LAND USES 



11 



Table 3. — Percentage of Land Suitability by Towns — continued 



Town or 

 City 



Suitability for 

 Agriculture 



Good Me- 

 dium 



Set- 

 tled 

 Poor Areas 



Water 



Town or 

 City 



Suitability for 

 Agriculture 



Good Me- 

 dium 



Set- 

 tled 

 Poor Areas 



Water 



Middlesex County — Cent. 



Chelmsford. 14.8 46.2 26.8 10.4 



Concord 25.1 38.3 27.9 5.6 



Dracut 27.9 36.3 23.5 10.2 



Dunstable.. 14.3 56.9 27.8 .1 



Everett 6.2 0.0 4.1 79.4 



Framingham 32.4 22.0 18.2 21.0 



Groton 38.0 29.0 28.9 2.1 



Holliston... 32.2 33.1 29.4 4.2 



Hopkinton.. 7.9 36.7 45.9 4.1 



Hudson 11.2 65.5 13.8 8.2 



Lexington.. 9.5 36.8 40.8 12.0 



Lincoln 18.1 39.9 38.3 1.3 



Littleton.... 28.2 43.7 19.9 3.1 



Lowell 5.2 4.3 4.6 79.7 



Maiden 10.0 0.0 15.1 73.9 



Marlborough 32 . 8 

 Maynard. . . 37.0 

 Medford.... 5.5 

 Melrose. ... 7.8 

 Natick 29.4 



32.7 



28.0 



4.8 



2.8 



26.3 



22.0 

 14.0 

 35.0 

 14.6 

 18.4 



7.8 

 19.0 

 48.3 

 73.3 

 19.0 



Newton . . . , 

 North 



Reading. 

 Pepperell. . 

 Reading. . . 



9.0 



58.1 

 16.2 



Sherborn ... 18.0 



Shirley 42.8 



Somerville.. 8.0 



Stoneham... 10.1 



Stow 24.0 



Sudbury. . . 

 Tewksbury 

 Townsend . 

 Tyngs- 

 borough . 



23.8 

 16.3 

 21.0 



44.8 

 28.8 

 22.8 



39.2 

 45.8 

 0.0 

 13.5 

 36.0 



37.0 

 40.7 

 42.4 



41.0 

 10.6 

 36.8 



40.5 



8.0 



.9 



49.7 



36.0 



32.5 

 29.8 

 32.5 



3.2 



1.7 



24.1 



.9 



2.0 



86.5 



17.2 



2.5 



6.2 

 12.2 

 3.6 



Wakefield... 8.4 



Waltham... 8.1 



Watertown . 17.8 



Wayland ... 27.2 



Westford. . . 18.3 



7.0 



24.0 



.7 



30.5 



31.7 



45.6 

 23.9 



31.7 

 42.9 



32.2 



35.8 



78.0 



6.9 



4.7 



Weston 33.3 22.6 40.8 2.2 



Wilmington. 9.8 53.0 26.5 10.5 



Winchester. 9.0 20.5 36.5 28.0 



Woburn 18.5 22.6 31.0 26.0 



Norfolk County 



Avon 9.4 28.2 54.0 5.2 



Bellingham . 43.6 16.1 36.4 2.2 



Braintree... 21.4 11.9 49.7 12.1 



Brookline. .. 11.0 3.8 23.5 58.8 



Canton 22.1 20.4 52.2 3.4 



Cohasset.... 12.0 .2 70.7 15.1 



Dedham 16.6 6.0 48 8 26.0 



Dover 32.9 13.7 49.3 3.1 



Foxborough. 46.3 13.5 31.7 3.6 



Franklin.... 45.3 15.1 30.1 8.7 



Holbrook . . . 

 Medfield. . . . 

 Medway. . . . 



18.8 21.8 52.1 7.1 



27.9 17.9 50.6 3.0 

 21.5 31.5 40.5 6.0 



1.8 



3.1 



2.1 



.9 



10.3 



6.4 

 2.0 

 1.1 

 5.4 

 1.3 



.9 

 2.4 

 5.1 

 6.2 

 1.0 



4.7 

 2.0 

 6.4 

 1.5 

 6.9 



12.1 4.2 10.3 71.0 2.4 



2.0 

 .8 

 .1 



1.4 

 1.4 

 4.6 

 9.5 

 1.5 



.5 



1.0 



.5 



18.0 43.5 29.8 3.1 5.6 



6.8 

 8.2 

 2.7 

 3.7 

 2.4 



1.1 



.2 



6.0 



1.9 



The County 21.6 33.3 28.7 13.6 2.8 



3.2 

 1.7 

 4.9 

 2.9 

 1.9 



2.0 

 2.6 

 1.0 

 4.9 



Norfolk County — Cent. 



