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Member State Reclaimed Land Use Data
USE OF LAND FOLLOWING RECLAMATION (PERCENT) JANUARY 1 - DECEMBER 31, 2004 FOR COAL SURFACE MINING
| State |
Pasture |
Wildlife |
Forest |
Commercial |
Other |
| Alabama |
0.8 |
2 |
15 |
.10 |
0.8 |
| Arkansas |
0 |
0 |
0 |
100 |
0 |
| Illinois |
6 |
45 |
1 |
3 |
452 |
| Indiana |
4 |
22 |
9 |
0 |
653 |
| Kentucky |
30 |
53 |
11 |
4 |
24 |
| Louisiana |
8 |
2 |
90 |
0 |
0 |
| Maryland |
55 |
5 |
40 |
0 |
0 |
| New Mexico |
0 |
40 |
0 |
1 |
59 (rangeland) |
| North Dakota |
32 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
59 (cropland) |
| Ohio |
80 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
15 |
| Oklahoma |
95 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Pennsylvania5 |
30 |
5 |
50 |
2 |
13 |
| Texas |
65.1 |
25.3 |
0 |
4.6 |
5.06 |
| Utah |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
997 |
| Virginia |
2 |
3 |
89 |
5 |
1 |
| West Virginia |
10 |
7 |
8 |
3 |
728 |
1"Other" consists of undeveloped and transportation.
2 “Other” consists of cropland.
3 "Other" consists of: 58% prime and nonprime cropland and 7% other.
4 "Other" includes residential and industrial.
5 Estimates based on general observations of post-mining land.
6 "Other" consists of developed water resources.
7 "Other" consists of grazing.
8 Of the 72% "other", 2% are rangeland, 14% are combined uses (i.e. two or more land uses on one permit - most of which are wildlife and forest), and 84% have no post mining land use reflected in the database. Permits that have no post mining land use in the database are permits that were issued before the tracking of such information.
| State |
Pasture |
Wildlife |
Forest |
Commercial |
Other |
USE OF LAND FOLLOWING RECLAMATION (PERCENT) JANUARY 1 - DECEMBER 31, 2004 FOR NONCOAL SURFACE MINING
| Alabama |
40 |
2.2 |
40 |
2.8 |
15 |
| Arkansas |
5 |
57 |
25 |
3 |
10 |
| Illinois |
75 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
13 (water) |
| Indiana |
12 |
51 |
2 |
0 |
351 |
| Kentucky |
91 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
| Maryland |
35 |
10 |
5 |
8 |
42 |
| Missouri |
24 |
46 |
0 |
9 |
21 (undisturbed) |
| New Mexico2 |
0 |
99.6 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 (residential) |
| New York |
30 |
28 |
5 |
2 |
35 |
| North Carolina3 |
20 |
30 |
10 |
20 |
10 |
| Ohio |
30 |
25 |
0 |
5 |
40 |
| Oklahoma |
67 |
9 |
3 |
13 |
8 |
| Pennsylvania4 |
10 |
5 |
10 |
15 |
60 |
| South Carolina |
81 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
15 (ponds/lakes) |
| Virginia |
45.3 |
195 |
9.4 |
19.8 |
6.5 |
1 7% of the 35% consists of prime and nonprime cropland.
2 Does not include sand and gravel operations.
3 These statistics are for 2003. 2004 statistics will not be available until October 2005.
4 Estimates based on general observations of post-mining land.
5 Includes 25.59 acres of wetland.
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