Land Cover
The National Land Cover Database (NLCD) provides nationwide data on land cover and land cover change at a 30m resolution with a 16-class legend based on a modified Anderson Level II classification system. NLCD 2016 represents the latest evolution of NLCD land cover products focused on providing innovative land cover and land cover change data for the Nation. NLCD 2016 offers 7 integrated epochs of land cover for years 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, and 2016. Developed classes in these years are directly derived from and updated following the impervious surface cycle. These products update all previously released versions of landcover products for CONUS (NLCD 2001, NLCD 2006, NLCD 2011). New for NLCD 2016 is the NLCD Land Cover Change Index. The NLCD Land Cover change index provides a simple and comprehensive way to visualize change from all 7 dates of land cover in a single layer. The change index was designed to assist NLCD users to understand complex land cover change with a single product. NLCD 2016 does not yet contain updated products for Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. (Read More)
NLCD Land Cover Change Index (CONUS)
CONUS
| 2016, 2013, 2011, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2001
NLCD Land Cover (CONUS) All Years
CONUS
| 2016, 2013, 2011, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2001
NLCD 2016 Land Cover (CONUS)
CONUS
| 2016
NLCD 2016 Land Cover (ALASKA)
Alaska
| 2016
North American Land Change Monitoring System
North America
| 2015
NLCD 2013 Land Cover (CONUS)
CONUS
| 2013
NOAA 2011 High Resolution Land Cover (HAWAII)
Islands & Territories
| 2011
NLCD 2011 Land Cover (CONUS)
CONUS
| 2011
NLCD 2011 Land Cover (ALASKA)
Alaska
| 2011
NLCD 2011 to 2016 Land Cover Change (ALASKA)
Alaska
| 2011, 2016
NLCD 2011 from-to 2016 Land Cover Change Pixels (ALASKA)
Alaska
| 2011, 2016
NLCD 2008 Land Cover (CONUS)
CONUS
| 2008
NLCD 2006 Land Cover (CONUS)
CONUS
| 2006
NOAA 2005 to 2011 High Resolution Land Cover Change (HAWAII)
Islands & Territories
| 2005, 2011
NOAA 2005 Land Cover (HAWAII)
Islands & Territories
| 2005
NLCD 2004 Land Cover (CONUS)
CONUS
| 2004
NOAA 2001 to 2005 Land Cover Change (HAWAII)
Islands & Territories
| 2001, 2005
NLCD 2001 Land Cover (CONUS)
CONUS
| 2001
NLCD 2001 to 2011 Land Cover Change (ALASKA)
Alaska
| 2001, 2011
NLCD 2001 from-to 2011 Land Cover Change Pixels (ALASKA)
Alaska
| 2001, 2011
NLCD 2001 Land Cover (ALASKA)
Alaska
| 2001
NLCD 2001 Land Cover (PUERTO RICO)
Islands & Territories
| 2001
NLCD 2001 Land Cover (HAWAII)
Islands & Territories
| 2001
NLCD 2001 to 2016 Land Cover Change (ALASKA)
Alaska
| 2001, 2016
NLCD 2001 from-to 2016 Land Cover Change Pixels (ALASKA)
Alaska
| 2001, 2016
Urban Imperviousness
NLCD imperviousness products represent urban impervious surfaces as a percentage of developed surface over every 30-meter pixel in the United States. NLCD 2016 updates all previously released versions of impervious products for CONUS (NLCD 2001, NLCD 2006, NLCD 2011) along with a new date of impervious surface for 2016. New for NLCD 2016 is an impervious surface descriptor layer. This descriptor layer identifies types of roads, core urban areas, and energy production sites for each impervious pixel to allow deeper analysis of developed features. No new imperviousness products for Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico are available from NLCD 2016. (Read More)
NLCD Imperviousness (CONUS) All Years
CONUS
| 2016, 2011, 2006, 2001
