USLE Project

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) US Department of Agriculture; National Agricultural Library

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Project Citation: 

US Department of Agriculture, and National Agricultural Library. USLE Project. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-06-26. https://doi.org/10.3886/E250291V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title USLE Project
Summary:  View help for Summary The USLE_1981-4 project data (Universal Soil Loss Equation) was collected from of (9) sites at (4) locations. A Swanson rotating boom simulator with (30) V-Jet 80100 nozzles applied rainfall at two different intensities, 60 or 130 mm/hour depending on how many nozzles were turned on. Specially designed flumes used with the FW-1 automatic water level recorder were used to obtain continuous runoff flow measurements. The sites in this data set followed a standardized rainfall simulator protocol which future studies by multiple investigators would continue to use. The data set contains rainfall simulator hydrologic and erosion data as well as vegetation and ground data collected in spring and fall from 1981 to 1984.

All sites had (3) treatments with (2) replications. The vegetative plot manipulation treatments were: clipped, all vegetation clipped at ground surface and removed, bare, vegetation clipped and removed with all rocks larger than 5 mm removed, natural, vegetation left natural, tilled, all vegetation removed and soil tilled. Dataset data was published in Proceedings of the Rainfall Simulator Workshop 1985 Tucson, AZ in table format appendices. There is also (8) supporting data files with related site data. The raw data for the New Mexico site is not currently available.


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Resource Title: USLE Project. File Name: USLE Study.ZIPResource Description: USLE_81-4_Read Me file describes: general information, unresolved issues, data set contents, and list of references and Journal papers. USLE_81-4_AllData.xls includes: runoff data, foliar cover, and ground cover data.

Resource Title: USLE Project.

File Name: USLE Study.ZIP

Resource Description: USLE_81-4_Read Me file describes: general information, unresolved issues, data set contents, and list of references and Journal papers. USLE_81-4_AllData.xls includes: runoff data, foliar cover, and ground cover data.
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://agdatacommons.nal.usda.gov/articles/dataset/USLE_Project/24661365

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms nozzles; rain; runoff; data collection; standard operating procedures; hydrology; vegetation; autumn
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/1981 – 12/31/1984
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) observational data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes DOI: 10.15482/USDA.ADC/1414586 Citation: Weltz, Mark A. (2017). USLE Project. Ag Data Commons. https://doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/1414586 (Downloaded 2026-06-26)


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