Monterey County Important Farmland 2006 Sheet 2 of 2
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor MONTEREY COUNTY IMPORTANT FARMLAND 2006 THE RESOURCES AGENCY CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Mike Chrisman, Secretary DIVISION OF LAND RESOURCE PROTECTION DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Bridgett Luther, Director SHEET 2 OF 2 FARMLAND MAPPING AND MONITORING PROGRAM -121°52'30" -121°45'0" -121°37'30" -121°30'0" -121°22'30" -121°15'0" Topo -121°7'30" -121°0'0" -120°52'30" -120°45'0" -120°37'30" -120°30'0" -120°22'30" -120°15'0" Slate Creek Danish Chalone Creek Big Creek PRIME FARMLAND - 167,636 acres Bixby Skinner Pines Cr ee k River Twin Mill Arroyo Salinas Ridge Jamesburg Peaks Creek Poison Oak PRIME FARMLAND HAS THE BEST COMBINATION OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL FEATURES Creek 36°22'30" Creek Lambert Hill 1302 ABLE TO SUSTAIN LONG-TERM AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION. THIS LAND HAS THE SOIL Sierra Comings Creek Ell P a l o m a Hurricane Point Mescal Flats Peak Lum b Sierra Ridge Skinner Ca ny on QUALITY, GROWING SEASON, AND MOISTURE SUPPLY NEEDED TO PRODUCE SUSTAINED Ridge Cree k Little 399 Bixby Bottchers Pines er HIGH YIELDS. LAND MUST HAVE BEEN USED FOR IRRIGATED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION Mtn Gap James S Hill AT SOME TIME DURING THE FOUR YEARS PRIOR TO THE MAPPING DATE. Rattlesnake Paloma 101 A Ca ny on Creek Elephant 825 Sugarloaf Mtn Kincannon Creek Metz Saucito Creek Bruce Ca ny on SEA Miller N V Canyon Sur SOUTHERN Creek Canyon Sand 70 Uncle Sam R i d g e Mue rtas E Creek 1453 Creek Mtn Ch erry Suello Cr Fork Las L FARMLAND OF STATEWIDE IMPORTANCE - 43,402 acres N Canyon Little ( OTTER Puero Se c o S Ca ny on Miller A OR Little The FARMLAND OF STATEWIDE IMPORTANCE IS SIMILAR TO PRIME FARMLAND BUT WITH MINOR T Sand San Can Chews Paraiso Carlos N Bear C SHORTCOMINGS, SUCH AS GREATER SLOPES OR LESS ABILITY TO STORE SOIL MOISTURE. A Anastasia Springs Ca no as Dani Big SECO River Happy EN LAND MUST HAVE BEEN USED FOR IRRIGATED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AT SOME TIME Ridge Trap EZ Cahoon Sand Ci nco 36 N Valley Landing Spring Jackson Canyon Spring DURING THE FOUR YEARS PRIOR TO THE MAPPING DATE. 31 Strip )H Tash Ca ny on Little River Pico Blanco 1131 A 36 31 River Z 370 T 18 S Miller 36 31 Hill Launtz 1323 Mtn 31 36 31 76 T 19 S Ridge Fork 36 ARROYO Greenfield Cr The Basin Canyon O Can Ridge 643 Force Launtz Creek Hiding Mesa 1538 C r e e k T 18 S UNIQUE FARMLAND - 25,104 acres Lighthouse 1 31 6 Creek Lookout T 19 S 470 Point Sur 1 Ca ny on GAME S o u th 6 UNIQUE FARMLAND CONSISTS OF LESSER QUALITY SOILS USED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF 1 PACIFIC E F o rk 6 Spring Creek Ventana 1 6 THE STATE'S LEADING AGRICULTURAL CROPS. THIS LAND IS USUALLY IRRIGATED, BUT MAY L L OS Pine PA Creek Ventana D R E S Lowder Can Valley Pina lito INCLUDE NONIRRIGATED ORCHARDS OR VINEYARDS AS FOUND IN SOME CLIMATIC ZONES Double Cone Blue S 949 Gra nde 6 U 1479 Pine Piney 101 W Lookout 6 R Falls C re e k IN CALIFORNIA. LAND MUST HAVE BEEN CROPPED AT SOME TIME DURING THE FOUR YEARS Can S Cr ee k Ag ua 2 PRIOR TO THE MAPPING DATE. Post 1053 I Creek A Lewis Summit Basin Spring Ca ny on L Church Creek Reliz POSA 25 Cabezo Corral SAN Bear Divide N Ventana Cone Canyon ANDREW D Basin Cala bo ose BENITO Prieto REFUGE Coburn Ya qui Doolans ( STAT E Big E N A S SAN T I O N AL 569 DE San GRAZING LAND - 1,065,577 acres Lion Pine F O R E S T