Assessment of Soil Erosion Status in Hoshiarpur Forest Division, Hoshiarpur District, Punjab State PUNJAB नोएडा कᴂद्र/Noida Centre भारतीय मृदा एवं भू-उपयोग सवेक्षण Soil and Land Use Survey of India कृषि, सहकाररता एवं ककसान क쥍याण षवभाग Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare कृषि एवं ककसान क쥍याण मंत्रालय भारत सरकार Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Government of India PROJECT PERSONNEL Chief Coordinator :- Sh. Pankaj Tyagi Chief Soil Survey Officer Coordinators :- Sh. R. L. Meena Sr. Soil Survey Officer Sh. N. S. Gahlod Asstt. Soil Survey Officer (HQ.) Co-Coordinators :- Dr. Munish Kumar Soil Survey Officer (HQ.) Sh. S. D. Dhargawe Asstt. Soil Survey Officer Sh. Satyendra Kumar Asstt. Field Officer Sh. C.L. Meena Asstt. Field Officer Sh. Ravi Gautam Asstt. Field Officer Dr. Ravi Ex. Field Officer Team Members :- Dr. Sonam Binjola Chamoli Asstt. Field Officer Sh. Manoj Kumar Singh Asstt. Field Officer Dr. Subodh Panwar Asstt. Field Officer Sh. A. K. Sharma Asstt. Technical officer Sh. Raghvendra Singh Junior Cartographic Asstt. Mrs. Sujata Soren Bhagat Junior Cartographic Asstt. CONTENT S. No. Particulars Page No. ABSTRACT i-iii HOW TO USE SOIL SURVEY REPORT iv 1 INTRODUCTION 1-3 1.1 Review of the Survey Area 1 2 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF SURVEY AREA 4-6 2.1 Location and Extent 4 2.2 Geology 4 2.3 River and Drainage system 5 2.4 Physiography and Relief 5 2.5 Climate 5 2.6 Flora and Fauna 5 2.7 Land Use and Agriculture 6 3 METHODOLOGY 8-12 3.1 Use of High Resolution Satellite Image 8 3.2 Onscreen Pre-Field Image Interpretation at Cadastral Scale & preparation 9 of Image Analysis Map (IAM) 3.3 Ground Truth Verification and Quality Assessment (QA)/Quality Check 9 (QC) 3.4 Correlation of Image Analysis Map with Integrated Soil Legend, Onscreen 10 Transformation 3.5 Delineation and Codification of Micro watersheds 11 3.6 Lab Data Analysis 11 3.7 Digital Maps Generation and Reports Preparation 12 3.8 Report Submission to User Department 12 4 DEVELOPMENT OF RUNOFF POTENTIAL MAPPING UNIT 14 (RPMU) LEGEND 5 SOILS OF THE AREA 22-23 5.1 Morphology 22 6 ASSESSMENT AND REPORTING OF THE SURVEYED AREA 24-37 6.1 Physiography Classes 24 6.2 Slope Classes 25 6.3 Surface Texture 27 6.4 Depth Classes 27 6.5 Land Capability Classification 31 6.6 Analysis of Soil Erosion Status 37 7 RISK CHARACTERIZATION AND PRIORITY 39-43 CATEGORIZATION 7.1 Soil Erosion Risk Categories in Hoshiarpur Forest Division, Hoshiarpur 42 District, Punjab 7.2 Priority Categorization of Villages in Hoshiarpur Forest Division, 43 Hoshiarpur District, Punjab 8 SALIENT FEATURES AND RECOMMENDATIONS 48-50 Tables 1 Legend Description Punjab Shivalik Hills, Hoshiarpur Forest Division, 14 Hoshiarpur District, Punjab 2 Areal Extent of Different Runoff Potential Mapping Units (RPMUs) 20 S. No. Particulars Page No. 3 (a) Distribution of the Surveyed Area under different Physiography Class in 24 Hoshiarpur Forest Division, Hoshiarpur District, Punjab 3 (b) Distribution of