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About the Aberdeen Plant Materials Center
Updated
08/13/2008
| Established |
1939 |
| Size |
112 Acres |
| Land Ownership |
45 acres are owned by South Bingham Soil Conservation District. The
remaining 67 acres are owned by the Department of Idaho Fish and Game. |
| Operation |
NRCS |
Description of the PMC Service
Area
 The Aberdeen Plant Materials Center is in the middle of the Snake River plain in southern Idaho.
The topography is mountainous, with elevations ranging from 1,700 feet to 12,000
feet. The climate is continental, changes rapidly with altitude, and is
characterized as cold with wet winters and dry summers. Summers have cool nights
and warm days. Most precipitation
occurs as winter snow and spring rain. Total precipitation varies from less than
five inches to more than 25 inches annually. Extensive areas are severely eroded
by wind and water.
Land use is diversified, including vast acreage of native and reseeded
rangelands; extensive irrigated farmland under intensive cropping systems;
non-irrigated cropland in cereal production; large acreage of mountain
meadowlands and timberlands; and an increasing number of acres devoted to
urbanization, recreational farms and playgrounds, wildlife refuges, hunting
areas, and mining.
Getting to the Aberdeen PMC
The Aberdeen PMC is located is southeast Idaho. From Pocatello, Idaho, take
I-15 north to I-86 west towards American Falls. Take Exit 40 off of I-86, turn
right. Take Hwy. 39 north truck route over the American Falls Reservoir. Follow
Hwy. 39 north until you get to Aberdeen. Turn right on Bingham Road, just north
of Tiger Hut. Follow Bingham Road to the PMC. (See map below.)
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