See the NRI home page for updates. Rangeland and pasture are grouped together as a single type.
Developed land includes urban and built up areas and rural transportation land.
The statistical variances of the NRI data for areas formed by the intersection of counties, MLRAs and hydrologic cataloging units has not been calculated for these data elements, and they may be too large for some purposes. NRI maps reflect national patterns rather than site- specific information. A Federal program established under the Food Security Act of 1985 to assist private landowners to convert highly erodible cropland to vegetative cover for 10 years. Noncultivated cropland includes permanent hayland and horticultural cropland. No data are collected for any year that land is in this ownership.