Public Act 490 Land Values - text version

2010 Recommended Land Use Values

Effective October 1, 2010*

Land Type: Tillable A

State Wide $2,400 per acre
River Valley $2,800 per acre

Land Type: Tillable B

State Wide $1,600 per acre
River Valley $2,000 per acre

Land Type: Tillable C
State Wide $400 per acre
River Valley $1,100 per acre

Land Type: Tillable D
State Wide $225 per acre
River Valley $600 per acre

Orchard E
State Wide $750 per acre
River Valley $750 per acre

Permanent Pasture F
State Wide $90 per acre
River Valley $90 per acre

Swamp/Ledge/Scrub G
State Wide $40 per acre
River Valley $40 per acre

Forest/Woodland
State Wide $130 per acre
River Valley $130 per acre

The following towns are considered River Valley municipalities:

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

Land Classifications:

Tillable A – Excellent.  Light, well drained, sandy loams, typically flat or level, no stones. 

    Shade tobacco, nursery, some cropland.

Tillable B – Very Good.  Light, well drained, sandy loams, typically level to slightly rolling, may have some stones. 

    Binder tobacco, vegetables, potatoes, some cropland.

Tillable C – Very Good to Good.  Quite level.  Moderate heavier soils, level to rolling, may have stones. 

    Corn silage, hay, vegetables, potatoes, cropland.

Tillable D – Good to Fair.  Heavier soils, maybe sloped and hilly, stones and seasonal wetness may be limiting factors.  Moderate to considerable slope. 

    Hay, corn silage, rotation pasture, cropland.

Orchard – Fruit orchard.  May include grapes and berries.

Pasture – Permanent Pasture, unmanaged pasture, not tilled, grazing.  May be heavier soils too wet or stony to till for crops, may be wooded area, Christmas trees.

Swamp/Ledge/Scrub Lands – Wetlands, ledge outcroppings.  Non-farmable areas that also make up the farm unit.

Woodland, Forest – Forestland associated with the farm unit.  Non farmable areas that also make up the farm unit.