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Water Control Structure (NRCS 587)
https://agbmps.osu.edu/bmp/water-control-structure-nrcs-587
https://agri.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/oda/divisions/soil-and-water-conservation/find-a-local-swcd NRCS https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/oh/contact/local/ Questions, concerns or ... A water control structure is a water management system that conveys water, controls the direction ... or rate of flow, or maintains a desired water surface elevation. Water control structures are in open ...
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Soil Test P value between 50 PPM and 120 PPM (or "Moderate" P Loss Risk Assessment)
fields will be impacted by agronomic management, soil conditions and water movement resulting in higher, ... soil solution levels are exposed to loss through tile or surface water with water movement. ... samples for analysis. Water sampling results can identify if water retention or filtering practices at ...
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Cover Crops (NRCS 340)
https://agbmps.osu.edu/bmp/cover-crops-nrcs-340
that cover crop treatment had significantly higher soil water storage at a 0- to 30-cm depth; greater ... soil water content on individual days during the cash crop growing season; increased field capacity ... An analysis of potential cover crop adoption and relative benefits to water quality in 10 counties ...
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Surface Drain/Field Ditch (NRCS 607)
https://agbmps.osu.edu/bmp/surface-drainfield-ditch-nrcs-607
https://agri.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/oda/divisions/soil-and-water-conservation/find-a-local-swcd NRCS https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/oh/contact/local/ Questions, concerns or ... A graded ditch for collecting excess water in a field. Used to drain surface depressions; collect ... or intercept excess surface water, such as sheet flow, from natural and graded land surfaces or ...
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Tillage Intensity to Maintain Target Residue Cover (NRCS 329, 345 & 346)
https://agbmps.osu.edu/bmp/tillage-intensity-maintain-target-residue-cover-nrcs-329-345-346
the soil surface with crop residue after planting to reduce soil erosion by water. Where soil erosion ... and wind erosion, and excessive soil in surface water. reduced tillage-induced particulate emissions ... energy use and labor. maintained water infiltration and soil structure. Effectiveness A long-term Ohio ...
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Tiled fields lead to Nitrogen losses
https://agbmps.osu.edu/scenario/tiled-fields-lead-nitrogen-losses
stored. Ammonium nitrogen is able to attach to the soil colloids and be stabilized, but it is in high ... demand by soil organisms that convert ammonium to nitrate forms (nitrification). At the end of the ... growing season, nitrate will be the dominate soil nitrogen form. Nitrates are not soilstable. Nitrates ...
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Gully erosion via concentrated surface flow
https://agbmps.osu.edu/scenario/gully-erosion-concentrated-surface-flow
requiring dredging to maintain water flow or navigation of the channel. Figure 5. Soil movement from rill ... deep to be tilled across. The channels carry large amounts of water after rains, and they deposit ... eroded material at the foot of the gully or in a receiving body of water. They disfigure the landscape ...
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Ditch/Streambank Collapses
https://agbmps.osu.edu/scenario/ditchstreambank-collapses
flow depths and velocities increase, the force of the water flowing against the streambank removes soil ... streambanks—can also erode soil, particularly if banks are inadequately protected. Finally, water discharged into ... change in stream flow, water flowing over or through the streambank, or the discharge of concentrated ...
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Controlled Drainage/Drainage Water Management (NRCS 554)
https://agbmps.osu.edu/bmp/controlled-drainagedrainage-water-management-nrcs-554
SWCD https://agri.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/oda/divisions/soil-and-water ... done to control the volume of water leaving the field and reduce nutrient losses. Controlled drainage ... through tile drains. Controlled drainage allows adjustment of the field water table to allow freeflowing ...
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Surface Inlets and Catch Basin
https://agbmps.osu.edu/scenario/surface-inlets-and-catch-basin
Natural and man-made surface drainage features in a landscape can direct water to the edge of the ... edge of a field, directing surface water to a tile or to a receiving drainage channel. Runoff ... associated with bare ground areas that direct water to surface inlet structures should be evaluated for ...