O Susie Poison Creek Ridge Church Long CO BENITO Manuel R B L Spring Spring MOLERA Sur Hole GRAZING LAND IS LAND ON WHICH THE EXISTING VEGETATION IS SUITED TO THE GRAZING Peak 1513 Creek E Gra nde PARK N LOS Cr ee k Andreas Creek Pfeiffer R O Ca ny on OF LIVESTOCK. Big Sur Tassajara 673 Ridge Cr A Mus tan g Willow E Bald Pk Creek N R Lonoak Spring Hopkins The Bootleg 1120 CO Ventana Mesa Rocky Seco E Ridge Creek 506 Black Butte OSITOS Spring 1 S E Rive r Island S Sur 124 ) Mtn Creek Cr ee k Llano S Pettits N Pfeiffer Cr Arroyo 630 North Sycamore Peak Substation 550 Pea chtre e Rift URBAN AND BUILT-UP LAND - 55,951 acres Falls River Creek Big Creek Flat Z Ridge Mo nroe 368 East 36°15'0" Fork URBAN AND BUILT-UP LAND IS OCCUPIED BY STRUCTURES WITH A BUILDING DENSITY OF Cienega Spring O Bad Gl Redwood 632 Zone 411 Can Cooper Point Big Sur Falls San Lorenzo AT LEAST 1 UNIT TO 1.5 ACRES, OR APPROXIMATELY 6 STRUCTURES TO A 10-ACRE PARCEL. Dolores Va lle y Forest Sta 131 Canyon COMMON EXAMPLES INCLUDE RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL, INSTITUTIONAL 36 PFEIFFER-BIG SUR Cr Bull 25 FACILITIES, CEMETERIES, AIRPORTS, GOLF COURSES, SANITARY LANDFILLS, SEWAGE Canyon North Beeman STATE PARK Cr FRESNO Pfeiffer Beach Sycamore 31 Post Fork Elsa TREATMENT, AND WATER CONTROL STRUCTURES. Logwood Austin Terrace 36 36°15'0" Pfeiffer Point 31 Arroyo Peak Cleveland Bear Creek Horse Ca ny on Canyon Pfeiffer Rock Wreck Mt Olmstead Big 36 31 Tassajara 36 Center 101 Rock Spr Re liz Bull Beach Logwood 131 404 Hot Springs Spring 721 Canyon T 19 S 31 Woodtick 36 91 6 South 31 Canyon Spring CO Posts T 20 S Sur The Landing 36 31 Can Ridge 36 Canyon Strip Cree k 36 Lakes 202 31 Fork Creek 316 Le w i s OTHER LAND - 757,210 acres Mule Mesa del Rey 31 Mustang Canyon Beeman 32 T 19 S 36 Graves 1 Fork Airport Sweetwater 31 34 6 T 20 S Spring OTHER LAND IS LAND NOT INCLUDED IN ANY OTHER MAPPING CATEGORY. COMMON Castro River 1 6 Run T 19 S Timber Vaqueros Can T 20 S T 19 S EXAMPLES INCLUDE LOW DENSITY RURAL DEVELOPMENTS, BRUSH, TIMBER, WETLAND, AND Top 6 Water Spring Creek 1 1 6 Treatment 6 SAN T 20 S Big Black Canyon 1 Mon roe6 RIPARIAN AREAS NOT SUITABLE FOR LIVESTOCK GRAZING, CONFINED LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, 1382 Cone 1 Horse 6 Twin Peaks Grimes 6 Banchero OR AQUACULTURE FACILITIES, STRIP MINES, BORROW PITS, AND WATER BODIES SMALLER COAST Sur Creek Lorenzo 1 ANDREAS Cr ee k Santa 5 Ca ny on Monarch Rock Sweetwater Michaels Camp 2 THAN 40 ACRES. VACANT AND NONAGRICULTURAL LAND SURROUNDED ON ALL SIDES BY Grimes Point Canyon Shovel San Peak Partington Hill Willow King S a n URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND GREATER THAN 40 ACRES IS MAPPED AS OTHER LAND. Lafler Can RIDGE Pick Canyon River Creek City Canyon Ridge Handle PEACHTREE Cr Lafler Rock Creek Seco Canyon SAN THE RIFT Torre Lucia Lo re n z o Creek Canyon Ridge Valley Canyon Branstetter Zigzag 618 Wildhorse ZONE CALIFORNIA (RANDALL) Le w is Canyon Tom LORRENZO Indian Blue WATER - 6,246 acres Tan Oak Cr Priest Spr Partington South Valley 613 Lookout PERENNIAL WATER BODIES WITH AN EXTENT OF AT LEAST 40 ACRES. Anderson Cree k Nattrass Valley 25 JULIA Indian Welby 198 1249 Peak C r e e k Valley Canyon PFEIFFER -- BURNS SAN BERNABE Creek R 11 E R 12E Partington Point STATE Canyon Fork Reliz Mustang Marble Deer Cr ee k Valley 722 PARK Peak Pasture 138 Spring SEA ROAD Hamilton S 492 Green Higgins Salinas Chalk Pinyon Peak Griswold 749 Arroyo 1604 Peak Valley Cree k Lookout Thompson Canyon C re e k McWay