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Revised Summary of Application South Central Piedmont Resource Conservation and Development Area Introduction The South Central Piedmont Resource Conservation and Development Area is located in the south central Piedmont geographic area of North Carolina. This application is a revision of the original application, which was submitted in May of 1971. The revised application involves the same counties with two exceptions: 1) Iredell County has been included with the Unifour Application and 2) Davidson County has been added to this revision. These changes were made due to the geography of the counties involved and their natural resource needs. Sponsors for the area are the county commissioners and the soil and water conservation districts in the following member counties: Cabarrus Davidson Gaston Lincoln Mecklenburg Rowan Stanly Union General Description of the Area The South Central Piedmont Resource Conservation and Development Area is located in the south central section of North Carolina. The area contains 3,649 square miles of land area and 199 square miles of land that is covered by water. In 1995 there were approximately 1.$ million people residing in the area. The population increased by an average of 1.9% during the period from 1986 to 1995. The average population density for the area is approximately 351 persons per square mile. The topography of the area is characteristic of the Southern Piedmont Land Resource Region of North Carolina. Generally the soils in the area have a clay-like or loamy subsoil. Land slopes range from gently sloping to strongly sloping for the most part. Approximately 50% of the land area is covered with woodland vegetation. Woodland vegetation includes undergrowth species such as dogwood, honeysuckle, briars, and over story made up primarily of short leaf pine, white oak, sweet gum, yellow popular, sycamore, and hickory. A majority of the cleared land is in small farms and is used primarily for producing cultivated crops and livestock. The most commonly grown crops in the area include tobacco, small grain, corn, cotton, and soybeans. Livestock operations include dairy, beef, swine, and poultry operations. There are three major river basins included in the area. Most of the area is included in the Yadkin- Pee Dee and the Catawba River basins. A very small portion of northeastern Davidson County is included in the Cape Fear River Basin. There are numerous large lakes in the area that are used primarily for municipal water supplies, power production, and recreation. Some of the more prominent lakes are High Rock, Tuckertown, Badin, and Lake Tillery.