Data | Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium

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Shrubland

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. (Read More)

NLCD 2016 All Shrubland Fractional Components

CONUS | 2016

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NLCD 2016 Bare Ground Shrubland Fractional Component

CONUS | 2016

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NLCD 2016 Big Sagebrush Shrubland Fractional Component

CONUS | 2016

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NLCD 2016 Annual Herbaceous Shrubland Fractional Component

CONUS | 2016

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NLCD 2016 Herbaceous Shrubland Fractional Component

CONUS | 2016

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NLCD 2016 Litter Shrubland Fractional Component

CONUS | 2016

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NLCD 2016 Sagebrush Shrubland Fractional Component

CONUS | 2016

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NLCD 2016 Sagebrush Height Shrubland Fractional Component

CONUS | 2016

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NLCD 2016 Shrub Shrubland Fractional Component

CONUS | 2016

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NLCD 2016 Shrub Height Shrubland Fractional Component

CONUS | 2016

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NLCD 2016 Alaska Products Now Available

Published Apr 15, 2020

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in collaboration with the MRLC consortium has released a new generation of National Land Cover Database (NLCD) products for Alaska. The 2016 Alaska Landcover includes new impervious and developed features across the state as well as updated change information products for all years. Alaska tree canopy products for the state were previously released by the U.S. Forest Service. All land cover, imperviousness and tree canopy products are now available for download here.

New NLCD 2016 Results Paper Published

Published Mar 05, 2020

A new paper entitled, "Conterminous United States Land Cover Change Patterns 2001-2016 from the 2016 National Land Cover Database," has just been published in the ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. This paper describes the production and land change results from NLCD 2016 land cover products, and will serve as the primary citation for these products.

2015 NALCMS Land Cover Product Now Available

Published Feb 27, 2020

The North American Land Change Monitoring System (NALCMS) is a collaborative effort by the U.S., Mexico, and Canada to provide land cover change information for the North American continent. NALCMS has just released a new land cover product which depicts 19 classes of land cover across North America for the year 2015 at 30-meter spatial resolution. The new release represents the third product iteration, with earlier NALCMS products released for 2010 and 2005.