Arizona Planning Guide for Natural Resource Concerns
Soil Erosion - Wind
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Field Office Technical Guide, Section III August, 2003
Resource Concern Definition – Detachment and transport of soil particles caused by wind degrade soil quality and/or damage plants.
Quality Criteria – Land use and management does not cause accelerated wind erosion. Wind erosion on cultivated land does not exceed the established soil loss tolerance “T” for the soil. On non-cultivated land, wind erosion rates do not significantly exceed that expected for the site or limit the sustainable use of the soil resource or intended use of land.
Method for evaluating resource condition
· Visual Assessment (pedestals, blow-out areas)
· Rangeland Health Evaluation Worksheet
· Wind Erosion Equation (WEQ)
Conservation Practices that may be needed as part of a Conservation Management System to achieve Quality Criteria for this resource concern include those listed here.
314 Brush Management
324 Chiseling and Subsoiling
327 Conservation Cover
328 Conservation Crop Rotation
340 Cover & Green Manure Crop
342 Critical Area Planting
589A Cross Wind Ridges
589B Cross Wind Stripcropping
589C Cross Wind Trap Strips
352 Deferred Grazing
324 Field Border
490 Forest Site Preparation
655 Forest Harvest Trails & Landings
666 Forest Stand Improvement
561 Heavy Use Area Protection
422 Hedgerow Planting
422A Herbaceous Wind Barriers
442 Irrigation System, Sprinkler
443 Irrigation System, Surface/Subsurface
447 Irrigation System, Tailwater Recovery
441 Irrigation System, Trickle
449 Irrigation Water Management
484 Mulching
590 Nutrient Management
512 Pasture & Hayland Planting
595 Pest Management
528A Prescribed Grazing
550 Range Planting
562 Recreation Area Improvement
329B Residue Management, Mulch till
329C Residue Management, Ridge Till
329A Residue Mgmt, No-till & Strip Till
344 Residue Management, Seasonal
557 Row Arrangement
571 Soil Salinity Management-Nonirrigated
585 Stripcropping, Contour
586 Stripcropping, Field
588 Stubble Mulching
609 Surface Roughening
612 Tree/Shrub Establishment
472 Use Exclusion
645 Wildlife Upland Habitat Management
380 Windbreak/Shelterbreak Establishment
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Page 1 Arizona
Field Office Technical Guide, Section III August, 2003
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Page 1 Arizona
Field Office Technical Guide, Section III August, 2003