Code Descriptions for Land Use and Wetlands Data
Land Use Codes
CODE DESCRIPTION
111 High Density Residential (<1/8 acre lots)
112 Medium Density Residential (1/4 - 1/8 acre lots)
113 Medium Density Residential (1 to 1/4 acre lots)
114 Medium Low Density Residential (1 to 2 acre lots)
115 Low Density Residential (>2 acre lots)
120 Commercial (sale of products and services)
130 Industrial (manufacturing, design, assembly, etc.)
141 Roads (divided highways >200' plus related facilities)
142 Airports (and associated facilities)
143 Railroads (and associated facilities)
144 Water and Sewage Treatment
145 Waste Disposal )landfills, junkyards, etc.)
146 Power Lines (100' or more width)
147 Other Transportation (terminals, docks, tank farms,
etc.)
150 Commercial/Industrial Mixed(unseparable)
161 Developed Recreation (all recreation)
162 Vacant Land
163 Cemeteries
170 Institutional (schools, hospitals, churches, etc.)
210 Pasture (agricultural not suitable for tillage)
220 Cropland (tillable)
230 Orchards, Groves, Nurseries(Cranberry Bogs)
240 Confined Feeding Operations
250 Idle Agriculture (abandoned fields and orchards)
310 Deciduous Forest (>80% deciduous)
320 Evergreen Forest(>80% coniferous)
330 Mixed Deciduous Forest (50 to 80% deciduous)
340 Mixed Evergreen Forest (50 to 80% coniferous)
400 Brush land (shrub and brush areas, reforested areas)
500 Water
600 Wetland (from the RIGIS WETLANDS data layer)
710 Beaches (Fresh and Saltwater)
720 Sandy Areas (excluding beaches)
730 Rock Outcrops
740 Mines, Quarries and Gravel Pits
750 Transitional Areas (urban open)
760 Mixed Barren Areas
Wetland Codes
CODE WET-CHAR DESCRIPTION
INLAND (Freshwater)
1 ROW Riverine Nontidal Open Water
2 LOW Lacustrine Open Water
3 POW Palustrine Open Water
4 EMA Emergent Wetland: Marsh/Wet Meadow
5 EMB Emergent Wetland: Emergent Fen or Bog
6 SSA Scrub-Shrub Swamp
7 SSB Scrub-Shrub Wetland: Shrub Fen or Bog
8 FOA Forested Wetland: Coniferous
9 FOB Forested Wetland: Deciduous
10 FOD Forested Wetland: Dead
COASTAL (Saltwater)
11 RTW Riverine Tidal Open Water
12 EOW Estuarine Open Water
13 ERS Marine/Estuarine Rocky Shore
14 EUS Marine/Estuarine Unconsolidated Shore
15 EEM Estuarine Emergent Wetland
16 ESS Estuarine Scrub-Shrub Wetland
99 UPL Upland