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. 2017 Oct 2;114(42):11247–11252. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1620229114

Table S7.

Row-crop fields targeted for prairie strips in Iowa by USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service MLRA slope class and relevant land-use categories

MLRA code* MLRA name No. fields Field area, ha Mean percent of fields with 4–10% slope
102C Loess Uplands 1,229 49,034 51.0
103 Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies 9,066 474,780 33.4
104 Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies 15,216 652,107 47.3
105 Northern Mississippi Valley Loess Hills 6,969 264,933 54.4
107A Iowa and Minnesota Loess Hills 8,173 322,946 52.5
107B Iowa and Missouri Deep Loess Hills 19,906 857,339 47.6
108C Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift, West-Central Part 16,329 640,410 49.6
108D Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift, Western Part 10,149 411,080 53.2
109 Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain 5,379 233,842 47.5
115C Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes, Northern Part 189 9,407 37.1
Total 92,605 3,915,879

Fields have at least a 10-ha area with 4–10% slope.

*

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (2006) Land Resource Regions and Major Land Resource Areas of the United States, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Basin (US Department of Agriculture). Available at https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_050898.pdf.