NLCD 2016 Percent Developed Imperviousness (CONUS)
CONUS
| 2016
NLCD 2016 Developed Imperviousness Descriptor (CONUS)
CONUS
| 2016
NLCD 2016 Percent Developed Imperviousness Zone 8 (ALASKA)
Alaska
| 2016
NLCD 2016 Developed Impervious Descriptor Zone 8 (ALASKA)
Alaska
| 2016
NLCD 2016 Developed Urban Descriptor (ALASKA)
Alaska
| 2016
NLCD 2011 Percent Developed Imperviousness (CONUS)
CONUS
| 2011
NLCD 2011 Percent Developed Imperviousness Zone 8 (ALASKA)
Alaska
| 2011
NLCD 2011 Developed Imperviousness Descriptor (CONUS)
CONUS
| 2011
NLCD 2011 to 2016 Developed Imperviousness Zone 8 Change (ALASKA)
Alaska
| 2011, 2016
NLCD 2011 Developed Impervious Descriptor Zone 8 (ALASKA)
Alaska
| 2011
NLCD 2011 Developed Urban Descriptor (ALASKA)
Alaska
| 2011
NLCD 2006 Percent Developed Imperviousness (CONUS)
CONUS
| 2006
NLCD 2006 Developed Imperviousness Descriptor (CONUS)
CONUS
| 2006
NLCD 2001 Percent Developed Imperviousness (CONUS)
CONUS
| 2001
NLCD 2001 Developed Imperviousness Descriptor (CONUS)
CONUS
| 2001
NLCD 2001 to 2011 Developed Imperviousness Zone 8 Change (ALASKA)
Alaska
| 2001, 2011
NLCD 2001 Percent Developed Imperviousness Zone 8 (ALASKA)
Alaska
| 2001
NLCD 2001 Percent Developed Impervious (HAWAII)
Islands & Territories
| 2001
NLCD 2001 Percent Developed Imperviousness (PUERTO RICO)
Islands & Territories
| 2001
NLCD 2001 to 2016 Developed Imperviousness Zone 8 Change (ALASKA)
Alaska
| 2001, 2016
NLCD 2001 Developed Impervious Descriptor Zone 8 (ALASKA)
Alaska
| 2001
NLCD 2001 Developed Urban Descriptor (ALASKA)
Alaska
| 2001
Tree Canopy
NLCD tree canopy cover is a 30 m raster geospatial dataset that is available for the conterminous United States, coastal Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. These data contain percent tree canopy estimates, as a continuous variable, for each pixel across all land covers and types and are generated by the United States Forest Service (USFS). The USFS derives tree canopy cover from multi-spectral Landsat imagery and other available ground and ancillary information. 2011 and 2016 Forest canopy products are available for the Continental United States, coastal Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. (Read More)
NLCD 2016 USFS Tree Canopy Cover (CONUS)
CONUS
| 2016
NLCD 2016 USFS Tree Canopy Cover (ALASKA)
Alaska
| 2016
NLCD 2016 USFS Tree Canopy Cover (HAWAII)
Islands & Territories
| 2016
NLCD 2016 USFS Tree Canopy Cover (PUERTO RICO)
Islands & Territories
| 2016
NLCD USFS Tree Canopy Change (CONUS)
CONUS
| 2011, 2016
NLCD 2011 USFS Tree Canopy Cover (ALASKA)
Alaska
| 2011
NLCD 2011 USFS Tree Canopy Cover (CONUS)
CONUS
| 2011
NLCD 2011 USFS Tree Canopy Cover (HAWAII)
Islands & Territories
| 2011
NLCD 2011 USFS Tree Canopy Cover (PUERTO RICO)
Islands & Territories
| 2011
NLCD USFS Tree Canopy Change (ALASKA)
Alaska
| 2011, 2016
NLCD USFS Tree Canopy Change (HAWAII)
Islands & Territories
| 2011, 2016
NLCD USFS Tree Canopy Change (PUERTO RICO)
Islands & Territories
| 2011, 2016
Rangeland – Basemap
NLCD 2016 Shrub Component products characterize the percentage of each 30-meter pixel in the Western United States covered by shrub, herbaceous, bare ground, litter, sagebrush, big sagebrush and annual herbaceous, along with estimating shrub height and sagebrush height. These products have been produced by USGS in collaboration with the Bureau of Land Management. Component products are designed to be used individually or combined together to support a broad variety of applications.
