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

36 Coastal Area Towns

Branford

14208

433

4993

1.9%

5.5%

0.5%

1.3%

0.6%

1.8%

3.0%

8.7%

Bridgeport

10464

105

8641

0.5%

0.6%

0.3%

0.4%

0.2%

0.2%

1.0%

1.2%

Chester

10745

160

1182

0.6%

5.5%

0.2%

2.0%

0.7%

6.0%

1.5%

13.5%

Clinton

10422

667

2443

2.6%

10.9%

1.0%

4.3%

2.8%

12.1%

6.4%

27.3%

Darien

8140

127

3684

0.7%

1.6%

0.6%

1.3%

0.2%

0.5%

1.6%

3.4%

Deep River

9044

213

1152

0.6%

5.0%

0.7%

5.5%

1.0%

8.0%

2.4%

18.5%

East Haven

8048

410

3186

3.3%

8.4%

0.7%

1.8%

1.1%

2.7%

5.1%

12.9%

East Lyme

22298

817

2985

1.7%

12.5%

0.7%

5.1%

1.3%

9.8%

3.7%

27.4%

Essex

7545

374

1297

1.9%

10.9%

1.0%

5.9%

2.1%

12.1%

5.0%

28.9%

Fairfield

19432

306

7959

0.8%

2.0%

0.5%

1.1%

0.3%

0.7%

1.6%

3.8%

Greenwich

31089

534

9481

0.8%

2.6%

0.6%

1.8%

0.4%

1.3%

1.7%

5.6%

Groton

20704

1106

5608

1.9%

7.1%

1.3%

4.7%

2.1%

7.9%

5.3%

19.7%

Guilford

30291

528

4639

0.8%

5.1%

0.4%

2.5%

0.6%

3.8%

1.7%

11.4%

Hamden

21278

665

6260

1.8%

6.0%

0.6%

1.9%

0.8%

2.7%

3.1%

10.6%

Ledyard

25543

856

2676

1.2%

11.6%

1.3%

12.1%

0.9%

8.3%

3.3%

32%

Lyme

22051

144

1074

0.3%

5.6%

0.1%

2.5%

0.3%

5.3%

0.7%

13.4%

Madison

23490

727

3843

1.3%

7.9%

0.7%

4.1%

1.1%

6.9%

3.1%

18.9%

Milford

14695

644

7091

2.0%

4.1%

1.1%

2.3%

1.3%

2.7%

4.4%

9.1%

Montville

28315

945

3378

1.2%

9.9%

0.5%

3.9%

1.7%

14.2%

3.3%

28.0%

New Haven

12288

167

8558

0.8%

1.2%

0.4%

0.6%

0.1%

0.2%

1.4%

1.9%

New London

3979

162

2462

1.8%

2.9%

0.7%

1.2%

1.5%

2.5%

4.1%

6.6%

North Haven

13510

579

5491

2.9%

7.2%

0.8%

2.0%

0.6%

1.4%

4.3%

10.6%

Norwalk

14754

312

9315

1.5%

2.3%

0.4%

0.7%

0.2%

0.3%

2.1%

3.3%

Norwich

18778

834

4993

2.1%

8.0%

0.9%

3.5%

1.4%

5.2%

4.4%

16.7%

Old Lyme

15544

436

2372

1.0%

6.6%

0.5%

3.3%

1.3%

8.5%

2.8%

18.4%

Old Saybrook

10032

522

2515

2.8%

11.2%

0.9%

3.5%

1.5%

6.1%

5.2%

20.8%

Orange

11136

388

3366

1.2%

4.1%

1.0%

3.3%

1.2%

4.1%

3.5%

11.5%

Preston

20317

328

1591

0.8%

10.6%

0.3%

4.1%

0.5%

5.9%

1.6%

20.6%

Shelton

20407

1394

5233

4.3%

16.6%

0.9%

3.7%

1.6%

6.4%

6.8%

26.6%

Stamford

24591

331

11054

0.7%

1.7%

0.4%

0.9%

0.2%

0.4%

1.3%

3.0%

Stonington

25049

1182

3773

0.8%

5.5%

1.2%

8.2%

2.7%

17.6%

4.7%

31.3%

Stratford

11564

303

6350

1.8%

3.3%

0.5%

1.0%

0.3%

0.5%

2.6%

4.8%

Waterford

21909

897

3905

1.6%

8.7%

0.8%

4.3%

1.8%

10.0%

4.1%

23.0%

West Haven

10310

434

1613

1.7%

10.6%

1.0%

6.4%

1.6%

10.0%

4.2%

26.9%

Westbrook

7007

273

4467

2.1%

3.4%

1.0%

1.6%

0.8%

1.2%

3.9%

6.1%

Westport

12917

159

5751

0.6%

1.3%

0.4%

0.9%

0.2%

0.5%

1.2%

2.8%

Sub-total

591892

18461

164382

1.4%

5.1%

0.7%

2.4%

1.0%

3.7%

3.1%

11.2%

Six Additional Connecticut River Towns

Cromwell

8301

377

2078

3.1%

12.5%

0.4%

1.6%

1.0%

4.0%

4.5%

18.2%

East Haddam

36234

506

2969

0.4%

4.9%

0.3%

3.3%

0.7%

8.9%

1.4%

17.0%

East Hampton

23673

360

2297

0.7%

6.8%

0.2%

1.8%

0.7%

7.1%

1.5%

15.7%

Haddam

29625

395

2612

0.7%

7.7%

0.2%

2.2%

0.5%

5.2%

1.3%

15.1%

Middletown

27172

849

5826

1.5%

6.9%

0.6%

2.6%

1.1%

5.0%

3.1%

14.6%

Portland

15853

352

1803

0.7%

6.2%

0.7%

6.1%

0.8%

7.2%

2.2%

19.5%

Sub-total

140860

2840

17585

0.9%

7.3%

0.4%

2.8%

0.8%

6.1%

2.0%

16.1%

Grand Total

732752

21300

181967

1.3%

5.3%

0.6%

2.5%

1.0%

3.9%

2.9%

11.7%