Phase 6 Land UseCo-Chairs:

Karl Berger, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Jennifer Tribo, Hampton Roads Planning District Commission

Coordinator:Peter Claggett, U.S. Geological Survey

Land Use Land Cover

Building a 2012 Phase 6 Land Use Raster Database:

Proposed Developed Phase 6 Land Uses

Developed

Impervious

Roads

Other

(e.g. Buildings, parking lots, etc.)

Pervious

Tree Canopy

Open Space

Turf

Construction Extractive

Level I

Level II

Level III

Developed

Proposed Developed Phase 6 Land Uses

Phase 6

RoadsBuildings, parking lots, etc.

Turf grassTree canopy*“Open space”

ConstructionExtractive

Phase 5.3.2

Impervious surfaces

Turf grass (pervious)

ConstructionExtractive

* provisional, pending further work on loading differences and model fitness

Developed

Proposed Developed Phase 6 Land Uses

Agriculture

Commodity Crops

Corn

Soybeans

Small Grains

Hay and Legume forage

Alfalfa and other legumes

Non-legume forage

Pasture and pastured Cropland

Specialty and

Other Crops

Vines

Low Cover

High Cover

Farmsteads

Animal

Non-animal

Level I

Level II

Level III

Agriculture

Proposed Agricultural Phase 6 Land Uses(from Ag Workgroup and Ag Modeling Subcommittee)

Phase 6

CornSoybeansSmall grainsAlfalfaNon-legume foragePastureVinesLow cover specialtyHigh cover specialtyImpervious CAFO & AFO farmsteadsImpervious non-animal farmsteadsPervious CAFO & AFO farmsteadsPervious non-animal farmsteads

Phase 5.3.2

Hightill w/ & w/o manureLowtill with manureNutrient management hightill w/ &

w/o manureNutrient management lowtillAlfalfaHay w/ & w/o nutrientsNutrient management alfalfaNutrient management hayPastureNutrient management pastureNurseryAFOsCAFOsDegraded riparian pasture

Agriculture

Proposed Developed Phase 6 Land Uses

Natural

Forests

Undisturbed

Harvested

Disturbed

(e.g. insects, fire, etc.)

Wetlands

Tidal emergent

Fresh emergent

Non-tidal woody

Water

(non-tidal)*

Level I

Level II

Level III

Natural

Proposed Natural Phase 6 Land Uses

Phase 6

ForestsHarvested forestDisturbed forest

Tidal emergent wetlandsFresh emergent wetlandsNon-tidal woody wetlands

Water*

Phase 5.3.2

Woody/openHarvested forest

Water

* Will expand water coverage to include 1:24K National Hydrography Dataset waterbodies and possibly Landsat derived “persistent” water features.

Natural

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