CT Land Cover Numbers and Charts

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2015 Land Cover

Charts and table of 2015 land cover area by town for all 12 land cover categories.

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1985-2015 Overall Change

Chart and tables of 1985-2015 change by town for six major land cover categories.

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1985-2015 Incremental Change

Includes charts for six major categories for all time periods.

Download the charts from within each visualization.

State Land Cover Statistics

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2015

Change

Class

sq. miles % of state sq. miles % of state sq. miles % of state sq. miles % of state sq. miles % of state sq. miles % of state sq. miles % of state sq. miles % of state
Developed 796.5 16.0 861.4 17.3 884.6 17.8 922.0 18.6 941.4 19.0 946.1 19.0 951.8 19.2 155.3 3.1
Turf & Grass 309.6 6.2 328.3 6.6 345.0 6.9 367.3 7.4 387.9 7.8 390.5 7.9 390.0 7.9 80.4 1.6
Other Grasses 78.2 1.6 81.6 1.6 104.0 2.1 106.9 2.2 99.4 2.0 104.5 2.1 98.5 2.0 20.3 0.4
Agricultural Field 435.2 8.8 412.1 8.3 398.3 8.0 376.4 7.6 367.6 7.4 366.7 7.4 365.4 7.4 -69.8 -1.4
Deciduous Forest 2452.7 49.4 2395.4 48.2 2353.5 47.4 2318.6 46.7 2298.5 46.3 2292.0 46.1 2292.5 46.1 -160.3 -3.2
Coniferous Forest 452.2 9.1 447.1 9.0 443.5 8.9 439.6 8.9 436.5 8.8 436.0 8.8 435.5 8.8 -16.7 -0.3
Water 171.7 3.5 167.0 3.4 162.5 3.3 159.3 3.2 159.7 3.2 159.8 3.2 158.2 3.2 -13.6 -0.3
Non-forested Wetland 20.9 0.4 21.5 0.4 21.5 0.4 22.1 0.4 21.6 0.4 21.1 0.4 21.2 0.4 0.3 0.0
Forested Wetland 184.2 3.7 183.0 3.7 182.4 3.7 181.8 3.7 181.4 3.7 181.9 3.7 181.8 3.7 -2.4 0.0
Tidal Wetland 23.0 0.5 23.0 0.5 22.9 0.5 22.8 0.5 22.4 0.5 22.4 0.5 22.4 0.5 -0.6 0.0
Barren Land 25.1 0.5 29.4 0.6 31.7 0.6 33.2 0.7 33.7 0.7 29.0 0.6 32.7 0.7 7.6 0.2
Utility Corridor 18.1 0.4 17.7 0.4 17.7 0.4 17.5 0.4 17.5 0.4 17.5 0.4 17.5 0.4 -0.6 0.0

For citation purposes: University of Connecticut’s Center for Land Use Education and Research. (March 04, 2022). CT Land Cover Numbers and Charts . https://clear.uconn.edu/projects/landscape/ct-stats/.