TABLE 2.
Land use and surface water catchment area characteristics for the suite of catchments within the South Nation River watershed
| Site | Catchment size (km2) | % Catchment area surveyed in 2005 | Upstream distance from sampling site to upper margin of surveyed area (km) | % Land surveyedd
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| Dairy or cattle pasture | Cropa | Urbanb | Naturalc | ||||
| MST 1 | 2,370.6 | 16 | 53.0 | 4 | 38 | 1 | 15 |
| MST 2 | 2,371.1 | 16 | 53.5 | 4 | 38 | 1 | 15 |
| MST 3 | 3.0 | 72 | 3.4 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 27 |
| MST 4 | 723.5 | 2 | 12.9 | 2 | 41 | 8 | 13 |
| MST 5 | 80.9 | 38 | 24.0 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 11 |
| MST 6 | 176.2 | 76 | 41.3 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 23 |
| MST 7 | 1,215.9 | 4 | 26.5 | 5 | 48 | 0 | 10 |
| MST 8 | 1,412.8 | 14 | 44.5 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 18 |
| MST 9 | 54.3 | 70 | 15.8 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 19 |
| MST 10 | 67.5 | 75 | 21.0 | 4 | 38 | 1 | 15 |
| MST 11 | 1,548.0 | 18 | 49.6 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 15 |
| MST 12 | 95.6 | 48 | 32.9 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 11 |
| MST 13 | 88.0 | 43 | 28.3 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 11 |
| MST 14 | 2.2 | 100 | 3.4 | 9 | 36 | 1 | 5 |
| MST 15 | 2.9 | 100 | 6.9 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 0 |
| MST 16 | 738.5 | 3 | 19.7 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 19 |
| MST 17 | 1,450.3 | 16 | 47.9 | 4 | 38 | 1 | 16 |
| MST 18 | 2.8 | 100 | 6.3 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 |
| MST 19 | 1.8 | 100 | 4.4 | 1 | 70 | 0 | 0 |
| MST 20 | 4.3 | 100 | 6.0 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 13 |
| MST 21 | 1.8 | 100 | 4.5 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 14 |
| MST 22 | 2.8 | 100 | 6.4 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 |
a
Crop land is land under corn, soybean, wheat, or other production, excluding farmland devoted to forages (e.g., alfalfa, grass, clover).
b
Urban land excludes housing associated with a farming operation.
c
Natural land includes wetland, exposed rock, shrub land, or forest.
d
Rounded to the nearest percent.