# New land development across the US between 2001-2019

**Published by:** [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/)
**Published on:** 2021-08-13
**Categories:** data, maps, salt-lake-city, sprawl, urban-sprawl, urbanism, us-geological-survey, washington-post
**URL:** https://brandondonnelly.com/new-land-development-across-the-us-between-2001-2019

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The Washington Post just published this interactive feature showing new developed land (i.e. urban sprawl) across the US between 2001 and 2019. It is based on these land cover maps which were published by the US Geological Survey earlier in the summer. Their findings show that between 2001 and 2019, more than 10% of the land cover in the lower 48 states changed during this time period. Mostly in forested areas. The WP feature allows you to search by city/address and I would encourage all of you to try it out. As an example, here is Salt Lake City. The gray areas represent land that was already developed in 2001. The purple areas represent land that was developed sometime between 2001 and 2019.Images: Washington Post

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