Land and Agriculture – Dominant Land Cover
Dominant land cover indicates the way land in an area is utilized and excludes open water. Land cover can provide insights into the type of economy, topography, and natural resources in the area, and can be important for urban planning, natural resources management, emergency preparedness, and more. Dominant land cover type was calculated by summarizing the 2019 National Land Cover Database by land cover type and determining the type with the largest area in each county or report area.
Source
Source Description
The Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) consortium is a group of federal agencies who coordinate and generate consistent and relevant land cover information at the national scale for a wide variety of environmental, land management, and modeling applications. The creation of this consortium has resulted in the mapping of the lower 48 United States, Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico into a comprehensive land cover product termed, the National Land Cover Database (NLCD), from decadal Landsat satellite imagery and other supplementary datasets.
Methodology
The data used in this indicator are obtained from analysis of the Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium’s National Land Cover Database (NLCD). Percentages of each class are calculated using the number of class pixels present in the county or tract, divided by the total number of pixels in the county or tract.
Data Breakouts Available
- Dominant Land Cover
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