nutrient tracking tool - South Central Washington RC&D Council
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1. Parton W J 1996 The CENTURY model In D S Powlson P Smith and J U Smith Eds Evaluation of soil organic matter models using existing long term datasets Springer Verlag Berlin Germany pp 283 293 Shaffer M J A D Halverson and F J Pierce 1991 Nitrate leaching and economic analysis package NLEAP model description and application In Managing Nitrogen for Groundwater Quality and Farm Profitability Eds Follett et al pp 285 322 Soil Science Society of America Madison Wisconsin Williams J R J G Arnold and R Srinivasan 2000 The APEX model BRC Report No 00 06 Oct 2000 121 P 362. s al dam gt i F pi 0 ee ve ft Figure 2 17 WSS screen showing AOI creation after selecting area of interest A message Creating AOI appears on the map indicating that the AOI 1s being selected Figure 2 17 Once the AOI has been selected summary soil information for the AOI will be displayed in the left pane If the soil information is not visible click the Soil Map tab 21 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER BERN EE Tell gin aor i fTotals for Area of Interest 395 5f100 0 Figure 2 18 WSS screen after selecting all contents prior to copying into NTT To export the soil information go to the Edit menu tab of the browser and click on Select All or press ctrl A and then Copy ctrl C from the Edit menu tab of the browser Figure 2 18 United States Departmegt of Agriculture Y H l Natural Resoureesyseqeervation Semice SS f al Agricultural Research Service gt i er NTT Versi ions Fom i s About NTT Contact Us Search USDA Capture Soil Map Information Use this page to capture Soil Map Information taken from the Web Soil Soil Map page Click HERE to read more about Web Soil Survery mad Resources nk to NRCS Office Soil Map and Area of Interest AOI Click HERE to go to the Nutrient Tracking Tool and enter soils and location information NRCS Home USDA gov FOIA Accessibility Statement Privacy Poli Nond
3. To create a new project There are four initial choices to start a new project 1 Select the Soil Survey Map option to start a project by selecting an area of interest using the Web Soil Survey mapping system 2 Select the Select Specific Soil option to start a project by selecting an area of interest by state county and dominant soil 3 Select the Upload Existing Project option to start a previously saved project 4 Select the Select an Example to Upload option to start a pre defined example project USDA Buri TES N tural Reson Figure 2 2 Getting Started screen showing more detail about NTT 2 1 Running NTT with a single soil type Users can also click a help button on the Home page to learn more about the NTT tool an information page containing additional details about NTT is displayed Figure 2 2 For this portion of the tutorial select the Select Specific Soil option and select a state and county of interest For this example select Washington from the State drop down box and then Yakima from the County drop down box Multiple weather stations may be available for a single county so users may need to make a selection in the Weather Station drop down box as well In this example there are four weather stations for Yakima County Washington Yakima Station is selected for use in this example Figure 2 3 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER USDA United States Departme tune NTT Versio
4. option from the main NTT page and select Indiana and Carroll as the State and County of interest Then select the FbB Fincastle Starks silt loams I to 3 percent slope soil series as shown in Figure 3 1 g a Home Soil Management Verify Reports e Search USDA F F om Soil Information Go Other Resources On this page there are two available options These two options are based on the users selection in the previous eS Se page OPTION 1 Soil Survey Map was selected Enter the farm owner and project information in the allocated space OPTION 2 Select Specific Soil was selected 1 Enter the farm owner and project information in the b USDA NRCS allocated space 2 Select the soil texture from the list of available soils within the selected county 3 Enter the EAE farm area ac 4 modify slope of the selected if needed 5 input the initial soil P ppm model default is 20 ppm which can be changed by the user to any value from 0 1 to 500 and 6 modify the soil physical and chemical b TIGER characteristics of the top layer Feedback Click HERE to read more about entering soil Information p Comment on the Nutrient Tracking Tool After you have entered all of the required Required information click the NEXT button to continue b Report a Problem with NTT Enter your Soil information State Indiana County Carroll Project Name oO Project Description 2 Soil area Caroll County Indian
5. Click KERE to read more about Web Soil Survery p Link to NRCS Office Soil Map and Area of Interest AOI I USDA NRCS I USDA ARS Click HERE to go to the Nutrient Tracking Tool and enter soils and location b TIAER information Paste Soil Map information in here Figure 2 12 Capture Soil Map screen to start Web Soil Survey from within NTT 2 2 Running NTT with multiple soils from web soil survey To perform the same kind of wetland evaluation first select the AOI Area of Interest from the USDA NRCS web soil survey On the main NTT home page click Soil Survey Map to capture soil map information The NTT program presents a new screen Figure 2 12 that enables users to start the Web Soil Survey WSS After selecting the AOI return to this same screen Figure 2 12 and capture the soil information in NTT format by clicking Capture Export it to NTT by clicking the Save button At any time the information pasted in the soil input box can be erased by clicking the Clear button to begin again 17 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER USDA BE FETE ee Tier det ke a ne zaa E fNawrarResonrcesGonseryatiomOervice ams ae nd Contact Us Download Soils Data Archived Soil Surveys Soil Survey Status Glossary Preferences Link Search Area of Interest A Rye 102 Eala view Extent Contiguous U S s Scale not to scale Quick Navigation Hydrologic Unit FOIA Accessibility Statement Privac
6. Station plied Environment Research TIAER in sources Conservation Service NRCS Figure 2 3 Welcome screen showing selection of State County and Weather Station When users click the Continue button the Management Information screen is shown Figure 2 4 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER ve P I NNN USDA United States A Ie a N l pm E EEE a Berfeervation S G P BE NN t if Agricultural Research Service N iNT versions Home Help About NTT Contact Us Verify Reports ena Search USDA Soil Information Other Resources On this page there are two avaliable options These two options are based on the users selection in the previous page OPTION 1 Soll Survey Map was selected Enter the farm owner and project information in the allocated space OPTION 2 Select Specific Soll was I Link to NACS 02 selected 1 Enter the farm owner and project Information in the allocated space 2 Select the soll texture from the list of available solis within the selected county 3 Enter the term ares 30 4 modify slope of the selected i nasdad 5 Input the Initial soll P ppm I USDA NRCS model default Is 20 ppm which can be changed by the user to any value from 0 1 to 500 snc modify the soll physicals chemical characteristics of the top layer I USDA ARE i Click HERE to read more about entering soll Information Feedback Afer you have entered all of the required s Asogured inf