A VALLEY McWay Log Cabin 198 Rocks Spr Creek Lost The L Bidge OTTER Canyon Rocks Anderson Lost Bear Canyon Valley L Mtn I Falls Jolon Road Lowe Buckeye C r e e k Landfill N Valley Spr Canyon Monroe Valley 36 31 O Anderson Landing Cr 36 31 Junipero Serra 36 A SOUTHERN 31 SCALE: 1:100,000 Burns Creek Lookout Peak 31 31 STATE T 20 S Creek 36 Canyon 1 inch represents approximately 1.6 miles 879 787 Pine 36 31 S T 21 S S S Buck A 36 Long Bear Trap 31 36 31 Monroe 31 Spring 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 T 20 S N 36 198 Blair Lake Kilometers Springs S T 21 S Spring 6 Canyon 144 Canyon Charley Mtn GAME Canyon 1 1 6 1 6 Cherry Radio Tower 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 36°7'30" Tickner Hot 1 6 B Miles Slate Rock Roosevelt San Lucas Fork A E 450 1 6 1 6 Canyon Charley Be ar N 6 1 6 Esalen Hot Springs 456 River 1 Lime I Spring Canyon Creek JOHNLITTLE STATE PARK Cr T N P Santa Lucia O Bryan REFUGE Cr ee k North Canyon Creek Mem Park Co lem a n 36°7'30" 10 40 The minimum land use Canyon Pitman San mapping unit is 10 acres, A Wilkins Canyon Charley T Spring except Water, which is Valley Lucia Canyon Lorenzo mapped to a minimum of Dolan Canyon PACIFIC C r e e k The Creek 786 SAN 40 acres. D Coyote Indians Canyon 160 A Ca ny on Creek North Oat Rattlesnake Ca ny on Hills 1 square mile = 640 acres. 1 mile Santa Brown ANDREAS R Chavova Canyon Springs C re e k Rat Canyon Hidalgo Ridge MILPITAS Quinado S Mooney Fores Ca n y o n Pinalito A 221 Henry Big Fork E 514 Pinal Spring 137 Dutch Windmill Crazy Mansfield N Carrizo Creek Spring Mission Canyon Eblen Creek Canyon Dolan Rock Rico Spring Mining North Canyon Splitrock Hot Spr Fork S Creek Canyon Canyon Canyon Spr Live Oak Lawson R 12 E R 13 E Well Spring Sulphur SANTA Middle Fork Mc Millan Spr Spr CLARA MERCED ROAD Pi n e Salsipu Cosio Canyon Portuge e RIFT Cree k L Devils Canyon Knob V Landing Taylor Square Black Rock L edes Seven U Strip Va lle y Valley Spr Springs Pa nch o Little South C A Pine Brinan Peachtree Bitterwater Smith Mtn SAN FRESNO Canyon BENITO 361 A Spring Creek P Fork U Creek S Rude 410 L Little Rambo Bourdieu Canyon 574 Spring 36 River Bitterwater Spring Spring 36 31 Canyon Canyon P C 36 ZONE A MONTEREY 31 31 L Slack Spring C Feliz I A 36 31 Canyon Live Oak F T 21 S Gulch Kirk 36 I San Antonio China Canyon C 31 E Spring T 22 S Creek Twin Cone Peak Canyon 36 The O 1571 C re e k 31 C SAN LUIS Gamboa Point Peak I Spring S Gulch Creek 31 Squaw E Lookout Canyon Loridon Valley 31 Pinnacles A T 21 S 36 36 Peak N OBISPO 1 Vicente T 22 S Y A Redhead Buckeye 6 1 6 M Spring Spr A 1 Broadhurst SHEET 2 OF 2 C 6 N Valley T 21 S R R 3 E R 4 E I Hewitt 1 6 Spring Lawson Canyon T 22 S Total County Area - 2,121,126 acres Wizard L Spring Espinosa N Pole 1 Brock Spring Canyon 101 Jim Rico Iron Mapped Area - 2,121,126 acres P 6 1 Springs 1 Springs Cree k 6 Fork 6 I ( 532 1 Canyon S Rico 6 T Jolon 1 I A O B Spring Paris Pancho Easton A Sulphur 684 B Andrews 1067 Gulch E Canyon Spr Peak West Valley E Lopez Rock T S Canyon Bird Spr Hidden Frames 1 Canyon R R Valley Creek Peak F McConnell Canyon A Pancho N N Canyon Sheehee Lopez Point Limekiln I Valley Spring Canyon Canyon Lucia Hare E San Ardo 324 A S Splitrock Wayland O Barr I Redwood Mission Robinson ) R 140 Powell Important Farmland Maps are compiled by the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program (FMMP) pursuant to Harlan Rock Spring San Antonio de Padua Canyon Spring Canyon Nacimiento Barrell D Section 65570 of the California Government Code.