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Table 8 Curve Numbers Provided in the SEDCAD model (from National Engineering <br />Handbook (NEH -4) (USDA -SCS, 1985), Continued <br />Runoff Curve Numbers for Cultivated Agricultural Land' <br />Cover Type Treatmentz Hydrologic A B C D <br />Condition3 <br />Fallow Bare soil <br />77 <br />86 <br />91 <br />94 <br />Crop residue Poor <br />76 <br />85 <br />90 <br />93 <br />cover (CR) Good <br />74 <br />83 <br />88 <br />90 <br />Row Crops Straight row (SR) Poor <br />72 <br />81 <br />88 <br />91 <br />Good <br />67 <br />78 <br />85 <br />89 <br />S R + C R Poor <br />71 <br />80 <br />87 <br />90 <br />Good <br />64 <br />75 <br />82 <br />85 <br />Contoured (C) Poor <br />70 <br />79 <br />84 <br />88 <br />Good <br />65 <br />75 <br />82 <br />86 <br />C + CR Poor <br />69 <br />78 <br />83 <br />87 <br />Good <br />64 <br />74 <br />81 <br />85 <br />Contoured & terraced (C &T) Poor <br />66 <br />74 <br />80 <br />82 <br />Good <br />62 <br />71 <br />78 <br />81 <br />C &T + CR Poor <br />65 <br />73 <br />79 <br />81 <br />Good <br />61 <br />70 <br />77 <br />80 <br />Small grain SR Poor <br />65 <br />76 <br />84 <br />88 <br />Good <br />63 <br />75 <br />83 <br />87 <br />SR +CR Poor <br />64 <br />75 <br />83 <br />86 <br />Good <br />60 <br />72 <br />80 <br />84 <br />C Poor <br />63 <br />74 <br />82 <br />85 <br />Good <br />61 <br />73 <br />81 <br />84 <br />C + CR Poor <br />62 <br />73 <br />81 <br />84 <br />Good <br />60 <br />72 <br />80 <br />83 <br />C &T Poor <br />61 <br />72 <br />79 <br />82 <br />Good <br />59 <br />70 <br />78 <br />81 <br />C &T + CR Poor <br />60 <br />71 <br />78 <br />81 <br />Good <br />58 <br />69 <br />77 <br />80 <br />Close- seeded SR Poor <br />66 <br />77 <br />85 <br />89 <br />or broadcast Good <br />58 <br />72 <br />81 <br />85 <br />Legumes or C Poor <br />64 <br />75 <br />83 <br />85 <br />Rotation Good <br />55 <br />69 <br />78 <br />83 <br />Meadow C &T Poor <br />63 <br />73 <br />80 <br />83 <br />Good <br />51 <br />67 <br />76 <br />80 <br />Notes: ' Values are for average runoff condition, and 18 = 0 2S <br />z Crop residue cover applies only if residue is on at least 5 percent of the surface throughout <br />the year. <br />3 Hydrologic condition is based on a combination of factors affecting <br />infiltration and runoff- <br />density <br />and canopy of vegetative areas, amount of year -round cover, amount <br />of grass or closed- <br />seeded <br />legumes <br />in rotations, percent of residue cover on land surface (good > 20 percent), and <br />degree of roughness <br />Poor: Factors impair infiltration and tend to increase runoff. <br />Good: Factors encourage average and better infiltration and tend to <br />decrease runoff. <br />Exhibit 7 Page 13 Revision Date: 3/18/13 <br />Revision No.: TR -95 <br />