7. such as simulation of pesticide losses and carbon cycles The APEX model was developed to simulate whole farms and small watersheds APEX has components for routing water sediment nutrients and pesticides across complex landscapes and channel systems to the watershed outlet Recently the carbon fate and transport functions of the CENTURY model Parton et al 1986 were incorporated into APEX version 2110 which now allows APEX to simulate carbon dynamics in the soil plant system APEX also has groundwater and reservoir components A field or small watershed can be subdivided as much as necessary to ensure that each subarea is relatively homogeneous in terms of soil land use management etc The routing mechanisms provide for evaluation of interactions between subareas involving surface runoff return flow sediment deposition nutrient transport and groundwater flow 1 2 3 Supporting Databases All the datasets required for running NTT in selected states and counties are housed on the NTT server for ready user access However users may enter management information that is different from the pre defined set available on the NTT program for their county of interest and can also save their information for future use The following are the NTT databases that are available on the NTT server for selected states and counties and are being developed for the remaining counties in the U S Weather precipitation minimum temperature maximum temper
8. w Hater nn a Am Capture Clear Close NRCS Home USDA gov FOLA Accessibility Statement Privacy Poli Hondisciminstion Statement Information Qual USA go White House Figure 2 20 NTT program screen after pasting soil information from WSS Click the Capture button so the soil information is recognized by the program and formatted in the display as show in Figure 2 20 Then click Save to export the data to NTT 23 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER a Natural Restes Se on Se USDA Unilad States Depi rimegt of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service TIMER f NTT Versions Home Help i About NTT Contact Us Search USDA Capture Soil Map Information Use this page to capture Soil Map Information taken from the Web Soil Survey Soil Map page Click HERE to read more about Web Soil Survery Soil Map and Area of Interest AOI Other Resources Click HERE to go to the Nutrient Tracking Tool and enter soils and location information Skip to Page ContentGo to Accessibility Information Web Soil Survey Home Page Contact Us Subscribe RSS Archived 30il Surveys 4 Map Unit Legend for Area of Interest AOI State Washington County FR Yakama Nation Irrigated Area Washington Part of Yakima County WA678 ENE GER 224 9 56 9 1 43 00 39 50 1 50 7 00 Ashue loam 2 to 5 percent slopes Ashue gravelly loam 0 to 2 percent slopes ae loam Oto 2 percent 995 27 3 1 44 00 40 50 1 50 7 20 otals fo
9. 2 1 NTT Web Interface The NTT web interface has been developed for any standard web browser However when using Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 x or later is preferred on Microsoft Windows computers When using Netscape Navigator version 6 x or later is preferred on Microsoft Windows computers 1 2 2 NTT s Computer Simulation Programs NTT was initially developed as a Nitrogen Trading Tool by United States Department of Agriculture s Natural Resource and Conservation Service USDA NRCS and Agricultural Research Service USDA ARS Recently through this USDA Conservation Innovation Grants project the Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research TIAER at Tarleton State University linked the Agricultural Policy Environmental eXtender APEX Williams et al 2000 model to the Nitrogen Trading Tool The result is a tool that in addition to nitrogen N Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER estimates sediment and phosphorus P losses crop yields and flow The new version of the tool is called Nutrient Tracking Tool since it is no longer limited to just nitrogen APEX was selected for this trading tool because of its capability to 1 predict N and P losses crop yields and sediment losses and 2 simulate the impacts of numerous management alternatives such as filter strips on predicted nutrient and sediment losses APEX also has other capabilities that can be useful in future potential augmentations of the tool
10. N Verify Reports Version 0613 Management Information On this page users enter the management information needed to compare the runoff nitrogen Phosphorous sediment loss potential and crop b Link to NRCS Office yield between a baseline management system and an alternative conservation management system b USDA NRCS Click HERE to read more about entering Management Information b USDA ARS b TIAER After you have entered all of the required Required information click the NEXT button to continue State Washington County Yakima Channel Vegetation Condition very Good Good Moderate O Poor Very Poor Channel Erodibility Very high _ High Moderate Low Very low Baseline Alternative Cropping System O CICC c ASU N OPPI Ig Select Cropping System Select Tillage Conventional a Cropping System Create Modify Croping System Uploaded Copy b Nutrient Management oO Create Modify Nutrients Applied c Tillage Management Oo Create Modify Tillage d Manual Irrigation 2 e Grazing Contour Buffer Strip Farming Land Grading and Management a Land Leveling O b Terrace System c Liming 2 cone 17 VASS Figure 2 6 Management Information screen showing specification of cropping system irrigation and tillage options and nutrient input information Next is an evaluation of the impact of a 20 acre wetland on the downslope end of a 100 acre field The wetland is positioned such that r
11. NUTRIENT TRACKING TOOL USDA United States Dep aaa Natural Resat ss Cle TUTORIAL By Ali Saleh Associate Director Oscar Gallego Assistant Research Scientist Edward Osei Senior Research Economist TIAER Tarleton State University Stephenville Texas PR434610 March 2014 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS wie eee eee eecsssseeccccccccccccsssseeccccccccsaassseeeccccceccaasssseecceeeeceaeseecececs 3 Chapter T INTRODUCTION Gave dan eas eae 3 NE 2 RORA E NNN 7 gral C rS EXAMP LEG enau E a 28 ReEENGES Ja a a a a 36 Fjeure21 Wee EN ve T 7 Figure 2 2 Getting Started screen showing more detail about NTT rrrrrrrrrrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 8 Figure 2 3 Welcome screen showing selection of State County and Weather Station 9 Figure 2 4 Initial Management Information SCreen srrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnee 10 Figure 2 5 Management Information screen showing options for defining baseline and GIVE TALIS SCONAIIOS ve 11 Figure 2 6 Management Information screen showing specification of cropping system irrigation and tillage options and nutrient input information srrrrrrrvrrrnvvvvvnnrrrrrrnnnnnnnnnneeeressseee 12 Figure 2 7 Structural Conservation Practice Information screen ccsssseeesssssseeeeeeeeeeeeees 13 Figure 2 8 Structural Conservation Practices screen showing selection of 20 acre wetland 14 Figure 2 9 Veri
12. a Soil name FbB Fincastle Starks sit loams 1to 3 percent slopes w Area acres 100 Max Depth in 59 24 20 00 145 Slope Soil P ppm Bulk Density BD Sand Silt Organic Matter PH 17 69 25 62 Back Continue Figure 3 1 Selection of Soil area and soil series After selecting the soil type we will click Continue to be taken to the Management Information screen where we can enter the desired management information We will be selecting corn for each scenario However we will select Conventional as the tillage option for the baseline and No till as the tillage option for the Alternative scenario as shown in Figure 3 2 28 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual iF USDA Unifed States De sem Oo nculture LUOS PEN ral Res r r fe T iNT Versions Home Help About N NTT T Contact Us _ Home sol EEE Verify Reports Version 0613 Management Information Other Resources On this page users enter the management information needed to compare the runoff nitrogen Phosphorous sediment loss potential and crop yield between a baseline management system and an alternative conservation management system Click HERE to read more about entering Management Information After you have entered all of the required Required information click the NEXT button to continue State Indiana County Carroll C
