Planning & Performance Improvement

Environmental Data Book 2010

This Data Book is made possible through the financial support of the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners.

Table of Contents

LAND DATA

• LAND AREA
• LAND COVER IN THE 1800S Place Mouse Over Any Local Unit of Government and Click to Open a Detailed Map for that Community
• LAND COVER IN 2006 Place Mouse Over Any Local Unit of Government and Click to Open a Detailed Map for that Community
• PRIME FARMLAND SOIL Place Mouse Over Any Local Unit of Government and Click to Open a Detailed Map for that Community
• SOIL SUSCEPTIBILITY TO WIND EROSION Place Mouse Over Any Local Unit of Government and Click to Open a Detailed Map for that Community
• QUATERNARY GEOLOGY Place Mouse Over Any Local Unit of Government and Click to Open a Detailed Map for that Community
• BEDROCK Place Mouse Over Any Local Unit of Government and Click to Open a Detailed Map for that Community
• WETLAND INVENTORY Place Mouse Over Any Local Unit of Government and Click to Open a Detailed Map for that Community
• CRITICAL DUNES Place Mouse Over Any Local Unit of Government and Click to Open a Detailed Map for that Community
• ELEVATIONS

WATER DATA

• LAKE MICHIGAN
• INLAND WATER
• WATERSHEDS
• GROUNDWATER RECHARGE Place Mouse Over Any Local Unit of Government and Click to Open a Detailed Map for that Community
• GROUNDWATER YIELD Place Mouse Over Any Local Unit of Government and Click to Open a Detailed Map for that Community

CLIMATE CONDITIONS DATA

• TEMPERATURE
• RAINFALL
• SNOWFALL
• HUMIDITY
• AIR QUALITY

VEGETATION AND WILDLIFE DATA

• INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES
• THREATENED & ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES
• INVASIVE ANIMAL SPECIES
• THREATENED & ENDANGERED ANIMAL SPECIES
• VIRUSES & POISONS

SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DATA

• RECORD WIND SPEEDS
• WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL Place Mouse Over Any Local Unit of Government and Click to Open a Detailed Map for that Community
• SOLAR RADIATION Place Mouse Over Any Local Unit of Government and Click to Open a Detailed Map for that Community

NATURAL HAZARDS DATA

• EARTHQUAKES
• FLOODS
• TORNADOES

WASTE AND RECYCLING DATA

• LANDFILLS
• RECYCLING

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

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