The Heinz Center's State of the Nation's Ecosystems
ecosystem: Farmlands
indicator Name: Phosphorus in Farmland Streams: ecosystem comparison
page # in printed report: 96
location on page: bottom
data source: USGS National Water Quality Assessment. Coverage: lower 48 states. Each sampling area was sampled intensively for approximately 2 years during 1992-1998.
notes: please see technical notes for further details on accessing these data from their original source; this data table comes from a specific graphic in The State of the Nation's Ecosystems report (www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems)

units: % of stream sites tested
  Farmlands Forests Urban
less than 0.1 ppm 27.1 89.7 31.6
0.1 to 0.3 ppm 41.1 7.7 36.9
0.3 to 0.5 ppm 16.8 0 21
0.5 ppm or more 15 2.6 10.5