13. ashington to select a field in Yakima County After a rectangular area has been selected the map zooms in to that area Figure 2 15 Area of Interest AOI Soil Map Soil Data Explorer Download Soils Data Shopping Cart Free Area of Interest A Import AOI g A Quick Navigation State and County State Washington v w D w notto scale EE JEG County optional Yakima ve Soil Survey Area Po d i i y f JEN Tae i Mme aoa 2 08 00 f Figure 2 16 WSS screen after zooming in to Yakima County Washington The next zoom level shows the street and field features more prominently Figure 2 16 20 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER Once a reasonable scale has been reached allowing selection of the AOI use the AOI selection tool The AOI selection tool is the button that displays a rectangle with AOP right below that rectangle Users should now click on it to be sure it is enabled Select a rectangular area that corresponds approximately to the field or area to evaluate Area of Interest AOI Soil Map Soil Data Explorer Download Soils Data Shopping Cart Free z Area of Interest Ag 3 D Import AOI oU Quick Navigation Area of Interest Interactive Map ie 7 all 13 Address State and County State Washington v County optional Yakima View J T ae oui 3 a i al Y ir rS i i
14. ature Soils Crop parameters Tillage parameters Properties of major fertilizer and manure products Typical management practices for each major crop in selected crop management Zones 1 3 Organization of the Manual This manual is organized into seven chapters This introductory chapter gives a brief overview of the tool and the rationale for its development Chapter 2 provides a tutorial for standard use of the tool The tutorial is followed by four chapters that cover various aspects of NTT use including defining scenarios selecting pre defined management data editing management data importing soils from the web soil survey running scenarios and output display Chapter 7 shows users how they can save their NTT projects for future use The manual concludes with a list of the references cited in this document Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER CHAPTER 2 TUTORIAL The following tutorial gives a general step by step guide through the process of using NTT Two methods for selecting the field s to be evaluated are provided by NTT Users can select a county of interest and then select one of several soil types that define the field to be evaluated Alternatively users can access the USDA NRCS web soil survey a graphical web based soil selection tool and select the specific tract or area of interest AOL which may include multiple soil types An area selection tool in the we
15. ay be modified by clicking in the Slope textbox for the soil of interest although this tutorial will not show this step By default NTT will include all soil types captured from the soil capture program in the evaluations Once the desired soils are selected and all the information selected is correct click Continue to proceed to run the NTT evaluation The output display on the Summary Report screen will show the impacts by soil type in addition to the average impact for the entire AOI The results displayed will be in the same format as those displayed in the earlier example where a single soil type was selected 2l Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER CHAPTER 3 EXAMPLES The following pages provide illustrative examples that the user can follow to gain additional insight into how NTT can be used to evaluate alternative practices In all of these examples the single soil option is used to simplify the process However users can readily use the web soil survey to select multiple soils and perform the same examples In that case users should bear in mind that the results would not be identical to those shown here since the soil types would likely be different Example 1 Impact of tillage The first example illustrates the impact of tillage We will use NTT to compare the crop yields and nutrient and sediment losses associated with conventional tillage as opposed to no till for a corn crop Choose the Select Specific Soil
16. b soil survey makes it easy to select the specific AOI The first part of the tutorial walks users through the process of running NTT by selecting a county and then a single soil type The second part of the tutorial shows how to use the web soil survey to select an AOI that contains one or more soil types and how to use the selected area and its soil type information in the NTT estimations USDA United States Depp rtme tor kan iculture ps Natural Resour afee rvation SEM Agricultural rt Service a Search USDA Other Resources gt Link to NRCS Office gt USDA NRCS gt USDA ARS gt TIAER Feedback p Comment on the Nutrient Tracking Tool p Report a Problem with NTT NTT Versions Home Help About NTT Contact Us z Version Home Soil Management Verify Reports 0613 Version 0613 Beta Instructions There are four initial choices to start a project 1 Select the Soil Survey Map option to start a project by selecting an area of interest using the Web Soil Survey mapping system 2 Select the Specific Soil option to start a project by selecting an area of interest by state county and dominant soil 3 Select the Upload Existing Project option to upload a previously saved NTT project and 4 Select the Upload an Example option to access one of the several pre loaded NTT examples for illustration purposes For more information and help about the Nutrient Tracking Tool use Help option thr
17. cted county 3 Enter the farm area ac 4 modify slope of the selected if needed 5 input the initial soil P ppm model default is 20 ppm which can be changed by the user to any value from 0 1 to 500 and 6 modify the soil physical and chemica characteristics of the top layer Click HERE to read more about entering soil Information After you have entered all of the required Required information click the NEXT button to continue State Indiana County Carroll Project Name Project Description O Soil area Carroll County Indiana Soil name HKG Hennepin loam 30to 70 percent slopes un Area acres 100 Max Depth in Oo 59 84 Slope 50 Soil P ppm O 20 00 Bulk Density BD Q 1 3 Sand 37 Silt 45 Organic Matter 2 4 3 pH 7 2 Figure 3 5 Selection of an alternative soil type Hennepin with high slope TIAER 31 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual USDA United States Departmegt of Agnculture N EE Natiral Resour Sexeervat ons ad INTT Versions Home Help ontact Us Search USDA Home Soil Verify Reports Version 0613 Management Information b Link to NRCS Office On this page users enter the management information needed to compare the runoff nitrogen Phosphorous sediment loss potential and crop yield between a baseline management system and an alternative conservation management system Click HERE to read more about enter
