College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Center for Land Use Education and Research

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Your Town: Land Cover

 

 

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Basic Landcover Information Showing Changes to the CT Landscape

 

Select your town by clicking on the map or with the pull-down menu. Then press Go.

This page contains static maps and area statistics (scroll down) for all five dates of land cover and for all 169 municipalities in Connecticut.

The 1985 and 2006 land cover maps, as well as both change maps, have pdfs for viewing, saving and printing.

 
  • 1985
    Land Cover
  • 1990
    Land Cover
  • 1995
    Land Cover
  • 2002
    Land Cover
  • 2006
    Land Cover
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1990 Land Cover

 

Land Cover Legend

1995 Land Cover

 

Land Cover Legend

2002 Land Cover

 

Land Cover Legend

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                        
Turf & Grass                        
Other Grasses                        
Agricultural Field                        
Deciduous Forest                        
Coniferous Forest                        
Water                        
Non-forested Wetland                        
Forested Wetland                        
Tidal Wetland                        
Barren                        
Utility (Forest)