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Major land uses in the United States

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Release Date
1967-01-01
Start Date
1967
End Date
1970
Publication Date

Citation

Marschner, F.J. and Anderson, J.R., 1967, Major land uses in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9BG8JLW.

Summary

These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This is a polygon coverage of major land uses in the United States. The source of the coverage is the map of major land uses in the National Atlas, pages 158-159, which was adapted from U.S. Department of Agriculture, "Major Land Uses in the United States," by Francis J. Marschner, revised by James R. Anderson, 1967.

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Purpose

The intended use of this coverage is in the state sections of the 1990-91 National Water Summary on surface-water quality. Each state report will contain a map of the state's major land uses and, if possible, will discuss the influence of land use on water quality in the state.
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Provenance

These data were originally released on the Water Mission Area National Spatial Data Infrastructure Node and were migrated to sciencebase.gov in 2023. These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS's policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9BG8JLW

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