Data

Use the interface below to filter and download available NLCD products. Click (here) for NLCD Science Research Products which offer more comprehensive delineation of shrub and grass classes and information about change disturbance. For access to dynamic MRLC viewer applications and tools, click (here).

 

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 2021 represents the latest evolution of NLCD land cover products focused on providing innovative land cover and land cover change data for the Nation. NLCD 2021 offers 9 integrated epochs of land cover for years 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021. chs (2001 – 2021) and are directly comparable across the full time series and suitable for multi-temporal analysis. The NLCD 2021 release is update based, so the Land Cover and Impervious Surface products released in 2019 are unchanged and can be used directly with NLCD 2021. Science products and the change index will need to be reacquired to contain the additional 2021 change. Specific map products include:Developed classes in these years are directly derived from percent developed impervious surface and include a descriptor label that identifies the type of each impervious surface pixel. The NLCD Land Cover change index combines information from all years of land cover change and provides a simple and comprehensive way to visualize change from all 9 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 2021 does not yet contain updated products for Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. (Read More)

NLCD Land Cover Change Index (CONUS)

CONUS | 2021, 2019, 2016, 2013, 2011, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2001

NLCD Land Cover (CONUS) All Years

CONUS | 2021, 2019, 2016, 2013, 2011, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2001

NOAA 2011 High Resolution Land Cover (HAWAII)

Islands & Territories | 2011

NOAA 2005 to 2011 High Resolution Land Cover Change (HAWAII)

Islands & Territories | 2005, 2011

NOAA 2005 Land Cover (HAWAII)

Islands & Territories | 2005

NOAA 2001 to 2005 Land Cover Change (HAWAII)

Islands & Territories | 2001, 2005

North American Land Change Monitoring System

North America | 2020

NLCD 2016 Land Cover (ALASKA)

Alaska | 2016

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 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. The NLCD 2021 release is update based, so the Impervious Surface products released in 2019 are unchanged and can be used directly with NLCD 2021.This update provides integrated analysis throughout all dates and includes a matching impervious surface descriptor layer. This descriptor layer identifies types of roads, wind tower sites, building locations, and energy production sites to allow a deeper analysis of developed features. No new imperviousness products for Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico are available for NLCD 2021. (Read More)

NLCD Imperviousness (CONUS) All Years

CONUS | 2021, 2019, 2016, 2013, 2011, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2001

NLCD 2019 Percent Developed Imperviousness (CONUS)

CONUS | 2019

NLCD 2019 Developed Imperviousness Descriptor (CONUS)

CONUS | 2019

NLCD 2016 Percent Developed Imperviousness (CONUS)

CONUS | 2016

NLCD 2016 Developed Imperviousness Descriptor (CONUS)

CONUS | 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 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 2021 Developed Imperviousness Descriptor (CONUS)

CONUS | 2021

NLCD 2021 Percent Developed Imperviousness (CONUS)

CONUS | 2021

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 2013 Developed Imperviousness (CONUS)

CONUS | 2013

NLCD 2013 Developed Imperviousness Descriptor (CONUS)

CONUS | 2013

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 2008 Percent Developed Imperviousness (CONUS)

CONUS | 2008

NLCD 2008 Developed Imperviousness Descriptor (CONUS)

CONUS | 2008

NLCD 2004 Percent Developed Imperviousness (CONUS)

CONUS | 2004

NLCD 2004 Developed Imperviousness Descriptor (CONUS)

CONUS | 2004

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

RCMAP – Basemap (2016)

RCMAP base 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 to support a broad variety of applications. Please note these new Revised (071520) rangeland products will differ from the first generation of circa 2016 fractional cover maps, a more aggressive masking of tree canopy cover was applied to each rangeland component. Specifically, we have lowered the tree canopy cover threshold for exclusion from 40 to 25%. For pixels with 1-25% tree canopy cover we ensured that our primary components (shrub, herbaceous, litter, and bare ground) cover summed to 100% when added with the tree canopy. And, for the secondary components (sagebrush, big sagebrush, sagebrush height and shrub height) we reconciled to the primary component (shrub), excluding any pinyon-juniper woodlands. (Read More)

