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Canaan, Connecticut

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Canaan Land Cover and Land Cover Change

1985 1990 1995 2002 2006 Change
acres % of town acres % of town acres % of town acres % of town acres % of town acres % change
Developed 940 4.4% 975 4.6% 984 4.6% 993 4.7% 1003 4.7% 62.7 6.7%
Turf & Grass 309 1.5% 330 1.6% 337 1.6% 337 1.6% 358 1.7% 49.6 16.1%
Other Grasses 358 1.7% 397 1.9% 395 1.9% 399 1.9% 416 2% 58.6 16.4%
Agricultural Field 1813 8.5% 1758 8.3% 1764 8.3% 1761 8.3% 1762 8.3% -51.3 -2.8%
Deciduous Forest 10044 47.4% 10046 47.4% 10060 47.4% 10049 47.4% 10013 47.2% -30.9 -0.3%
Coniferous Forest 5229 24.6% 5224 24.6% 5220 24.6% 5218 24.6% 5199 24.5% -29.9 -0.6%
Water 395 1.9% 383 1.8% 359 1.7% 356 1.7% 355 1.7% -40.3 -10.2%
Non-forested Wetland 214 1% 218 1% 219 1% 219 1% 219 1% 5.5 2.6%
Forested Wetland 1808 8.5% 1771 8.3% 1764 8.3% 1764 8.3% 1760 8.3% -47.6 -2.6%
Tidal Wetland 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Barren 38 0.2% 45 0.2% 45 0.2% 53 0.2% 62 0.3% 23.9 63.4%
Utility (Forest) 65 0.3% 65 0.3% 65 0.3% 65 0.3% 65 0.3% -0.2 -0.4%

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