the Pacific drainages of the United States (the Columbia River basin; the coastal drainages of Washington, Oregon, and California; the Klamath River basin; the Central Valley of California, and the west slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains). SPARROW relates instream water quality measurements to spatially referenced characteristics of watersheds, including contaminant sources and the factors influencing terrestrial and aquatic transport. Cattle grazing intensity is a potential factor affecting sediment and nutrient delivery to streams. [...]
Summary
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is developing SPARROW models (SPAtially Related Regressions On Watershed Attributes) to assess the transport of contaminants (e.g., sediment and nutrients) through the Pacific drainages of the United States (the Columbia River basin; the coastal drainages of Washington, Oregon, and California; the Klamath River basin; the Central Valley of California, and the west slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains). SPARROW relates instream water quality measurements to spatially referenced characteristics of watersheds, including contaminant sources and the factors influencing terrestrial and aquatic transport. Cattle grazing intensity is a potential factor affecting sediment and nutrient delivery to streams. The spatial data set “Distribution of grazing cattle within the Pacific drainages of the United States, 2012" represents an estimate of the distribution of grazing cattle on potential grazing land in 2012. This data set was created by disaggregating 2012 county-level estimates of non-AFO cattle (those not housed in an animal feeding operation such as a dairy or feedlot) to the potential grazing land within each county.
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Related External Resources
Type: Related Primary Publication
Wise, D.R., 2019, Spatially referenced models of streamflow and nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended-sediment loads in streams of the Pacific region of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20195112.
The purpose of this data set is to provide water-quality and land management analysts with a tool for assessing the importance of grazing cattle in the Pacific drainages of the United States. There is no existing data set that includes this information. The new dataset representing the distribution of grazing cattle in 2012 could be useful in watershed modeling, as well as other types of water-quality and land management analyses in the western United States.
