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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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1985-2002 Land Cover Change in the Coastal Boundary for Each Municipality |
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| 1985-2002 Land Cover Change in the Coastal Boundary Coastal Zone Municipality | |||||||||||
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Changed
to Developed*
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1985-1990
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1990-1995
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1995-2002
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1985-2002
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Total
Area (acres)
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Total
Change Area (acres)
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Dev.
Before 1985 (acres)
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Percent
of Total Area
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Percent
of 1985 Dev. Area
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Percent
of Total Area
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Percent
of 1985 Dev. Area
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Percent
of Total Area
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Percent
of 1985 Dev. Area
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Percent
of Total Area
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Percent
of 1985 Dev. Area
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| Branford | 4538 | 58 | 1920 | 0.7% | 1.8% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 1.3% | 3.0% |
| Bridgeport | 2389 | 23 | 2001 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.0% | 1.1% |
| Chester | 872 | 25 | 211 | 1.2% | 5.0% | 0.3% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 5.4% | 2.8% | 11.7% |
| Clinton | 3370 | 193 | 1236 | 3.4% | 9.3% | 0.6% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 4.8% | 5.7% | 15.7% |
| Darien | 1791 | 17 | 988 | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% | 1.8% |
| Deep River | 961 | 32 | 228 | 1.0% | 4.3% | 0.9% | 4.0% | 1.4% | 5.7% | 3.3% | 14.0% |
| East Haven | 2108 | 93 | 889 | 3.2% | 7.6% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 1.7% | 4.4% | 10.5% |
| East Lyme | 2986 | 123 | 1017 | 1.7% | 5.1% | 0.8% | 2.3% | 1.6% | 4.7% | 4.1% | 12.1% |
| Essex | 1113 | 45 | 311 | 1.5% | 5.3% | 0.8% | 3.0% | 1.7% | 6.1% | 4.0% | 14.3% |
| Fairfield | 2749 | 21 | 1642 | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.8% | 1.3% |
| Greenwich | 3260 | 14 | 1959 | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.7% |
| Groton | 5199 | 176 | 1839 | 1.2% | 3.4% | 0.8% | 2.2% | 1.4% | 4.0% | 3.4% | 9.6% |
| Guilford | 5083 | 59 | 1274 | 0.7% | 2.7% | 0.3% | 1.3% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 1.2% | 4.7% |
| Hamden | 1113 | 18 | 352 | 1.3% | 4.1% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 1.6% | 5.2% |
| Ledyard | 1860 | 62 | 483 | 1.4% | 5.3% | 0.8% | 3.1% | 1.2% | 4.5% | 3.4% | 12.9% |
| Lyme | 3612 | 47 | 245 | 0.6% | 8.8% | 0.2% | 3.1% | 0.5% | 7.3% | 1.3% | 19.1% |
| Madison | 3995 | 126 | 1251 | 1.2% | 3.8% | 0.5% | 1.7% | 1.4% | 4.6% | 3.2% | 10.1% |
| Milford | 6083 | 235 | 3007 | 1.4% | 2.9% | 0.6% | 1.3% | 1.8% | 3.7% | 3.9% | 7.8% |
| Montville | 1142 | 161 | 339 | 3.5% | 11.7% | 1.8% | 6.1% | 8.8% | 29.6% | 14.1% | 47.4% |
| New Haven | 4499 | 87 | 3251 | 1.0% | 1.4% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.9% | 2.7% |
| New London | 1243 | 61 | 887 | 2.1% | 3.0% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 1.9% | 2.7% | 4.9% | 6.9% |
| North Haven | 1502 | 86 | 708 | 4.1% | 8.6% | 1.1% | 2.4% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 5.7% | 12.1% |
| Norwalk | 2737 | 21 | 1825 | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.8% | 1.1% |
| Norwich | 1453 | 75 | 852 | 2.6% | 4.5% | 0.9% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 2.9% | 5.2% | 8.8% |
| Old Lyme | 7240 | 260 | 1541 | 1.1% | 5.3% | 0.6% | 2.9% | 1.8% | 8.6% | 3.6% | 16.9% |
| Old Saybrook | 4763 | 283 | 1691 | 3.3% | 9.3% | 0.8% | 2.3% | 1.8% | 5.1% | 5.9% | 16.8% |
| Orange | 230 | 44 | 35 | 2.1% | 13.6% | 0.9% | 5.7% | 16.4% | 107.3% | 19.3% | 126.5% |
| Preston | 645 | 35 | 150 | 2.9% | 12.6% | 1.1% | 4.6% | 1.4% | 5.8% | 5.4% | 23.1% |
| Shelton | 467 | 34 | 141 | 2.5% | 8.1% | 0.6% | 1.9% | 4.2% | 13.7% | 7.2% | 23.7% |
| Stamford | 2066 | 17 | 1476 | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Stonington | 5607 | 245 | 1464 | 1.3% | 5.2% | 0.6% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 9.4% | 4.4% | 16.7% |
| Stratford | 3917 | 105 | 2119 | 2.1% | 4.0% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 2.7% | 5.0% |
| Waterford | 3286 | 131 | 1068 | 1.5% | 4.5% | 0.8% | 2.4% | 1.7% | 5.4% | 4.0% | 12.3% |
| West Haven | 2303 | 107 | 798 | 1.8% | 5.3% | 1.0% | 2.8% | 1.9% | 5.4% | 4.7% | 13.5% |
| Westbrook | 1893 | 26 | 1232 | 0.9% | 1.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.4% | 2.1% |
| Westport | 2925 | 36 | 1454 | 0.7% | 1.5% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 1.2% | 2.5% |
| Total | 101000 | 3182 | 41884 | 1.4% | 3.4% | 0.6% | 1.4% | 1.2% | 2.8% | 3.2% | 7.6% |
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