Table 1. Fraction (%) of Area Depending on the Land-use and Hydrologic Soil Group, and Min/Max SCS-CN Depending on the NRCS Cover Types.

Landuse Fraction (%) NRCS cover type description (cover type and hydrologic condition) Max./Min. Hydrologic soil group and runoff curve number (CN)
A (1.5%) B (40.4%) C (28.6%) D (29.5%)
Forest 39.6 Wood-Good Min. 30 55 70 77
Wood-grass combination-Poor Max. 57 73 82 86
Grassland / herbaceous 25.7 Meadow-continuous grass, protected from grazing and generally mowed for hay-Good Min. 30 58 71 78
Pasture, grassland, or range continuous forage for grazing-Poor Max 68 79 86 89
Cultivated crops 9.9 Row crops: Contoured & terraced-Good Min. 62 71 78 81
Row crops: Straight row-Poor Max 72 81 88 91
Pasture / hay 8.4 Meadow-continuous grass, protected from grazing and generally mowed for hay-Good Min. 30 58 71 78
Pasture, grassland, or range continuous forage for grazing-Poor Max 68 79 86 89
Shrub / scrub 7.1 Brush-brush-frobs-grass mixture with brush the major element-Good Min. 30 48 65 73
Desert shrub-major plants (saltbrush, grease wood, creosotebush, blackbrush, etc.) Max 63 77 85 88