Wetland Acreage by County (1980-1987)

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Current: Wetland Acreage by County (1980-1987)

Acreage of wetland resources by county identified from the National Wetland Inventory maps during 1980-1987
County	Wetland Habitats							Total Wetland Habitats	Deep Water Habitats
County	Scrub-shrub	Forested	Wet meadow	Shallow Marsh	Deep marsh	Open Water	Other **	Total Wetland Habitats	Limnetic lake	Perennial riverine	Deep Water	Total
Adams	103	1,913	121	128	21	451		2,737	199	185	384	3,121
Allen	317	8,082	666	786	177	1,540	694	12,262	921	1,233	2,154	14,416
Bartholomew	486	10,436	188	128	21	1,316	80	12,654	877	750	1,627	14,281
Benton	80	467	474	312	19	123	1	1,475		114	114	1,589
Blackford	54	1,433	317	274	61	342		2,480		9	9	2,489
Boone	143	3,460	610	195	25	552	1	4,985	128	201	329	5,314
Brown	58	2,132	177	72	75	1,546	939	4,999	1,513	25	1,538	6,538
Carroll	322	4,085	928	380	40	355	154	6,264	574	1,784	2,358	8,622
Cass	395	4,600	1,460	957	145	436		7,993	210	1,435	1,644	9,637
Clark	112	3,377	153	98	16	1,315	11	5,082	1,459	136	1,594	6,676
Clay	78	4,657	239	183	21	3,260	16	8,453	337	622	958	9,412
Clinton	256	4,591	677	196	44	342		6,106	80	119	199	6,305
Crawford	50	654	11	56	38	485	9	1,303	2,505	167	2,672	3,975
Daviess	235	8,866	424	324	42	1,658	160	11,709	2,153	962	3,115	14,824
Dearborn	171	1,859	244	71	19	1,214	70	3,649	1,024	512	1,536	5,185
Decatur	48	2,494	68	27	16	683	9	3,345	361	19	380	3,724
Dekalb	455	6,710	1,557	2,137	216	1,069	879	13,023	316	104	420	13,443
Delaware	185	3,709	310	553	98	803		5,657	1,259	431	1,690	7,347
Dubois	584	8,256	322	303	261	1,752		11,478	2,499	797	3,297	14,774
Elkhart	1,318	7,522	1,053	1,979	837	1,065	1,013	14,786	1,332	917	2,249	17,035
Fayette	43	1,823	33	8	7	247	47	2,208	22	236	258	2,466
Floyd	25	446	48	60	27	558	36	1,200	378	28	406	1,696
Fountain	412	7,300	383	508	84	462	66	9,214	133	1,333	1,465	10,679
Franklin	93	2,276	77	26	4	721	128	3,325	3,051	645	3,696	7,021
Fulton	944	4,982	2,012	2,685	579	694	95	11,990	1,427	438	1,865	13,855
Gibson	1,251	18,182	682	552	597	1,868	369	23,500	3,483	3,494	6,977	30,477
Grant	190	2,384	475	254	62	846		4,212	80	603	683	4,895
Greene	178	5,876	295	212	29	3,014	242	9,847	755	1,229	1,983	11,831
Hamilton	109	5,240	302	445	96	651	7	6,848	2.389	545	2,934	9,782
Hancock	37	2,447	117	138	36	404	3	3,182	112	11	123	3,305
Harrison	106	1,389	39	177	74	1,502	40	3,328	3,050	355	3,405	6,733
Hendricks	23	1,793	63	46	20	782	37	2,763	151	9	160	2,923
Henry	104	2,446	274	239	56	603	2	3,723	601	2	603	4,326
Howard	154	4,065	360	353	22	261	7	5,222	586	220	806	6,028
Huntington	160	2,042	290	353	55	566	59	3,524	2,519	587	3,106	6,630
Jackson	477	21,015	605	404	25	1,409	158	24,093	593	1,369	1,962	26,055
Jasper	582	3,256	1,249	1,960	322	574	364	8,307	431	305	736	9,043
Jay	115	4,235	195	267	41	440		5,293				5,293
Jefferson	1,041	5,585	117	40	28	859	112	7,782	1,226	142	1,368	9,150
Jennings	656	5,132	167	54	19	1,256	103	7,386	462	337	798	8,184
Johnson	65	2,847	106	83	35	1,095	15	4,246	420	360	779	5,025
Knox	291	13,512	928	942	74	1,947	125	17,818	790	3,418	4,208	22,026
Kosciusko	3,104	11,332	3,042	3,706	1,942	1,350	2,706	27,172	10,574	261	10,835	38,007
LaGrange	2,704	11,356	2,660	4,684	1,224	1,090	1,988	25,708	4,286	245	4,532	30,239
Lake	1,408	5,856	1,618	5,052	2,477	2,578	772	19,760	2,584	793	3,377	23,137
LaPorte	1,648	13,402	2,872	3,147	1,775	1,849	690	25,383	2,028	241	2,269	27,652
