EPA estimates of the Area of Dry Land Close to Sea Level in Maryland

The table below provides EPA's estimated uncertainty range of the area of dry land below particular elevations, in square kilometers. The uncertainty range considers the varying accuracy of the elevation data that the EPA study used. For example, Anne Arundel County has between 6.7 and 15 square kilometers of dry land within one meter above spring high water

The majority of land close to sea level in Maryland is wetland rather than the dry land depicted in this table, so the EPA study also provided a table of wetlands close to sea level. A printer-friendly file of the area of land vulnerable to sea level rise is also available. For a discussion of these calculations, see the EPA report