18. cteristics of the top layer Click HERE to read more about entering sail Information After you have entered all of the required Required information click the NEXT button to continue Enter your Soil information State Washington County Yakima Map Unit Legend for Area of Interest AOI W Station Area Yakama Nation Irrigated Area Washington Part of Yakima County W467 8 Ashue loam O to 2 percent slopes 224 9 56 59 8 1 130 43 0 39 50 15 7 0 Ashue loam 2 to 5 percent slopes 77 8 mi 3 3 1 30 43 0 39 50 1 5 7 0 Ashue gravelly loam 0 to 2 44 ay 59 2 1 1 30 43 0 29 50 15 7 0 percent slopes Naches loam O to 2 percent 88 2 22 3 Eg 1 1 30 44 0 40 50 15 7 2 slopes for Area of Interest 395 5 oom 00 00 00 000 0 0 00 Figure 2 22 Management Information screen showing multiple soils captured from WSS Define the scenarios by creating an optional name and description for this NTT project Figure 2 22 on the first Management Information screen 25 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER Home Soil Verify Reports Version 0613 Management Information On this page users enter the management information needed to compare the runoff nitrogen Phosphorous sediment loss potential and crop b Link to NRCS Office yield between a baseline management system and an alternative conservation management system b USDA NRCS Click HERE to read more about entering Management Information b USDA ARS b TIGER After you have ent
19. culations for the tillage options Note that as expected no till resulted in lower sediment losses Example 2 Impact of slope One of the most well documented and intuitive principles in resource conservation is that the prevailing slope of a field has significant impact on soil and nutrient losses from that field and crop yields on the field To illustrate this we will use the same example as above but this time we will select the HkG Hennepin loam 30 to70 percent slope soil series from Carroll County in Indiana Figure 3 5 after choosing the Select Specific Soil option from the NTT main page We are using a 100 acre field size as before Click Continue to choose the same corn management information as before with Conventional tillage for the baseline and no till for the alternative scenario The results are shown in Figure 3 8 30 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual Br rd UG bud INTT Versions Home Help About NTT Contact Us Verify Reports Search USDA i i are Soil Information Other Resources On this page there are two available options These two options are based on the users selection in the previous page OPTION 1 Soil Survey Map was selected Enter the farm owner and project information in the allocated space OPTION 2 Select Specific Soil was selected 1 Enter the farm owner and project information in the allocated space 2 Select the soil texture from the list of available soils within the sele
20. dits for use in a water quality trading program Estimates of the impacts of conservation practices on water quantity are an additional benefit of NTT Based on recent enhancements air quality credits can also be estimated from NTT output for use in trading 1 1 Motivation NTT was developed primarily as a tool for estimating environmental credits for water quality trading As the interest in water and air quality trading involving agriculture has grown over the past several years so has the need for tools that can reliably estimate nutrient and sediment credits associated with alternative practices Reliable data on credits will equip farmers with the information needed to make wise decisions about environmental credit trading and choose the potentially most cost effective practices required for those trades NTT aids in the calculation of nutrient and sediment credits by providing estimates of nutrient and sediment losses associated Formerly referred to as the Nutrient Trading Tool Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER with baseline conditions and the levels of those indicators for each alternative practice or scenario under consideration 1 2 Basic Structure of NTT NTT is a web based program Users can access the beta version of the program by using their internet browser to go to the main NTT home page http nn tarleton edu nttWebARS The current version is limited to a few sites within the US and the results are being ver
21. ered all of the required Required information click the NEXT button to continue State Washington County Yakima Channel Vegetation Condition very Good Good 0 Moderate L Poor O Very Poor Channel Erodibility Very high High Moderate _ Low _ Very low Baseline Alternative Save Current Cropping System Select Cropping System Com silage Select Tillage Conventional m Upload c Tillage Management Oo d Manual Irrigation oQ e Grazing Q Contour Buffer Strip Farming Land Grading and Management a Land Leveling 2 b Terrace System O c Liming select V Clear Figure 2 23 Management Information screen with multiple soils after selecting options Select the Cropping System Irrigation types Nutrient input information and Tillage options for the Baseline and Alternative scenarios as was done in the previous section Figure 2 23 Users can then click on Wetlands and Ponds as shown for this tutorial so wetland information may be entered The procedure for adding a 20 acre wetland is identical to the previous example Section 2 1 and will not be included in this section Users may follow the steps outlined in Section 2 1 if they choose to review that process Click Continue if not including Structural Conservation Practices 26 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER USDA United States Deph rtmegt of Agriculture Natural Resou Sexeervation S Ag
22. fy Information screen prior to running NTT simulation ees 14 Figure 2 10 Verify Information screen while NTT simulation is in progress cccccccee 15 Figure 2 11 Summary Report screen showing summary output from NTT simulation 16 Figure 2 12 Capture Soil Map screen to start Web Soil from within NTT ee eeeeeee 17 Figure 2 13 Initial screen in the Web Soil Survey WSS program prior to area selection 18 Figure 2 14 WSS screen after selection of State Maryland and County Carroll of interest 19 Figure 2 15 WSS screen after zooming into Maryland to select a field in Carroll County 20 Figure 2 16 WSS screen after zooming in to Carroll County Maryland errrrrrrrnrrnnnnrnnnnrr 20 Figure 2 17 WSS screen showing AOI creation after selecting area of interest 21 Figure 2 18 WSS screen after selecting all contents prior to copying into NTT 0 22 Figure 2 19 NTT program prior to pasting in selected soil information from WSS 22 Figure 2 20 NTT program screen after pasting in soil information from WSS 00 23 Figure 2 21 NTT program after capturing importing soil information from WSGS 24 Figure 2 22 Management Information screen showing multiple soils captured from WSS 25 Figure 2 24 Management Information screen with multiple soils after selecting options 26 Figure 2 25 Verify Information screen with multi
23. gure 2 14 WSS screen after selection of State Washington and County Yakima of interest Allow enough time for the map on the right panel of the screen to zoom in to the Yakima County Washington area of the continental United States Figure 2 14 Next navigate to the specific AOI by progressively selecting rectangular areas with the zoom in feature as the active selection tool To ensure that the zoom in selection tool 1s active users must ensure that the zoom in button right below the Area of Interest Interactive Map title bar is the enabled button The zoom in button is typically the leftmost button on the toolbar right below the Area of Interest Interactive Map title bar Once the zoom in selection tool is active users can select any rectangular area making sure that they are within the vicinity of Yakima County Washington Any selection close enough to the center of the map will suffice 19 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER Area of Interest AOI 2 Soil Data Explorer Download Soils Data Shopping Cart Free Area of Interest Interactive Map A SR ele 160 2 je al View Extent Contiguous U S X Saale notto scale i sy a k i j f Area of Interest A Import AOI Quick Navigation A DI S Address State and County State Washington County optional Yakima National Park Service Hydrologic Unit Figure 2 15 WSS screen after zooming into W
