Land Use
SNHPC: (332,908 acres)
Land Cover | Percentage of Total (2016) | Percentage Change (2001-2016) |
---|---|---|
Open Water | 2% | ― |
Developed Open Space | 6% | 1% |
Low Intensity Developed | 7% | 1% |
Medium Intensity Developed | 5% | 1% |
High Intensity Developed | 1% | ― |
Barren Land | 1% | ― |
Deciduous Forest | 16% | -2% |
Evergreen Forest | 16% | -1% |
Mixed Forest | 28% | -1% |
Shrub/Scrub | 2% | 1% |
Grassland/Herbaceous | 2% | 1% |
Hay/Pasture | 3% | ― |
Cultivated Crops | <1% | ― |
Woody Wetlands | 8% | ― |
Emergent Herbaceuous Wetlands | 1% | ― |
Cells marked with "―" saw little to no change. All figures derived from the U.S. Geological Survey's 2016 National Land Cover Database and U.S. Census Bureau 2018 TIGER/Line shapefiles. For land use/land cover classication definitions, visit the NLCD2016 Legend.
Auburn: (18,438 acres)
Land Cover | Percentage of Total (2016) | Percentage Change (2001-2016) |
---|---|---|
Open Water | 12% | ― |
Developed Open Space | 4% | ― |
Low Intensity Developed | 5% | ― |
Medium Intensity Developed | 2% | ― |
High Intensity Developed | <1% | ― |
Barren Land | <1% | ― |
Deciduous Forest | 17% | -2% |
Evergreen Forest | 20% | -1% |
Mixed Forest | 23% | ― |
Shrub/Scrub | 1% | 1% |
Grassland/Herbaceous | 2% | 1% |
Hay/Pasture | 2% | ― |
Cultivated Crops | <1% | ― |
Woody Wetlands | 10% | ― |
Emergent Herbaceuous Wetlands | 1% | ― |
Bedford: (21,157 acres)
Land Cover | Percentage of Total (2016) | Percentage Change (2001-2016) |
---|---|---|
Open Water | 1% | ― |
Developed Open Space | 14% | 4% |
Low Intensity Developed | 13% | 3% |
Medium Intensity Developed | 5% | 2% |
High Intensity Developed | 1% | 1% |
Barren Land | <1% | ― |
Deciduous Forest | 11% | -2% |
Evergreen Forest | 19% | -4% |
Mixed Forest | 19% | -1% |
Shrub/Scrub | 1% | ― |
Grassland/Herbaceous | 1% | ― |
Hay/Pasture | 3% | -1% |
Cultivated Crops | <1% | ― |
Woody Wetlands | 6% | ― |
Emergent Herbaceuous Wetlands | <1% | ― |
Candia: (19,562 acres)
Land Cover | Percentage of Total (2016) | Percentage Change (2001-2016) |
---|---|---|
Open Water | 1% | ― |
Developed Open Space | 3% | ― |
Low Intensity Developed | 3% | ― |
Medium Intensity Developed | 1% | ― |
High Intensity Developed | <1% | ― |
Barren Land | 1% | ― |
Deciduous Forest | 14% | -2% |
Evergreen Forest | 15% | ― |
Mixed Forest | 45% | ― |
Shrub/Scrub | 2% | 2% |
Grassland/Herbaceous | 1% | ― |
Hay/Pasture | 2% | ― |
Cultivated Crops | <1% | ― |
Woody Wetlands | 10% | ― |
Emergent Herbaceuous Wetlands | 1% | ― |
Chester: (16,718 acres)
Land Cover | Percentage of Total (2016) | Percentage Change (2001-2016) |
---|---|---|
Open Water | 1% | ― |
Developed Open Space | 4% | ― |
Low Intensity Developed | 3% | ― |
Medium Intensity Developed | 1% | ― |
High Intensity Developed | <1% | ― |
Barren Land | 1% | ― |
Deciduous Forest | 14% | -1% |
Evergreen Forest | 16% | -1% |
Mixed Forest | 39% | -1% |
