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1986 Minnesota Metro

Land Cover and Impervious Surface Area

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Statistics for Minnesota Metro

Land Cover Acres Percent
  Agriculture 888,627 46.68
  Extraction 4,487 0.24
  Grassland 17,739 0.93
  Forest 275,038 14.45
  Wetland 141,948 7.46
  Water 102,850 5.4
             
 Urban467,987 24.58

Impervious Intensity (%) Acres Percent Intensity Weighted Impervious Area (%)
 0 1,484,993 78 0
 1-10 39,474 2.07 0.1
 11-25 89,112 4.68 0.86
 26-40 105,330 5.53 1.83
 41-60 99,205 5.21 2.56
 61-80 44,502 2.34 1.62
 81-100 41,237 2.17 2.01

Total Area 1,903,835 acres
Total Impervious Area 171,024 acres
Percent Impervious Area 9.52 %

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