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Annual National Land Cover Database (Annual NLCD) CONUS Collection 1.1
Annual NLCD provides an annual record of land cover and related land surface change products for the conterminous United States derived from the Landsat satellite record using an integrated framework of modern modeling approaches. Collection 1.1 extends coverage through 2024 and includes six raster science products: Land Cover, Land Cover Change, Land Cover Confidence, Fractional Impervious Surface, Impervious Descriptor, and Spectral Change Day of Year.
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) / MRLC Consortium
Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium
Land cover classification and change detection using modern modeling approaches (including deep learning and time-series analysis)
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 2024, Annual NLCD Collection 1 Science Products (ver. 1.1, June 2025): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P94UXNTS
Annual NLCD Collection 1.1 (ScienceBase data release)
Authoritative distribution for Annual NLCD Collection 1.1, including metadata and product package structure.
MRLC OGC Services (WMS/WCS) for Annual NLCD
OGC WMS/WCS endpoints for Annual NLCD products (access via GIS clients).
MRLC Viewer (interactive subsetting and downloads)
Interactive tool for visualizing and downloading NLCD products for custom extents.