DOAG: Public Act 490 Land Values - table version

Public Act 490 Land Values - table version

2005 Recommended Land Use Values

Effective October 1, 2005*

Text version of this web page.

Category

State-Wide

River Valley

Tillable A

$1,200

$1,665

Tillable B

$720

$1,110

Tillable C

$445

$665

Tillable D

$335

$445

Orchard

$1,100

$1,300

Unmanaged Pasture

$165

$220

Swamp/Ledge/Scrub

$40

$40

Forest/Woodland

$190

$190

River Valley Municipalities

Bloomfield Glastonbury South Windsor
Cromwell Granby Suffield
East Granby Manchester Vernon
East Hartford Portland West Hartford
East Windsor Rocky Hill Wethersfield
Ellington Simsbury Windsor
Enfield Somers Windsor Locks

Connecticut Land Classifications are based on general soil characteristics determined by the USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service's "Land Capability Classification System".

Land Classifications:

Tillable A - Excellent (shade tobacco and ball & burlap nursery, some crop land)

Tillable B - Very Good (binder tobacco, vegetable, potatoes, some crop land)

Tillable C - Very Good, Quite Level (corn silage, hay, vegetables, potatoes, crop land)

Tillable D - Good to Fair, Moderate to Considerable Slopes (hay, corn silage, rotation pasture, crop land)

Orchard - Well maintained trees for the purposes of bearing fruit. Land often situated on hillsides and considerable slopes.

Unmanaged Pasture - Grazing for Livestock, Not tilled Land, usually not maintained.

Swamp/Ledge/Scrub Lands

Forest/Woodland - Forest Land in a Farm Unit, or Forestry, as Defined in the Forestry Certificate

* State law requires revaluation of farm, forest and open space land be conducted every five years.