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1991 Minnesota Metro

Land Cover and Impervious Surface Area

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Statistics for Minnesota Metro

Land Cover Acres Percent
  Agriculture 817,979 42.96
  Extraction 5,410 0.28
  Grassland 16,653 0.87
  Forest 260,409 13.68
  Wetland 151,953 7.98
  Water 109,772 5.77
             
 Urban536,610 28.19

Impervious Intensity (%) Acres Percent Intensity Weighted Impervious Area (%)
 0 1,420,632 74.62 0
 1-10 49,852 2.62 0.12
 11-25 100,099 5.26 0.96
 26-40 115,348 6.06 2
 41-60 113,829 5.98 2.95
 61-80 51,278 2.69 1.87
 81-100 52,802 2.77 2.61

Total Area 1,903,835 acres
Total Impervious Area 200,105 acres
Percent Impervious Area 11.19 %

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