Land in farms : 1964 -- Land in farms as a percent of total land area : 1964 -- Cropland : 1964 / compiled by U. S. Bureau of the Census, Census of agriculture: 1964, v. I, Washington, U. S. Govt. Print Off., 1967, county table 1 -- Cropland as a percent of total land area : 1964 -- Grazing and pastureland : 1959 -- Grazing and pastureland as a percent of total land area : 1959 / compiled from information provided by the Conservation Needs Inventory Committee, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1967 -- Forest and woodland : 1959 -- Forest and woodland as a percent of total land area : 1959.

Eight economic maps representing the United States, featuring the major uses of land - such as cropland, grazing and pastureland, and forest and woodland - as of 1964. Maps show the absolute figures for land use, as well as the percentage out of the total land area. Maps also show political boundari...

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Main Authors: Geological Survey (U.S.), U.S. Census Bureau, United States. Conservation Needs Inventory Committee, United States. Department of Agriculture, Pecora, William T., Gerlach, Arch C., Overstreet, William B.
Format: Map
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Published: United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey 1964
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Summary:Eight economic maps representing the United States, featuring the major uses of land - such as cropland, grazing and pastureland, and forest and woodland - as of 1964. Maps show the absolute figures for land use, as well as the percentage out of the total land area. Maps also show political boundaries, bodies of water, coastlines and islands. Maps include legends, as well as bar scales and scale statements. Presented with Albers Equal Area Projection. With two inset maps within each map: Principal islands of Hawaii -- Alaska. Colored lithograph. Together, maps are 42 x 31 cm, on sheet 49 x 35 cm. Accompanying descriptive text on page 157. Maps appear in Special subject maps section, subsection Economic : Agriculture. The national atlas of the United States of America, by the United States Geological Survey; published in Washington D. C., 1970. Bound in navy blue board, with title printed in silver on both front cover and spine. Accompanied by envelope with six overlay sheets, tucked between final page and back cover of volume. Collation: [i-vi], vii-xiii, [1], 2-417, A1, A2, B1, B2, C, D. Atlas contains 770 maps and 18 charts. Includes a dedication, foreward, list of contributors, introduction, table of contents and index to map subjects. Topic covered: physical geography, history, economics, culture, administrative boundaries and cartography. In addition, atlas also provides maps of the world, as related to the United States. Maps show political boundaries, cities, railways, roads, topography, bodies of water, glaciers, drainage, coastlines, islands, water depths and time zones. Topical maps feature other details, such as history, geology, climate, agriculture, population, racial demographics (including indigenous peoples), religion, language and transportation. Some maps use data visualization to further illustrate geographical information, with charts overlaid upon the landscape. "Adapted from "About The National Atlas of the United States of America," by the U.S. Geological Survey: The National Atlas of ...