Lawrence	59	3,166	265	219	14	857	6	4,587	1,101	729	1,830	6,417
Madison	225	5,155	472	393	73	696		7,014	158	289	447	7,461
Marion	55	1,622	74	151	11	1,629	18	3,560	3,899	976	4,875	8,435
Marshall	574	10,598	1,732	3,246	559	1,166	166	18,039	2,998	194	3,192	21,231
Martin	72	3,904	137	161	49	558		4,882	969	1,481	2,450	7,332
Miami	192	2,729	567	713	53	417	100	4,771	454	910	1,364	6,135
Monroe	132	2,225	55	172	56	670	11	3,323	10,982	111	11,093	14,416
Montgomery	292	4,417	764	407	21	323	32	6,255	428	526	953	7,209
Morgan	116	4,606	465	368	22	2,085	172	7,832	610	1,249	1,859	9,691
Newton	484	4,807	682	1,093	716	646	538	8,965	28	462	491	9,456
Noble	3,651	11,389	2,109	4,829	776	1,359	3,354	27,467	3,723	103	3,827	31,294
Ohio	8,153	153	72	66		305	30	633	1,021	206	1,227	1,860
Orange	129	1,284	129	416	59	617	237	2,871	4,519		4,519	7,389
Owen	143	3,709	450	136	15	1,936	113	6,501	1,010	897	1,906	8,408
Parke	196	4,205	164	139	5	762	98	5,568	2,524	756	3,279	8,848
Perry	147	1,361	48	88	28	742		2,414	4,472	121	4,594	7,007
Pike	1,693	13,362	446	541	421	3,915	130	20,510	721	1,717	2,438	22,948
Porter	1,414	9,791	1,034	2,519	1,365	1,445	532	18,100	672	285	956	19,056
Posey	966	16,155	465	232	88	1,181	950	20,036	3,014	2,965	5,979	26,015
Pulaski	374	7,241	2,204	1,383	123	335	65	11,725	40	827	867	12,592
Putnam	83	3,058	48	68	7	1,025	77	4,366	1,209	171	1,380	5,746
Randolph	125	5,996	264	122	23	428	4	6,962	74	28	102	7,063
Ripley	795	4,416	51	19	16	1,507	35	6,839	783	225	1,008	7,846
Rush	172	4,639	217	91	12	343	3	5,476	69	22	91	5,566
St. Joseph	577	6,279	1,064	1,139	747	925	219	1,095	1,502	264	1,766	12,716
Scott	221	5,673	99	121	5	1,121	276	7,515	953	62	1,016	8,530
Shelby	90	5,822	196	133	18	400	28	6,686	190	391	581	7,267
Spencer	396	7,845	350	188	29	1,993	27	10,829	1,398	260	1,657	12,486
Starke	312	7,940	1,187	1,312	254	414		11,419	1,847	185	2,032	13,450
Steuben	1,928	7,051	2,433	5,058	1,901	2,088	1,394	21,851	7,411	7	7,418	29,269
Sullivan	403	14,175	452	374	127	2,862	73	18,466	3,959	514	4,474	22,940
Switzerland	74	838	45	44	1	687	23	1,712	2,467	1	2,469	4,180
Tippecanoe	300	7,521	1,317	902	220	471	150	10,880	91	2,211	2,301	13,181
Tipton	96	3,103	201	144	9	103		3,656		1	1	3,657
Union	106	1,408	54	41	8	132	201	1,951	2,015	9	2,024	3,975
Vanderburgh	121	2,650	110	145	8	1,319	38	4,391	1,250	93	1,344	5,735
Vermillion	129	3,909	205	225	53	847	105	5,473	367	2,109	2,476	7,949
Vigo	233	11,902	228	358	25	2,406	25	15,176	1,397	1,797	3,194	18,369
Wabash	492	2,224	1,133	465	59	685	771	5,829	3,549	859	4,408	10,237
Warren	99	3,891	359	503	95	247	245	5,439	29	735	764	6,203
Warrick	1,522	11,618	364	417	433	5,473	130	19,957	2,780	192	2,972	22,929
Washington	140	5,999	192	194	20	1,086	8	7,639	500	415	915	8,554
Wayne	218	5,717	166	107	38	676	39	6,961	282	51	334	7,295
Wells	40	2,083	169	189	83	538		3,102	37	390	428	3,530
White	539	2,270	2,265	1,057	35	344	536	7,046	1,779	64	1,842	8,889
Whitley	634	4,923	561	1,328	158	870	1,465	9,939	1,376	42	1,418	11,357
Total:	42,131	504,336	55,071	67,564	20,730	98,565	24,633	813,032	140,532	53,630	194,162	1,007,194
	5.2%	62.0%	6.8%	8.3%	2.5%	12.1%	3.0%	100%	72.4%	27.6%	100.0%

NWI habitat types were combined based on a scheme developed by the Illinois Natural History Survey.

** Includes palustrine emergent with undetermined water regime, littorial lake, and riverine unconsolidated shore.

Wetland Acreage by County (1980-1987)

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