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Changes in Land Cover/Use Between 1982 and 1987

1,000's of acres

Land Cover/Use 
in 1982 		Cultivated
Cropland
87 		Non-
cultivated
Cropland
87 		Pasture-
land 
87 		Range-
land
87 		Forest
land
87 		Minor
Land 87 		Urban-
Built
Up 
87 		Rural
Trans
87 		Small
Water
87 		Census
Water
87 		Federal
Land
87 		CRP
Land
87 		1982 Total
Cropland-Cultivated 3440.0 77.0 269.7 0.0 149.6 76.6 42.8 2.3 1.8 0.2 0.1 168.1 4228.2
Error (94.1) (13.2) (28.6) (0.0) (20.4) (12.8) (5.8) (1.3) (0.6) (0.2) (0.1) (2.3) (97.2)
Cropland non-cultivated 37.1 199.1 26.5 6.3 7.7 2.8 3.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 282.6
Error (8.7) (20.0) (7.5) (6.3) (3.4) (2.8) (1.1) (0.0) (0.1) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (26.0)
Pastureland 170.4 37.4 3191.2 0.0 276.9 22.3 26.5 2.3 2.9 0.1 0.0. 17.8 3747.8
Error (29.5) (10.5) (90.6) (0.0) (25.5) (7.8) (3.8) (0.9) (1.3) (0.1) (0.0) (3.0) (100.5)
Rangeland 0.0 0.0 0.0 68.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.0 84.4
Error (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (22.8) (0.0) (0.0) (0.2) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (22.8)
Forest land 29.3 1.2 74.5 0.4 20502.8 26.1 103.6 8.2 9.5 1.2 7.7 5.9 20770.4
Error (7.3) (1.2) (13.5) (0.4) (147.5) (6.9) (8.2) (2.3) (2.1) (0.0) (2.5) (5.9) (146.8)
Minor land cover/uses 0.9 2.6 15.5 0.0 123.1 406.5 10.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 559.0
Error (0.9) (1.8) (6.5) (0.0) (24.8) (25.9) (5.3) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (39.8)
Urban-small and large built up 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1087.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1087.2
Error (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (57.2) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (57.2)
Rural Transportation -roads and railroads 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.4 0.0 0.8 552.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 556.4
Error (0.7) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (1.0) (0.0) (0.3) (9.6) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (9.8)
Water-small-streams<660 feet wide and water bodies <40 acres 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 321.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 321.1
Error (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (12.2) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (12.2)
Water-census-streams >=660 feet wide and water bodies >=40 acres 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 841.7 0.0 0.0 841.7
Error (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (14.1) (0.0) (0.0) (14.1)
Federal land-cover/use not recorded 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 943.9 0.0 945.0
Error (0.1) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (1.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (1.3) (0.0) (0.2)
Conservation Reserve Program 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Error (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0)
Total 3678.9 317.3 3577.4 74.9 21063.5 534.3 1274.5 564.9 335.4 843.2 951.7 207.8 33423.8
Error (89.3) (25.1) (96.2) (22.0) (142.0) (31.1) (62.1) (10.1) (12.4) (14.4) (1.1) (6.6) (68.7)
The number at the intersection of rows and columns with the same land cover/use designation represents acres that did not change from 1982 to 1987. Reading to the right or left of this number are the acres that were converted to other uses in 1987. Reading up and down from this number are the acres that were converted from other uses in 1982.
NOTES: Total estimates may be adjusted to account for rounding. The error referred to in the table is the standard error of the estimate. You can obtain the margin of error at the 95% confidence limit by multiplying the error by 1.96.
 

 



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