1978 Land use categories sorted by percentage of study area covered.
| Class name 1978 | % Study area covered |
|---|---|
| Cropland, rotation, and permanent pasturea | 53.29 |
| Single family, duplex | 8.33 |
| Central hardwood | 7.77 |
| Herbaceous rangeland | 6.99 |
| Lowland hardwood | 6.06 |
| Shrub rangeland | 4.67 |
| Shrub/scrub wetland | 2.68 |
| Lakes | 1.24 |
| Wooded wetland | 1.03 |
| Emergent wetland | 0.90 |
| Permanent pasturea | 0.76 |
| Outdoor recreation | 0.71 |
| Institutional | 0.60 |
| Open pit | 0.60 |
| Industrial | 0.51 |
| Pine | 0.45 |
| Neighborhood business | 0.43 |
| Orchards, vineyards, and ornamentala | 0.42 |
| Road transportation | 0.41 |
| Multi-family-low rise | 0.25 |
| Aspen, birch | 0.23 |
| Reservoirs | 0.20 |
| Aquatic bed wetland | 0.15 |
| Industrial park | 0.14 |
| Mobile home park | 0.13 |
| Other agricultural landa | 0.13 |
| Lowland conifer | 0.13 |
| Utilities, waste disposal | 0.12 |
| Cemeteries | 0.10 |
| Air transportation | 0.09 |
| Commercial, services, and institutional | 0.07 |
| Central business district | 0.07 |
| Other upland conifer | 0.06 |
| Shopping center, mall | 0.05 |
| Confined feeding operations | 0.05 |
| Streams and waterways | 0.04 |
| Open and other | 0.04 |
| Christmas tree plantationa | 0.04 |
| Rail transportation | 0.02 |
| Communication facilities | 0.01 |
| Multi-family-medium to high rise | 0.01 |
| Flats | 0.01 |
| Northern hardwood | 0.01 |
| Underground extractive | 0.00 |
| Beaches and riverbanks | 0.00 |
| Wetlands | 0.00 |
| Wells | 0.00 |
| Transportation, communication, and utilities | 0.00 |
| Forested land | 0.00 |
| Barren | 0.00 |
| Strip commercial | 0.00 |
| Water transportation | 0.00 |
| Coniferous forest | 0.00 |
| Broadleaved forest (generally deciduous) | 0.00 |
| Sand other than beaches | 0.00 |
a
Land use categories used to describe a “farm” for this study.