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).

 

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.