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National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 2019 Products (ver. 3.0, February 2024)

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Start Date
2001
End Date
2019
Last Revision
2024-02-29

Citation

Dewitz, J., and U.S. Geological Survey, 2021, National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 2019 Products (ver. 3.0, February 2024): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KZCM54.

Summary

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in partnership with several federal agencies, has developed and released five National Land Cover Database (NLCD) products over the past two decades: NLCD 1992, 2001, 2006, 2011, and 2016. The 2016 release saw landcover created for additional years of 2003, 2008, and 2013. 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 2019. The NLCD 2019 design aims to provide innovative, consistent, and robust methodologies for production of a multi-temporal land [...]

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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 Griebel on February 29, 2024. To review the changes that were made, see "NLCD2019_RevisionHistory.txt" in attached files.

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