Blind Sodus Bay Landcover

 

LANDCOVER IN WATERSHED * km2 ACRES % OF WATERSHED
OPEN WATER 1.01 250.53 2.94
LOW INTENSITY DEVELOPED 0.01 1.8 <0.01
LOW INTENSITY RESIDENTIAL 0.00 0.2 <0.01
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL/TRANSPORTATION 0.01 3.11 0.04
DECIDUOUS FOREST 16.64 4110.1 48.6
EVERGREEN FOREST 0.17 42.0 0.5
MIXED FOREST 2.51 619.6 7.30
PASTURE/HAY 8.95 2209.9 26.1
ROW CROPS 3.60 888.1 10.5
URBAN/RECREATIONAL GRASSES 0.01 3.1 0.00
WOODY WETLANDS 1.29 319.4 3.8
EMERGENT HERBACEOUS WETLANDS 0.03 6.9 0.1
TOTAL AREA 34.22 8452.7 100.00

* Landcover taken from 30m resolution EPA MRLC raster data. Area values will not coincide exactly with vector based watershed area values.

 

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