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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

landcover, GIRAS, inlandWaters, LULC, digital, landuse, land, geographic

ISO 19115 Topic Category

geoscientificInformation, environment, inlandWaters

Place Keywords

United States, USA

Enhanced Historical Land-Use and Land-Cover Data Sets of the U.S. Geological Survey: raster format files

This data set depicts land use and land cover from the 1970s and 1980s and has been previously published by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in other file formats. This version has been reformatted to other file formats and includes minor edits applied by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and USGS scientists. This data set was developed to meet the needs of the USGS National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program.

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Author(s) United States Geological orcid
Publication Date 2007-04-01
Beginning Date of Data 1970
Ending Date of Data 1985
Data Contact
Dakota Water Science Center
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9MY8D4K
Citation Geological, U.S., 2007, Enhanced Historical Land-Use and Land-Cover Data Sets of the U.S. Geological Survey: raster format files: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9MY8D4K.
Metadata Contact
Water Mission Area
Metadata Date 2020-11-17
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