Table 1. Areas of vegetative cover types in the Ohio Hills, physiographic area 22. Forest coverages are taken from USFS FIA data, nonforest cover types are modified from USGS data. Water coverage is combined from both databases by adding USGS water in the "nonforest" section of the USFS database.

Cover types 

Area (ha)

Area (ac)

Percent of Total

White-red-jack pine forest

15,400

38,053

0.19

Spruce-fir forest

500

1,236

0.01

Oak-pine forest

165,400

408,703

2.07

Oak-hickory forest

4,313,600

10,658,906

53.97

Maple-beech-birch forest

234,400

579,202

2.93

Wheat, small grain crops

7,300

18,038

0.09

Corn, soybeans, irrigated agriculture

2,471,300

6,106,582

30.92

Bluestem, grama, wheatgrass grassland

22,800

56,339

0.29

Pasture, hay, mixed crops

434,800

1,074,391

5.44

Sagebrush, greasewood brushland

400

988

< 0.01

Water

24,300

60,045

0.30

Urban

303,200

749,207

3.79

 Totals

7,993,400

19,751,691

100