Land Use 2020

DVRPC’s 2020 land use file is based on digital orthophotography created from aerial surveillance completed in the spring of 2020. 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. lu20cat lu20catn: 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 - Undeveloped lu20sub: 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 acres geoid: 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.