Middle Republican Watershed
Watershed Description
The Middle
Republican CSP watershed area is located in south central Nebraska and north central
Kansas. This area is not the
same as the Middle Republican NRD. The Middle
Republican CSP watershed area covers the following counties of Nebraska
- Franklin,
Harlan, Kearney, Nuckolls, Phelps, and Webster and the counties of
Jewell, Phillips,
Smith, and Republic in Kansas. The total surface acres of the
entire watershed are 1,399,835 acres with 961,514 acres in Nebraska and
435,321 acres in Kansas.
Land uses in this watershed consist of irrigated cropland, dryland
cropland, and pastureland. The Middle Republican Watershed area
consists mainly of soils that have formed in silty loess on uplands.
Slopes are very gently sloping to steep and slope to the south towards
the Republican River Valley. Upland areas contain loamy and silty soils
and are also very gently sloping to steep. Soils
within this watershed consist mainly of silty soils on loess uplands
with loamy soils found south of the Republican River Valley. Soils
in the upland areas are well drained to moderately well drained soils.
Watershed Statistics
The total estimated area in the watershed is 1,399,835 acres.
| Land Use |
Acres |
| Cropland |
663,520 |
| Pasture/Range |
677,734 |
| Other |
58,581 |
| Total |
1,3899,835 |
|
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