Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

Wetland Resources of Eastern South Dakota

Table 2


Table 2. Area of wetlands by classification delineated by the National Wetland Inventory in eastern South Dakota from photography acquired 1979-1986. Attribute is the NWI code for the Cowardin et al. (1979) classification.

Polygon Wetlands
Attribute Acres Attribute Acres Attribute Acres
L1UBFh 1.26 PEM/FOFh 3.39 PSS/EMAd 22.29
L1UBG 29,049.84 PEM/SSA 3,509.64 PSS/EMB 91.92
L1UBGh 20,678.66 PEM/SSAd 27.75 PSS/EMC 308.03
L1UBH 9,640.71 PEM/SSAh 71.63 PSS/EMCd 17.99
L1UBHh 191,512.36 PEM/SSB 610.78 PSS/EMCh 5.09
L1UBHx 688.45 PEM/SSC 1068.81 PSS/FOA 336.18
L2ABF 12,376.25 PEM/SSCd 74.75 PSS/FOAd 8.50
L2ABFd 339.29 PEM/SSCh 37.14 PSS/FOC 136.70
L2ABFh 703.54 PEM/SSCx 6.97 PSS/FOCd 10.21
L2ABFx 76.16 PEM/UBFh 5.63 PSS/FOCh 3.34
L2ABG 91,269.57 PEM/UBFx 1.93 PSS/FOCx 2.79
L2ABGd 194.44 PEM/UBGh 0.12 PSS/USA 494.72
L2ABGh 9,059.43 PEMA 398,206.05 PSS/USAh 1.73
L2ABGx 509.03 PEMAd 102,206.27 PSS/USC 668.73
L2UBF 37.31 PEMAh 1,967.98 PSSA 1,500.51
L2UBFh 788.77 PEMAx 76.06 PSSAd 64.44
L2UBFx 31.16 PEMB 424.42 PSSAh 154.86
L2UBG 724.82 PEMBd 12.06 PSSAx 0.22
L2UBGh 864.41 PEMC 557,059.92 PSSB 59.75
L2UBGx 54.19 PEMCd 60,236.70 PSSC 972.91
L2USA 598.08 PEMCf 0.82 PSSCd 90.14
L2USAh 8.10 PEMCh 3,659.43 PSSCh 230.07
L2USC 1,366.83 PEMCx 652.44 PSSCx 14.13
L2USCh 1,118.94 PEMF 59,866.08 PUB/EMFh 3.24
PAB/EMCh 10.70 PEMFb 2.64 PUB/FOFh 2.27
PAB/EMF 26,247.01 PEMFd 5,854.84 PUBF 46.83
PAB/EMFd 1,633.38 PEMFh 3,275.34 PUBFh 1,577.91
PAB/EMFh 1,307.50 PEMFx 150.56 PUBFx 3,778.23
PAB/EMFx 91.08 PEMU 113.52 PUBG 1.26
PAB/EMG 26.51 PFO/EMA 2,273.02 PUBGh 426.77
PAB/FOC 3.16 PFO/EMAd 88.83 PUBGx 633.09
PABF 14,049.71 PFO/EMAh 12.23 PUBHh 2.94
PABFd 853.46 PFO/EMAx 1.68 PUBHx 4.10
PABFh 22,889.93 PFO/EMB 20.36 PUS/SSA 181.69
PABFx 18,756.64 PFO/EMC 3,479.49 PUS/SSC 191.77
PABG 162.86 PFO/EMCd 371.09 PUSA 11.74
PABGh 1,635.38 PFO/EMCh 130.27 PUSAh 4.40
PABGx 1,496.07 PFO/EMCx 202.37 PUSAx 1.63
PABHh 0.10 PFO/EMF 21.62 PUSC 6.20
PABHx 0.84 PFO/SSA 127.21 PUSCH 0.15
PEM/ABF 215,691.71 PFO/SSAd 5.56 PUSCh 26.51
PEM/ABFb 11.64 PFO/SSC 155.97 PUSCx 27.65
PEM/ABFd 21,133.47 PFO/SSCd 3.51 R2UBF 626.15
