Sheet Erosion on wheat field   Save
Ohio Guide Photographs
Description: Typed on reverse of photograph: "Number: 14-559. State: Ohio. Name of Owner: J. Crepes Farm. Location: Wayne Twp. Sec. 12. Date: Feb. 13, 1935. County: Muskingum. Legend: Severe sheet erosion on wheat field. Wheat planted with corn rows, running up and down slope. Notice small gully between wheat rows. Dist. 6 files." Sheet erosion is the detachment of soil particles by raindrop impact and their removal downslope by water flowing overland as a sheet instead of in definite channels or rills. The impact of the raindrop breaks apart the soil aggregate. Particles of clay, silt and sand fill the soil pores and reduce infiltration. After the surface pores are filled with sand, silt or clay, overland surface flow of water begins due to the lowering of infiltration rates. Once the rate of falling rain is faster than infiltration, runoff takes place View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F12_002_1
Subjects: Soil erosion--United States; Farms Ohio
Places: Muskingum County (Ohio)