Millis 54.8 6.4 35.1 2.9 .8 



Milton 37.7 4.4 53.2 4.0 .7 



Needham... 14.6 9.9 44.9 28.6 2.0 



Norfolk 40.3 18.1 36.9 3.1 1.6 



Norwood... 25.9 10.6 39.3 23.1 1.1 



Plainville. .. 43.9 14.1 33.8 3.8 4.4 



Quincy 5.5 3.8 30.7 59.2 .8 



Randolph... 7.4 26.1 53.0 11.1 2.4 



Sharon 35.9 16.4 39.1 5.6 3.0 



Stoughton.. 27.9 20.1 39.1 12.0 .9 



Walpole 32.9 6.4 48.6 9.6 2.5 



Wellesley. .. 35.2 6.9 32.0 21.5 4.4 



Westwood . 32.3 9.4 48.4 9.1 .8 



Weymouth.. 11.8 12.2 39.8 30.5 5.7 



Wrentham.. 22.9 24.3 48.3 1.5 2.9 



The County 29 . 1 14.0 42.5 12.2 2.2 



Plymouth County 



Abington. . . 37.5 0.0 51.0 



Bridgewater 36.0 1.6 54.3 



Brockton. . . 25.4 .2 42.9 



Carver 5.1 24.4 66.7 



Duxbury.... 19.4 15.0 61.5 



East Bridge- 

 water 28.8 1.8 56.9 



Halifax 26.0 6.1 59.9 



Hanover 35.3 4.2 52 2 



Hanson 27.5 7.4 53.0 



Hingham... 14.7 15.1 59.8 



Hull 3.1 0.0 8.0 



Kingston... 14.3 11.2 66.7 



Lakeville ... 15.5 10.7 52.7 



Marion 14.8 0.0 79.8 



Marshfield. . 11.3 

 Mattapoisett 7.4 

 Middle- 

 borough. . 30.1 

 Norwell 31.8 



Pembroke . , 

 Plymouth. . . 

 Plympton. .. 

 Rochester. . . 

 Rockland. . . 



32.2 

 3.1 

 34.7 

 39.2 

 26.2 



Scituate 24.4 



Wareham... 19.3 

 West Bridge- 

 water 33.9 



Whitman. . . 23.7 



9.7 

 1.0 



5.5 

 5.2 



5.7 

 30.9 

 3.6 

 1.3 

 1.5 



2.0 

 17.1 



' .2 

 0.0 



67.4 

 88.0 



55.6 

 59.2 



50.0 

 56.7 

 59.8 

 52.7 

 43.4 



60.4 

 54.6 



56.1 

 40.6 



9.8 



5.0 



31.0 



.8 



3.3 



10.1 

 1.0 



7.2 

 8.0 



9.9 



85.0 



5.6 



2.8 

 5.2 



11.0 

 3.5 



4.7 

 2.1 



4.7 



3.8 



.1 



.5 



28.0 



12.2 

 5.4 



8.1 

 31.5 



1.7 

 3.0 



.5 

 3.0 



.8 



2.4 

 7.0 

 1.1 

 4.1 



.5 



3.9 



2.2 



18.3 



.2 



.6 

 .1 



4.1 

 1.7 



7.4 

 5.5 

 1.8 

 6.3 

 .9 



1.0 

 3.6 



1.7 

 4.2 



The County 20.8 11.0 57.7 6.5 4.0 



Worcester County 



Ashburnham.19.4 13.6 60.4 2.3 4.3 



Athol 21.8 16.4 52.6 7.0 2.2 



Auburn 37.3 23.7 27.5 7.0 4.5 



Barre 26.7 36.4 33.9 1.9 1.1 



Berlin 21.6 32.5 42.5 1.6 1.8 



Blackstone.. 31.2 40.8 19.9 5.2 2.9 



Bolton 29.8 43.7 24.9 .9 .7 



Boylston.... 13.9 38.3 26.3 2.3 19.2 



