Your Town: Riparian Corridors
Andover, Connecticut
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| Andover area* | 10,056.9 |
| Area* of Andover covered by the 100ft Zone | 842.7 |
| Percent of Andover covered by the 100ft Zone | 8.4% |
| Area* of Andover covered by the 300ft Zone | 2,406.9 |
| Percent of Andover covered by the 300ft Zone | 23.9% |
- Riparian
Zones - 1985 Land cover
in the Riparian Zone - 2006 Land cover
in the Riparian Zone - Change in the
Riparian Zone
Riparian Zones over 2006 Land Cover
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100ft Riparian Zone |
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300ft Riparian Zone |
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Buffered Waterbodies |
| Land Cover | |
| Developed | |
| Turf & Grass | |
| Other Grass | |
| Agricultural Field | |
| Deciduous Forest | |
| Coniferous Forest | |
| Water | |
| Non-forested Wetland | |
| Forested Wetland | |
| Tidal Wetland | |
| Barren | |
| Utility Right-of-way (Forest) | |
1985 Land Cover Within the 300 foot Riparian Zone
| Buffered Waterbodies | |
| Land Cover | |
| Developed | |
| Turf & Grass | |
| Other Grass | |
| Agricultural Field | |
| Deciduous Forest | |
| Coniferous Forest | |
| Water | |
| Non-forested Wetland | |
| Forested Wetland | |
| Tidal Wetland | |
| Barren | |
| Utility Right-of-way (Forest) | |
Faded colors represent land cover outside of the 300ft riparian zone.
2006 Land Cover Within the 300 foot Riparian Zone
| Buffered Waterbodies | |
| Land Cover | |
| Developed | |
| Turf & Grass | |
| Other Grass | |
| Agricultural Field | |
| Deciduous Forest | |
| Coniferous Forest | |
| Water | |
| Non-forested Wetland | |
| Forested Wetland | |
| Tidal Wetland | |
| Barren | |
| Utility Right-of-way (Forest) | |
Faded colors represent land cover outside of the 300ft riparian zone.
1985-2006 Land Cover Change Within the Riparian Zone
|
300ft Riparian Zone |
| Buffered Waterbodies | |
| Change Classes | |
| to Developed | |
| to Turf & Grass | |
| to Other Grass | |
| to Agricultural Field | |
| No Change Classes | |
| Vegetated* No Change | |
| Developed No Change | |
| Turf and Grass No Change | |
| Water | |
| Other** | |
Faded colors represent land cover outside of the 300ft riparian zone.
* Vegetated consists of forest and wetland classes as well as other grass and agricultural field.
** Other consists of
the barren class.
More about change maps
| Developed | Turf & Grass | Other Grass | Ag. Field | Forest* | Water | Wetland** | Barren | ||
| Town Wide |
1985 Land Cover (acres) | 743.3 | 196.0 | 123.7 | 507.7 | 8,000.5 | 367.4 | 79.0 | 39.3 |
| 1985 Land Cover (%) | 7.4% | 1.9% | 1.2% | 5.0% | 79.6% | 3.7% | 0.8% | 0.4% | |
| 2006 Land Cover (acres) | 895.9 | 323.0 | 229.3 | 480.7 | 7,644.2 | 337.8 | 79.2 | 66.8 | |
| 2006 Land Cover (%) | 8.9% | 3.2% | 2.3% | 4.8% | 76.0% | 3.4% | 0.8% | 0.7% | |
| 1985-2006 Change (acres) | 152.7 | 126.9 | 105.6 | -27.1 | -356.2 | -29.6 | 0.2 | 27.5 | |
| 1985-2006 Change (%) | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.1% | -0.3% | -3.5% | -0.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% | |
| 100 Foot Zone |
1985 Land Cover (acres) | 50.5 | 7.8 | 2.7 | 34.3 | 644.4 | 81.3 | 20.4 | 1.3 |
| 1985 Land Cover (%) | 6.0% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 4.1% | 76.5% | 9.6% | 2.4% | 0.2% | |
| 2006 Land Cover (acres) | 58.5 | 11.5 | 7.8 | 35.3 | 631.0 | 73.7 | 20.0 | 4.9 | |
| 2006 Land Cover (%) | 6.9% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 4.2% | 74.9% | 8.7% | 2.4% | 0.6% | |
| 1985-2006 Change (acres) | 8.0 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 1.0 | -13.4 | -7.6 | -0.4 | 3.6 | |
| 1985-2006 Change (%) | 1.0% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.1% | -1.6% | -0.9% | 0.0% | 0.4% | |
| 300 Foot Zone |
1985 Land Cover (acres) | 191.0 | 42.8 | 21.7 | 124.8 | 1,845.4 | 120.7 | 51.2 | 9.4 |
| 1985 Land Cover (%) | 7.9% | 1.8% | 0.9% | 5.2% | 76.7% | 5.0% | 2.1% | 0.4% | |
| 2006 Land Cover (acres) | 218.1 | 69.3 | 41.2 | 121.1 | 1,783.9 | 106.2 | 50.5 | 16.6 | |
| 2006 Land Cover (%) | 9.1% | 2.9% | 1.7% | 5.0% | 74.1% | 4.4% | 2.1% | 0.7% | |
| 1985-2006 Change (acres) | 27.2 | 26.5 | 19.5 | -3.7 | -61.6 | -14.5 | -0.7 | 7.2 | |
| 1985-2006 Change (%) | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.8% | -0.2% | -2.6% | -0.6% | 0.0% | 0.3 |
This table shows change in land cover from 1985 to 2006 town wide and in two riparian zones: 100 foot and 300 foot.
The change in percent is determined by subtracting the 2006 percent from the 1985 percent.
* Forest is a combination of the deciduous forest, coniferous forest, forested wetland and utility right-of-way classes.
** Wetland is a combination of the non-forested wetland and tidal wetland classes.