appears_in:
- envo
contributor:
  email: cthoyt@gmail.com
  github: cthoyt
  name: Charles Tapley Hoyt
  orcid: 0000-0003-4423-4370
depends_on: []
deprecated: false
description: A vocabulary for describing the usage of land cover (e.g., pasture, wetlands,
  barren, forest, water) extended from the original 16 land cover classes proposed
  by the [Anderson Level II classification system](https://doi.org/10.3133/pp964)
  in 1976
example: '12'
example_extras: []
homepage: https://www.mrlc.gov/data/type/land-cover
keywords:
- environment
- forestry
mappings: {}
name: United States Geological Survey - National Land Cover Database
pattern: ^\d+$
preferred_prefix: nlcd
prefix: nlcd
providers: []
publications: []
references:
- https://www.mrlc.gov/data/legends/national-land-cover-database-class-legend-and-description
- https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/science/national-land-cover-database
synonyms: []
