%0 Journal Article %A O. R. Jones %A H. V. Eck %A S. J. Smith %A G. A. Coleman %A V. L. Hauser %T Runoff, soil, and nutrient losses from rangeland and dry-farmed cropland in the southern high plains %D 1985 %J Journal of Soil and Water Conservation %P 161-164 %V 40 %N 1 %X Large, intense storms have the potential to cause severe erosion on cropland and to contribute to nonpoint-source pollution in the Southern High Plains. However, with conservation tillage on the contour and graded terraces, erosion was less than the soil loss tolerance (T) during all years of the study. Even in 1978, with more than 51 mm (2.0 inches) of runoff from a single storm and with total annual runoff of 152 mm (6.0 inches), soil loss was only 6.5 t/ha (2.9 tons/acre), well under the T value of 11.2 t/ha (5 tons/acre). Runoff was from three to five times greater from cultivated watersheds than from range watersheds. Nutrient contents of runoff were very low and did not pose a non-point-source pollution threat. %U https://www.jswconline.org/content/jswc/40/1/161.full.pdf