Long Island Sound Watershed Numbers and Charts

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2015 Land Cover

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

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1985-2015 Overall Change

Chart and tables of 1985-2015 change by HUC 12 watershed for six major land cover categories.

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1985-2015 Incremental Change

Includes charts for six major categories for all time periods.

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Watershed Land Cover Statistics

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2015

Change

Class

sq. miles % of area sq. miles % of area sq. miles % of area sq. miles % of area sq. miles % of area sq. miles % of area sq. miles % of area sq. miles % of area
Developed 1031 17.7% 1106 18.9% 1132 19.4% 1175 20.1% 1197 20.6% 1202 19.0 1209 20.7% 178.0 3.1%
Turf & Grass 385 6.6% 407 7.0% 426 7.3% 452 7.7% 474 8.2% 478 7.9 477 8.2% 92.3 1.6%
Other Grasses 95 1.6% 100 1.7% 123 2.1% 127 2.2% 118 2.1% 124 2.1 117 2.0% 22.1 0.4%
Agricultural Field 474 8.1% 448 7.7% 434 7.4% 412 7.0% 403 6.9% 401 7.4 400 6.8% -73.6 -1.3%
Deciduous Forest 2784 47.7% 2717 46.5% 2671 45.7% 2628 45.0% 2606 44.5% 2597 46.1 2597 44.5% -186.1 -3.2%
Coniferous Forest 526 9.0% 520 8.9% 516 8.8% 511 8.7% 507 8.7% 506 8.8 506 8.7% -20.3 -0.4%
Water 231 4.0% 226 3.9% 221 3.8% 218 3.7% 218 3.7% 219 3.2 216 3.7% -14.8 -0.3%
Non-forested Wetland 24 0.4% 25 0.4% 25 0.4% 26 0.4% 26 0.4% 25 0.4 25 0.4% 0.3 0.0%
Forested Wetland 204 3.5% 203 3.5% 202 3.5% 202 3.5% 201 3.5% 202 3.7 202 3.5% -2.6 -0.0%
Tidal Wetland 29 0.5% 29 0.5% 29 0.5% 28 0.5% 28 0.5% 28 0.5 28 0.5% -0.8 -0.0%
Barren Land 37 0.6% 40 0.7% 42 0.7% 43 0.7% 44 0.7% 39 0.6 43 0.7% 6.3 0.1%
Utility Corridor 20 0.3% 20 0.3% 20 0.3% 20 0.3% 20 0.3% 20 0.4 20 0.3% -0.6 -0.0%

 

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