Chapter 4 LAND DEVELOPMENT: Profi le and Trends Note: Refer to the following LVPC publications for more information on this subject: • Lehigh County Parks 2005 • Northampton County Parks 2010 • Lehigh Valley Greenways Plan — 2007 • Natural Areas Inventory Summary — 1999 • A Natural Areas Inventory of Lehigh and Northampton Counties, Pennsylvania — 1999, 2005 (Published by the Pennsylvania Science Offi ce of The Nature Conservan- cy) • Parks, Open Space and Outdoor Recreation Inventory - 2008, Lehigh and Northampton Counties • Bike Rides - The Lehigh Valley — 1994 • Lehigh Valley Trails Inventory - 2013 • 2012 Subdivision and Building Activity Report • An Affordable Housing Assessment of the Lehigh Valley — 2007 • Housing in the Lehigh Valley 2008 -47- TABLE 33 ESTIMATED EXISTING LAND USE — 2010 Wholesale & Trans., Comm. Public & Parks & Agriculture & Residential Commercial Industrial Warehousing & Utilities Quasi-Public Recreation Vacant Total Municipality Acres % Acres % Acres % Acres % Acres % Acres % Acres % Acres % Acres Alburtis 184 9 40 5 5 5 1 2 10 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 60 3 13 2 15 5 3 4 69 7 15 3 110 3 24 2 456 3 Allentown 3,514 2 30 5 846 8 7 3 866 2 7 5 30 4 0 3 2,946 0 25 5 864 0 7 5 1,577 7 13 7 889 8 7 7 11,535 1 Bethlehem (part) 1,033 3 36 8 331 9 11 8 233 7 8 3 9 8 0 3 802 6 28 6 143 2 5 1 121 9 4 3 134 7 4 8 2,811 1 Catasauqua 324 1 38 0 24 0 2 8 34 7 4 1 1 1 0 1 219 6 25 7 54 3 6 4 44 2 5 2 151 4 17 7 853 4 Coopersburg 268 2 44 8 61 8 10 3 18 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 85 3 14 2 32 2 5 4 24 8 4 1 107 2 17 9 598 7 Coplay 200 0 49 8 18 3 4 6 14 6 3 6 0 0 0 0 100 4 25 0 14 9 3 7 26 1 6 5 27 1 6 8 401 4 Emmaus 823 6 44 4 120 8 6 5 80 8 4 4 4 7 0 3 419 3 22 6 106 0 5 7 208 5 11 2 91 0 4 9 1,854 7 Fountain Hill 219 7 45 2 21 3 4 4 18 3 3 8 1 0 0 2 92 4 19 0 51 6 10 6 31 1 6 4 50 8 10 4 486 2 Hanover Twp 138 8 5 1 409 2 15 0 361 0 13 2 10 0 0 4 984 5 36 0 125 6 4 6 35 5 1 3 666 7 24 4 2,731 3 Heidelberg Twp 2,650 6 16 8 48 3 0 3 35 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 451 5 2 9 100 4 0 6 1,628 1 10 3 10,907 8 68 9 15,822 6 Lower Macungie Twp 4,714 7 32 8 406 8 2 8 542 7 3 8 24 3 0 2 1,738 8 12 1 514 0 3 6 1,290 2 9 0 5,144 6 35 8 14,376 1 Lower Milford Twp 3,113 2 24 7 51 8 0 4 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 686 0 5 4 181 8 1 4 94 8 0 8 8,486 8 67 3 12,619 7 Lowhill Twp 1,911 0 21 1 104 8 1 2 14 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 333 7 3 7 43 3 0 5 1,805 4 20 0 4,824 5 53 4 9,037 2 Lynn Twp 3,308 7 12 4 61 7 0 2 84 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 583 5 2 2 93 4 0 3 2,952 7 11 1 19,615 2 73 5 26,699 7 Macungie 218 7 34 6 22 0 3 5 62 8 9 9 0 0 0 