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National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 2016 Products (ver. 3.0, November 2023)

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Publication Date
Start Date
2001
End Date
2016
Revision
2020-07-24

Citation

Dewitz, J., 2019, National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 2016 Products (ver. 3.0, November 2023): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P96HHBIE.

Summary

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in partnership with several federal agencies, has developed and released four National Land Cover Database (NLCD) products over the past two decades: NLCD 1992, 2001, 2006, and 2011. These products provide spatially explicit and reliable information on the Nation’s land cover and land cover change. To continue the legacy of NLCD and further establish a long-term monitoring capability for the Nation’s land resources, the USGS has designed a new generation of NLCD products named NLCD 2016. The NLCD 2016 design aims to provide innovative, consistent, and robust methodologies for production of a multi-temporal land cover and land cover change database from 2001 to 2016 at 2–3-year intervals. Comprehensive [...]

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Purpose

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.
NLCD Land Cover Image
NLCD Land Cover Image

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  • Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS)

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Revision 3.0 by Audra J Griebel on November 30, 2023. To review the changes that were made, see “NLCD2016_RevisionHistory.txt” in the attached files section.

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