24. hannel Vegetation Condition Very Good Good Moderate Poor very Poor Channel Erodibility very high High Moderate Low very low ee oil CASE IG JOPDING JYSLEN IDIOSG aveg DDD Select Cropping System Com Select Tillage No Till a Cropping System b Nutrient Management Nutrients Applied c Tillage Management d Manual Irrigation 2 e Grazing 2 Auto Irrigation and Fertigation Wetlands and Ponds _ Fur 3 2 Selection of pre existing crop management options TIAER We will then click on the Continue button where we will be taken to the Verify Information screen At this time check to make sure your input selections correspond to what is shown in Figure 3 3 Once you are comfortable that you have made the correct input selections click Continue to run the NTT calculation tool The results of this hypothetical example are shown in Figure 3 4 NT USDA United States Dept rtmegt of uc T RI aD Natural Resouprasye erfeervation S ri at Mr Service Ta TNT Versions Home EN Help About NTT Contact Us Verify Information State Indiana County Carroll Weather station Carroll Soil survey area Carroll County Indiana Soil series name FbB Fincastle Starks silt loams 1 to 3 percent slopes Slope 2 Area acres 100 EE o Alternative Cropping system selected Corn Corn Tillage Conventional No Till S Baseline ati re i Simulate Appl of Agricul
25. ified Users can select the state and county relevant for their applications and then proceed to define scenarios and run NTT to obtain estimates of nutrient and sediment losses as well as other indicators for each scenario they define NTT is a user friendly program Virtually all the data required for a number of states and counties are already available on the NTT server If users are interested in evaluating management alternatives that are typical for one of these states and counties they need not provide any specific information other than the size of the field or land area they wish to evaluate All other data required for these areas can be selected by users from drop down list boxes on the NTT web pages If users desire to estimate nutrient and sediment losses for management practices that are not available in the NTT program for one of these counties they can easily select options to either modify existing management practices operations or create new ones Data required for NTT application in other counties and states in the U S are being added to the NTT server and should be completed in the near future The NTT program consists of three main components 1 Web interface which is visible to the user 2 Computer simulation programs which run in the background in response to user requests 3 Supporting databases subsets of which can be viewed and customized by the user based on the selections they make via the NTT web interface 1
26. ing Management Information After you have entered all of the required Required information click the NEXT button to continue State Indiana County Carroll Channel Vegetation Condition Very Good Good Moderate Poor Very Poor Channel Erodibility very high High Moderate Low Very low if KISAH N Select Cropping System Select Tillage No Till a Cropping System Create Modify No Cropping System b Nutrient Management O c Tillage Management 2 d Manual Irrigation 2 e Grazing o Wetlands and Ponds Figure 3 6 Selection of crop nutrient and tillage options Agricultural Research Service USDA United States Dep rtme t of Agriculture AQ ail Natural Resoufte Seyservation Seyi i SS ND bd iNT Versions Home Help About NTT Contact Us Home Soil Management Verify Reports Version 0613 Search USDA Verify Information State Indiana P Link to NRCS Office County Carroll USDA NRCS Weather station Carroll P USDA ARS Soil survey area Carroll County Indiana Soil series name HkG Hennepin loam 30 to 70 percent slopes Slope 50 Feedback ee 2 Comment on the Nutrient se Traag Tool Cropping system selected Tillage Conventional on NAAR Baseline Simulate Appl of Agricultural limestone P Report 2 Problem with NTT Yes Click the Next button at the bottom of the page to process your information Wait for y
27. iscriminstion Statement Information Quali US 99 White House Figure 2 19 NTT program prior to pasting in selected soil information from WSS Next move to the main Capture Soil Map Information screen and paste ctrl V the information in the area provided Figure 2 19 22 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER i 1 USDA United States Dep urt l of greuture PE Natural Resoun CEST boder ation Seq i AD l F E re 1 Agricultural Research Service M NTT Versions Home Help About NTT Contact Us Jaa Capture Soil Map Information Use this page to capture Soil Map Information taken from the Web Soil Other Resources Survey Soil Map page Click HERE to read more about Web Soil Survery Soil Map and Area of Interest AOI Click HERE to go to the Nutrient Tracking Tool and enter soils and location information goil Survey Home Page te Contact Us Subscribe BSD Archived 30il J3urveys Foil Survey Status Glossary Preferences Link Logout Help IA AI Area of Interest AOI goil Map Soil Data Explorer Download Soils Data Pas Shopping Cart Free Yakama Nation Irrigated Area Washington Part of Yakima County WAEGTE p Unit dymbol Map Unit Name Acres in KOT Percent of 7 AA Ashue loam 0 to 2 percent slopes 224 9 6 9 ASE Ashue loam 2 to 5 percent slopes TT_8 19 7 AuA Ashue gravelly loam 0 to 2 percent slopes 4 4 11 F Wak Naches loam 0 to 2 percent slopes BB Z 22 3
28. nformation Baseline Alternative Corn silage Corn silage Tillage Conventional Conventional Structural Conservation Practices Input Baseline Alternative Wetland Areaf arc 20 Simulate Appl of Acricultural fi i Ves Ves The results in this report were generated by APEX using the information you supplied for location weather soils and agricultural management systems The information and results in this report are subject to the Nutrient Tracking Tool Disclaimer Note If the difference between the Baseline and Alternative is negative the Total Nutrients Loss Savings will be zero Figure 2 11 Summary Report screen showing summary output from NTT simulation Upon completion of the simulations NTT displays the Summary Report screen to users Figure 2 11 Annual average values for the indicators selected are presented as well as a summary of the management and other input options selected by the user Users can click see Detail Report to see a more detailed output report or Download Report to create and download a PDF copy of the results 16 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER USDA United States Dephrimegt of Agriculture Peal Natural Resort Serfservat on Sem ice Agricultural Research Service s dan s EG TE Fe NTT Versions Home Help About NTT Contact Us Search USDA Capture Soil Map Information Res Use this page to capture Soil Map Information taken from the Web Soil Other soci Survey Soil Map page
