Data | Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium

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).

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 2019 updates all previously released versions of impervious products for CONUS and provides integrated analysis for all Land Cover dates. It also 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 from NLCD 2019. (Read More)

NLCD Imperviousness (CONUS) All Years

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

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NLCD 2019 Percent Developed Imperviousness (CONUS)

CONUS | 2019

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NLCD 2019 Developed Imperviousness Descriptor (CONUS)

CONUS | 2019

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NLCD 2016 Percent Developed Imperviousness (CONUS)

CONUS | 2016

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NLCD 2016 Developed Imperviousness Descriptor (CONUS)

CONUS | 2016

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NLCD 2016 Percent Developed Imperviousness Zone 8 (ALASKA)

Alaska | 2016

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NLCD 2016 Developed Impervious Descriptor Zone 8 (ALASKA)

Alaska | 2016

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NLCD 2016 Developed Urban Descriptor (ALASKA)

Alaska | 2016

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NLCD 2013 Developed Imperviousness (CONUS)

CONUS | 2013

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NLCD 2013 Developed Imperviousness Descriptor (CONUS)

CONUS | 2013

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NLCD 2011 Percent Developed Imperviousness (CONUS)

CONUS | 2011

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NLCD 2011 Percent Developed Imperviousness Zone 8 (ALASKA)

Alaska | 2011

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NLCD 2011 Developed Imperviousness Descriptor (CONUS)

CONUS | 2011

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NLCD 2011 to 2016 Developed Imperviousness Zone 8 Change (ALASKA)

Alaska | 2011, 2016

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NLCD 2011 Developed Impervious Descriptor Zone 8 (ALASKA)

Alaska | 2011

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NLCD 2011 Developed Urban Descriptor (ALASKA)

Alaska | 2011

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NLCD 2008 Percent Developed Imperviousness (CONUS)

CONUS | 2008

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NLCD 2008 Developed Imperviousness Descriptor (CONUS)

CONUS | 2008

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NLCD 2006 Percent Developed Imperviousness (CONUS)

CONUS | 2006

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NLCD 2006 Developed Imperviousness Descriptor (CONUS)

CONUS | 2006

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NLCD 2004 Percent Developed Imperviousness (CONUS)

CONUS | 2004

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NLCD 2004 Developed Imperviousness Descriptor (CONUS)

CONUS | 2004

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NLCD 2001 Percent Developed Imperviousness (CONUS)

CONUS | 2001

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NLCD 2001 Developed Imperviousness Descriptor (CONUS)

CONUS | 2001

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NLCD 2001 to 2011 Developed Imperviousness Zone 8 Change (ALASKA)

Alaska | 2001, 2011

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NLCD 2001 Percent Developed Imperviousness Zone 8 (ALASKA)

Alaska | 2001

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NLCD 2001 Percent Developed Impervious (HAWAII)

Islands & Territories | 2001

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NLCD 2001 Percent Developed Imperviousness (PUERTO RICO)

Islands & Territories | 2001

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NLCD 2001 to 2016 Developed Imperviousness Zone 8 Change (ALASKA)

Alaska | 2001, 2016

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NLCD 2001 Developed Impervious Descriptor Zone 8 (ALASKA)

Alaska | 2001

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NLCD 2001 Developed Urban Descriptor (ALASKA)

Alaska | 2001

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RCMAP 1985-2021 Fractional Component Time-Series Now Available

Published Dec 01, 2022

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in collaboration with the MRLC consortium and Bureau of Land Management (BLM), is pleased to announce the availability of a new generation of Rangeland, Condition, Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (RCMAP) fractional component data spanning a 1985-2021 time-series. The new time-series includes yearly cover predictions for 9 components: shrub, sagebrush, non-sagebrush shrub, herbaceous, annual herbaceous, perennial herbaceous, litter, bare ground, and new to this version, tree cover. Trends statistics of the new time-series will be available by Jan 2023. Data are available for download and on the rangelands viewer. The new generation of data update previously released 1985-2020 RCMAP data and are not designed to be backwards compatible (1985-2020 cover predictions are different between versions). While users are encouraged to use the newest generation of data, the previous versions of the time-series data are archived.

Release of RCMAP Time-Series Trends Statistics

Release of RCMAP Time-Series Trends Statistics

Published Aug 02, 2021

RCMAP has released temporal trends for the 1985-2020 fractional component cover time-series. Temporal patterns in each RCMAP component were evaluated with two approaches, 1) linear trends and 2) a structural change method using a temporal moving window to detect “breaks” and “stable states” in pixel values. The structural change method partitions the time-series into segments of similar slope values, with statistically significant break-points indicating perturbations to the prior trajectory. We provide the following statistics: 1) for each component, each year, the presence/absence of breaks, 2) the slope, p-value, and standard error of the segment occurring in each year, 3) the overall model R2 (quality of model fit to the temporal profile), and 4) an index, Total Change Intensity, reflecting the total amount of change occurring across components in that pixel.

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Enhanced Visualization and Analysis (EVA) Tool Now Available

Published Mar 25, 2021

The MRLC Consortium, in collaboration with NOAA and the USGS, is pleased to release version 2 of the Enhanced Visualization and Analysis (EVA) tool. This tool provides users with detailed county statistics for any two NLCD landcover dates to support quick and powerful change analyses. This tool was originally developed by NOAA and shared through the consortium with custom adaptations for NLCD.

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