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

Farmington Basin MapFarmington Basin (01080207)

The Farmington Basin is approximately 607 square miles (388,321 acres). Of the total area, 81% (495 square miles, 316,734 acres) is covered by the land cover data.

It includes the following HUC12 basins: Cherry Brook-Farmington River, Lower West Branch Farmington River, Mad River, Mill Brook-Farmington River, Mine Brook, Nepaug River, Nod Brook-Farmington River, Pequabuck River, Roaring Brook-Farmington River, Salmon Brook, Sandy Brook, Still River, Valley Brook-East Branch Farmington and West Branch Salmon Brook.

Visit the Interactive Map to see and compare the maps. Visit the Statistics or Maps page to see the breakdown for the HUC12 basins.

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Land Cover

  1985 2010 Change
  acres % acres %
acres %
Developed 35822 11.7% 44291 14.5% 8469 2.8%
Turf & Grass 14189 4.6% 17911 5.9% 3722 1.2%
Other Grass 3607 1.2% 5647 1.8% 2040 0.7%
Ag. Field 19743 6.5% 16017 5.2% -3727 -1.2%
Deciduous Forest 124399 40.7% 116941 38.3% -7458 -2.4%
Coniferous Forest 83283 27.2% 81092 26.5% -2191 -0.7%
Water 10457 3.4% 10227 3.3% -230 -0.1%
Non-forested Wetlands 1218 0.4% 1253 0.4% 35 0.0%
Forested Wetlands 10120 3.3% 9258 3.0% -862 -0.3%
Tidal Wetlands 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Barren 2001 0.7% 2230 0.7% 228 0.1%
Utility ROW (Forest) 864 0.3% 838 0.3% -26 0.0%

Change in Zone Land Cover, 1985-2010

   
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  Developed
  Turf & Grass
  Other Grass
  Agricultural Field
  Forest
  Water
  Wetland
  Barren
   

 

Riparian Zone Land Cover

  1985 2010 Change
  acres % acres % acres %
Developed 9194 12.6% 10770 14.7% 1575 2.2%
Turf & Grass 3216 4.4% 3924 5.4% 707 1.0%
Other Grass 845 1.2% 1353 1.9% 507 0.7%
Ag. Field 4212 5.8% 3489 4.8% -724 -1.0%
Deciduous Forest 26977 36.9% 25911 35.5% -1065 -1.5%
Coniferous Forest 19597 26.8% 19292 26.4% -305 -0.4%
Water 2246 3.1% 1920 2.6% -326 -0.4%
Non-forested Wetlands 702 1.0% 741 1.0% 39 0.1%
Forested Wetlands 5393 7.4% 4917 6.7% -476 -0.7%
Tidal Wetlands 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Barren 505 0.7% 575 0.8% 69 0.1%
Utility ROW (Forest) 153 0.2% 152 0.2% -2 0.0%

Change in Riparian Zone Land Cover, 1985-2010

   
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  Developed
  Turf & Grass
  Other Grass
  Agricultural Field
  Forest
  Water
  Wetland
  Barren
   

 

Impervious Surface Estimate

1985 1990 1995 2002 2006 2010 Change
acres % acres %
acres % acres % acres % acres % acres %
15276 2.3% 16169 2.4% 16469 2.4% 16934 2.5% 17283 2.6% 17381 2.6% 2105 0.3%