Hopkinton Critical Lands Analysis
Results
(To view a map click on the resource name)
Biodiversity Resources - map of areas that are potentially important in the maintenance of faunal and floral diversity within the town.Cultural, Recreational, and Aesthetic Resources - map of areas that have potential for preserving cultural, recreational or aesthetic resources.
Farmland Resources - map of resources that are potentially important for the preservation of farmland.
Groundwater Resources - map of resources that are critical for the protection of groundwater.
Composite Result of Critical Lands Analysis - result of overlaying the four previous resource themes. The resource themes were reclassified into a presence/absence classification and added together. The value of each pixel was recomputed using a 3-pixel average filter to take into account the quality of surrounding landscape. Areas that are already protected (i.e. DEM management areas and open water) were then removed from the composite. The resulting map shows the areas that are most critical for protection for Hopkinton, RI. We used a statistical method to identify categories of importance for conservation.
Orthophotography - digital orthophotography in which distortions associated with traditional aerial photography have been removed. This is a useful map because it allows users to easily cross-reference the location of critical resource regions on the landscape.
