Georgia Landcover Trends

	1974	1985	1991	1998	2001	2005	2008
Beaches, Dunes and Mud	16,325	14,172	15,704	12,187	18,195	15,704	55,190
Open Water	820,983	900,772	1,042,834	1,092,795	1,085,599	1,097,937	1,003,677
Low Intensity Urban	610,468	799,863	1,700,761	1,837,606	2,902,055	2,958,806	3,055,732
High Intensity Urban	128,901	163,726	229,930	247,681	336,796	458,597	600,385
Clearcut, Sparse	1,900,186	2,584,680	3,604,785	2,862,302	3,229,153	2,997,121	1,755,056
Quarries, Strip Mines, Rock Outcrops	27,513	28,926	39,747	44,729	40,882	40,907	49,162
Deciduous Forest	7,541,081	7,149,184	6,907,472	6,631,991	6,651,345	6,352,740	6,839,186
Evergreen Forest	10,316,387	10,489,405	10,067,010	11,215,310	10,039,673	9,751,064	10,001,468
Mixed Forest	814,595	759,353	842,813	890,139	102,6458	129,0335	140,3477
Row Crops and Pasture	9,965,635	9,503,147	8,116,738	8,071,851	7,874,642	8,369,265	8,038,689
Forested Wetland	5,479,144	5,243,460	5,048,840	4,706,371	4,442,213	4,272,518	4,780,321
Non-Forested Wetland (salt)	366,663	363,780	360,427	366,744	345,050	344,007	351,249
Non-Forested Wetland (fresh)	81,084	68,497	91,904	89,258	76,903	119,965	135,369

University of Georgia College of Engineerings