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 and Land Cover Change
for the Coastal Boundary*

2002 Land Cover	acres	sq. miles	percent
Developed	47294	73.9	43.4%
Turf & Grass	8288	13.0	7.6%
Other Grasses & Agriculture	5286	8.3	4.8%
Deciduous Forest	18386	28.7	16.9%
Coniferous Forest	2388	3.7	2.2%
Water	6435	10.1	5.9%
Non-forested Wetland	122	0.2	0.1%
Forested Wetland	1300	2.0	1.2%
Tidal Wetland	14894	23.3	13.7%
Barren Land	4599	7.2	4.2%
Utility ROW	61	0.1	0.1%
TOTAL	109053	170.4	100.0%

Change	acres	sq. miles	percent
Developed before 1985	43983	68.7	40.3%
T&G before 1985	8604	13.4	7.9%
Water	7788	12.2	7.1%
Undeveloped	45395	70.9	41.6%
Changed to Developed 1985-1990	1328	2.1	1.2%
Changed to T&G 1985-1990	140	0.2	0.1%
Changed to Developed 1990-1995	500	0.8	0.5%
Changed to T&G 1990-1995	84	0.1	0.1%
Changed to Developed 1995-2002	986	1.5	0.9%
Changed to T&G 1995-2002	245	0.4	0.2%
TOTAL	109053	170.4

T&G stands for Turf and Grass. Click here to see descriptions of the 11 land cover classes.

* 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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