Land Cover Change

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Wetlands is an aggregation of the non-forested, forested, and tidal wetlands categories. Other is an aggregation of the barren and utility right-of-way categories. Water is omitted.

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1985 Land
Cover
(sq. miles)
1985-1990
Change
(sq. miles)
1990-1995
Change
(sq. miles)
1995-2002
Change
(sq. miles)
2002 Land
Cover
(sq. miles)
Developed
811
63.3
21.0
34.3
930
Turf & Grass
223
-1.8
1.3
0.1
223
Other Grasses & Agriculture
553
14.4
13.0
14.8
595
Deciduous Forest
2483
-73.6
-36.8
-46.0
2327
Coniferous Forest
462
-6.8
-3.7
-5.2
446
Water
164
-0.5
-4.9
-7.6
151
Non-forested Wetlands
12
6.4
2.0
3.4
23
Forested Wetlands
187
-7.9
-3.4
-1.5
174
Tidal Wetlands
23
0.1
0.1
0.3
24
Barren
35
6.6
11.4
7.5
61
Utility Right-of-way
15
-0.3
0.0
-0.1
15

 

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