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8-October-2014
- Soil Nature
The nature of soil in 1000 Davis Ferry Road, Bowling Green, KY USA is further fully described in the first section of this paper. The typical soil in the farm is Baxter soil that is typical to this area of work. The surface layer of the farm soil upto about 8 inches on the surface is brown, gravely, silt loam soil. The further subsoil between 8 inches to about 15 inches is yellowish red gravelly silt clay loam. 15 inches downward into the soil is red gravelly soil.
The soil is susceptible to erosion. The farm practices must include minimum tillage or ideally no till. Farming must be done on the contour. The waterways must be grassed and winter cover crops are advised to reduce erosion.
Planting at the farm must be undertaken only later in the spring, when the water table is recedes, this will help crusting and rutting in the soil surface. Nutrient management practices like soil tests, ensuring crop residue is returned to the soil and the like must be practiced.
The farm soil is well suited for pasture and hay. Forage plants like tall fescue and ladino clover are suited for the farm. This is recommended because these plant types can well tolerate short periods of wetness. Weeding periodic clipping and mowing are needed to reduce weed competition. Quality stocking rates, lime and fertilizer programs with crop rotation will help maintain and enhance quality and quantity of forage in the farm.
- Elevation and Slope
The elevation in the farm is approximately 196 m above mean sea level. The slope is gentle towards North and the river. The slope also is downward towards east in some parts of the farm.
The slopes are gentle and not very steep. The contour maps indicate gentle downward slopes towards North and East. Though the soil is susceptible to erosion there are no gully formations noted on the map. There are actually two small hillock like structures that is sloping towards the river. The hillocks are not very high in elevation and all the slopes are gentle.
- Air pollution and flow at the Farm
The farm is known for relatively cold winters and hot, humid summers. The mean temperatures hover around 570 F, with range between 250 F below zero to 1000 F above zero. Precipitation is fairly uniform along the year with average annual precipitation of 51.6”. Underground water is of excellent quality an indication to low water table pollution in the area. Air Quality Index in area is at 22. This numerical value indicates that the air pollution in the farm is considered to be satisfactory and that the air pollution has little or no risk. In conclusion the following can be summarized about the farm:
- Surface soil is brown, gravely, silt loam soil
- The slopes are gentle on the farm and slope North and East
- The water pollution is minimal
- Air pollution is not considered risky
Works Cited
ArcGIS. Map of 1000 Davis Ferry Road, Bowling Green, KY USA. October 2014. 8 October 2014. <http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?useExisting=1>.
Quality, Division for Air. Air Quality Index. 8 October 2014. http://air.ky.gov/Pages/AirQualityIndexMonitoring.aspx. 8 October 2014.
US Army Corps of Engineers. Green River Watershed Section 729 initial Watershed Assessment. Lousville District: US Army Corps of Engineers, 2011.
US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. “Soil Survey of Warren County, Kentucky.” 2004.
