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Changes in Land Cover/Use Between 1992 and 1997

 1,000's of acres

Land Cover/Use 
in 1992
Cultivated Cropland 97 Non-
cultivated Cropland 
97
Pasture-
land 
97
Range-
land 97
Forest
Land 97
Minor
Land 97
Urban Built-Up
97
Rural
Trans.
97
Small Water 97 Census
Water 97
Federal
Land 97
CRP
Land 97
1992
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)
Forestland 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 1992 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 1992.

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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