Riesel Farm - Traditional Agriculture

Site Description
Crops grown under traditional agricultural practices
Physiography
Coordinates: 31.4693445, -96.886456, 173 m
Ecoregion III: Blackland Prairie
Ecoregion IV: Northern Blackland Prairie
Vegetation
Type: Varies
Predominant Species: Varies
Height: <2 m
Seasonality: Crop growing season
Management: Reduced tillage; no cover crop; fertilizer applied at traditional rate
Climate
Koppen Classification: Humid Subtropical (Cfa)
Mean Annual Precipitation: 914 mm
Annual Mean Max Temperature: 25.1°C
Annual Mean Min Temperature: 12.8°C
Predominant Wind Direction: From the South-Southeast
Hydrology
River Basin: Lower Brazos
Watershed: Brushy Creek / Big Creek
HUC10: 1207010102
Major Aquifer Region: Trinity Aquifer (subcrop)
Minor Aquifer Region: None
Soils and Geology
Taxonomy: Vertisols - Udic Haplusterts
Soil Series: Houston Black Clay, Heiden Clay
Soil Texture: Clay
Geology: Late Cretaceous; Gulfian Series

Collaborating Groups

TWO Publications

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TWO Presentations

Mohanty, B.P., G. Moore, G. Miller, S. Quiring, M. Everett, and C. Morgan, The Texas Water Observatory:Utilizing Advanced Observing System Design for Understanding Water Resources Sustainability Across Climatic and Geologic Gradients of Texas, AGU Fall Meeting. 2015.
Mohanty, B.P., G. Moore, G. Miller, M. Everett, C. Morgan, and M. Lawing, Texas Water Observatory in Brazos Corridor, Council of Principal Investigators Meeting, Texas A&M University, June 22, 2016.
Mohanty, B.P., G. Moore, G. Miller, M. Everett, C. Morgan, M. Lawing, Texas Water Observatory, 54th Annual Soil Survey & Land Resource Workshop, Texas A&M AgriLife and USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), February 3, 2017.
Jaimes, A., N. Gaur, M. Everett, G. Miller, G. Moore, C. Morgan, M. Lawing, B. Mohanty, Texas Water Observatory: Utilizing Advanced Observing System Design for Understanding Water Resource Sustainability across Climatic and Geologic Gradients of Texas, NACP/AmeriFlux PI Joint Meeting, North Bethesda, MD, March 27-30, 2017.

Related Publications

Historical USDA-ARS Data ("Watershed Y6")