FSA WETLAND MAP SYMBOLS 



W - Wetland 



Wetlands are defined as areas that have a predoainance of hydric soils and that 

 are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and 

 duration sufficient to support, and under normal circumstances do support, a 

 prevalence of hydrophytic vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated 

 soil conditions except lands in Alaska identified as having a high potential for 

 agricultural development and a predominance of permafrost soils. 



m - FarBed Wetland 



Farmed wetlands are certain wetlands that were manipulated and used to produce 

 an agricultural commodity prior to December 23, 1985, but had not been 

 completely converted prior to that date and therefore are not prior converted 

 cropland. These areas still meet the wetland criteria and include potholes and 

 playas or areas that are seasonally ponded or flooded for an extended period of 

 time. These areas can be farmed and drainage systems maintained as they were 

 prior to December 23, 1985. 



PC - Prior Converted Cropland 



Prior converted cropland can be either a pothole or a ponded or flooded area 

 that was completely drained and no loger meets wetland criteria (see NFSAM 

 512.15); or a saturated hydric soil that was hydrologically manipulated or 

 cleared of trees and stumps and planted to an agricultural commodity produced 

 prior to the FSA, December 23, 1985, and not abandoned. 



CW— Converted Wetlands 



Wetlands that are converted after December 23, 1985, and not subject to one or 

 more exemptions cannot be used to produce an agricultural commodity without 

 causing a person to lose eligibility for USDA benefits. 'Converted Wetland" 

 means wetland that has been drained, dredged, filled, leveled, or otherwise 

 manipulated (including any activity that results in impairing or reducing the 

 flow, circulation, or reach of water) that makes possible the production of an 

 agricultural commodity without further application of the manipulations 

 described herein if (1) such production would not have been possible but for 

 such action; (2) before such action such land was neither highly erodible land 

 nor highly erodible cropland; and (3) is not abandoned. 



AW - Artificial Wetlands 



An area is an artificial wetland if the area was formerly nonwetland or prior 

 converted wetland but now exhibits wetland characteristics because of human 

 activities, i.e., dugouts, ponds, dams, irrigation, etc. 



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