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Pesticides in Streams of the United States--Initial Results from the National Water-Quality Assessment Program

By Steven J. Larson, Robert J. Gilliom, and Paul D. Capel

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4222
Sacramento, California, 1999

Table 3. Coverage of pesticide use by the target compounds for agricultural indicator basins and ingegrator basins

[>, actual value is greater thatn value shown]

Site code

Coverage of pesticide use in drainage basin by target compounds

Crop group classification

 

Percentage of total herbicide use in basin

Percentage of total insecticide use in basin

Percentage of total pesticide use in basin (herbicides, insecti cides, soil fungicides, fumigants, other)

 

AGRICULTURAL INDICATOR BASINS

lsus-mill
    92
 72 75

Corn > 50

cnbr-prairie
    93
 95 93

Corn > 50

wmic-duck
    83
 92 80

Corn > 50

hdsn-canaj
    81
 96 83

Corn and alfalfa > 20

poto-muddy
    80
 83 67

Corn and alfalfa > 20

wmic-nbmilw
    86
 90 83

Corn and alfalfa > 20; vegetables > 10

cnbr-maple
    89
 95 90

Corn and soybeans > 20

cnbr-shell
    91
 95 91

Corn and soybeans > 20

whit-kess
    83
 85 77

Corn and soybeans > 20

whit-sugar
    83
 92 82

Corn and soybeans > 20

albe-pete
    52
 53 21

Corn and soybeans > 20; cotton > 10

albe-albe
    61
 76 49

Corn, soybeans, wheat and other grains > 20

lsus-eastm
    90
 66 72

Corn, wheat and other grains > 20

poto-mono
    81
 51 35

Corn, wheat and other grains > 20

splt-lone
    80
 90 63

Corn, wheat and other grains > 20

acfb-lime
    55
 55 32

Corn, wheat and other grains > 20; peanuts > 10

trin-chamb
    65
 69 65

Corn, wheat and other grains > 20; sorghum > 10

ccpt-crab.rl
    56
 72 8

Wheat and other grains, alfalfa > 20

usnk-rock
    76
 60 13

Wheat and other grains,alfalfa > 20; dried beanspeas > 10

ccpt-palouse
    34
 62 26

Wheat and other grains > 50; dried beanspeas > 10

redn-turtle
    52
 82 31

Wheat and other grains > 50; dried beanspeas > 10

usnk-teton
    67
 95 6

Wheat and other grains > 50; potatoes > 10

gafl-tucsa
    40
 38 23

Wheat and other grains, soybeans > 20; cotton > 10

albe-devils
    66
 47 10

Wheat and other grains, soybeans > 20; tobacco > 10

ccpt-crab.m
    14
 84 17

Wheat and other grains > 50

ccpt-el68
    29
 72 5

Wheat and other grains > 50

redn-snake
    31
 88 23

Wheat and other grains > 50

redn-wildr
    41
 93 41

Wheat and other grains > 50

gafl-little
    50
 50 22

Peanuts > 50

acfb-aycocks
    61
 62 35

Peanuts > 50

sanj-salt
    45
 67 25

Cotton > 50; vegetables > 10

will-pudding
    37
 86 25

Grass seed > 50; vegetables > 10

will-zollner
    37
 86 25

Grass seed > 50; vegetables > 10

sanj-merced
    39
 71 27

Orchardvineyard (almonds > 50; grapes > 10)

sanj-orest
    41
 80 27

Orchardvineyard (almonds > 50; walnuts > 10)

ozrk-dous
    64
 100 74

(Cropland <10)

ozrk-yocum
    1
 96 33

(Cropland <10)

INTEGRATOR BASINS

cnbr-platte
    91
 96 91

Corn, wheat and other grains > 20

whit-white
    84
 90 83

Corn and soybeans > 20

wmic-milw
    84
 92 80

Corn and alfalfa > 20; vegetables > 10

hdsn-moh
    81
 94 79

Corn and alfalfa > 20

poto-shenan
    76
 75 53

Corn and alfalfa > 20

albe-tar
    51
 53 15

Corn and soybeans > 20; cotton > 10

gafl-withla
    51
 49 25

Peanuts > 50

redn-rr.fargo
    65
 92 60

Corn, soybeans, wheat and other grains > 20

redn-rr.em
    51
 88 40

Wheat and other grains > 50

sanj-sanj
    43
 75 27

Orchardvineyard (almonds > 50; walnuts > 10)

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