Geological survey usgs national land cover dataset nlcd imperviousness data layer. It is derived from early to mid1990s landsat thematic mapper satellite data. National land cover database nlcd is a landsat tm derived classification of the united states. Multiresolution land characteristics consortium, u. Conterminous united states based on 2011 imagery download. I was able to download generalized land use 2005 data from the metropolitan council for the sevencounty area. These nationally standardized, rasterbased inventories of land cover are derived from multiple dates of landsat satellite imagery and provide 7 epochs of land cover data for years 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011, and 2016. They can all be downloaded at once if you use the download manager. These files can be quite large so they are now cached for reuse. Nlcd provides spatial reference and descriptive data for characteristics of the land surface such as thematic class for example, urban, agriculture, and forest, percent impervious surface, and percent tree canopy cover. Nlcd is generated in cooperation with the multiresolution land characteristics consortium a partnership of federal agencies working together to produce current, nationally consistent, land cover products for all 50 states and puerto rico.
Multiple people find the download from the usgs nlcd website slow, so its probably an issue with their server. Download the data and store so microdem can recognize it. Usgs 2016 national landcover north dakota gis hub data. Download and crop a tile from the national land cover. Download and crop data from the nrcs ssurgo soils database. This tutorial will describe how to use data from the national land cover database nlcd to create us scenery that is on par with the existing european scenery the default scenery world scenery 2. The 2016 alaska landcover includes new impervious and developed features across the state as well as updated. The state data sets were cut out from larger regional data sets that are mosaics of landsat tm scenes. The national land cover database nlcd serves as the definitive landsatbased, 30meter resolution, land cover database for the nation.
Geological survey usgs, in partnership with several federal agencies, has developed and released four national land cover database nlcd products over the past two decades. The usgs point of contact is for questions relating to the data display and download from this web site. The nlcd 2016 documents land cover change in the lower 48 states from 2001 to 2016. National land cover database nlcd data can be downloaded at the mrlc website. Nlcd 2016 is an ongoing land cover modeling production effort with nlcd scientists. Also of possible interest is the arcgis toolbar here.
Nlcd 2006 is the most recent 30meter, seamless, walltowall land cover database for the conterminous united states. Click the download data from web button to download and import your nlcd data. The cdl is produced using satellite imagery from the landsat 8 olitirs sensor and the disaster monitoring constellation dmc deimos1 and uk2 sensors collected during the current growing season. Laz in cloud when exporting lidar data urls to text from the cart the user can specify whether to include files in laz only, las only or both formats if both types are present in the cart. The usgs earth explorer gives a quick and intuitive way to download free aerial and satellite imagery. The resulting land cover analysis tool lcat allows users to quickly locate, display, and download data from the national land cover dataset nlcd, including the recently developed nlcd change product, which displays changes in land cover between 1992 and 2001. The nlcd is a 21class, land cover classification of the contiguous united states. National land cover database nlcd 2016 multiresolution. The description says that it will allow the user to define an area of interest aoi, select products or options for downloading products, and then download the product to a local disk.
Perennial icesnow all areas characterized by yearlong surface cover of ice andor snow. In this video, i have shown you the sources and steps to extract landuse and landcover lulc data for gujarat state, here you can download any state lulc data. The national land cover database nlcd provides nationwide data on land cover and land cover change at a 30m resolution with a 16class legend based on a modified anderson level. Nlcd provides spatial reference and descriptive data for characteristics of the land surface such as thematic class for example, urban, agriculture, and forest, percent impervious surface, and percent tree. Open water all areas of open water, generally with less than 25% cover of vegetationland cover. The usgs, working in partnership with the federal interagency multiresolution land characteristics mrlc consortium, is developing the national land cover database nlcd 2016. Use 7zip or another compression program to open these files.
Multiresolution land characteristics mrlc consortium usgs, epa, noaa, blm, nasa, nps, usdanass, usfws, us army coe. The mapping tool was updated on september 17, 2019 to correct a bug where float data was truncated to integer. Multiresolution land characteristics mrlc consortium multi. The topomc project facilitates the construction of superficially realistic minecraft worlds leveraging usgs, specifically the ned and nlcd datasets. Database nlcd land cover layer is one of several primary and supplementary layers in nlcd 2006. One set of calculations is for the time periods 2001, 2006, and 2011, based on the u. Release of nlcd 2006 provides the first walltowall landcover change database for the conterminous united states from landsat thematic mapper tm data. In the download data web services step, select one of the nlcd data types. Nlcd 2016 was just released by the usgs in may 2019. Return to top developed areas characterized by a high percentage 30 percent or.
