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Georgia Land Use Trends (GLUT)
1974-1985 Statewide Change in Land Cover
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| Change in landcover 1974 - 1985 |
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Landcover Class (acres) |
1974 |
1985 |
Change |
% Change |
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Beaches, Dunes and Mud |
16,325 |
14,172 |
-2,154 |
-13.19 |
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Open Water |
820,983 |
900,772 |
79,789 |
9.72 |
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Low Intensity Urban |
610,468 |
799,863 |
189,395 |
31.02 |
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High Intensity Urban |
128,912 |
163,726 |
34,814 |
27.01 |
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Clearcut, Sparse |
1,900,186 |
2,584,680 |
684,494 |
36.02 |
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Quarries, Strip Mines, Rock Outcrops |
27,513 |
28,926 |
1,413 |
5.14 |
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Deciduous Forest |
7,541,081 |
7,149,184 |
-391,897 |
-5.20 |
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Evergreen Forest |
10,316,387 |
10,489,405 |
173,018 |
1.68 |
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Mixed Forest |
814,595 |
759,353 |
-55,243 |
-6.78 |
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Row Crops and Pasture |
9,965,635 |
9,503,147 |
-462,488 |
-4.64 |
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Forested Wetland |
5,479,133 |
5,243,460 |
-235,673 |
-4.30 |
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Non-Forested Wetland (salt) |
366,663 |
363,780 |
-2,882 |
-0.79 |
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Non-Forested Wetland (freshwater) |
81,084 |
68,497 |
-12,588 |
-15.52 |
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Detailed class descriptions
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