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

Lower CT River Basin MapMassachusetts and Rhode Island Portion of Lower Long Island Sound Watershed

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Land Cover

  1985 2010 Change
  acres sq. miles % acres sq. miles %
acres sq. miles %
Developed 24086 38 9.3% 32005 50 12.3% 7919 12.4 3.0%
Turf & Grass 7713 12 3.0% 11115 17 4.3% 3403 5.3 1.3%
Other Grass 3407 5 1.3% 4755 7 1.8% 1348 2.1 0.5%
Ag. Field 15282 24 5.9% 15116 24 5.8% -166 -0.3 -0.1%
Deciduous Forest 125798 197 48.2% 114487 179 43.9% -11311 -17.7 -4.3%
Coniferous Forest 40679 64 15.6% 38919 61 14.9% -1760 -2.7 -0.7%
Water 25834 40 9.9% 25647 40 9.8% -187 -0.3 -0.1%
Non-forested Wetlands 1849 3 0.7% 1855 3 0.7% 5 0.0 0.0%
Forested Wetlands 11341 18 4.3% 10659 17 4.1% -682 -1.1 -0.3%
Tidal Wetlands 982 2 0.4% 871 1 0.3% -111 -0.2 0.0%
Barren 2737 4 1.0% 4277 7 1.6% 1541 2.4 0.6%
Utility ROW (Forest) 1145 2 0.4% 1131 2 0.4% -14 0.0 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

Riparian data was not created for Massachusetts and Rhode Island.


Impervious Cover Estimate

Impervious Cover is not reported by state because Impervious Cover is averaged by watershed and watersheds cross state boundaries.