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Georgia Land Use Trends (GLUT)
1985-1991 Statewide Change in Land Cover
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| Change in landcover 1985 - 1991 |
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Landcover Class (acres) |
1985 |
1991 |
Change |
% Change |
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Beaches, Dunes and Mud |
14,172 |
15,704 |
1,533 |
10.82 |
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Open Water |
900,772 |
1,042,834 |
142,061 |
15.77 |
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Low Intensity Urban |
799,863 |
1,700,761 |
900,897 |
112.63 |
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High Intensity Urban |
163,726 |
229,930 |
66,203 |
40.44 |
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Clearcut, Sparse |
2,584,680 |
3,604,785 |
1,020,105 |
39.47 |
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Quarries, Strip Mines, Rock Outcrops |
28,926 |
39,747 |
10,821 |
37.41 |
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Deciduous Forest |
7,149,184 |
6,907,472 |
-241,712 |
-3.38 |
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Evergreen Forest |
10,489,405 |
10,067,010 |
-422,394 |
-4.03 |
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Mixed Forest |
759,353 |
842,813 |
83,460 |
10.99 |
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Row Crops and Pasture |
9,503,147 |
8,116,738 |
-1,386,409 |
-14.59 |
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Forested Wetland |
5,243,460 |
5,048,840 |
-194,620 |
-3.71 |
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Non-Forested Wetland (salt) |
363,780 |
360,427 |
-3,353 |
-0.92 |
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Non-Forested Wetland (freshwater) |
68,497 |
91,904 |
23,407 |
34.17 |
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Detailed class descriptions
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