Parcel-level data provide fine grained information concerning the role of human activity in changing the quantity and quality of ecosystem services. Coweeta’s synoptic sampling program seeks to understand anthropogenic sources of ecosystem change by focusing on a range of distinct landscapes. Comparative views of these landscapes reveal correlations between changes in the flowpaths, habitats, and human communities. Data presented in this poster contribute to the synoptic sampling project by providing a parcel-based empirical framework of the temporal and spatial patterns characteristic of residential settlement in southern Appalachia. I will look at the distribution of parcel data and variables such as parcel type (residential, commercial, agricultural, and government), building count, building age, and related variables in eighteen watersheds to assess the impacts of variable land use on water quantity.