Addressing Social and Environmental Needs through Community Tree Planting Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc. & The Department of Geography Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
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Tree Canopy Cover Estimates

The Center Township Tree Canopy

The Center Township tree canopy map developed from QuickBird Satellite imagery and aerial photography is shown in Figure 1 below.  Clicking on this image links to a higher resolution PDF map.  Estimates derived from the map indicate about 7 square miles or 17% of the township is covered with tree canopy (Table 1).  Spatial patterns revealed in the map include lower canopy cover in the Indianapolis downtown area (Figure 2), and higher canopy cover in selected neighborhoods, along stream corridors, and in parks and cemeteries (e.g. Figure 3).   Woodruff Place provides an example of a neighborhood with higher tree canopy cover than surrounding areas (Figure 4).

Table 1.  Center Township Tree Canopy Cover Estimates (2005)
Total Area of Center Township (sq mi)	Current Tree Canopy Cover Estimate (sq mi)	Percent Tree Canopy Cover
42.6	7.4	17.4%

Figure 1.  Tree canopy cover map of Center Township, Indianapolis. Click on the image above to link to higher resolution PDF map.		Figure 2.  Mapping percent tree canopy cover by census block group shows lack of canopy cover in the central business district.  Click on the image above to link to higher resolution PDF map.
Figure 3.  Some of the largest continuous areas of tree canopy cover in the Township occur in Crown Hill Cemetery.		Figure 4.  Woodruff Place (highlighted in yellow) is an example of a neighborhood with a mature and dense tree canopy cover.

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