0 87 3 13 8 28 9 4 6 178 6 28 3 33 3 5 3 631 6 North Whitehall Twp 5,269 9 28 9 230 2 1 3 879 1 4 8 4 8 0 0 1,155 7 6 3 629 4 3 4 1,571 7 8 6 8,518 8 46 7 18,259 6 Salisbury Twp 2,693 1 37 4 149 2 2 1 73 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 785 4 10 9 350 4 4 9 1,235 8 17 2 1,914 8 26 6 7,201 8 Slatington 284 5 32 1 20 3 2 3 20 0 2 3 1 9 0 2 166 6 18 8 108 8 12 3 46 4 5 2 239 0 26 9 887 5 South Whitehall Twp 2,937 1 26 6 648 8 5 9 656 8 5 9 14 0 0 1 1,636 4 14 8 650 3 5 9 700 2 6 3 3,796 1 34 4 11,039 7 Upper Macungie Twp 3,731 3 22 2 966 2 5 8 1,126 3 6 7 1,293 2 7 7 1,863 4 11 1 316 1 1 9 513 9 3 1 6,986 2 41 6 16,796 6 Upper Milford Twp 4,843 4 42 0 73 3 0 6 67 3 0 6 5 4 0 0 700 0 6 1 146 1 1 3 328 2 2 8 5,362 4 46 5 11,526 1 Upper Saucon Twp 5,900 6 37 4 244 0 1 5 83 5 0 5 80 2 0 5 1,192 6 7 6 827 1 5 2 1,513 9 9 6 5,942 1 37 6 15,784 0 Washington Twp 3,706 8 24 4 104 8 0 7 93 9 0 6 3 5 0 0 861 9 5 7 133 3 0 9 2,108 9 13 9 8,164 7 53 8 15,177 8 Weisenberg Twp 3,983 1 23 2 74 6 0 4 117 7 0 7 108 6 0 6 686 7 4 0 200 0 1 2 223 2 1 3 11,772 8 68 6 17,166 7 Whitehall Twp 2,300 8 28 0 604 7 7 4 1,149 4 14 0 13 7 0 2 1,193 4 14 5 434 7 5 3 733 0 8 9 1,787 3 21 8 8,217 0 LEHIGH COUNTY 58,274.3 26.1 5,651.1 2.5 6,650.4 3.0 1,607.6 0.7 19,833.3 8.9 6,165.3 2.8 19,064.5 8.6 105,725.4 47.4 222,971.9 Allen Twp 1,467 0 20 4 114 7 1 6 121 0 1 7 8 0 0 1 434 0 6 0 159 0 2 2 561 7 7 8 4,342 0 60 2 7,207 4 Bangor 364 7 37 7 33 5 3 5 26 7 2 8 14 6 1 5 149 8 15 5 32 8 3 4 70 4 7 3 276 1 28 5 968 6 Bath 241 1 41 9 19 6 3 4 25 3 4 4 11 5 2 0 76 6 13 3 51 5 8 9 35 4 6 1 115 0 20 0 576 0 Bethlehem (part) 2,698 8 28 1 362 0 3 8 1,330 7 13 9 40 4 0 4 1,674 6 17 4 1,939 4 20 2 525 7 5 5 1,026 3 10 7 9,597 9 Bethlehem Twp 2,999 2 31 9 391 4 4 2 293 9 3 1 212 3 2 3 1,556 3 16 5 743 5 7 9 701 3 7 4 2,517 9 26 7 9,415 8 Bushkill Twp 5,226 9 31 7 107 1 0 7 55 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 718 6 4 4 69 5 0 4 2,735 7 16 6 7,563 0 45 9 16,476 7 Chapman 64 1 28 0 0 0 0 0 16 7 7 3 0 0 0 0 12 9 5 6 1 3 0 6 23 2 10 1 110 5 48 3 228 7 East Allen Twp 1,735 2 18 6 94 5 1 0 938 0 10 1 30 3 0 3 415 3 4 5 127 8 1 4 142 5 1 5 5,835 2 62 6 9,318 8 East Bangor 219 6 40 2 86 4 15 8 16 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 48 7 8 9 3 1 0 6 112 1 20 5 59 4 10 9 546 2 Easton 741 7 26 6 149 3 5 4 117 2 4 2 4 1 0 1 626 4 22 5 339 1 12 2 257 4 9 2 554 1 19 9 2,789 3 Forks Twp 2,313 1 29 4 207 5 2 6 388 7 4 9 15 0 0 2 884 9 11 2 168 8 2 1 685 3 8 7 3,212 6 40 8 7,875 9 Freemansburg 147 4 30 5 12 8 2 6 7 1 1 5 1 0 0 2 85 2 17 6 24 3 5 0 35 1 7 3 170 7 35 3 483 6 Glendon 91 9 18 2 2 7 0 5 61 7 12 3 15 0 3 0 142 5 28 3 0 5 0 1 54 7 10 9 134 6 26 7 503 6 Hanover Twp 1,475 3 34 7 461 5 10 8 