South Colwell Pond Landcover


LANDCOVER IN WATERSHED * km2 ACRES % OF WATERSHED
OPEN WATER 0.42 103.4 24.7
DECIDUOUS FOREST 0.09 22.9 5.5
EVERGREEN FOREST 0.72 178.3 42.5
MIXED FOREST 0.05 12.0 2.9
PASTURE/HAY 0.28 68.2 16.3
ROW CROPS 0.05 11.3 2.7
WOODY WETLANDS 0.01 2.4 0.6
EMERGENT HERBACEOUS WETLANDS 0.08 20.7 4.9
TOTAL AREA 1.70 419.3 100.00

 

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

 

© 2002-2005 Lake Ontario Biocomplexity Project

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