Shrub/Scrub | 2% | 1% |
Grassland/Herbaceous | 3% | 2% |
Hay/Pasture | 5% | ― |
Cultivated Crops | <1% | ― |
Woody Wetlands | 11% | ― |
Emergent Herbaceuous Wetlands | 1% | ― |
Deerfield: (33,340 acres)
Land Cover | Percentage of Total (2016) | Percentage Change (2001-2016) |
---|---|---|
Open Water | 2% | ― |
Developed Open Space | 3% | ― |
Low Intensity Developed | 1% | ― |
Medium Intensity Developed | 0% | ― |
High Intensity Developed | 0% | ― |
Barren Land | 1% | ― |
Deciduous Forest | 13% | -1% |
Evergreen Forest | 18% | -1% |
Mixed Forest | 48% | -2% |
Shrub/Scrub | 5% | 4% |
Grassland/Herbaceous | 1% | 1% |
Hay/Pasture | 3% | ― |
Cultivated Crops | <1% | ― |
Woody Wetlands | 8% | ― |
Emergent Herbaceuous Wetlands | 1% | ― |
Derry: (23,228 acres)
Land Cover | Percentage of Total (2016) | Percentage Change (2001-2016) |
---|---|---|
Open Water | 2% | ― |
Developed Open Space | 8% | ― |
Low Intensity Developed | 12% | ― |
Medium Intensity Developed | 8% | ― |
High Intensity Developed | 1% | ― |
Barren Land | <1% | ― |
Deciduous Forest | 25% | -2% |
Evergreen Forest | 8% | ― |
Mixed Forest | 19% | ― |
Shrub/Scrub | 1% | ― |
Grassland/Herbaceous | 1% | 1% |
Hay/Pasture | 3% | ― |
Cultivated Crops | <0% | ― |
Woody Wetlands | 8% | ― |
Emergent Herbaceuous Wetlands | 2% | ― |
Francestown: (19,439 acres)
Land Cover | Percentage of Total (2016) | Percentage Change (2001-2016) |
---|---|---|
Open Water | 2% | ― |
Developed Open Space | 5% | ― |
Low Intensity Developed | 1% | ― |
Medium Intensity Developed | <0% | ― |
High Intensity Developed | <0% | ― |
Barren Land | <0% | ― |
Deciduous Forest | 17% | -1% |
Evergreen Forest | 20% | -1% |
Mixed Forest | 38% | ― |
Shrub/Scrub | 3% | 2% |
Grassland/Herbaceous | 1% | ― |
Hay/Pasture | 3% | ― |
Cultivated Crops | <0% | ― |
Woody Wetlands | 8% | ― |
Emergent Herbaceuous Wetlands | 1% | ― |
Goffstown: (24,062 acres)
Land Cover | Percentage of Total (2016) | Percentage Change (2001-2016) |
---|---|---|
Open Water | 2% | ― |
Developed Open Space | 6% | 1% |
Low Intensity Developed | 7% | 1% |
Medium Intensity Developed | 4% | ― |
High Intensity Developed | 1% | ― |
Barren Land | <1% | ― |
Deciduous Forest | 18% | -1% |
Evergreen Forest | 19% | -2% |
Mixed Forest | 30% | ― |
Shrub/Scrub | 3% | 1% |
Grassland/Herbaceous | 1% | 1% |
Hay/Pasture | 5% | ― |
Cultivated Crops | <1% | ― |
Woody Wetlands | 5% | ― |
Emergent Herbaceuous Wetlands | <1% | ― |
Hooksett: ( acres)
Land Cover | Percentage of Total (2016) | Percentage Change (2001-2016) |
---|---|---|
Open Water | 6% | ― |
Developed Open Space | 3% | 1% |
Low Intensity Developed | 10% | 1% |
Medium Intensity Developed | 7% | 1% |
High Intensity Developed | 2% | 1% |
Barren Land | 3% | ― |
Deciduous Forest | 24% | -2% |
Evergreen Forest | 9% | -1% |
Mixed Forest | 24% | -1% |
Shrub/Scrub | 2% | 1% |
Grassland/Herbaceous | 1% | 1% |
Hay/Pasture | 1% | ― |
Cultivated Crops | <1% | ― |
