MD iMAP: Maryland Land Use Land Cover - Land Use Land Cover 2010

This is a MD iMAP hosted service layer. Find more information at http://imap.maryland.gov. The purpose of the 2010 land use/land cover data set is to provide a generalized view of how developed land has changed throughout the state -  primarily capturing the conversion of resource land to development and characterizing the type of development (e.g. very low density -  low density -  medium density or high density residential development -  commercial -  industrial -  institutional). Urban Land Uses: 11 Low-density residential - Detached single-family/duplex dwelling units -  yards and associated areas. Areas of more than 90 percent single-family/duplex dwelling units -  with lot sizes of less than five acres but at least one-half acre (.2 dwelling units/acre to 2 dwelling units/acre). 12 Medium-density residential - Detached single-family/duplex -  attached single-unit row housing -  yards -  and associated areas. Areas of more than 90 percent single-family/duplex units and attached single-unit row housing -  with lot sizes of less than one-half acre but at least one-eighth acre (2 dwelling units/acre to 8 dwelling units/acre). 13 High-density residential - Attached single-unit row housing -  garden apartments -  high-rise apartments/condominiums -  mobile home and trailer parks; areas of more than 90 percent high-density residential units -  with more than 8 dwelling units per acre. 14 Commercial - Retail and wholesale services. Areas used primarily for the sale of products and services -  including associated yards and parking areas. 15 Industrial - Manufacturing and industrial parks -  including associated warehouses -  storage yards -  research laboratories -  and parking areas. 16 Institutional - Elementary and secondary schools -  middle schools -  junior and senior high schools -  public and private colleges and universities -  military installations (built-up areas only -  including buildings and storage -  training -  and similar areas) -  churches -  medical and health facilities -  correctional facilities -  and government offices and facilities that are clearly separable from the surrounding land cover. 17 Extractive - Surface mining operations -  including sand and gravel pits -  quarries -  coal surface mines -  and deep coal mines. Status of activity (active vs. abandoned) is not distinguished. 18 Open urban land - Urban areas whose use does not require structures -  or urban areas where non-conforming uses characterized by open land have become isolated. Included are golf courses -  parks -  recreation areas (except areas associated with schools or other institutions) -  cemeteries -  and entrapped agricultural and undeveloped land within urban areas. 191 Large lot subdivision (agriculture) - Residential subdivisions with lot sizes of less than 20 acres but at least 5 acres -  with a dominant land cover of open fields or pasture. 192 Large lot subdivision (forest) - Residential subdivisions with lot sizes of less than 20 acres but at least 5 acres -  with a dominant land cover of deciduous -  evergreen or mixed forest. Agriculture: 21 Cropland - Field crops and forage crops. 22 Pasture - Land used for pasture -  both permanent and rotated; grass. 23 Orchards/vineyards/horticulture - Areas of intensively managed commercial bush and tree crops -  including areas used for fruit production -  vineyards -  sod and seed farms -  nurseries -  and green houses. 24 Feeding operations - Cattle feed lots -  holding lots for animals -  hog feeding lots -  poultry houses -  and commercial fishing areas (including oyster beds). 241 Feeding operations - Cattle feed lots -  holding lots for animals -  hog feeding lots -  poultry houses. 242 Agricultural building breeding and training facilities -  storage facilities -  built-up areas associated with a farmstead -  small farm ponds -  commercial fishing areas. 25 Row and garden crops - Intensively managed truck and vegetable farms and associated areas. Forest: 41 Deciduous fore

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