Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Charleston Side Channel Reservoir TMDL
Table 5. Subbasin Land Use Characteristics for the Upper Embarras Watershed.
SUBBASIN 1
SWAT Land Use MRLC Land Use Area (ha)1 Area (ac) 2 Percent Subbasin
Corn/Soybean Row Crops 13,740.3 33,952.3 93.8
Pasture Pasture/Hay 909.9 22,48.4 6.2
Total 14,650.2 36,200.6 100.0
SUBBASIN 2
SWAT Land Use MRLC Land Use Area (ha) Area (ac) Percent Subbasin
Corn/Soybean Row Crops 10,805.2 26,699.6 96.7
Pasture Pasture/Hay 374.1 924.4 3.3
Total 11,179.3 27,624.1 100.0
SUBBASIN 3
SWAT Land Use MRLC Land Use Area (ha) Area (ac) Percent Subbasin
Corn/Soybean Row Crops 5,631.8 13,916.2 94.6
Pasture Pasture/Hay 321.7 794.9 5.4
Total 5,953.5 14,711.1 100.0
SUBBASIN 4
SWAT Land Use MRLC Land Use Area (ha) Area (ac) Percent Subbasin
Corn/Soybean Row Crops 5,245.7 12,962.1 94.7
Pasture Pasture/Hay 292.6 723.0 5.3
Total 5,538.3 13,685.1 100.0
SUBBASIN 5
SWAT Land Use MRLC Land Use Area (ha) Area (ac) Percent Subbasin
Corn/Soybean Row Crops 8,547.9 21,121.9 96.0
Pasture Pasture/Hay 359.2 887.6 4.0
Total 8,907.1 22,009.4 100.0
SUBBASIN 6
SWAT Land Use MRLC Land Use Area (ha) Area (ac) Percent Subbasin
Corn/Soybean Row Crops 7,930.4 19,596.0 95.0
Pasture Pasture/Hay 416.1 1,028.2 5.0
Total 8,346.5 20,624.2 100.0
SUBBASIN 7
SWAT Land Use MRLC Land Use Area (ha) Area (ac) Percent Subbasin
Corn/Soybean Row Crops 36,879.9 91,130.2 95.8
Pasture Pasture/Hay 1,609.5 3,977.1 4.2
Total 38,489.4 95,107.3 100.0
SUBBASIN 8
SWAT Land Use MRLC Land Use Area (ha) Area (ac) Percent Subbasin
Corn/Soybean Row Crops 5,120.8 12,653.5 91.7
Pasture Pasture/Hay 461.5 1,140.4 8.3
Total 5,582.3 13,793.9 100.0
SUBBASIN 9
SWAT Land Use MRLC Land Use Area (ha) Area (ac) Percent Subbasin
Corn/Soybean Row Crops 3,917.3 9,679.6 100.0
Total 3,917.3 9,679.6 100.0
SUBBASIN 10
SWAT Land Use MRLC Land Use Area (ha) Area (ac) Percent Subbasin
Appendix B-8 SWAT2000 Modeling