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 the Coastal Boundary* Area of Each Municipality

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*2002 Land Cover in the Coastal Boundary by Municipality**
Acres
Branford	1979	370	129	792	110	115	16	32	810	185	--	4538
Bridgeport	2023	122	36	23	3	55	1	7	15	105	--	2389
Chester	234	53	102	186	21	54	--	1	188	34	--	872
Clinton	1423	223	109	543	4	40	2	96	757	174	--	3370
Darien	1002	328	33	255	33	74	1	2	12	51	--	1791
Deep River	257	47	66	339	76	53		0	115	9	--	961
East Haven	985	192	99	300	3	12	3	25	369	119	--	2108
East Lyme	1146	107	220	956	26	88	0	35	301	105	2	2986
Essex	351	95	94	226	52	85	--	4	191	15	--	1113
Fairfield	1660	464	34	86	26	67	4	5	276	128	--	2749
Greenwich	1973	714	56	197	71	148	2	1	23	74	--	3260
Groton	2060	529	274	1552	16	174	7	35	317	235	--	5199
Guilford	1328	380	367	1234	287	104	3	59	1224	95	2	5083
Hamden	372	69	19	117	18	68	2	5	382	60	--	1113
Ledyard	541	81	156	767	132	79	3	65	3	27	6	1860
Lyme	283	21	294	1131	689	214	0	10	906	64	--	3612
Madison	1369	375	214	561	14	64	4	112	1101	181	--	3995
Milford	3222	381	216	450	32	256	1	62	1065	372	26	6083
Montville	494	35	152	343	11	76	--	7		20	4	1142
New Haven	3349	323	101	162	13	79	7	9	319	138	--	4499
New London	967	82	20	62	8	35	0	1	1	68	--	1243
North Haven	795	20	53	103	0	72	--	1	413	46	--	1502
Norwalk	1850	256	45	153	15	96	2	4	143	172	--	2737
Norwich	936	53	43	301	29	64	1	3	--	22	2	1453
Old Lyme	1763	388	537	2295	302	202	9	267	1357	118	1	7240
Old Saybrook	1986	325	180	539	37	122	2	31	1385	157	--	4763
Orange	44	42	8	99	5	24	--	4	--	4	--	230
Preston	183	17	72	259	21	34	0	8	24	28	--	645
Shelton	173	7	36	120	8	60		--	2	61	--	467
Stamford	1510	322	22	60	3	55	0	--	10	84	--	2066
Stonington	1696	249	584	1637	37	220	16	116	955	97	--	5607
Stratford	2212	293	196	121	5	129	2	3	621	336	1	3917
Waterford	1193	307	255	990	70	124	2	84	66	183	13	3286
West Haven	907	116	77	505	21	44	12	111	404	106	--	2303
Westbrook	1263	193	60	72	2	26	0	--	136	143	--	1893
Westport	1489	457	183	179	91	118	4	32	191	181	--	2925
Sub-total	45016	8036	5138	17715	2289	3331	107	1238	14078	3995	57	101000

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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