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Table 2 Comparison summary of land-cover change, countywide and by land-tenure regime (1992-2011). Values in hectares and percentage of landscape

From: Land tenure and landscape change: a comparison of public-private lands in the southern High Plains

 

Cimarron

Union

Countywide

 Land cover ha (%)

1992

2011

Change

1992

2011

Change

  Herbaceous

365,206 (75.95)

327,184 (68.04)

38,022 (−10.41)

849,754 (85.90)

786,405 (79.50)

63,349 (−7.45)

  Cultivation

101,924 (21.20)

101,800 (20.66)

124 (−0.12)

29,577 (2.99)

30,908 (3.12)

1311 (−4.50)

  Shrubland

5218 (1.09)

38,159 (7.94)

32,941 (631.28)

51,478 (5.20)

104,955 (10.61)

53,477 (103.88)

  Forest

363 (0.08)

362 (0.08)

1 (−0.12)

51,570 (5.21)

56,220 (5.99)

4650 (9.01)

State Trust Lands

 Land cover ha (%)

1992

2011

Change

1992

2011

Change

  Herbaceous

93,608 (96.69)

76,921 (79.45)

16,687 (−17.83)

148,510 (84.02)

133,585 (75.57)

14,925 (−10.05)

  Cultivation

1769 (1.83)

1593 (1.65)

175 (−9.9)

1214 (0.69)

1096 (0.62)

118 (−9.67)

  Shrubland

749 (0.77)

17,422 (18.02)

16,673 (2226)

11,220 (6.35)

24,418 (13.81)

13,198 (117.64)

  Forest

199 (0.21)

199 (0.21)

0 (0)

15,134 (8.56)

16,864 (9.54)

1730 (−11.43)

Federal lands

 Land cover ha (%)

1992

2011

Change

1992

2011

Change

  Herbaceous

5878 (97.64)

5773 (95.90)

105 (−1.78)

22,116 (93.39)

21,968 (92.76)

149 (−0.67)

  Cultivation

102 (1.69)

105 (1.75)

3 (3.36)

269 (1.14)

285 (1.20)

16 (5.95)

  Shrubland

0 (0)

3 (0.05)

3 (n/a)

857 (3.62)

963 (4.07)

106 (12.35)

  Forest

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

249 (1.05)

241 (1.02)

8 (−3.32)

Private lands

 Land cover ha (%)

1992

2011

Change

1992

2011

Change

  Herbaceous

271,421 (70.75)

248,224 (64.70)

23,197 (−8.55)

680,958 (86.05)

632,434 (79.92)

48,524 (−7.12)

  Cultivation

100,033 (26.08)

100,084 (26.08)

51 (0.05)

28,093 (3.55)

29,524 (3.73)

1431 (5.09)

  Shrubland

4460 (1.16)

22,653 (5.90)

15,193 (407.92)

39,607 (5.00)

80,014 (10.11)

40,407 (102.02)

  Forest

139 (0.04)

138 (0.04)

1 (0.65)

36,737 (4.64)

42,678 (5.39)

5941 (16.17)