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Lower Salt Fork Watershed

Watershed Description

The Lower Salt Fork Watershed is located in Barber and Harper counties in south central Kansas extending into Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Kay, and Noble counties in Oklahoma.

Over 92 percent of the land area is devoted to agriculture, with the remaining 8 percent in rural farm communities and other land uses.

The primary resource concerns include soil erosion (sheet, rill, and gully) increases in soil acidity, saline seeps, sedimentation, and declining soil organic matter.

Wildlife habitat has improved over time due to CRP and interested managers, but the habitat components are broken up by large expanses of monoculture cropland.  Key wildlife species include whitetail deer and ring-necked pheasant.

Watershed Statistics

The total estimated area in the Kansas portion of the watershed is 263,260 acres.  Cropland covers about 110,766 acres, and grassland covers about 148,447 acres.

Land Use Acres Land Use Acres
Cropland 110,766 Quarries/Mines/Pits 53
Grass Lands 148,447 Trees 1,941
Misc. Lands 866 Urban Build Up 481
Open Water 706    

Local Contacts

County District Conservationist Phone Number
Barber Harold Kline 620-886-3721
Harper Terry Hodgson 620-842-5483

Initial Questionnaire and Inventory Worksheets

These documents require Adobe Acrobat.

Adobe Acrobat DocumentInitial Questionnaire (19 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentCropland - Nutrient Management Benchmark Inventory Worksheet (50 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentCropland - Pest Management Benchmark Inventory Worksheet (35 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentCropland - Waste Utilization Benchmark Inventory Worksheet (52 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentIrrigation - Irrigated Cropland, Pasture Benchmark Inventory Worksheet (27 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentOther Lands Benchmark Inventory Worksheet (19 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentPasture - Grazing Plan Benchmark Inventory Worksheet (39 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentPasture - Nutrient Management Benchmark Inventory Worksheet (50 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentRange and Pasture - Pest Management Benchmark Inventory Worksheet (35 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentRange - Grazing Plan Benchmark Inventory Worksheet (38 KB)

Self-Assessment and Other Documents

Stewardship and Conservation Payments

Oklahoma CSP Web Site

Maps and Watershed Information

These documents require Adobe Acrobat.

Adobe Acrobat DocumentFact Sheet - Lower Salt Fork Watershed (81 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentMap of Lower Salt Fork of the Arkansas River Watershed Area (193 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentMap of Lower Salt Fork Watershed, Barber County, Kansas (92 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentMap of Lower Salt Fork Watershed, Harper County, Kansas (102 KB)

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