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Georgia Land Use Trends (GLUT)
1991-1998 Statewide Change in Land Cover
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| Change in landcover 1991 - 1998 |
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Landcover Class (acres) |
1991 |
1998 |
Change |
% Change |
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Beaches, Dunes and Mud |
15,704 |
12,187 |
-3,517 |
-22.40 |
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Open Water |
1,042,834 |
1,092,795 |
49,961 |
4.79 |
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Low Intensity Urban |
1,700,761 |
1,837,606 |
136,845 |
8.05 |
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High Intensity Urban |
229,930 |
247,681 |
17,752 |
7.72 |
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Clearcut, Sparse |
3,604,785 |
2,862,302 |
-742,483 |
-20.60 |
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Quarries, Strip Mines, Rock Outcrops |
39,747 |
44,729 |
4,982 |
12.53 |
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Deciduous Forest |
6,907,472 |
6,631,991 |
-275,481 |
-3.99 |
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Evergreen Forest |
10,067,010 |
11,215,310 |
1,148,299 |
11.41 |
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Mixed Forest |
842,813 |
890,139 |
47,327 |
5.62 |
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Row Crops and Pasture |
8,116,738 |
8,071,851 |
-44,888 |
-0.55 |
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Forested Wetland |
5,048,840 |
4,706,371 |
-342,469 |
-6.78 |
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Non-Forested Wetland (salt) |
360,427 |
366,744 |
6,317 |
1.75 |
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Non-Forested Wetland (freshwater) |
91,904 |
89,258 |
-2,646 |
-2.88 |
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Detailed class descriptions
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