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 Each Municipality in the Coastal Study Area*

Click here to see this table in percentages.

2002 Land Cover by Coastal Zone Municipality
36 Coastal Area* Towns
Acres
Branford	5438	1156	611	3905	802	457	59	541	810	350	79	14208
Bridgeport	8749	559	134	561	26	241	12	22	15	136	8	10464
Chester	1326	184	575	5981	1261	568	18	471	192	123	47	10745
Clinton	3073	410	470	4571	125	164	17	449	762	348	32	10422
Darien	3793	2183	103	1551	264	118	10	21	12	84	0	8140
Deep River	1353	218	465	5679	234	484	17	244	119	215	16	9044
East Haven	3594	584	625	2204	77	237	16	92	369	235	13	8048
East Lyme	3767	436	1953	12486	948	715	126	981	313	507	67	22298
Essex	1655	238	499	3351	205	993	15	248	199	111	31	7545
Fairfield	8275	3485	1343	4587	410	459	11	323	283	220	37	19432
Greenwich	9930	7065	1568	7917	2825	835	42	687	23	194	0	31087
Groton	6763	1209	1026	8432	430	954	47	759	326	711	47	20704
Guilford	5149	1104	2871	16092	1444	568	103	1486	1235	163	76	30291
Hamden	6922	1835	1104	9126	789	462	74	261	390	260	55	21278
Ledyard	3482	457	2192	14874	663	1253	131	2121	3	260	108	25543
Lyme	1190	104	1434	13824	1676	1867	57	667	987	146	100	22051
Madison	4524	831	1122	12901	171	233	256	1787	1106	533	26	23490
Milford	7716	1512	582	2084	147	653	35	331	1079	485	70	14695
Montville	4238	651	2122	16724	641	1541	142	1122	0	721	414	28315
New Haven	8741	1008	172	1319	69	392	16	60	339	173	0	12288
New London	2654	270	82	309	34	435	9	66	1	112	7	3979
North Haven	6026	1574	1557	2957	258	260	14	293	431	135	7	13510
Norwalk	9660	2140	205	1810	295	214	15	74	143	198	0	14754
Norwich	5825	943	2249	7665	466	853	43	338		272	123	18777
Old Lyme	2763	490	832	6895	956	995	31	906	1389	246	40	15544
Old Saybrook	3044	392	322	3376	114	491	19	595	1390	254	32	10032
Orange	3717	2230	693	3258	628	196	6	315	0	55	38	11136
Preston	1884	296	4111	10364	978	691	118	1591	25	210	48	20317
Shelton	6519	1745	1893	8220	409	906	25	357	3	273	57	20407
Stamford	11414	3390	748	7273	431	679	16	437	10	194	0	24591
Stonington	4679	1008	3891	11387	217	600	185	1660	980	339	103	25049
Stratford	6647	1333	280	1466	97	511	17	164	626	391	30	11564
Waterford	4741	995	1713	10384	910	825	176	1307	72	525	262	21909
West Haven	2034	199	466	5417	62	212	56	1021	440	358	45	10310
Westbrook	4758	726	197	766	55	133	14	43	139	174	2	7007
Westport	5899	2371	517	2337	830	298	22	248	198	197	0	12917
Sub-total	181940	45332	40727	232053	19949	21492	1968	22089	14410	9906	2023	591890

Six additional Connecticut River Towns

Cromwell	2460	880	1207	1982	169	446	223	540	--	372	24	8301
East Haddam	3296	557	3156	22765	2732	1701	194	1258	209	175	192	36234
East Hampton	2618	325	1275	16075	1435	968	67	657	--	171	81	23673
Haddam	2961	403	1610	18704	2769	1723	74	523	347	229	283	29626
Middletown	6714	2182	4144	9419	2106	1045	91	644	63	356	408	27172
Portland	2089	737	1677	8254	778	1025	61	796	--	309	126	15853
Sub-total	20138	5084	13070	77199	9987	6907	710	4418	619	1612	1115	140860

Grand Total	202078	50415	53797	309252	29937	28399	2678	26507	15029	11518	3138	732750

Click here to see descriptions of the 11 land cover classes.

* 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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