the Surveyed Area under different Slope Class in 25 Hoshiarpur Forest Division, Hoshiarpur District, Punjab 3 (c) Distribution of the Surveyed Area under different Surface Textural Class 27 in Hoshiarpur Forest Division, Hoshiarpur District, Punjab 3 (d) Distribution of the Surveyed Area under different Depth Class in 28 Hoshiarpur Forest Division, Hoshiarpur District, Punjab 3 (e) Distribution of the Surveyed Area under different Erosion Class in 37 Hoshiarpur Forest Division, Hoshiarpur District, Punjab 4 (a) Weightage Runoff Potential values for Slope Factor 39 4 (b) Weightage Runoff Potential values for Land Cover Factor 40 4 (c) Weightage Runoff Potential values for Soil Depth Factor 41 4 (d) Weightage Runoff Potential values for Soil Texture Factor 41 4 (e) Weightage Runoff Potential value for Erosion Factor 41 4 (f) Weightage, Delivery Ratio and RP values for Erosion Factor 42 4 (g) Weightage RP values for Management 42 5 Areal extent of area under different Soil Erosion Risk categories 43 6 Village Wise Priority Categorization 43 7 Distribution of Villages of Hoshiarpur Forest Division, Hoshiarpur Forest 46 Division, Hoshiarpur District under different Priority Categories Figures 1 Flow Chart of Remote Sensing based Methodology for Erosion 13 Assessment in Shivalik Hills of Punjab State Thematic Maps Location Map of Hoshiarpur Forest Division, Hoshiarpur Forest Division, 7 Hoshiarpur District, Punjab Spatial Distribution of Area under Slope Classes in Hoshiarpur Forest Division, 26 Hoshiarpur District, Punjab Spatial Distribution of Area under Soil Textural Classes in Hoshiarpur Forest 29 Division, Hoshiarpur District, Punjab Spatial Distribution of Area under Soil Depth Classes in Hoshiarpur Forest 30 Division, Hoshiarpur District, Punjab Spatial Distribution of Area under Land Capability Classes (LCC) in Hoshiarpur 36 Forest Division, Hoshiarpur District, Punjab Spatial Distribution of Area under Soil Erosion Classes in Hoshiarpur Forest 38 Division, Hoshiarpur District, Punjab Spatial Distribution of Area under Soil Erosion-Risk Category in Hoshiarpur 44 Forest Division, Hoshiarpur District, Punjab Priority Categorization of Villages in Hoshiarpur Forest Division, Hoshiarpur 45 District, Punjab Annexure I Village-wise Distribution of Runoff Potential Mapping Units (RPMU), 51-100 Risk Category, Runoff Potential Index (RPI) and Erosion class in Hoshiarpur Forest Division, Hoshiarpur District, Punjab PHOTOGRAPHS VILLAGE WISE MAPS ABSTRACT 1. Surveyed Area : Soil Erosion Mapping in Sub-mountain of Shivalik Hills in Hoshiarpur Forest Division, Hoshiarpur District, Punjab State for identification and mapping of area under different erosion risk categories and prioritization of villages based on Runoff Potential Index. 