29. ns Home Help About NTT Contact Us 7 Version i eae soi Management Verify Reports 0613 Search USDA Version 0613 Beta Other Resources Instructions There are four initial choices to start a project 1 Select the Soil Survey Map option to start a project by selecting an area of interest using the Web Soil Survey mapping system 2 Select the Specific Soil option to start a b Link to NRCS Office project by selecting an area of interest by state county and dominant soil 3 Select the Upload Existing Project option to upload a previously saved NTT project and 4 Select the Upload an Example option to access one of the several P USDA NRCS pre loaded NTT examples for illustration purposes gt USDA ARS b TIAER Feedback Soil Survey Map Select Specific Soil Upload Existing Project Upload an Example _ Enter your Location information State County Weather Station Specific Soil states Washington E County 2 Yakima Weather Station select one For more information and help about the Nutrient Tracking Tool use Help option throughout the program p Comment on the Nutrient Tracking Tool p Report a Problem with NTT ete one Finley Paterson Continue WSU HQ Yakima The Nutrient Tracking Tool was designed and develop collaboration with the United States Department of Ag the USDA Agricultural Research Service ARS Select your Weather
30. ny combination of several conservation practices After clicking on Wetlands and Ponds under the alternative scenario and specify the wetland size as 20 acres The screen should now look like Figure 2 8 13 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER b TIMER After you have entered all of the required Required information click the NEXT button to continue State Washington County Yakima Channel Vegetation Condition very Good Good Moderate Poor O Very Poor Channel Erodibility very high High Moderate Low Very low Baseline Alternative Cropping System Select an Existing Cropping System Upload a Saved Cropping System Save Current Cropping System a Cropping System b Nutrient Management 2 Create Modify Nutrients Applied c Tillage Management Tillage d Manual Irrigation 2 e Grazing 2 Auto Irrigation and Fertigation Drainage Water Management System Wetlands and Ponds a Wetlands b Ponds Oo Stream and Riparian Management Contour Buffer Strip Farming a Land Leveling 2 b Terrace System c Liming Figure 2 8 Structural Conservation Practices Information screen showing selection of 20 acre wetland USDA United States Depf rime sp griculture Natural Resource erfeervation Sey Agricultural A Service K X HEST INTT Versions i Home jr ll About NTT Contact L Us Verify Information Verify that your information is cor
31. oil texture from the list of available soils within the selected county 3 Enter the gt UISDA ARS farm area ac 4 modify slope of the selected if needed 5 input the initial soil P ppm model default is 20 ppm which be changed by the user to any value from 0 1 to 500 and 6 modify the soil physical and chemica b TIGER characteristics of the top layer Click HERE to read more about entering soil Information p Comment on the Nutrient Tracking Tool After you have entered all of the required Required information click the NEXT button to continue b Report a Problem with NTT State Indiana County Carroll Project Name O Project Description Oo Soil area Carroll County Indiana Soil name HkG Hennepin loam 30 to 70 percent slopes es Area acres 100 Max Depth in 5924 Slope Soil P ppm 20 00 Bulk Density BD 6 13 Sand 37 Silt 45 Organic Matter 43 pH 72 Back Continue Figure 3 9 Manual editing of soil information to enter 2 slope for Hennepin soil NAV USDA United States Departmegt of Agriculture KNM i EE Natural Resourmtes erfeervation ear Ve i RISE 7 4 Agricultural Research Service Search USDA Other Resources Indiana Carroll Carroll Carroll County Indiana HkG Hennepin loam 30 to 70 percent slopes 2 Area acres 100 Cropping system selected Corn Corn Tillage Conventional No Till jae re rie eae aseline Al
32. on screen Figure 2 5 allows users to select Cropping System Nutrient Management and other management information that will be simulated for the field under the Baseline and Alternative scenarios 10 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER Search USDA Home Soil Management Verify Reports Version 0613 Management Information Other Resources On this page users enter the management information needed to compare the runoff nitrogen Phosphorous sediment loss potential and crop yield between a baseline management system and an alternative conservation management system Click HERE to read more about entering Management Information After you have entered all of the required Required information click the NEXT button to continue State Washington County Yakima Channel Vegetation Condition very Good Good Moderate Poor Very Poor Channel Erodibility Very high High Moderate Low Very low Baseline Alternative Cropping System a Cropping System No Cropping System b Nutrient Management c Tillage Management d Manual Irrigation e Grazing 2 EET stream and Riparian Management i Land Grading and Management a Land Leveling 2 b Terrace System Oo c Liming O Select Clea Figure 2 5 Management Information screen showing options for defining baseline and alternative scenarios 1 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER Home sod MESE
33. ormation click the NEXT Dutton to continue irene rtia Enter your Soll information i i ME ERE RD DE State Washington County Yakima Project name Test 1 is will evaluate impact of wetlands Project Description son area Yakima County Area Washington le sou name 11 Burke silt loam 5 to 8 percent slopes laws arestseres 100 Max Depthiin y O 29 13 son OES Sou ppm 20 00 Bulk Oensity B0 Oo 1 23 sence Ri2 sm ey en Organic Matter ay Os Ors Figure 2 4 Initial Management Information screen The Name and Description boxes of the screen are optional Name this example Test1 and enter This will evaluate impact of wetlands in the Description box The soil area for this example is Yakima County Area Washington Now select a specific soil name Click on the Soil name drop down box and select 11 Burke silt loam 5 to 8 percent slopes as the specific soil The slope is automatically calculated as the midpoint of the slope range for our selected soil Users may modify this slope value to reflect the conditions they want to simulate by modifying the value in any Slope textbox on this first Management Information screen and on the next which is the main Management Information screen In this case leave the slope at the value indicated Now in the Area input box enter the field size in acres Type in 100 as an assumed field size and click Continue The next Management Informati
34. oughout the program Soil Survey Map Select Specific Soil Upload Existing Project Upload an Example The Nutrient Tracking Tool was designed and developed by Texas Institute for Applied Environment Research TIAER in 1 collaboration with the United States Department of Agriculture USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service NRCS the USDA Agricultural Research Service ARS Figure 2 1 Welcome screen Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER When users access the NTT web site they are presented with a Welcome screen Figure 2 1 where they can opt to go to Capture Soil Map Information through the USDA NRCS web soil survey or select a state and county of interest At the bottom of the Welcome screen users also have the option of uploading a saved NTT project file Firefox v amp nn tarleton edu nttHelp062013 nttwebhelp htm Data_Entry Start_of_a_Project htm Contents E E z Home gt Start of a Project Introduction L Getting Started 5 2 System Requirements Start of a Project 7 Navigation Basics Sie phat a informati Welcome to the help system for Nutrient Tracking Tool NTT This web based software application kassen k en was designed to provide a simple to use but comprehensive nutrient tracking evaluation and reporting Verify Information tool 2 Results Understanding NTT See Navigation Basics to get a basic understanding of how to navigate the NTT application
