Coastal Area Land Cover Analysis Project

Coastal Area Land Cover Analysis Project (CALCAP)

Sponsored by the Connecticut DEP Office of Long Island Sound Programs

2002 Land Cover for Connecticut, the Coastal Study Area and the Coastal Boundary

The 11 classes of the 2002 land cover are listed below along with the acres and corresponding percentages in the state of Connecticut, the Coastal Study Area* and the Coastal Boundary*.

Click here to see summary pie charts of these data.

	Connecticut		Coastal Study Area*		Coastal Boundary*
	acres	percent	acres	percent	acres	percent
Developed	595352	18.7%	202078	27.6%	47294	43.4%
Turf & Grass	142606	4.5%	50415	6.9%	8288	7.6%
Other Grasses & Agriculture	380628	12.0%	53797	7.3%	5286	4.8%
Deciduous Forest	1489190	46.8%	309252	42.2%	18386	16.9%
Coniferous Forest	285681	9.0%	29937	4.1%	2388	2.2%
Water	99776	3.1%	28399	3.9%	6435	5.9%
Non-forested Wetland	14939	0.5%	2678	0.4%	122	0.1%
Forested Wetland	111490	3.5%	26507	3.6%	1300	1.2%
Tidal Wetland	15614	0.5%	15029	2.1%	14894	13.7%
Barren Land	39536	1.2%	11518	1.6%	4599	4.2%
Utility ROW	9585	0.3%	3138	0.4%	61	0.1%
TOTAL	3184396		732750		109053

* The Coastal Study Area consists of the 36 Coastal Area Towns in Connecticut plus six towns bordering the Connecticut River. The Coastal Boundary is small ribbon of land along the immediate coast. Visit the Study Area page for a map and the full definition of the Coastal Area and Coastal Boundary.

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