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Little Pee Dee Watershed
General Description
The total estimated area in the watershed is 856,800 acres.
This watershed is located in Columbus, Richmond, Robeson, and Scotland Counties in
Eastern North Carolina and Dillon,
Horry, Marion, and Marlboro Counties in South Carolina.
The land uses in this watershed consist of cropland, forestland, and very little
developed areas. The watershed area is in the Southern Coastal Plains resource
area. The topography is gently rolling to nearly level. Counties in the
watershed are located within the Carolina Sandhills and the Southern Rolling
Coastal Plains Common Land Resource Areas.
There are about 230 farms covering 77,579 acres. The average size farm is
330 acres. Primary crops include soybeans, cotton, tobacco, and corn.
There is also a number of swine operations.
Land Cover/Use
Land Use |
Total Acres |
Cropland |
78,100 |
Pasture |
5,600 |
Forest |
138,000 |
Developed |
14,500 |
Water |
2,600 |
Other |
8,800 |
Total |
247,600 |
Map of Little Pee Dee Watershed
Counties in Watershed
North Carolina
South Carolina
Take this simple 8 question evaluation to see if you might qualify for CSP.
Find out more about CSP, attend one of the public information meetings in
your watershed. Information regarding dates, times, and locations will be
posted here as they are scheduled. You are encouraged to take the
Eligibility Evaluation and get a self-assessment workbook online or from your local
NRCS office before attending
the meeting.
Watershed Documents
The following documents require Adobe
Acrobat or Microsoft
Excel
North
Carolina CSP Fact Sheet (PDF; 315 KB)
Eligibility
Evaluation Form (PDF; 65 KB)
Self-Assessment
Workbook (PDF; 2.5 MB)
NC
Conservation Records (PDF; 2 MB)
Control
of the Land for the Contract Period (PDF; 25 KB)
CSP Stewardship Payments
|
Tier I |
Tier II |
Tier III |
Cropland |
$0.42 acre |
$1.70 acre |
$3.82 acre |
Irrigated
Cropland |
$0.59 acre |
$2.35 acre |
$5.29 acre |
Pastureland |
$0.27 acre |
$1.10 acre |
$2.47 acre |
Existing Practice Payments
|
Tier I |
Tier II |
Tier III |
Cropland |
$0.11 acre |
$0.42 acre |
$.96 acre |
Irrigated
Cropland |
$0.15 acre |
$0.59 acre |
$1.32 acre |
Pastureland |
$0.07 acre |
$0.27 acre |
$0.62 acre |
Contact Person
North Carolina
Greg Walker, Assistant State
Conservationist for Programs, 919-873-2107
South Carolina
Glenn Sandifer, Program
Specialist, 803-253-3894
Last Modified: 4/7/2008
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