35. our Summary Report to automatically display TIAER Figure 3 7 Verify Information screen prior to simulating scenarios on high slope Brinklow soil 32 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER USDA United States Dopf rtmegt of Agriculture P r Natural Resou epervation Semi VE OP 4 p i ey r i os i ja P Agricultural EAN Service INTT Versions Home H ES NTT Gad Ve Us Home Soil _ Management Verify TT Verten Summary Report Download Report See Detail Report Save Project Annual Monthiy Ave Graphs Adv Mod Economics D Link to NRCS Office Name USDA NRCS Description P USDA SRS Annual Results for Nutrients Flow Sediment and Crop Yield Reduction Baseline Alternative Difference 0 77 77 85 79 8 02 10 3 9 18 13 32 4 14 45 1 9 36 9 50 0 14 1 5 9 7559 8 8470 0 9089 9 3 162 158 4 rad Location and Additional Site Information State Indiana County Carroll Weather station Carroll 47 Years Simulation 1960 to 2006 Slope 50 Area Acres 100 Soil survey area Carroll County Indiana Soil series name HkG Hennepin loam 30 to 70 percent slopes Management Information Baseline Alternative Cropping system Corn Corn Irrigation Tillage Conventional No Till Structural Conservation Practices Input Baseline Alternative Simulate Appl of Ves Ves Agricultural limestone The results in this report were generated by APEX using the information you sup
36. ple soils prior to NTT simulation 27 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The research upon which this report is based was financed in part by a USDA NRCS Conservation Innovation Grants CIG funded project The authors would like to thank Ms Joree Burnett a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry Geosciences and Physics for her research assistance while working on this tutorial The authors also acknowledge review comments by Dr Ping Yang a senior research associate at the Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research Tarleton State University The authors are also grateful to Ms Heather Simmons Rigdon former executive director of the South central Washington RC amp D Council for useful input and assistance with data collection required for the work reflected in this report The opinions and analyses expressed in this report remain the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of USDA NRCS TIAER Tarleton State University or the South central Washington RC amp D Council CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION The Nutrient Tracking Tool NTT is a web based computer tool that enables users to determine the impacts that alternative practices or management options have on crop yields and sediment and nutrient losses from individual fields Impacts of alternative practices on sediment and nutrient losses can be readily converted to water quality cre
37. plied for location weather _ Figure 3 8 Summary Report screen for simulations on Hennepin soil with 50 slope Note that all sediment and nutrient losses are higher with this new soil type likely because the average slope is 50 much higher than the soil used in Example 1 Now click the Soil tab at the top of the Summary Report screen to go back to the Soil selection screen and manually enter 2 as the slope instead of 50 Figure 3 9 Click Continue three times to rerun the same management options and get back to the Summary Report page Your Verify Information screen should look like Figure 3 10 The results presented on the Summary Report page are as shown in Figure 3 11 It is obvious that the reduction in slope led to increased crop yields and reduced sediment for both the baseline and alternative scenarios The alternative scenario with no till is still projected to result in lower sediment losses However both scenarios show lower sediment and nutrient losses relative to the high slope situation 33 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual Other Resources On this page there are two available options These two options are based on the users selection in the previous as WE page OPTION 1 Soil Survey Map was selected Enter the farm owner and project information in the allocated space OPTION 2 Select Specific Soil was selected 1 Enter the farm owner and project information in the b USDA NRCS allocated space 2 Select the s
38. r Area of Interest 395 5 100 0 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 ET Capture Clear Save 77 8 19 7 3 5 43 00 39 50 1 50 7 00 4 4 1 1 1 43 00 39 50 1 50 7 00 NRCS H FOIA Figure 2 21 NTT program after capturing importing soil information from WSS The data exported to NTT appears in the NTT window as displayed in Figure 2 21 Next specify other aspects of the scenarios as done in the previous section The first Management Information screen NTT displays Figures 2 21 and 2 22 indicates that the selected AOI is 395 5 acres in size and that it consists of 4 soil types 24 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER Search USDA Other Resources b Link te NRCS Office b USDA NRCS b USDA ARS b TIAER Wersion Home Management Verify Reports 0613 Soil Information On this page there are two available options These two options are based on the users selection in the previous page OPTION 1 Soil Survey Map was selected Enter the farm owner and project information in the allocated space OPTION 2 Select Specific Soil was selected 1 Enter the farm owner and project information in the allocated space 2 Select the soil texture from the list of available soils within the selected county 3 Enter the farm area ac 4 modify slope of the selected if needed 5 input the initial soil P ppm model default is 20 ppm which can be changed by the to any value from 0 1 to 500 and 6 modify the sail physical and chemical chara
39. rect Washington County Yakima Weather station Yakima Soil survey area Yakima County Area Washington Soil series name 11 Burke silt loam 5 to 8 percent slopes Slope 6 5 Area acres 100 EEE EPER nz i O Alternative Cropping system selected Corn silage Corn silage Tillage Conventional Conventional Wetland Area ac 20 Simulate Appl of Yes Yes Agricultural limestone Click the Next button at the bottom of the page to process your information Wait for your Summary Report to automatically display Figure 2 9 Verify Information screen prior to running NTT simulation After users click Continue the Verify Information screen appears Figure 2 9 providing the opportunity to confirm that the information entered is what was intended Click Back to edit the information or Continue if the information is correct When Continue is clicked the NTT interface calls the main simulation program and simulates the Baseline and Alternative scenarios based on the selections made 14 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual Agricultural AM Service USDA United States Dephrtme p agriculture N sm Natural Resortes erfeervat felg Sergi a IntT versions Home Help About NTT Contact Us Verify Reports Version 0613 Home Soil Management Verify Information Verify that your information s cowact State Washington County Yakima Weather station Yakima Soil survey area Yakima County Area Washington Soil
