Land Use/Land Cover for French Creek Watershed

Landcover statistics are calculated from the 
French Creek Watershed Landuse / Landcover map

The National Land Cover Datasets for Pennsylvania and New York States were downloaded from USGS (http://landcover.usgs.gov/natllandcover.html) and clipped by the French Creek Watershed boundary.

The French Creek Watershed boundary was clipped from Pennsylvania and New York watershed boundaries from PASDA (http://www.pasda.psu.edu).

Land Cover Class definition are defined by USGS: (http://landcover.usgs.gov/classes.html)

(Data description prepared on June 6, 2003 by Andrea McMillen)

French Creek Watershed Landcover Statistics
ValueCountCover Type% CoverAcresSq. MilesHectaresSq. Km
411480302Deciduous Forest41.7329211.6514.4133227.21332.3
811206186Pasture/Hay34.0268249.6419.1108556.71085.6
43348094Mixed Forest9.877414.3121.031328.5313.3
82160746Row Crops4.535749.155.914467.1144.7
42145661Evergreen Forest4.132394.350.613109.5131.1
91114743Woody Wetlands3.225518.339.910326.9103.3
2133267Low Intensity Residential0.97398.411.62994.029.9
1120523Open Water0.64564.27.11847.118.5
9216400Emergent Herbaceous Wetlands0.53647.35.71476.014.8
2315840Commercial/Industrial/Transportation0.43522.75.51425.614.3
853102Urban/Recreational Grasses0.1689.91.1279.22.8
332310Transitional0.1513.70.8207.92.1
322141Quarries/Strip Mines/Gravel Pits0.1476.10.7192.71.9
221399High Intensity Residential0.0311.10.5125.91.3
        
Sum3550714Sum100.0789660.51233.8319564.33195.6

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