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Coastal Area Land Cover Analysis Project (CALCAP)
Sponsored by the Connecticut DEP Office of Long Island Sound Programs
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2002 Land Cover in Percentage for Each Municipality in the Coastal Study Area* |
Click here to see the area values used to calculate these percentages.
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| Branford | 38.3% | 8.1% | 4.3% | 27.5% | 5.6% | 3.2% | 0.4% | 3.8% | 5.7% | 2.5% | 0.6% | 46.4% |
| Bridgeport | 83.6% | 5.3% | 1.3% | 5.4% | 0.3% | 2.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 1.3% | 0.1% | 89.0% |
| Chester | 12.3% | 1.7% | 5.4% | 55.7% | 11.7% | 5.3% | 0.2% | 4.4% | 1.8% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 14.1% |
| Clinton | 29.5% | 3.9% | 4.5% | 43.9% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 0.2% | 4.3% | 7.3% | 3.3% | 0.3% | 33.4% |
| Darien | 46.6% | 26.8% | 1.3% | 19.1% | 3.2% | 1.5% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 73.4% |
| Deep River | 15.0% | 2.4% | 5.1% | 62.8% | 2.6% | 5.3% | 0.2% | 2.7% | 1.3% | 2.4% | 0.2% | 17.4% |
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44.7% | 7.3% | 7.8% | 27.4% | 1.0% | 2.9% | 0.2% | 1.1% | 4.6% | 2.9% | 0.2% | 51.9% |
| East Lyme | 16.9% | 2.0% | 8.8% | 56.0% | 4.3% | 3.2% | 0.6% | 4.4% | 1.4% | 2.3% | 0.3% | 18.8% |
| Essex | 21.9% | 3.2% | 6.6% | 44.4% | 2.7% | 13.2% | 0.2% | 3.3% | 2.6% | 1.5% | 0.4% | 25.1% |
| Fairfield | 42.6% | 17.9% | 6.9% | 23.6% | 2.1% | 2.4% | 0.1% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 60.5% |
| Greenwich | 31.9% | 22.7% | 5.0% | 25.5% | 9.1% | 2.7% | 0.1% | 2.2% | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 54.7% |
| Groton | 32.7% | 5.8% | 5.0% | 40.7% | 2.1% | 4.6% | 0.2% | 3.7% | 1.6% | 3.4% | 0.2% | 38.5% |
| Guilford | 17.0% | 3.6% | 9.5% | 53.1% | 4.8% | 1.9% | 0.3% | 4.9% | 4.1% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 20.6% |
| Hamden | 32.5% | 8.6% | 5.2% | 42.9% | 3.7% | 2.2% | 0.3% | 1.2% | 1.8% | 1.2% | 0.3% | 41.2% |
| Ledyard | 13.6% | 1.8% | 8.6% | 58.2% | 2.6% | 4.9% | 0.5% | 8.3% | 0.0% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 15.4% |
| Lyme | 5.4% | 0.5% | 6.5% | 62.7% | 7.6% | 8.5% | 0.3% | 3.0% | 4.5% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 5.9% |
| Madison | 19.3% | 3.5% | 4.8% | 54.9% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 7.6% | 4.7% | 2.3% | 0.1% | 22.8% |
| Milford | 52.5% | 10.3% | 4.0% | 14.2% | 1.0% | 4.4% | 0.2% | 2.3% | 7.3% | 3.3% | 0.5% | 62.8% |
| Montville | 15.0% | 2.3% | 7.5% | 59.1% | 2.3% | 5.4% | 0.5% | 4.0% | 0.0% | 2.5% | 1.5% | 17.3% |
| New Haven | 71.1% | 8.2% | 1.4% | 10.7% | 0.6% | 3.2% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 2.8% | 1.4% | 0.0% | 79.3% |
