TABLE 2 FOR WATER-RESOURCES INVESTIGATIONS REPORT 02-4124
Table 2. Land cover distribution and impervious surface
in percent of total area draining to each location
| Land cover class |
Jones Branch |
Pearson Creek |
Wilsons Creek at Scenic Drive |
Wilsons Creek near Springfield |
South Creek |
Wilsons Creek near Battlefield |
Jones Spring |
Jones Spring plus Jones Branch |
| Landsat data1 |
| Cool-season grassland |
51.1 |
77.1 |
27.7 |
40.2 |
51.5 |
50.3 |
36.9 |
40.0 |
| Urban vegetated |
11.7 |
2.6 |
26.4 |
21.5 |
15.3 |
16.5 |
19.2 |
16.9 |
| Urban impervious |
15.6 |
2.3 |
39.7 |
28.3 |
25.3 |
21.8 |
34.0 |
29.5 |
| Deciduous woodland |
4.3 |
2.6 |
0 |
.8 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
0 |
1.2 |
| Row and close-grown crops |
0 |
2.3 |
0 |
.4 |
.3 |
.7 |
0 |
0 |
| Eastern red cedar - deciduous forest and woodland |
4.2 |
1.9 |
0 |
.5 |
.7 |
1.2 |
0 |
1.1 |
| Barren or sparsely vegetated |
0 |
.1 |
.5 |
.4 |
.6 |
.4 |
.6 |
.5 |
| Deciduous forest |
13.0 |
10.9 |
5.2 |
7.6 |
4.1 |
7.2 |
8.7 |
10.4 |
| Open water |
0 |
.1 |
.5 |
.3 |
.5 |
.4 |
.4 |
.4 |
| ADAR and Landsat data2 |
| Impervious surface |
25.5 |
14.7 |
32.0 |
24.1 |
25.0 |
19.8 |
32.9 |
31.1 |
1Data derived from Landsat imagery.
2Data derived from Airborne Data Acquisition and Registration (ADAR) imagery in combination with Landsat imagery.
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