Data Description

Data Description

We are combining newly available fine-scale housing density data from the decennial Census of 2010 with existing forest characteristics, demographic and remote sensing data to examine the relationship among residential development patterns, spatial variations in forest cover and ecosystem change in New Hampshire. The combination of spatial data on residential housing density with data on forest characteristics offers a unique opportunity to understand patterns of forest change and the implications of such forest change for ecosystem services. Our analysis of forest change and the role of residential land use in such forest change contributes new insights relevant to a broad range of ecosystem services of interest to our colleagues on the EPSCoR project including water supply, albedo and carbon storage.

 

The EPSCoR Land Use and Demographics effort is funded by NSF EPSCoR, and leverages additional funding to the investigators from the USDA Forest Service and the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station.

 

POPULATION

The following data are available for each 2000 and 2010 US Census block in New Hampshire:

 

  • Total Population 
  • Total Housing Units (Total number of housing units from the US Census. Housing units are defined as "a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room that is occupied (or if vacant, is intended for occupancy) as separate living quarters") 
  • Number of Second Homes (Total number of housing units designated for "seasonal, recreational, and occasional use" by the US Census)
  • Population Density (in square kilometers)
  • Housing Density (in square kilometers)
  • Percent Second Homes (Percent of housing units designated for "seasonal, recreational, and occasional use" by the US Census)

 

FOREST COVER

The following data are available for each 2010 US Census SUBCOUNTY (TOWN) in New Hampshire:

 

  • USCensus STATE code
  • USCensus COUNTY code
  • USCensus SUBCOUNTY code
  • USCensus SUBCOUNTY GeoID
  • CENTER LATITUDE
  • CENTER LONGITUDE
  • WATER AREA 2010
  • LAND AREA 2010
  • FRACTION LAND AREA FORESTED 2001
  • FRACTION LAND AREA FORESTED 2006
  • FRACTION LAND AREA FORESTED 2011
  • 2001-06 FOREST NET CHANGE
  • 2006-11 FOREST NET CHANGE
  • 2001-11 FOREST NET CHANGE