226 6 5 3 54 6 1 3 643 7 15 1 195 1 4 6 226 6 5 3 970 2 22 8 4,253 6 Hellertown 346 7 40 6 45 2 5 3 19 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 170 1 19 9 70 5 8 2 182 2 21 3 20 9 2 4 854 6 Lehigh Twp 6,246 9 32 8 204 3 1 1 100 1 0 5 5 7 0 0 793 4 4 2 201 3 1 1 2,775 8 14 6 8,746 5 45 9 19,074 0 Lower Mt Bethel Twp 1,987 8 12 6 33 2 0 2 832 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 997 1 6 3 23 1 0 1 246 3 1 6 11,639 5 73 9 15,759 8 Lower Nazareth Twp 1,845 6 21 3 374 4 4 3 462 3 5 3 275 3 3 2 604 6 7 0 162 0 1 9 192 7 2 2 4,764 5 54 9 8,681 4 Lower Saucon Twp 5,974 4 38 1 94 4 0 6 12 8 0 1 1 7 0 0 1,618 1 10 3 630 8 4 0 1,169 0 7 5 6,167 6 39 4 15,668 8 Moore Twp 6,722 1 27 9 179 0 0 7 95 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 817 3 3 4 147 2 0 6 2,804 5 11 6 13,345 4 55 3 24,111 0 Nazareth 330 8 30 5 37 1 3 4 263 4 24 3 0 2 0 0 169 0 15 6 71 8 6 6 60 5 5 6 151 6 14 0 1,084 4 North Catasauqua 170 9 35 6 16 8 3 5 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 84 1 17 5 67 6 14 1 93 6 19 5 45 3 9 4 480 5 Northampton 564 8 33 6 99 9 5 9 138 5 8 2 0 0 0 0 305 4 18 2 121 0 7 2 125 3 7 5 324 3 19 3 1,679 2 Palmer Twp 2,353 4 35 2 337 8 5 1 348 6 5 2 14 7 0 2 1,081 8 16 2 224 4 3 4 490 0 7 3 1,827 3 27 4 6,678 0 Pen Argyl 237 1 26 5 11 8 1 3 257 4 28 8 0 0 0 0 144 8 16 2 41 6 4 7 32 8 3 7 168 8 18 9 894 3 Plainfield Twp 3,477 4 22 2 184 7 1 2 313 2 2 0 26 7 0 2 1,145 1 7 3 162 1 1 0 602 3 3 8 9,783 2 62 3 15,694 7 Portland 94 4 25 5 6 2 1 7 38 5 10 4 0 0 0 0 74 4 20 1 6 2 1 7 14 1 3 8 136 8 36 9 370 6 Roseto 186 8 45 8 12 8 3 1 10 8 2 6 0 0 0 0 58 7 14 4 21 8 5 3 7 1 1 7 110 3 27 0 408 3 Stockertown 163 2 25 6 37 7 5 9 102 5 16 1 0 0 0 0 117 1 18 4 12 9 2 0 35 7 5 6 167 4 26 3 636 5 Tatamy 123 1 33 9 1 8 0 5 9 7 2 7 0 0 0 0 44 0 12 1 11 5 3 2 12 3 3 4 161 1 44 3 363 5 Upper Mt Bethel Twp 5,330 4 18 9 273 1 1 0 413 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 1,021 5 3 6 193 7 0 7 2,621 2 9 3 18,312 9 65 0 28,165 9 Upper Nazareth Twp 1,058 7 22 1 55 9 1 2 844 4 17 7 0 0 0 0 349 2 7 3 117 2 2 5 61 1 1 3 2,297 0 48 0 4,783 5 Walnutport 224 6 44 8 38 5 7 7 13 8 2 8 0 0 0 0 96 7 19 3 2 3 0 5 40 1 8 0 85 8 17 1 501 8 Washington Twp 3,154 1 27 4 170 7 1 5 118 4 1 0 3 4 0 0 392 3 3 4 114 2 1 0 123 4 1 1 7,424 5 64 6 11,501 0 West Easton 67 1 31 6 22 2 10 5 13 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 58 1 27 4 3 2 1 5 2 6 1 2 45 8 21 6 212 1 Williams Twp 4,001 0 33 6 49 6 0 4 57 6 0 5 4 3 0 0 951 6 8 0 68 3 0 6 620 4 5 2 6,169 9 51 7 11,922 7 Wilson 216 1 27 4 65 9 8 3 96 8 12 3 24 7 3 1 179 9 22 8 90 2 11 4 75 2 9 5 41 0 5 2 789 8 Wind Gap 308 2 35 1 61 5 7 0 102 5 11 7 2 3 0 3 123 3 14 0 10 1 1 1 38 3 4 4 232 9 26 5 879 1 NORTHAMPTON CO.