NLCD 2016 All Rangeland Cover

Western U.S. | 2016

NLCD 2016 Bare Ground Rangeland Cover

Western U.S. | 2016

NLCD 2016 Big Sagebrush Rangeland Cover

Western U.S. | 2016

NLCD 2016 Annual Herbaceous Rangeland Cover

Western U.S. | 2016

NLCD 2016 Herbaceous Rangeland Cover

Western U.S. | 2016

NLCD 2016 Litter Rangeland Cover

Western U.S. | 2016

NLCD 2016 Sagebrush Rangeland Cover

Western U.S. | 2016

NLCD 2016 Sagebrush Height Rangeland Cover

Western U.S. | 2016

NLCD 2016 Shrub Rangeland Cover

Western U.S. | 2016

NLCD 2016 Shrub Height Rangeland Cover

Western U.S. | 2016

RCMAP - Future Projections - 2020s, 2050s, and 2080s

RCMAP projected cover products characterize the fractional (i.e., percentage) cover of shrub, herbaceous, bare ground, litter, sagebrush, tree, and annual herbaceous in each 30-meter pixel in the Western United States. Projected data include three time periods (2020s, 2050s, and 2080s) and two climate scenarios (Representative Concentration Pathways [RCP] 4.5 and 8.5). Component cover were harmonized so that the sum of bare ground, shrub, herbaceous, tree, and litter cover adds to ~100% and secondary components sagebrush and annual herbaceous cover were harmonized to their respective primary components of shrub and herbaceous cover, (so their cover could not be greater than their primary component). 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 to support a broad variety of applications. Data are packaged by time-period and climate scenarios (six). Additionally, for comparison to reference conditions, a scenario based on 1991-2020 climate normal is available. (Read More)

Rangeland – Future Projections 2080s – rcp 4.5

Western U.S. | 2080s

Rangeland – Future Projections 2080s – rcp 8.5

Western U.S. | 2080s

Rangeland – Future Projections 2050s – rcp 4.5

Western U.S. | 2050s

Rangeland – Future Projections 2050s – rcp 8.5

Western U.S. | 2050s

Rangeland – Future Projections 2020s – rcp 4.5

Western U.S. | 2020s

Rangeland – Future Projections 2020s – rcp 8.5

Western U.S. | 2020s

Rangeland - Backcast 1991-2020

Western U.S. | 1991-2020

Ecological Potential

Rangeland Ecological Potential - Component Cover, Cover Departure, and Vegetation States. Ecological Potential rangeland fractional cover data products represent the potential cover given the most productive, least disturbed, portion of the 1985-2020 Landsat archive. Models used to predict Ecological Potential cover were trained on ecologically intact sites where annual herbaceous cover is low, no known disturbance or land treatment has occurred over the study period, and bare ground cover is relatively lower than expectations (Read More)

Ecological Potential Bare Ground Cover

Western U.S.

Ecological Potential Sagebrush Cover

Western U.S.

Ecological Potential Perennial Herbaceous Cover

Western U.S.

Ecological Potential Litter Cover

Western U.S.

Ecological Potential Shrub Cover

Western U.S.

Percent Error for Ecological Potential Bare Ground

Western U.S.

Percent Error for Ecological Potential Sagebrush

Western U.S.

Percent Error for Ecological Potential Perennial Herbaceous

Western U.S.

Percent Error for Ecological Potential Litter

Western U.S.

Percent Error for Ecological Potential Shrub

Western U.S.

Departure of Bare Ground Cover

Western U.S.

Departure of Sagebrush Cover

Western U.S.

Departure of Perennial Herbaceous Cover

Western U.S.

Departure of Litter Cover

Western U.S.

Departure of Shrub Cover

Western U.S.

Ecological Potential Vegetation State

Western U.S.

2018 Vegetation State

Western U.S.