| New Lond | 66.7% | 6.8% | 2.1% | 7.8% | 0.9% | 10.9% | 0.2% | 1.7% | 0.0% | 2.8% | 0.2% | 73.5% |
| North Haven | 44.6% | 11.7% | 11.5% | 21.9% | 1.9% | 1.9% | 0.1% | 2.2% | 3.2% | 1.0% | 0.1% | 56.3% |
| Norwalk | 65.5% | 14.5% | 1.4% | 12.3% | 2.0% | 1.5% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 0.0% | 80.0% |
| Norwich | 31.0% | 5.0% | 12.0% | 40.8% | 2.5% | 4.5% | 0.2% | 1.8% | 0.0% | 1.4% | 0.7% | 36.0% |
| Old Lyme | 17.8% | 3.1% | 5.4% | 44.4% | 6.2% | 6.4% | 0.2% | 5.8% | 8.9% | 1.6% | 0.3% | 20.9% |
| Old Saybrook | 30.3% | 3.9% | 3.2% | 33.7% | 1.1% | 4.9% | 0.2% | 5.9% | 13.9% | 2.5% | 0.3% | 34.3% |
| Orange | 33.4% | 20.0% | 6.2% | 29.3% | 5.6% | 1.8% | 0.0% | 2.8% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 53.4% |
| Preston | 9.3% | 1.5% | 20.2% | 51.0% | 4.8% | 3.4% | 0.6% | 7.8% | 0.1% | 1.0% | 0.2% | 10.7% |
| Shelton | 31.9% | 8.6% | 9.3% | 40.3% | 2.0% | 4.4% | 0.1% | 1.7% | 0.0% | 1.3% | 0.3% | 40.5% |
| Stamford | 46.4% | 13.8% | 3.0% | 29.6% | 1.8% | 2.8% | 0.1% | 1.8% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.0% | 60.2% |
| Stonington | 18.7% | 4.0% | 15.5% | 45.5% | 0.9% | 2.4% | 0.7% | 6.6% | 3.9% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 22.7% |
| Stratford | 57.5% | 11.5% | 2.4% | 12.7% | 0.8% | 4.4% | 0.1% | 1.4% | 5.4% | 3.4% | 0.3% | 69.0% |
| Waterford | 21.6% | 4.5% | 7.8% | 47.4% | 4.2% | 3.8% | 0.8% | 6.0% | 0.3% | 2.4% | 1.2% | 26.2% |
| West Haven | 19.7% | 1.9% | 4.5% | 52.5% | 0.6% | 2.1% | 0.5% | 9.9% | 4.3% | 3.5% | 0.4% | 21.7% |
| Westbrook | 67.9% | 10.4% | 2.8% | 10.9% | 0.8% | 1.9% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 2.0% | 2.5% | 0.0% | 78.3% |
| Westport | 45.7% | 18.4% | 4.0% | 18.1% | 6.4% | 2.3% | 0.2% | 1.9% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 64.0% |
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| Cromwell | 29.6% | 10.6% | 14.5% | 23.9% | 2.0% | 5.4% | 2.7% | 6.5% | 0.0% | 4.5% | 0.3% | 40.2% |
| East Haddam | 9.1% | 1.5% | 8.7% | 62.8% | 7.5% | 4.7% | 0.5% | 3.5% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 10.6% |
| East Hampton | 11.1% | 1.4% | 5.4% | 67.9% | 6.1% | 4.1% | 0.3% | 2.8% | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 12.4% |
| Haddam | 10.0% | 1.4% | 5.4% | 63.1% | 9.3% | 5.8% | 0.2% | 1.8% | 1.2% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 11.4% |
| Middletown | 24.7% | 8.0% | 15.3% | 34.7% | 7.7% | 3.8% | 0.3% | 2.4% | 0.2% | 1.3% | 1.5% | 32.7% |
| Portland | 13.2% | 4.6% | 10.6% | 52.1% | 4.9% | 6.5% | 0.4% | 5.0% | 0.0% | 2.0% | 0.8% | 17.8% |
*Includes the developed class and the turf and grass class from the 2002 land cover. 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. Visit the Study Area page for a map and the full definition of the Coastal Area and Coastal Boundary.
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