Rapid urban and sub-urban expansion in the San Joaquin Valley have resulted in the loss of millions of acres of prime farmland in the last 100 years. Approximately 11% of class 1 (irrigated) land and 7% of class 2 land have already been paved over in the Fresno-Madera region (first image below). Recent projections in the expansion of urban areas in this region suggests that by 2085 an additional 28% of class 1 and 25% of class 2 land will be paved over (second image below). This is a preliminary summary-- details to follow.

Fresno Area Urban Areas vs Irrigated LCC: grey regions are current urban areas

Fresno Area Urban Areas vs Irrigated LCC (2085): grey regions are projected urban areas in 2085

 
Breakdown

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|    Urban areas in 2000       |   %  |          |      |    Urban areas in 2085        |   %  |          |
|irrigated LCC | Urban (0,1)   | cover|     acres|      |irrigated LCC | Urban (0,1)    | cover|     acres|
|------------------------------------------------|      |------------------------------------------------|
|1|                            | 13.41|   623,694|      |1|                            | 13.41|   623,694|
| |----------------------------|------|----------|      | |----------------------------|------|----------|
| |0| . . . . . . . . . . . . .| 89.14|   555,987|      | |0| . . . . . . . . . . . . .| 61.33|   382,519|
| |1| . . . . . . . . . . . . .| 10.86|    67,707|      | |1| . . . . . . . . . . . . .| 38.67|   241,175|
|------------------------------|------|----------|      |------------------------------|------|----------|
|2|                            | 20.12|   935,541|      |2|                            | 20.12|   935,541|
| |----------------------------|------|----------|      | |----------------------------|------|----------|
| |0| . . . . . . . . . . . . .| 93.11|   871,046|      | |0| . . . . . . . . . . . . .| 68.78|   643,462|
| |1| . . . . . . . . . . . . .|  6.89|    64,495|      | |1| . . . . . . . . . . . . .| 31.22|   292,079|
|------------------------------|------|----------|      |------------------------------|------|----------|
|3|                            | 23.22| 1,079,603|      |3|                            | 23.22| 1,079,603|
| |----------------------------|------|----------|      | |----------------------------|------|----------|
| |0| . . . . . . . . . . . . .| 95.06| 1,026,229|      | |0| . . . . . . . . . . . . .| 72.90|   787,031|
| |1| . . . . . . . . . . . . .|  4.94|    53,375|      | |1| . . . . . . . . . . . . .| 27.10|   292,573|
|------------------------------|------|----------|      |------------------------------|------|----------|
|4|                            | 10.28|   478,149|      |4|                            | 10.28|   478,149|
| |----------------------------|------|----------|      | |----------------------------|------|----------|
| |0| . . . . . . . . . . . . .| 91.01|   435,153|      | |0| . . . . . . . . . . . . .| 68.68|   328,403|
| |1| . . . . . . . . . . . . .|  8.99|    42,996|      | |1| . . . . . . . . . . . . .| 31.32|   149,746|
|------------------------------|------|----------|      |------------------------------|------|----------|
|6|                            |  2.98|   138,626|      |6|                            |  2.98|   138,626|
| |----------------------------|------|----------|      | |----------------------------|------|----------|
| |0| . . . . . . . . . . . . .| 99.11|   137,391|      | |0| . . . . . . . . . . . . .| 85.56|   118,611|
| |1| . . . . . . . . . . . . .|  0.89|      1236|      | |1| . . . . . . . . . . . . .| 14.44|    20,016|
|------------------------------|------|----------|      |------------------------------|------|----------|
|8|                            |  0.06|      2718|      |8|                            |  0.06|      2718|
| |----------------------------|------|----------|      | |----------------------------|------|----------|
| |0| . . . . . . . . . . . . .|100.00|      2718|      | |0| . . . . . . . . . . . . .|100.00|      2718|
|------------------------------|------|----------|      |------------------------------|------|----------|
|*|no data                     | 29.92| 1,391,203|      |*|no data                     | 29.92| 1,391,203|
| |----------------------------|------|----------|      | |----------------------------|------|----------|
| |0| . . . . . . . . . . . . .| 99.41| 1,383,049|      | |0| . . . . . . . . . . . . .| 93.09| 1,295,079|
| |1| . . . . . . . . . . . . .|  0.59|      8154|      | |1| . . . . . . . . . . . . .|  6.91|    96,124|
|------------------------------------------------|      |------------------------------------------------|
|TOTAL                         |100.00| 4,649,535|      |TOTAL                         |100.00| 4,649,535|
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