2. Location : 31o52'15'' to 31o18'00'' to North Latitudes 76o53'04'' to 75o48'30'' East Longitudes 3. Total Area Surveyed : 57,558 ha 4. Kind of Survey : Detailed Survey for Soil Erosion Mapping 5. Period of Survey : April, 2017 to September, 2017 6. Agro climatic zone : 6- Trans Gangetic Plain 7. Base Maps : High Resolution IKONOS Satellite data at 1:5 K scale and Land use /Land Cover data from Forest Dept. Punjab State Cartosat-DEM from BHUVAN portal 8. Soil Erosion Status: S. No. EROSION CLASS / DESCRIPTION Area (ha) Area (%) 1. Slight erosion (e1) 12579 21.85 2. Slight to moderate erosion (e1-e2) 787 1.37 3. Moderate erosion (e2) 33894 58.89 4. Moderate to severe erosion (e2-e3) 3165 5.50 5. Severe erosion (e3) 3545 6.16 6. Severe to very severe erosion (e3-e4) 260 0.45 7. Very severe erosion (e4) 682 1.18 8. Landslide 2 0.003 9. Brick Kiln 15 0.03 10. Canal 9 0.02 11. Dam 8 0.01 12. Factory 72 0.13 13. Habitation 804 1.40 14. River 1325 2.30 15. Water bodies 411 0.71 GRAND TOTAL 57,558 100.00 i 9. Priority Categorization S. No. Priority Category No. of Villages Area (ha) Area (%) 1. Very High (above 70) 3 2517 4.37 2. High (66-70) 16 23290 40.46 3. Medium (61-65) 26 24237 42.11 4. Low (56-60) 30 6823 11.85 5. Very Low (55 & below) 4 691 1.20 GRAND TOTAL 79 57,558 100.00 10. Areal Extent of Different Runoff Potential Mapping Units (RPMUs) Runoff Potential S. RPMU Mapping Unit Risk Category Area (ha) Area (%) No. Weightage Alluvio-Colluvium Landscape 1 AC08 67 High 30 0.05 2 AC02 63 Medium 804 1.40 3 AC04 63 Medium 509 0.88 4 AC05 62 Medium 381 0.66 5 AC01 57 Low 8075 14.03 6 AC06 57 Low 1106 1.92 7 AC07 57 Low 2390 4.15 8 AC03 55 Very Low 2482 4.31 Alluvium Landscape 9 AL05 57 Low 155 0.27 10 AL06 56 Low 673 1.17 11 AL08 59 Low 371 0.64 12 AL09 57 Low 121 0.21 13 AL02 55 Very Low 1517 2.64 14 AL03 54 Very Low 114 0.20 15 AL04 53 Very Low 102 0.18 Sandstone Landscape 16 SD13 79 Very High 127 0.22 17 SD14 74 Very High 293 0.51 18 SD15 71 Very High 1503 2.61 19 SD20 83 Very High 417 0.72 20 SD21 79 Very High 1876 3.26 21 SD24 74 Very High 1193 2.07 22 SD25 87 Very High 88 0.15 23 SD26 72 Very High 3823 6.64 24 SD27 83 Very High 1134 1.97 25 SD28 88 Very High 87 0.15 26 SD29 87 Very High 125 0.22 27 SD30 72 Very High 873 1.52 28 SD31 92 Very High 50 0.09 29 SD46 73 Very High 260 0.45 30 SD16 66 High 3297 5.73 ii 31 SD18 66 High 6409 11.13 32 SD19 70 High 3235 5.62 33 SD35 66 High 131 0.23 34 SD11 61 Medium 686 1.19 35 SD17 64 Medium 5433 9.44 36 SD18.1 65 Medium 636 1.10 37 SD36 61 Medium 7 0.01 38 SD37 63 Medium 51 0.09 39 SD41 65 Medium 832 1.45 40 SD42 61 Medium 148 0.26 41 SD44 65 Medium 1022 1.78 42 SD45 61 Medium 959 1.67 43 SD07 60 Low 5 0.01 44 SD08 58 Low 3 0.01 45 SD10 58 Low 117 0.20 46 SD33 59 Low 334 0.58 47 SD34 58 Low 21 0.04 48 SD43 58 Low 62 0.11 49 SD47 60 Low 340 0.59 50 SD32 55 Very Low 505 0.88 51 Landslide - - 2 0.003 52 Brick Kiln - - 15 0.03 53 Canal - - 9 0.02 54 Dam - - 8 0.01 55 Factory - - 72 0.13 56 Habitation - - 804 1.40 57 River - - 1325 2.30 58 Water bodies - - 411 0.71 GRAND TOTAL 57,558 100.00 iii HOW TO USE SOIL SURVEY REPORT This report embodies the findings of Detailed Soil erosion mapping in the area of Hoshiarpur Forest Division, Hoshiarpur District, Punjab covering an area of 57,558 ha.