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National Annual Tree Canopy Cover data now available from 1985-2025 for CONUS, Southeastern Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands

Published Oct 13, 2026

The USDA Forest Service Geospatial Office (GO) and Research and Development - Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) builds and maintains the National Tree Canopy Cover (TCC) dataset as part of the National Land Cover Database (NLCD). Annual data for the contiguous United States is now available from 1985-2025. The TCC datasets are derived from Landsat and Sentinel-2 imagery along with USDA Forest Service FIA data, based on a spatial resolution of 30 meters. Each Tree Canopy Cover (TCC) value is determined using photo interpretation methods and machine learning models, to produce the percentage of the area covered by tree canopy and interannual change between all years.

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A map of Western CONUS with RCMAP Tree Cover Trend

New Generations of RCMAP and EAG Data Available

Published Oct 08, 2026

The U.S. Geological Survey Rangeland Condition Monitoring Assessment and Projection (RCMAP) Exotic Annual Grass (EAG) team is pleased to announce the release of a new generation of weekly resolution maps. We release weekly data for weeks 10-38 (early March to late September) of 2016-2026 for total herbaceous, total EAG, cheatgrass, medusahead, field brome, and Sandberg’s Bluegrass.

Additionally, a new generation of RCMAP yearly fractional component time-series data spanning 1985-2025 are now available.

Both RCMAP and RCMAP-EAG data are available for download and on the rangelands viewer at www.mrlc.gov, and ArcGIS Online.

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Rangelands Viewer

Annual NLCD image of CONUS showing land features

Annual NLCD CONUS Collection 1.2 Now Available

Published Jun 10, 2026

Land Cover Characteristics in a Suite of Six Products

Annual NLCD CU C1.2 adds 2025 to the established suite of six raster-based land use and land cover science products for the conterminous United States. It now covers the period between 1985 and 2025:

1. Land Cover
2. Land Cover Change
3. Land Cover Confidence
4. Fractional Impervious Surface
5. Impervious Descriptor
6. Spectral Change Day of Year

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