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Monocacy Watershed
 The Monocacy River Watershed covers 742 square miles, including portions of
Frederick, Carroll and Montgomery counties, Maryland. The
CSP sign-up is limited
to the Maryland portion of the watershed. The predominant land uses are
cropland, forest and pasture. There are approximately 1400 farms in the
watershed. The average farm size is 147 acres. Livestock operations are the
primary agricultural activity, led by diary operations with lesser amounts of
hog, poultry and beef. The Monocacy watershed is typical of the Mid-Atlantic and
Northeast regions of the United States where there are significant pressures
placed on agriculture from urban and suburban centers.
The following are approximate acres in the watershed based on land use:
| Land Use |
Acres |
| Cropland |
167,300 |
| Pasture |
56,000 |
| Developed |
38,500 |
| Forestland/Wetland |
107,500 |
Map of Watershed
The following document requires Adobe Acrobat
Map
of the Monocacy watershed (PDF; 887 KB)
Additional Information
More information can be found at the EPA's
Surf Your
Watershed website.
Program Contacts - Maryland
Patty Engler
Title: Resource Conservationist
Phone: 410-489-7987
Email: Patricia.Engler@md.usda.gov
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