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Georgia Land Use Trends (GLUT)
Statewide Change in Land Cover
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Data |
| Hectares |
15,406,024.59 |
| Acres |
38,068,964.63 |
Square Miles |
59,483 |
| Square Km |
154,060.25 |
| Counties |
159 |
| Watersheds |
52 |
| Ecoregions |
6 |
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Population |
| 1980 |
5,462,982 |
| 1990 |
6,478,149 |
| 2000 |
8,186.453 |
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Change in Landcover (acres)
| Landcover Class |
1974 |
1985 |
1991 |
1998 |
2001 |
2005 |
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Beaches, Dunes and Mud |
16,325 |
14,172 |
15,704 |
12,187 |
18,195 |
15,704 |
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Open Water |
820,983 |
900,772 |
1,042,834 |
1,092,795 |
1,085,599 |
1,097,937 |
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Low Intensity Urban |
610,468 |
799,863 |
1,700,761 |
1,837,606 |
2,902,055 |
2,958,806 |
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High Intensity Urban |
128,912 |
163,726 |
229,930 |
247,681 |
336,796 |
458,597 |
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Clearcut, Sparse |
1,900,186 |
2,584,680 |
3,604,785 |
2,862,302 |
3,229,153 |
2,997,121 |
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Quarries, Strip Mines, Rock Outcrops |
27,513 |
28,926 |
39,747 |
44,729 |
40,882 |
40,907 |
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Deciduous Forest |
7,541,081 |
7,149,184 |
6,907,472 |
6,631,991 |
6,651,345 |
6,352,740 |
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Evergreen Forest |
10,316,387 |
10,489,405 |
10,067,010 |
11,215,310 |
10,039,673 |
9,751,064 |
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Mixed Forest |
814,595 |
759,353 |
842,813 |
890,139 |
1,026,458 |
1,290,335 |
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Row Crops and Pasture |
9,965,635 |
9,503,147 |
8,116,738 |
8,071,851 |
7,874,642 |
8,369,265 |
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Forested Wetland |
5,479,133 |
5,243,460 |
5,048,840 |
4,706,371 |
4,442,213 |
4,272,518 |
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Non-Forested Wetland (salt) |
366,663 |
363,780 |
360,427 |
366,744 |
345,050 |
344,007 |
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Non-Forested Wetland (fresh) |
81,084 |
68,497 |
91,904 |
89,258 |
76,903 |
119,965 |
Landcover data (landcover change for each time interval)
Pie charts
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1985 |
1991 |
1998 |
2001 |
2005 |
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Landcover maps (select to view larger image
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1985 |
1991 |
1998 |
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2005 |
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