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o ®� <br />M ,nr;: ca go ::::p - 20 % a FMMP - Prime Farmland D.., x ® Google f {•7 Q <br />File Edrt View Favorilm Took Hdu <br />DLRP > FMMP > Overview <br />Prime Farmland as Mapped by FMMP <br />Li 21 <br />In order to be shown on FMMP's Important Farmland Maps as Prime Farmland and Farmland <br />of Statewide Importance, <br />land must meet both the following criteria: <br />FMMP - Overview <br />o Overview <br />r <br />O Background <br />O Funding 8 Legislation <br />Has been used for irrigated agricultural production at some time during the four years prior to <br />the Important Farmland Map date. Irrigated land use is determined by FMMP staff by analyzing <br />0 FMMP Survey Area <br />current aerial photos, local comment letters, and related GIS data, supplemented with held <br />verthcation. <br />0 Prime Farmland & FMMP <br />—AND — <br />0 Ordering Products <br />0 Staff <br />0 She Index <br />o FMMPHOME <br />The soll must meet the physical and chemical cmena for Prime Farmland or Farmland of <br />Statewide Importance as determined by the USDA Nature[ Resources Conservation Service <br />(NRCS). NRCS compiles lists of which soils in each survey area meet the quality criteria. <br />Factors considered in qualification of a soil by NRCS include_ <br />• Water moisture regimes, available water capacity, and developed lrigatlon water supply <br />• Soli temperature range <br />• Acid - alkali balance <br />• Watertable <br />• Soil sodium content <br />• Flooding (uncontrolled runoff from natural precipitation) <br />• Erodlbility <br />• Permeability rate <br />• Rock fragment content <br />• Soil rooting depth <br />For more detail about the soil criteria and mapping caleggnes, please read this excerpt from <br />the FMMP Guidelines. <br />The Pnme/Stalewide lists for each county are available on the FMMP web site in PDF format <br />Any questions specific to soil qualifications for Prime Fernand or Farmland of Statewide <br />Importance lists should be directetl to your local NRCS office. For questions on compilation of <br />Me Important Farmland Maps, contact FMMP_ The NRGS Soil Data Mart hosts original sail <br />data In GIS formal- -see links below. <br />680/030670 -0001 <br />6746310.1 a03/01114 <br />