Woody Wetlands | 7% | ― |
Emergent Herbaceuous Wetlands | 1% | ― |
Londonderry: (26,959 acres)
Land Cover | Percentage of Total (2016) | Percentage Change (2001-2016) |
---|---|---|
Open Water | <1% | ― |
Developed Open Space | 10% | 3% |
Low Intensity Developed | 16% | 3% |
Medium Intensity Developed | 10% | 2% |
High Intensity Developed | 3% | 1% |
Barren Land | 1% | ― |
Deciduous Forest | 16% | -3% |
Evergreen Forest | 12% | -2% |
Mixed Forest | 14% | -1% |
Shrub/Scrub | 1% | ― |
Grassland/Herbaceous | 1% | ― |
Hay/Pasture | 3% | -1% |
Cultivated Crops | <1% | ― |
Woody Wetlands | 11% | ― |
Emergent Herbaceuous Wetlands | 1% | ― |
Manchester: (22,358 acres)
Land Cover | Percentage of Total (2016) | Percentage Change (2001-2016) |
---|---|---|
Open Water | 5% | ― |
Developed Open Space | 10% | ― |
Low Intensity Developed | 17% | ― |
Medium Intensity Developed | 31% | 2% |
High Intensity Developed | 13% | 1% |
Barren Land | 1% | ― |
Deciduous Forest | 9% | -1% |
Evergreen Forest | 5% | -1% |
Mixed Forest | 3% | ― |
Shrub/Scrub | <1% | ― |
Grassland/Herbaceous | 1% | ― |
Hay/Pasture | <1% | ― |
Cultivated Crops | <1% | ― |
Woody Wetlands | 4% | ― |
Emergent Herbaceuous Wetlands | 1% | ― |
New Boston: (27,653 acres)
Land Cover | Percentage of Total (2016) | Percentage Change (2001-2016) |
---|---|---|
Open Water | 1% | ― |
Developed Open Space | 4% | ― |
Low Intensity Developed | 2% | ― |
Medium Intensity Developed | <1% | ― |
High Intensity Developed | <1% | ― |
Barren Land | 1% | ― |
Deciduous Forest | 11% | -1% |
Evergreen Forest | 31% | -2% |
Mixed Forest | 30% | ― |
Shrub/Scrub | 1% | 2% |
Grassland/Herbaceous | 1% | 1% |
Hay/Pasture | 4% | ― |
Cultivated Crops | <1% | ― |
Woody Wetlands | 8% | ― |
Emergent Herbaceuous Wetlands | 1% | ― |
Weare: (38,463 acres)
Land Cover | Percentage of Total (2016) | Percentage Change (2001-2016) |
---|---|---|
Open Water | 2% | ― |
Developed Open Space | 4% | ― |
Low Intensity Developed | 2% | ― |
Medium Intensity Developed | <1% | ― |
High Intensity Developed | <1% | ― |
Barren Land | 1% | ― |
Deciduous Forest | 15% | -2% |
Evergreen Forest | 20% | -1% |
Mixed Forest | 37% | ― |
Shrub/Scrub | 4% | 2% |
Grassland/Herbaceous | 2% | 1% |
Hay/Pasture | 4% | ― |
Cultivated Crops | <1% | ― |
Woody Wetlands | 8% | ― |
Emergent Herbaceuous Wetlands | 1% | ― |
Windham: (17,772 acres)
Land Cover | Percentage of Total (2016) | Percentage Change (2001-2016) |
---|---|---|
Open Water | 4% | ― |
Developed Open Space | 11% | 5% |
Low Intensity Developed | 13% | 4% |
Medium Intensity Developed | 6% | 1% |
High Intensity Developed | <1% | ― |
Barren Land | <1% | ― |
Deciduous Forest | 34% | -7% |
Evergreen Forest | 10% | -1% |
Mixed Forest | 16% | -1% |
Shrub/Scrub | 1% | ― |
Grassland/Herbaceous | 1% | ― |
Hay/Pasture | 2% | ― |
Cultivated Crops | <1% | ― |
Woody Wetlands | 8% | ― |
Emergent Herbaceuous Wetlands | 1% | ― |