Usda Nrcs Or-Evt-1A 1/5/00

Benchmark Resource Client/Project Name:______Inventory Checklist Location: ______Planner: ______Date:______

Land Use Designations: C-Crop, F-Forest, GF-Grazed Forest, GR-Grazed Range, H-Hay, HQ-Headquarters, N-Natural Area, P-Pasture, U-Urban, W-Water, WP-Watershed Protection, WL-Wildlife

Benchmark m e NOTES et s Q u al it RESOURCE CONCERNS y LAND USE C ri te ri a ? (eFOTG - Sec. III) S O E N Y SOIL EROSION

Classic Gully Erosion

Ephemeral Gully Erosion

Irrigation-Induced Erosion

Mass Movement Erosion

Road, Roadsides, & Construction Site Erosion

Sheet and Rill Erosion

Shoreline Erosion

Streambank Erosion

Wind Erosion

SOIL CONDITION Benchmark m e NOTES et s Q u al it RESOURCE CONCERNS LANDUSE y C ri te ri a ? (eFOTG - Sec. III) S O E N Y

Compaction

Contaminants – Animal Waste & Other Organics – Nitrogen

Contaminants – Animal Waste & Other Organics – Phosphorus

Contaminants – Animal Waste & Other Organics – Potassium

Contaminants – Commercial Fertilizer – Nitrogen

Contaminants – Commercial Fertilizer – Phosphorus

Contaminants – Commercial Fertilizer – Potassium

Contaminants – Residual Pesticides

Contaminants – Salts and Other Chemicals

Damage from Sediment Deposition

Organic Matter Depletion

Rangeland Site Stability

Subsidence

2 Benchmark m e NOTES et s Q u al it RESOURCE CONCERNS LANDUSE y C ri te ri a ? (eFOTG - Sec. III) S O E N Y

WATER QUANTITY

Aquifer Overdraft

Drifted Snow

Excessive Runoff, Flooding, or Ponding

Excessive Seepage

Excessive Subsurface Water

Inadequate Outlets

Inefficient Water Use on Irrigated Land

Inefficient Water Use on Non- irrigated Land

Insufficient Flows in Watercourses

Rangeland Hydrologic Cycle

Reduced Capacity of Conveyances by Sediment Deposition

Reduced Storage of Water Bodies by Sediment Accumulation

WATER QUALITY

Excessive Nutrients and Organics in Groundwater

Excessive Nutrients and Organics in Surface Water

Excessive Salinity in Groundwater

Excessive Salinity in Surface Water

Excessive Suspended Sediments & Turbidity in Surface Water

Harmful Levels of Heavy Metals in Groundwater

Harmful Levels of Heavy Metals in Surface Water

Harmful Levels of Pathogens in Groundwater

Harmful Levels of Pathogens in Surface Water

Harmful Levels of Pesticides in Groundwater

Harmful Levels of Pesticides in Surface Water

Harmful Levels of Petroleum in Groundwater

Harmful Levels of Petroleum in Surface Water

Harmful Temperatures of Surface Water

AIR QUALITY

Adverse Air Temperature

Ammonia (NH3)

Chemical Drift

Excessive Greenhouse Gas – CH4 (methane)

Excessive Greenhouse Gas – CO2 (carbon dioxide)

Excessive Greenhouse Gas – N2O (nitrous oxide)

Excessive Ozone

Objectionable Odors

Particulate Matter less than 10 mircrometers in diameter (PM 10)

Particulate Matter less than 2.5 mircrometers in diameter (PM 2.5)

Reduced Visibility

Undesirable Air Movement

PLANT CONDITION

Forage Quality & Palatability

Noxious & Invasive Plants

Plants Not Adapted or Suited

Productivity, Health, & Vigor

T&E Plant Species – Declining Species, Species of Concern (state)

T&E Plant Species – Listed or Proposed under ESA (federal)

Wildfire Hazard

ANIMALS Fish & Wildlife

Habitat Fragmentation

Imbalance Among and Within Populations

Inadequate Cover and/or Shelter

Inadequate Food

Inadequate Space

Inadequate Water

T&E Species – Declining Fish/Wildlife Species, Species of Concern (state)

T&E Species – Fish/Wildlife Listed or Proposed under ESA (federal)

Domestic Animals

Inadequate Quantities & Quality of Feed & Forage

Inadequate Shelter

Inadequate Stock Water

Stress & Mortality

HUMANS

Cultural Resources

Field Notes & Treatment Alternatives