1985-2002 Land Cover Change for Each Municipality in the Coastal Study Area*

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1985-2002 Land Cover Change by Coastal Zone Municipality
36 Coastal Area Towns
Acres
Branford	4993	1190	597	6995	261	15	59	7	89	1
Bridgeport	8641	581	264	873	46	9	21	11	18	1
Chester	1182	174	657	8572	63	3	19	5	52	19
Clinton	2443	392	255	6664	262	5	85	20	266	29
Darien	3684	2194	132	2002	50	10	29	19	20
Deep River	1152	209	582	6889	54	3	55	8	76	16
East Haven	3186	593	261	3599	258	9	49	8	86	0
East Lyme	2985	428	941	17128	364	8	135	17	250	42
Essex	1297	223	1046	4604	139	3	70	7	130	27
Fairfield	7959	3526	493	7148	143	18	61	28	56
Greenwich	9481	7051	964	13057	199	43	104	67	116	3
Groton	5608	1349	1194	11448	360	37	245	21	381	63
Guilford	4639	1103	754	23267	227	10	91	25	174
Hamden	6260	1855	594	11903	360	15	101	20	168	1
Ledyard	2676	426	1395	20191	298	12	302	21	192	30
Lyme	1074	85	2067	18681	54	6	16	11	42	16
Madison	3843	873	434	17613	291	11	129	29	237	28
Milford	7091	1512	704	4743	273	17	147	14	165	28
Montville	3378	578	1753	21661	318	15	115	17	397	82
New Haven	8558	1059	426	2078	85	16	44	8	13
New London	2462	311	464	581	69	4	22	6	52	9
North Haven	5491	1548	333	5560	340	53	92	18	76	0
Norwalk	9315	2195	271	2661	204	11	42	24	30
Norwich	4993	959	1005	10987	387	13	150	23	226	35
Old Lyme	2372	455	1131	11151	150	6	70	8	156	46
Old Saybrook	2515	435	578	5982	279	4	82	6	133	20
Orange	3366	2207	210	4965	129	10	88	25	101	36
Preston	1591	280	825	17293	158	10	51	15	77	17
Shelton	5233	1650	970	11161	758	110	161	32	332	1
Stamford	11054	3463	807	8935	166	17	75	23	50
Stonington	3773	822	814	18458	186	22	170	138	497	169
Stratford	6350	1345	533	3033	174	36	53	11	29	0
Waterford	3905	968	1009	15130	325	15	150	17	321	68
West Haven	1613	193	316	7753	166	4	96	7	140	21
Westbrook	4467	771	154	1341	139	11	63	6	53
Westport	5751	2386	323	4298	70	8	37	16	28
Sub-total	164382	45390	25256	338401	7803	599	3279	740	5231	808

Six additional Connecticut River Towns

Cromwell	2078	1005	584	4257	240	20	25	8	83	0
East Haddam	2969	399	2053	30307	136	9	81	17	100	163
East Hampton	2297	300	1115	19601	147	8	31	11	131	31
Haddam	2612	375	1953	24290	186	14	42	16	108	29
Middletown	5826	2259	1237	17001	391	14	134	19	276	16
Portland	1803	687	1297	11715	108	5	54	56	96	33
Sub-total	17585	5025	8238	107172	1208	70	368	127	794	272

Grand Total	164382	45390	25256	338401	7803	599	3279	740	5231	808

* The Coastal Study Area consists of the 36 Coastal Area Towns in Connecticut plus six towns bordering the Connecticut River. Visit the Study Area page for a map and the full definition of the Coastal Area and Coastal Boundary.

1985-2002 Land Cover Change for Each Municipality in the Coastal Study Area*

36 Coastal Area Towns

Six additional Connecticut River Towns