NLCD Land Cover Classes
The names and definitions of the 16 kinds of land cover the U.S. Geological Survey maps across the country, from open water and four intensities of developed land to forest, farmland and wetland. Use it to read and explain the land cover figures, and to group the classes the way a question needs, such as all developed land or all agriculture.
- Published by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Source
- NLCD (USGS annual land cover)
- Original data
- www.mrlc.gov
- Terms of use
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- On the map
- No shapes of its own
From the publisher
The goal of this project is to provide the Nation with complete, current, and consistent public domain information on its land use and land cover.
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Fields
What each record holds, as the publisher describes it: 5 fields.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
Value | The class's code, 11–95 |
Value's definition | USGS's name for the class, such as Developed, Medium Intensity |
(NLCD legend) | The class's group, such as Developed or Forest |
(ours) | The class's area column in ma_nlcd_block_groups |
Value's definition | USGS's definition of the class |
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