Land Use 2023

DVRPC’s 2023 land use file is based on digital orthophotography created from aerial surveillance completed in the spring of 2023. This dataset supports many of DVRPC's planning analysis goals. Every five years, since 1990, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) has produced a GIS Land Use layer for its 9-county region.lu20cat: Land use main category two-digit code.lu20catn: Land use main category name.lu20catlu20catn: 1- Residential, 3 - Industrial, 4 - Transportation, 5- Utility, 6 - Commercial, 7 - Institutional, 8 - Military, 9 - Recreation, 10 - Agriculture, 11 - Mining, 12 - Wooded, 13 - Water, 14 - Undevelopedlu20sub: Land use subcategory five-digit code.(refer to this data dictionary for code description)lu20subn: Land use subcategory name.lu20dev: Development status.mixeduse: Mixed-Use status (Y/N). Features belonging to one of the Mixed-Use subcategories (Industrial: Mixed-Use, Multifamily Residential: Mixed-Use, or Commercial: Mixed-Use).acres: Area of feature, in US acresgeoid: 10-digit geographic identifier. In all DVRPC counties other than Philadelphia, a GEOID is assigned by municipality. In Philadelphia, it is assigned by County Planning Area (CPA).state_name, co_name, mun_name: State name, county name, municipal/CPA name. In Philadelphia, County Planning Area (CPA) names are used in place of municipal names.

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lu23cat
lu23catn
lu23sub
lu23subn
lu23dev
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state_name
co_name
mun_name
geoid
acres

Data Dictionary

Column Type Label Description
objectid OID OBJECTID Internal feature number.
shape Geometry Shape Feature geometry.
state_name String STATE_NAME
co_name String CO_NAME
mun_name String MUN_NAME
mixeduse String mixeduse
geoid String GEOID
lu23cat String lu23cat
lu23catn String lu23catn
lu23sub String lu23sub
lu23dev String lu23dev
lu23subn String lu23subn
acres Double acres
st_area(shape) Double st_area(shape)
st_perimeter(shape) Double st_perimeter(shape)