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Chester-Sassafras Watershed - Conservation Security Program
Delaware
Description of Watershed
The Delaware portion of the
Chester-Sassafras watershed is located in western Kent and New Castle
Counties Delaware. The majority of the watershed is in Maryland and a
small portion is also in Pennsylvania. The land uses in this
watershed consist of cropland, irrigated cropland, forestland, wetlands,
and urban land.
The watershed topography is gently rolling to generally flat. The soils
in the watershed are primarily in the Woodstown-Sassafras-Fallsington,
Matapeake-OthelloSassafras, and the Fallsington-Woodstown-Sassafras
general soil series.
There are about 76 farms in the Delaware portion of the watershed. The
average farm size is approximately 200 acres. Primary crops include
corn, soybeans, wheat, and barley. |
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Land Cover/Use
| Land Use |
Delaware Acres |
Maryland Acres |
| Cropland |
23,200 |
36,700 |
| Pasture |
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36,100 |
| Developed |
1,500 |
34,491 |
| Forest/Wetland |
22,750 |
117,290 |
| Other |
1,550 |
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Map of Chester-Sassafras Watershed in Delaware
States and Counties in the Chester-Sassafras Watershed
For General and Application Information,
visit the National NRCS CSP Site.
- On-Line Self Assessment - Link - Complete a 2005 Conservation Security Program Self Assessment
- Coming Soon!
These documents require
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Acrobat Reader or
Microsoft Excel.
 Cost list
for Chester-Sassafras Watershed (388 KB)
 Chester-Sassafras Watershed Fact Sheet (136 KB)
Key
Points of Conservation Security Program (64 KB)
Program Contacts - Delaware
Paul Petrichenko, Assistant State Conservationist for Programs
Phone: 302-678-4180
Program Contacts - Maryland
Mark Waggoner
Title: State Resource Conservationist
Phone: 443-482-2927
Program Contacts - Pennsylvania
Kelly Ireland, Conservation
Security Program Manager
Phone: 717-274-2597 Ext #130
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