The Dwindling Green Fields of Marion County
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Neighborhoods, New Development, Pedestrian on Oct 22nd, 2015 | 8 comments
Marion County is approaching full development. Sure, there will be pockets of empty fields and wooded lots here and there, but the large swaths of this type of land are basically relegated to Warren, Decatur and Franklin townships. Here’s a look at the wooded lots and crop fields that have been mapped in 2015:
I combined these 2 layers into one layer here:
Then, I placed the parks layer on top of the newly combined layer and whited it out, as the parks will most likely stay as green spaces for the next decade at least. I also removed the data that was sitting outside of Marion...
