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Major Land Resource Areas

What is a Major Land Resource Area?

Major land resource areas are geographically associated land resource units, usually encompassing several thousand acres, characterized by a particular pattern of soils, geology, climate, water resources, and use.  A unit can be one continuous areas or several separate nearby areas.

The following MLRAs are within the Northern Great Plains MLRA region:

MLRA Name
52 Brown Glaciated Plain
53A Northern Dark Brown Glaciated Plains
53B Central Dark Brown Glaciated Plains
53C Southern Dark Brown Glaciated Plains
54 Rolling Soft Shale Plain
55A Northern Black Glaciated Plains
55B Central Black Glaciated Plains
55C Southern Black Glaciated Plains
56 Red River Valley of the North
58A Northern Rolling High Plains, Northern Part
58B Northern Rolling High Plains, Southern Part
58C Northern Rolling High Plains, Northern Eastern Part
58D Northern Rolling High Plains, Eastern Part
60A Pierre Shale Plain and Badlands
60B Pierre Shale Plain and Badlands, Northern Part
61 Black Hills Foot Slope
62 Black Hills
63A Northern Rolling Pierre Shale
63B Southern Rolling Pierre Shale Plains
64 Mixed Sandy and Silty Tableland
66 Dakota-Nebraska Eroded Tableland
67 Dakota-Nebraska Eroded Tableland
Nebraska and South Dakota


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