College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Center for Land Use Education and Research
Connecticut These numbers are slightly different than those on the Connecticut Portion of Lower Long Island Sound Watershed page. The entire state of Connecticut is not part of the Long Island Sound Watershed. Connecticut is about 4970 square miles (3,181,240 acres) and the watershed area in Connecticut is about 4921 square miles (3,149,531 acres) - a difference of 49 square miles (31,708 acres) (shown in red on the map). The numbers below are for the ENTIRE state of Connecticut, shown in yellow.
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| acres | sq. miles | % | acres | sq. miles | % |
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| Developed | 509996 | 796.9 | 16.0% | 605294 | 945.8 | 19.0% | 95299 | 148.9 | 3.0% |
| Turf & Grass | 197634 | 308.8 | 6.2% | 245551 | 383.7 | 7.7% | 47917 | 74.9 | 1.5% |
| Other Grass | 41761 | 65.3 | 1.3% | 61297 | 95.8 | 1.9% | 19536 | 30.5 | 0.6% |
| Ag. Field | 272107 | 425.2 | 8.6% | 231846 | 362.3 | 7.3% | -40262 | -62.9 | -1.3% |
| Deciduous Forest | 1578769 | 2466.8 | 49.7% | 1473716 | 2302.7 | 46.4% | -105053 | -164.1 | -3.3% |
| Coniferous Forest | 291751 | 455.9 | 9.2% | 281546 | 439.9 | 8.9% | -10205 | -15.9 | -0.3% |
| Water | 110432 | 172.5 | 3.5% | 102936 | 160.8 | 3.2% | -7496 | -11.7 | -0.2% |
| Non-forested Wetlands | 12909 | 20.2 | 0.4% | 13219 | 20.7 | 0.4% | 310 | 0.5 | 0.0% |
| Forested Wetlands | 117633 | 183.8 | 3.7% | 111546 | 174.3 | 3.5% | -6088 | -9.5 | -0.2% |
| Tidal Wetlands | 14427 | 22.5 | 0.5% | 14593 | 22.8 | 0.5% | 166 | 0.3 | 0.0% |
| Barren | 20571 | 32.1 | 0.6% | 26760 | 41.8 | 0.8% | 6189 | 9.7 | 0.2% |
| Utility ROW (Forest) | 11258 | 17.6 | 0.4% | 10928 | 17.1 | 0.3% | -330 | -0.5 | 0.0% |
Change in Zone Land Cover, 1985-2010 |
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| acres | sq. miles | % | acres | sq. mi | % | acres | sq. miles | % | |
| Developed | 121851.9 | 190.4 | 14.5 | 141208.6 | 220.6 | 16.8 | 19357 | 30.2 | 2.3 |
| Turf & Grass | 43175.8 | 67.5 | 5.1 | 53360.4 | 83.4 | 6.3 | 10185 | 15.9 | 1.2 |
| Other Grass | 10697.4 | 16.7 | 1.3 | 16043.7 | 25.1 | 1.9 | 5346 | 8.4 | 0.6 |
| Ag. Field | 58975.2 | 92.1 | 7.0 | 52309.0 | 81.7 | 6.2 | -6666 | -10.4 | -0.8 |
| Deciduous Forest | 415978.0 | 650.0 | 49.5 | 395846.6 | 618.5 | 47.1 | -20131 | -31.5 | -2.4 |
| Coniferous Forest | 84586.6 | 132.2 | 10.1 | 82568.3 | 129.0 | 9.8 | -2018 | -3.2 | -0.2 |
| Water | 25873.4 | 40.4 | 3.1 | 21090.3 | 33.0 | 2.5 | -4783 | -7.5 | -0.6 |
| Non-forested Wetlands | 7081.3 | 11.1 | 0.8 | 7322.8 | 11.4 | 0.9 | 242 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Forested Wetlands | 62111.0 | 97.0 | 7.4 | 58828.6 | 91.9 | 7.0 | -3282 | -5.1 | -0.4 |
| Tidal Wetlands | 3032.4 | 4.7 | 0.4 | 3146.5 | 4.9 | 0.4 | 114 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Barren | 4869.2 | 7.6 | 0.6 | 6568.1 | 10.3 | 0.8 | 1699 | 2.7 | 0.2 |
| Utility ROW (Forest) | 2885.8 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 2824.7 | 4.4 | 0.3 | -61 | -0.1 | 0.0 |
Change in Riparian Zone Land Cover, 1985-2010 |
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Impervious Cover is not reported by state because Impervious Cover is averaged by watershed and watersheds cross state boundaries.