PEM/ABFh 15,462.01 PFO/SSCh 6.40 R2UBG 11,601.52
PEM/ABFx 246.31 PFO/SSCx 6.92 R2UBGx 203.78
PEM/ABGx 3.98 PFOA 7,549.54 R2UBH 19,086.65
PEM/FOA 2,579.25 PFOAd 729.34 R2UBHx 193.26
PEM/FOAd 505.10 PFOAh 216.88 R2USA 952.20
PEM/FOAh 53.10 PFOAx 10.25 R2USAx 22.14
PEM/FOAx 13.84 PFOB 4.65 R2USC 2,207.84
PEM/FOB 0.49 PFOBd 0.99 R3UBG 6.62
PEM/FOC 4,366.28 PFOC 4,058.22 R4SBA 25.87
PEM/FOCd 603.02 PFOCd 587.75 R4SBC 3.16
PEM/FOCh 175.89 PFOCh 293.04 R4SBF 15,571.80
PEM/FOCx 403.51 PFOCx 112.60 R4SBFx 74.65
PEM/FOF 27.77 PSS/EMA 267.58 No Photographya 4,266.03
Linear Wetlands
Attribute Length (m) Attribute Length (m) Attribute Length (m)
L2ABFx 846 PEMAx 844,272 PSSAd 536
L2ABGh 1,068 PEMB 19 PSSAh 482
L2UBFh 1,915 PEMC 24,133,421 PSSAx 858
L2UBGH 271 PEMCd 73,879 PSSC 15,657
L2USA 73,401 PEMCh 19,984 PSSCd 307
L2USAh 196 PEMCx 12,611,489 PSSCh 276
L2USC 3,890 PEMF 338,297 PSSCx 1,213
PAB/EMF 2,938 PEMFd 385 PUBF 18
PAB/EMFd 253 PEMFh 17,387 PUBFh 958
PAB/EMFx 4,236 PEMFx 58,363 PUBFx 22,293
PABF 27,265 PEMU 24 PUBGh 169
PABFh 9,434 PFO/EMA 1,959 PUBGx 367
PABFx 38,304 PFO/EMC 18,338 PUSA 26
PEM/ABF 127,567 PFO/EMCx 2,076 PUSAx 57
PEM/ABFd 103 PFO/SSA 835 PUSCh 20
PEM/ABFh 3,922 PFOA 1,885,922 PUSCx 219
PEM/ABFx 19,950 PFOAd 48,650 R2SBA 20,547
PEM/FOA 4,216 PFOAh 128,612 R2UBF 352
PEM/FOC 20,623 PFOAx 75,060 R2UBG 84,938
PEM/FOCh 247 PFOC 769,406 R2UBGx 6,102
PEM/FOCx 3,857 PFOCd 21,047 R2USA 11,792
PEM/SSC 1,144 PFOCh 16,511 R2USC 2,972
PEM/SSCd 36 PFOCx 82,211 R4SBA 577,074
PEMA 2,822,849 PSS/EMC 57 R4SBAx 19,880
PEMAd 116,763 PSS/FOA 6,496 R4SBC 514,730
PEMAh 1,408 PSSA 46,404 R4SBCx 17,403
Point Wetlands
Attribute Number Attribute Number Attribute Number
PABF 3 PEMC 24,980 PFCO 22
PABFh 69 PEMCd 406 PFOCx 7
PABFhx 2 PEMCh 138 PSSA 11
PABFx 460 PEMCx 515 PSSC 3
PABGx 4 PEMF 38 PUBF 4
PEM/ABF 8 PEMFh 1 PUBFh 2
PEM/FOA 2 PEMFx 5 PUBFx 749
PEM/FOC 2 PEMU 3 PUBGx 4
PEM/FOCx 9 PFO/EMA 1 PUSAx 2
PEM/SCC 1 PFO/EMC 2 PUSCh 3
PEMA 94,032 PFO/EMCx 4 PUSCx 3
PEMAd 4,129 PFOA 123 R2USC 14
PEMAh 12 PFOAd 4    
PEMAx 235 PFOAx 4    
ª Total area of uplands and wetlands not delineated because of cloud cover (Hanson County).


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