40. ricultural Research Service Verify Information Verify that your information is correct State Washington County Yakima Weather station Test 2 This will evaluate impact of wetlands on multiple soils e O ternative Cropping system Corn silage Corn silage Tillage Conventional Conventional scp me tore si gar Wetland Area ac Simulate Appl of Agricultural limestone Click the Next button at the bottom of the page to process your information Wait for your report to automatically display Click on the left side checkbox below to select individual soils for evaluation The selected soils will produce a Soils Evaluation report Map Unit Legend for Area of Interest AOI Area Yakama Nation Irrigated Area Washington Part of Yakima Coun Name Acres Percent Max Depth Siope BD SolP Sand Sit OM Ashue loam 0 to 2 percent 224 9 56 9 Te 3 2 43 395 slopes Ashue loam 2 to 5 percent 7108 197 HH 3 3 353 slopes Ashue gravelly loam 0 to 2 F Aua percent slopes 44 11 5851 3 3 395 Naches loam 0 to 2 percent slopes Totals for Area of Interest AOI Total acres 395 5 AOI Sum y NaA 88 2 22 3 3324 405 Figure 2 24 Verify Information screen with multiple soils prior to NTT simulation Note that on the Verify Information screen users can select which soil types they want to include or exclude by using the check boxes shown to the left of each soil type Figure 2 24 The slope value of selected soils m
41. series name 11 Burke silt loam 5 to 8 percent slopes Slope 6 5 Area acres 100 Cropping system selected Corn silage Corn silage Tillage Conventional Conventional ie EE AGS kund some air Simulate Appl of Ves gricultural limestone abe Click the Next button at the bottom of the page to process your information Wait for your Summary Report to automatically display Calculating Please wait Save Project Back Figure 2 10 Verify Information screen while NTT simulation is in progress While the program is running in the background a message Calculating displayed Figure 2 10 TIAER Please wait is 15 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER F Link to MRCS Office t USDA NRCS b USDA ARS H Pa INTT Versions Home Help About NTT Contact Us Verify Summary Report Download Report See Detail Report Save Project Annuali Monthy forg Graphs Name Test 1 F This will evaluate impact of wetlands Annual Results for Nutrients Flow Sediment and Crop Yield Reduction Baseline Alternative Difference 20 026 2 40 94 2 0 01 0 16 94 1 0 08 0 16 66 7 0 0150 0 1612 915 O73 0 00 0 0 0 00 0 00 State Washington County Yakima Weather station Yakima 47 Years Simulation 1960 to 2006 Slope 6 5 Area Acres 100 Reduce Alternative 20 ac Soil survey area Yakima County Area Washington Soil series mame 11 Burke silt loam 5 to 8 percent slopes Management I
42. ternativ ye O Simulate Appl of gricultural limestone Yes Yes Figure 3 10 Verify Information screen showing input selections but with 2 slope TIAER 34 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual USDA United States DepArtmeft of RR EP Natural Restes eservation sg Agricultural Research Service INTT Versions Home i Home Soil Management Verify Summary Report P Link to NRCS Office Download Report See Detail Report Save Project nnusl Monthiy vg Graphs Adv Mod Economics Annual Results for Nutrients Flow Sediment and Crop Yield Total N Total P Flow Sediment Crop Yield CORN ou s State County Weather station Slope Area Acres Soil survey area Soil series name Cropping system Irrigation Tillage Simulate Appl of Agricultural limestone Figure 3 11 Summary Report screen showing results for Hennepin soil with 2 slope Reduction Baseline Alternative Difference 15 27 17 94 2 67 173 1 34 1 29 0 05 3 7 5 09 5 13 0 04 0 8 0 7349 0 3157 0 4192 57 0 171 171 0 0 Location and Additional Site Information Indiana Carroll Carroll 47 Years Simulation 1960 to 2006 2 100 Carroll County Indiana HkG Hennepin loam 30 to 70 percent slopes Management Information Baseline Alternative Corn Corn Conventional No Till Structural Conservation Practices Input Baseline Yes TIAER 35 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER REFERENCES
43. tural limestone Click the Next button at the bottom of the page to process your information Wait for your Summary Report to automatically display Yes Yes Figure 3 3 Verify Information screen summarizing selected options 29 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER USDA United States Deph rtmegt of Agriculture Natural Res lffees Sexeervation Semi p Agricultural Research Service mv Summary Report Downioad Report See Detail Report Save Project Annual Monihiy Ava Graphs Adv Mod Economics Annual Results for Nutrients Flow Sediment and Crop Yield Reduction Baseline Alternative Difference Wos ac 6 45 7 66 1 21 18 8 ns ac 0 76 0 65 0 11 14 5 fin 3 67 3 69 0 02 0 5 wac 0 4661 0 1702 0 2959 Crop Yield CORN ows 176 174 2 Location and Additional Site Information State Indiana County Carroll Weather station Carroll 47 Years Simulation 1960 to 2006 Slope 2 Area Acres 100 Soil survey area Carroll County Indiana Soil series name FbB Fincastle Starks silt loams 1 to 3 percent slopes Management Information Baseline Alternative Cropping system Corn Corn Irrigation Tillage Conventional No Till Structural Conservation Practices Input Baseline Simulate Appl of Yes Yes Agricultural limestone The results in this report were generated by APEX using the information you supplied for location weather Figure 3 4 Summary Report page showing results of NTT cal
44. unoff from the 80 acre portion of the field flows into the 20 acre wetland prior to leaving the field Select Corn Silage from the Cropping System drop downbox Select Conventional as the Tillage for and click Upload To ensure that the comparisons are valid select the Cropping System and Tillage for the Baseline and select Copy to Alternative The screen should look like Figure 2 6 once those selections have been made Click on Wetlands and Ponds under the Alternative tab 12 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual Figure 2 7 State Washington County Yakima Channel Vegetation Condition Very Good Good Moderate Poor D Very Poor Channel Erodibility gt very high High Moderate Low Very low Baseline Alternative CICLA a ASU IC PUT I OY SLETT Select Cropping System Com silage Select Tillage Conventional a Cropping System b Nutrient Management 8 Create Modify Nutrients Applied c Tillage Management Tillage d Manual Irrigation e Grazing oO Wetlands and Ponds Stream and Riparian Management a Stream Fencing Livestock Access Control O b Streambank Stabilization c Riparian Forest Buffer 2 d Filter Strip e Waterway Grassed Buffer 8 Contour Buffer Strip Farming Land Grading and Management a Land Leveling 8 b Terrace System c Liming Select Clear Management Information screen TIAER The Management Information screen Figure 2 7 allows users to select a
45. y Policy Non Discrimination Statement Information Quality USA gov White House Figure 2 13 Initial screen in the Web Soil Survey WSS program prior to area selection Once the user clicks the START WSS button a new window or browser panel appears Figure 2 13 which is the main page of the USDA NRCS Web Soil Survey Users may need to temporarily enable pop ups in order for this to work properly if popup blockers have been installed and enabled on their computers When the Web Soil Survey screen first appears the continental United States is shown in full extent on the right panel The left panel of the screen displays several tabs used to navigate to specific areas of interest Navigate to the AOI by choosing from the State and County list or alternatively by selecting from the Soil Survey Area list For this example select State and County and choose Washington from the State drop down box and Yakima from the County drop down box 18 Nutrient Tracking Tool User s Manual TIAER Area of Interest AOI Soil Map Soil Data Explorer Download Soils Data Shopping Cart Free Area of Interest A o ey qama 10 zZ al Sl 2 View Extent Contiguous U S otto scale Quick Navigation A State and County F Kittitas 3 J lt erce Vantage s ew 7 f Cy g ha 4 pt Goose Prairie it i i s 23 SN BL r er ee Wymer a TET i State Washington v County optional Yakima v Skamania Fi
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