Please note that where there is 40% or less tree canopy cover (based on NLCD 2016 USFS Tree Canopy Cover), pinyon-juniper woodlands may be included in the currently published shrub components if they are present. For example, a shrub component value of 32% might actually represent 28% shrub and 4% PJ-woodland. The BLM focuses its work and analyses on rangelands and by their definition, pinyon-juniper woodlands are a separate component from shrubs. The BLM has requested that pinyon-juniper woodlands be pulled out of the shrub component. We are currently working on updating the shrub, sagebrush, and big sagebrush components to exclude PJ-woodlands. (Read More)
NLCD 2016 All Shrubland Fractional Components
Western U.S.
| 2016
NLCD 2016 Bare Ground Shrubland Fractional Component
Western U.S.
| 2016
NLCD 2016 Big Sagebrush Shrubland Fractional Component
Western U.S.
| 2016
NLCD 2016 Annual Herbaceous Shrubland Fractional Component
Western U.S.
| 2016
NLCD 2016 Herbaceous Shrubland Fractional Component
Western U.S.
| 2016
NLCD 2016 Litter Shrubland Fractional Component
Western U.S.
| 2016
NLCD 2016 Sagebrush Shrubland Fractional Component
Western U.S.
| 2016
NLCD 2016 Sagebrush Height Shrubland Fractional Component
Western U.S.
| 2016
NLCD 2016 Shrub Shrubland Fractional Component
Western U.S.
| 2016
NLCD 2016 Shrub Height Shrubland Fractional Component
Western U.S.
| 2016
Rangeland - Historical Time-Series – BIT
NLCD shrub component historical (Back in Time [BIT]) products characterize the percentage of each 30-meter pixel in the Western United States covered by shrub, sagebrush, herbaceous, annual herbaceous, litter and bare ground for each year from 1985-2018 - providing change trends for 33 years (imagery for 2012 was unavailable). Because of file size limitations, individual component products are packaged in three historic intervals including 1985-1995, 1996-2006, and 2007-2018. Trend analysis for each component is also available as a zip file for the full 1985-2018 period to help users understand the magnitude of change. (Read More)
NLCD BIT Shrub Fractional Component (Time Series Trends)
Western U.S.
| Time Series Trends
NLCD BIT Sagebrush Fractional Component (Time Series Trends)
Western U.S.
| Time Series Trends
NLCD BIT Litter Fractional Component (Time Series Trends)
Western U.S.
| Time Series Trends
NLCD BIT Herbaceous Fractional Component (Time Series Trends)
Western U.S.
| Time Series Trends
NLCD BIT Bare Ground Fractional Component (Time Series Trends)
Western U.S.
| Time Series Trends
NLCD BIT Annual Herbaceous Fractional (Time Series Trends)
Western U.S.
| Time Series Trends
NLCD BIT Annual Herbaceous Fractional
Western U.S.
| 2007-2018
NLCD BIT Shrub Fractional Component
Western U.S.
| 2007-2018
NLCD BIT Sagebrush Fractional Component
Western U.S.
| 2007-2018
NLCD BIT Litter Fractional Component
Western U.S.
| 2007-2018
NLCD BIT Herbaceous Fractional Component
Western U.S.
| 2007-2018
NLCD BIT Bare Ground Fractional Component
Western U.S.
| 2007-2018
NLCD BIT Shrub Fractional Component
Western U.S.
| 1996-2006
NLCD BIT Sagebrush Fractional Component
Western U.S.
| 1996-2006
NLCD BIT Litter Fractional Component
Western U.S.
| 1996-2006
NLCD BIT Herbaceous Fractional Component
Western U.S.
| 1996-2006
NLCD BIT Bare Ground Fractional Component
Western U.S.
| 1996-2006
NLCD BIT Annual Herbaceous Fractional
Western U.S.
| 1996-2006
NLCD BIT Shrub Fractional Component
Western U.S.
| 1985-1995
NLCD BIT Sagebrush Fractional Component
Western U.S.
| 1985-1995
NLCD BIT Litter Fractional Component
Western U.S.
| 1985-1995
NLCD BIT Herbaceous Fractional Component
Western U.S.
| 1985-1995
NLCD BIT Bare Ground Fractional Component
Western U.S.
| 1985-1995
NLCD BIT Annual Herbaceous Fractional
Western U.S.
| 1985-1995