Usgs land cover nlcd overlay map service from the national map national geospatial data asset ngda national land. How to download the latest land use land cover lulc data. Nlcd is used for thousands of applications that require information on landcover location or where it is changing. Questions about the nlcd mapping zone 03 can be directed to the nlcd 2001 land cover mapping team at the usgseros, sioux falls.
The first data set was created in 1995 from circa 1992 imagery and was followed by 2001, 2006, 2011, and nlcd 2016 in the spring of 2019. Geological survey usgs, in partnership with several federal agencies, has developed and released four national land cover database nlcd. For comparison, displayed below is the usgs 2001 national land cover data for roughly the same area. Download and crop the national hydrography dataset. All nlcd data products are available for download at no charge to the public from the mrlc web site.
Data multiresolution land characteristics mrlc consortium. Geological survey usgs released the latest edition of the national land cover database nlcd for the u. Nlcd 2011 land cover resources minnesota geospatial. Geological survey usgs has released a new generation of. Nlcd the national land cover database is a 30m landsatbased land cover database spanning 8 epochs 1992, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 20 and. National land cover database 2011 nlcd 2011 is the most recent national land cover product created by the multiresolution land characteristics mrlc consortium. The second set of calculations is for the time periods 1974, 1982, 1992, 2002, and 2012, based on landusebased coefficients from the usgs nawqa walltowall anthropogenic. Nlcd 92 land cover class definitions water all areas of open water or permanent icesnow cover. Geological survey usgs has released a new generation of national land cover database nlcd products named nlcd. These products provide spatially explicit and reliable information on the nations land cover and land cover change. The tap land use module is required in order to utilize land cover data, such as nlcd 2016, in tap path and coverage studies. Nlcd 2016 will feature new products of labeled land cover and fractional cover products of urban imperviousness.
These tools provide the foundation for nlcd modeling and production and are available for download at no cost to the user. At this time, all of the nlcd state files are available for free download as 8bit binary files and some states are also available on. The nlcd 2006 is created on a pathrow basis and mosaicked to create a seamless national product. The usda, nass cropland data layer cdl is a raster, georeferenced, cropspecific land cover data layer. Nlcd 2016 land cover data now available softwright, llc. Lets compare the land use data provided by twin cities metropolitan council and the usgs nlcd 2001.
The national hydrography datasets, watershed boundary dataset, governmental boundary units, transportation, structures, elevation contours and geographic. For a detailed definition and discussion on mrlc and the nlcd 2001. Land cover seamless downloads mrlc nlcd 2001 nlcd 2006. Usgs land cover nlcd overlay map service from the national map national. The most frequently downloaded datasets are available for direct download without placing an order. Nlcd 2011 provides for the first time the capability to assess walltowall, spatially explicit, national land cover changes and trends across the united states from 2001 to 2011. Geological survey usgs in collaboration with the mrlc.
National land cover dataset nlcd is no longer available through the api. Learn more about efforts to map the nations land cover. Nlcd serves as the definitive landsatbased, 30m pixel resolution, land cover database for the nation. If you want to interactively view and choose your own download geography and data, go here viewer. Notes ned data are available at resolutions of 1 arcsecond about 30 meters, arcsecond about 10 meters, and in limited areas at 19 arcsecond about 3 meters. This data set is one complete raster coverage of the usgs national land cover data nlcd. Download and crop the national land cover database. This link describes services for fetching bulk elevation data. The data can also be downloaded for the national map as part of the 2011 nlcd dataset, but its in 3x3 degree segments so there are 1 parts to download. The nlcd 19922001 retrofit land cover change product uses a specially developed methodology to provide land cover change information at the anderson level i classification scale anderson et al. Conterminous united states based on 2011 imagery download alaska land cover download hawaii land cover download puerto rico land cover these data are based on 2001 imagery. This will provide separate fractional vegetation products for download, and also be. National land cover database 2011 nlcd 2011 ag data.
Accuracy assessment of nlcd 2006 focused on four primary products. Download and crop data from a zipped huc4 subregion of the. Staged productsthe topographic maps and geographical information system gis data provided in the national map are pregenerated into downloadable products often available in multiple formats. National land cover database 2011 nlcd 2011 is the most recent national land cover product created by the multi. Geological survey usgs in collaboration with the mrlc consortium has released a new generation of national land cover database nlcd products for alaska. Usgs national land cover database earth engine data. Purpose the goal of this project is to provide the nation with complete, current and consistent. National land cover database nlcd design completed. For example, european scenery is generally of very high quality due to the use of corine land cover data. National land cover database office for coastal management.
Find and download nlcd data as prepackaged data types and years. Downloading nlcd data can also be obtained by using the get data tool. Nlcd 1992, nlcd 2001, nlcd 2006, and nlcd 2011 are national land cover database classification schemes based. This is an update to the nlcd 2011 data that we have been offering since 2014.