Runoff and Erosion Characteristics of Surface-Mined Sites in Western North Dakota

Authors

John E. Gilley, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
G. W. Gee, North Dakota State University
A. Bauer, United States Department of Agriculture
W. O. Willis, United States Department of Agriculture
R. A. Young, United States Department of Agriculture

Date of this Version

7-1977

Comments

Published in the Transactions of the ASAE 20(4) (July-August 1977): 697-700, 704. Copyright 1977, American Society of Agricultural Engineers.

Abstract

A rainfall simulator was used to measure runoff and erosion from rangeland, spoil and topsoil sites. Measured soil losses were greatest on bare topsoil plots and least on the non-cultivated rangeland site. Application of a straw mulch reduced erosion on topsoil by over 90 percent. However, the meausred erosion and runoff values from the mulched topsoil sites were still over 50 percent higher than from the rangeland site.