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Table 4 -3. Land cover change in the state of North Carolina for the period 1992 -2001 derived from the Nation-
<br />al Land cover Database (NLCD) 1992/2001 Retrofit Land Cover Change Product (Fry et al. 2009). Percentage
<br />of total area is indicated in parentheses.
<br />1i miWii "x)I C,,-v,(,er Cass
<br />Acres 992
<br />Acres 2001
<br />ll,'Aeirceint 011
<br />Open Water
<br />2,078,836
<br />(1.5 %)
<br />2,177,307
<br />(1.5 %)
<br />4.7%
<br />Urban
<br />1 12,680,568
<br />I (8.9 %)
<br />1 13,422,270
<br />I (9.5 %)
<br />I 5.8%
<br />Barren
<br />1 471,946
<br />I (0.3 %)
<br />1 575,423
<br />I (0.4 %)
<br />I 21.9%
<br />Forest
<br />1 67,826,462
<br />I (47.8 %)
<br />1 64,437,680
<br />I (45.4 %)
<br />I -5.0%
<br />Grassland /Shrub
<br />1 9,181,576
<br />I (6.5 %)
<br />1 11,575,851
<br />I (8.2 %)
<br />I 26.1%
<br />Agriculture
<br />1 32,476,851
<br />I (22.9 %)
<br />1 32,746,512
<br />I (23.1%)
<br />I 0.8%
<br />Wetlands
<br />17,067,268
<br />(12.0 %)
<br />16,848,464
<br />(11.9 %)
<br />-1.3%
<br />Changes by class from 1992 to 2001
<br />Class
<br />Acres ClId„Yr,s.s
<br />Arf.,lr'es.
<br />Urban - unchanged
<br />2,808,1 10 Forest to Open Water
<br />11,849
<br />Barren - unchanged 1
<br />101,161 Forest to Urban
<br />1 137,602
<br />Forest - unchanged 1
<br />13,966,503 Forest to Barren
<br />1 16,158
<br />Grassland /Shrub- unchanged 1
<br />1,979,306 Forest to Grassland /Shrub
<br />1 526,073
<br />Agriculture- unchanged 1
<br />6,827,971 Forest to Agriculture
<br />1 381,544
<br />Wetlands- unchanged 1
<br />3,628,173 Forest to Wetlands
<br />1 44,527
<br />Open Water to Urban 1
<br />915 Grassland /Shrub to Open Water
<br />1 338
<br />Open Water to Barren 1
<br />1,414 Grassland /Shrub to Urban
<br />1 1,123
<br />Open water to Forest 1
<br />1,655 Grassland /Shrub to Barren
<br />1 407
<br />Open Water to Grassland /Shrub 1
<br />3,735 Grassland /Shrub to Forest
<br />1 43,754
<br />Open Water to Agriculture 1
<br />3,245 Grassland /Shrub to Agriculture
<br />1 4,002
<br />Open Water to Wetlands 1
<br />2,855 Grassland /Shrub to Wetlands
<br />1 13,005
<br />Urban to Open Water 1
<br />2,956 Agriculture to Open Water
<br />1 13,184
<br />Urban to Barren 1
<br />158 Agriculture to Urban
<br />1 32,620
<br />Urban to Forest 1
<br />2,01 1 Agriculture to Barren
<br />1 2,655
<br />Urban to Grassland /Shrub 1
<br />1,771 Agriculture to Forest
<br />1 258,407
<br />Urban to Agriculture 1
<br />4,296 Agriculture to Grassland /Shrub
<br />1 30,520
<br />Urban to Wetlands 1
<br />790 Agriculture to Wetlands
<br />1 57,328
<br />Barren to Open Water 1
<br />1,604 Wetlands to Open Water
<br />1 5,786
<br />Barren to Urban
<br />118 Wetlands to Urban
<br />1 4,556
<br />Barren to Forest 1
<br />241 Wetlands to Barren
<br />1 6,019
<br />Barren to Grassland /Shrub 155
<br />Wetlands to Forest
<br />1 58,038
<br />Barren to Agriculture 1
<br />1,446 Wetlands to Grassland /Shrub
<br />1 32,950
<br />Barren to Wetlands
<br />333 Wetlands to Agriculture
<br />60,150
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