The Effects of Land Cover Change: Increasing Watershed Imperviousness in Kentucky - Geotechnologies and the Environment - page 125

Table 8.4 Changes in developed land surface area from 2001 to 2005 for selected subwatersheds
NLCD 2001 NLCD 2005 Difference Increase

Land Cover Class (Anderson Level
II Class Number) (ha) (ha) (ha) (%)

Developed, Open Space (21) 176, 741 177, 323 582 7.7

Developed, Low Intensity (22) 75, 348 79, 512 4, 165 55.4

Developed, Medium Intensity (23) 33, 576 35, 566 1, 990 26.5

Developed, High Intensity (24) 14, 846 15, 628 781 10.4

Total 300, 511 308, 029 7, 518 2.5

Fig. 8.9 Increase in developed classes with existing development in 2001 ( grey ) and added
development from 2001 to 2005 ( black ) in selected subwatersheds