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Changes in Land Cover/Use Between 1982 and 1997

1,000's of acres
Land Cover Use
in 1982 		Cultivated
Cropland 97 		Non-
Cultivated Cropland
97 		Pasture-
land 
97 		Range-
land
97 		Forest
Land
97 		Minor
Land
97 		Urban
Built-Up
97 		Rural
Tran
97 		Small
Water
97 		Census
Water
97 		Federal
Land
97 		CRP
Land
97 		1982 Total
Cropland Cultivated 2371.7 122.7 548.8 0.0 438.3 157.1 134.4 5.1 20.3 0.2 2.9 426.7 4228.2
Error (72.6) (17.8) (39.9) (0.0) (36.2) (19.6) (12.9) (1.7) (5.9) (0.2) (0.7) (39.7) (97.2)
Cropland
Non-cultivated 		26.2 160.5 30.6 1.4 35.6 3.1 22.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.5 2.1 282.6
Error (7.8) (17.4) (7.8) (1.4) (9.7) (2.8) (6.8) (0.3) (0.2) (0.0) (0.5) (2.1) (26.0)
Pastureland 148.0 42.1 2671.8 0.8 638.6 39.3 122.7 6.6 12.2 0.1 2.2 63.4 3747.8
Error (19.4) (12.5) (78.2) (0.8) (43.3) (8.8) (11.7) (1.3) (4.5) (0.1) (2.2) (30.0) (100.5)
Rangeland 0.0 0.0 0.0 65.7 0.0 0.0 2.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.0 84.4
Error (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (22.5) (0.0) (0.0) (2.4) (0.1) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (22.8)
Forest Land 32.9 6.0 240.2 0.0 19784.9 130.2 428.7 30.5 42.3 3.6 57.9 13.2 20770.4
Error (7.6) (3.2) (25.1) (0.0) (148.8) (17.2) (24.5) (3.8) (5.6) (1.8) (2.3) (2.8) (146.8)
Minor land cover/uses 2.9 4.9 30.0 0.0 161.5 335.5 22.4 0.1 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.4 559.0
Error (2.1) (2.5) (9.3) (0.0) (29.0) (21.3) (6.9) (0.1) (1.3) (0.0) (0.0) (0.4) (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 0.9 0.6 1.9 0.0 6.1 0.0 2.5 544.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 556.4
Error (0.4) (0.6) (0.9) (0.0) (1.8) (0.0) (0.6) (9.4) (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 0.4 0.8 0.2 0.0 319.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 321.1
Error (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.2) (0.8) (0.2) (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 0.0 0.0 3.3 0.0 7.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 934.3 0.1 945.0
Error (0.0) (0.0) (1.5) (0.0) (1.5) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (3.3) (0.1) (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 2582.6 336.8 3526.6 67.9 21072.7 666.0 1822.7 587.1 396.1 845.6 997.8 521.9 33,423.8
Error (75.4) (28.5) (88.2) (22.3) (137.6) (35.0) (72.0) (10.6) (15.3) (16.2) (3.0) (5.2) (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 1997. Reading to the right or left of this number are the acres that were converted to other uses in 1997. 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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