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Changes in Use of Nonfederal Land in Wyoming from 1982 to 1997.

Changes in Use of Nonfederal Land in Wyoming from 1982 to 1997Thousands of Acres Land Use in 1997

Land Use
 in 1982

Cultivated Cropland estimation

Cultivated Cropland error

Noncultivated Cropland estimation

Noncultivated Cropland error

Pastureland estimation

Cultivated 
Cropland

769.2

79

211.9

36.7

145.4

Noncultivated Cropland

124.4

25

811.4

59.1

164.1

Pastureland

40.9

18.5

45.5

9.8

639.6

Rangeland

38.7

11

118.4

20.1

130.7

Forest land

0

0

5.4

3.6

0.6

Minor land

1.9

1

0.8

0.4

64.2

Urban land

0

0

0

0

0

Rural 
transportation

0

0

0.1

0.1

0

Water-bodies
 <40 acres
 and small
 streams

1.1

0.8

0.6

0.3

0.7

Water-Bodies 
>40 acres and
 large streams

0

0

0

0

0

Federal land

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

0.3

Conservation
 Reserve
 Program

0

0

0

0

0

Total

978

1195.9

1145.6

 

 
Changes in Use of Nonfederal Land in Wyoming from 1982 to 1997Thousands of Acres Land Use in 1997

Land Use
 in 1982

Pastureland error

Rangeland estimation

Rangeland error

Forest land estimation

Forest land error

Minor land cover estimation

Minor land cover error

Cultivated 
Cropland

74.1

35.9

23

0

0

4

2.6

Noncultivated Cropland

22.6

34.8

14.9

0

0

16.5

6

Pastureland

197.4

14.2

5.8

1.4

1.4

3.3

2.4

Rangeland

52.6

27132.1

942.5

28.4

9.7

64.3

36.6

Forest land

0.6

45.6

18.2

966.1

124.9

0.5

0.4

Minor land

60.8

23.5

20.7

2.1

2

809.5

133.3

Urban land

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Rural
 transportation

0

7.2

2.8

0

0

0

0

Water-bodies 
<40 acres and 
small streams

0.5

3.4

0.8

0.2

0.1

0

0

Water-Bodies 
>40 acres and
 large streams

0

0.3

0.3

0

0

0

0

Federal land

0.3

5.4

4

5.9

1.3

2

1.8

Conservation 
Reserve Program

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

27302.4

1004.1

900.1

 

 
Land Use Changes in Wyoming from 1982 to 1997 Thousands of Acres Land Use in 1997

Land Use in 1982

Urban land estimation

Urban land error

Rural transportation estimation

Rural transportation error

Water-bodies <40 acres and small streams estimation

Water-bodies <40 acres and small streams error

Water-Bodies >40 acres and large streams estimation

Cultivated Cropland

4.5

1.6

0

0

0.4

0.3

0

Noncultivated Cropland

14

4.5

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.2

0.3

Pastureland

7.9

3.2

0.7

0.6

0.1

0.1

0

Rangeland

55.4

15.8

14.3

3.7

5.9

1.5

0.6

Forest land

1.9

1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0

Minor land

2

0.8

0.1

0.1

0

0

0.7

Urban land

163

32.5

0

0

0

0

0

Rural transportation

0.9

0.6

378.7

23

0

0

0

Water-bodies <40 acres and small streams

0

0

0

0

90.2

5.8

0

Water-Bodies >40 acres and large streams

0

0

0

0

0

0

339.6

Federal land

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Conservation Reserve Program

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

249.6

394.1

97.1

341.2


Land Use Changes in Wyoming from 1982 to 1997 Thousands of Acres Land Use in 1997

Land Use in 1982

Water-Bodies >40 acres and large streams error

Federal land estimation

Federal land error

Conservation Reserve Program estimation

Conservation Reserve Program error

Total estimation

Total error

Cultivated Cropland

0

1.1

0.3

240.6

3.2

1413

139.7

Noncultivated Cropland

0.3

8.6

0.6

0

0

1174.6

70.1

Pastureland

0

1.5

0.1

6.1

3.1

761.2

198

Rangeland

0.6

48.4

4

0

0

27637.2

938.8

Forest land

0

2.5

0.9

0

0

1022.9

125.5

Minor land

0.7

2.4

0.8

0

0

907.2

163.1

Urban land

0

0

0

0

0

163

32.5

Rural transportation

0

0

0

0

0

386.9

23.6

Water-bodies <40 acres and small streams

0

0

0

0

0

96.2

6

Water-Bodies >40 acres and large streams

0.6

0

0

0

0

339.9

0.9

Federal land

0

28683.5

3.7

0

0

28700.7

1.1

Conservation Reserve Program

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

28748

246.7

0.1

62602.8

979.3