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2002 Minnesota Metro

Land Cover and Impervious Surface Area

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Statistics for Minnesota Metro

Land Cover Acres Percent
  Agriculture 710,633 37.33
  Extraction 5,275 0.28
  Grassland 15,440 0.81
  Forest 238,744 12.54
  Wetland 119,560 6.28
  Water 103,367 5.43
             
 Urban710,097 37.3

Impervious Intensity (%) Acres Percent Intensity Weighted Impervious Area (%)
 0 1,269,039 66.66 0
 1-10 78,352 4.12 0.19
 11-25 145,571 7.65 1.39
 26-40 154,128 8.1 2.66
 41-60 133,012 6.99 3.43
 61-80 64,537 3.39 2.36
 81-100 59,221 3.11 2.87

Total Area 1,903,835 acres
Total Impervious Area 245,909 acres
Percent Impervious Area 13.66 %

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