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Map National Land Cover Database (NLCD) : 1992 land cover conterminous United States

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About this Item

Title

  • National Land Cover Database (NLCD) : 1992 land cover conterminous United States

Names

  • Geological Survey (U.S.), cartographer

Created / Published

  • Sioux Falls, SD : U.S. Geological Survey, 2022.

Headings

  • -  Land use--United States--Maps
  • -  Land cover--United States--Maps

Genre

  • Digital maps
  • Raster data
  • Geospatial data
  • Data sets

Notes

  • -  The National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 1992 Land Cover layer was produced through a cooperative project conducted by the Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium. The MRLC Consortium is a partnership of federal agencies (www.mrlc.gov), consisting of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture - Forest Service (USDA-FS), the National Park Service (NPS), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). One of the primary goals of the project is to generate a current, consistent, seamless, and accurate land cover data for the United States at medium spatial resolution.
  • -  Title from dataset website, viewed May 7, 2023.

Medium

  • datasets

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3701.G4

Repository

  • s-Online Electronic Resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023592016

Online Format

  • compressed data

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Chicago citation style:

Geological Survey, U.S., Cartographer. National Land Cover Database NLCD:land cover conterminous United States. Sioux Falls, SD: U.S. Geological Survey, 1987. Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2023592016/.

APA citation style:

Geological Survey, U. S. (1987) National Land Cover Database NLCD:land cover conterminous United States. Sioux Falls, SD: U.S. Geological Survey. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2023592016/.

MLA citation style:

Geological Survey, U.S., Cartographer. National Land Cover Database NLCD:land cover conterminous United States. Sioux Falls, SD: U.S. Geological Survey, 1987. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2023592016/>.