Data
Find and download NLCD data as prepackaged data types and years. If you want to interactively view and choose your own download geography and data, go here (viewer).
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. The database is designed to provide cyclical updates of United States land cover and associated changes. Systematically aligned over time, the database provides the ability to move beyond simple change detection to monitoring and trend assessments. The latest evolution of NLCD products continues to focus on consistency, production efficiency, and product accuracy. NLCD products are designed for widespread application in biology, climate, education, land management, hydrology, environmental planning, risk and disease analysis, telecommunications and visualization. (Read More)
NOAA 2005 to 2011 High Resolution Land Cover Change (HAWAII)
Islands & Territories | 2005, 2011
NLCD 2001 to 2006 Land Cover from to Change Index (2011 Edition) (CONUS)
CONUS | 2001, 2006
Urban Imperviousness
A wide range of urban ecosystem studies, including urban hydrology, urban climate, land use planning and resource management require current and accurate geospatial data of urban impervious surfaces. NLCD imperviousness products represent urban impervious surfaces as a continuous variable and were mapped using a regression tree model. (Read More)
NLCD 2001 to 2011 Percent Developed Imperviousness Change Zone 8 (ALASKA)
Alaska | 2001, 2011
NLCD 2001 to 2006 Percent Developed Imperviousness Change (2011 Edition) (CONUS)
CONUS | 2001, 2006
Canopy
NLCD percent tree canopy is a 30 m raster geospatial dataset covering 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. The USFS derives canopy cover from both the spectral information in Landsat imagery, and other available ground and ancillary information. (Read More)
Shrubland
Component products are designed to be used individually or combined together to support a broad variety of applications. Provisional shrubland products are now available for download. (Read More)
