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Wheeler Lake Watershed Conservation Security Program (CSP)

First Contract CSP Signing Ceremony New!

Description

Wheeler Lake County Map, Click for Larger ImageThe Wheeler Lake Watershed (HUC 06030002) has been chosen as a CSP priority watershed for 2005. The Wheeler Lake Watershed covers approximately 1,849,728 million acres in northern Alabama and south central Tennessee, with 1,698,700 million acres in Alabama.

The area encompasses portions of eight counties in Alabama: Cullman, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, and Morgan, and four counties in Tennessee: Lawrence, Giles, Lincoln, and Franklin.

The watershed includes more than 536 miles of major rivers and streams. The area is a combination of the Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys, Cumberland Plateau and Mountains, Nashville Basin, Highland Rim and Pennyroyal, and Sand Mountain resource areas. 

Major land uses include cotton, pastureland/hayland, corn, soybeans, and forestland. The estimated number of farms is 5,581 with an estimated acres in farms (minus CRP) 794,369.   

Cover/Use Acres
(in thousands)
Cropland/cultivated 368.7
Cropland/uncultivated 29.9
Pasture/grassland 274.5
Forest 637.8
Urban 190.1
Federal Land (cover/use not recorded) 83.7
Other 74.5
Total 1,698.7

General Information

Alabama NRCS County Offices in Wheeler Lake Watershed

  • Cullman County, Phone: (256) 734-6471
  • Jackson County, Phone: (256) 574-1005
  • Lauderdale County, Phone: (256) 764-5833
  • Lawrence County, Phone: (256) 974-1174
  • Limestone County, Phone: (256) 232-4025
  • Madison County, Phone: (256) 532-1692
  • Marshall County, Phone: (256) 582-3923
  • Morgan County, Phone: (256) 773-6541

Basic CSP eligibility criteria, and how contract payments are made.

These documents require Adobe Acrobat.

Adobe Acrobat DocumentEnrollment Categories 2005 (115 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentWheeler Lake Cost List - New Practices (80.5 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentWheeler Lake Cost List - Enhancements (76.5 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentWheeler Lake Stewardship Payments (48.5 KB)

Adobe Acrobat DocumentGrazing Management Job Sheet (260 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentNutrient Management Job Sheet (290 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentPest Management Job Sheet (247 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentHabitat Management Job Sheet (281 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentIrrigation Management Job Sheet (134 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentSoil Management Job Sheet (49 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentEnergy Management Job Sheet 1 – Energy Audits and Recycling (34 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentEnergy Management Job Sheet 2 – Renewable Fuel (61 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentEnergy Management Job Sheet 3 – Renewable Energy Generation and Use Reduction (45 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentEnergy Management Job Sheet 4 – Reduced Tillage Operations (85 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentEnergy Management Job Sheet 5 – Use of Manure, Legumes, and Alternatives (26 KB)

Adobe Acrobat DocumentBiofuel Management Work Sheet  (136 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentEnergy Audit Guidance Work Sheet (127 KB)

Adobe Acrobat DocumentNational Pasture Condition Score Sheet (58 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentNational Pasture Condition Scoring Guide (5.32 MB)

Adobe Acrobat DocumentDesirable Grass Species List for Alabama (98 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentWheeler Lake Watershed CSP Eligibility, Qualification, and Application Steps (167 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentWheeler Lake - Do you Farm this Watershed? (fact sheet) (164 KB)

These documents require Microsoft Excel.

Microsoft Excel DocumentIrrigation Enhancement Index Tool (731 KB)
Microsoft Excel DocumentPasture Scoring Index (16 KB)
Microsoft Excel DocumentPasture Condition Score Sheet Field Summary (37 KB)
Microsoft Excel DocumentWildlife Biodiversity Index (105 KB)

Additional maps

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