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California Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of California.

California Partial State Land Cover

City, State, ZIP

CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
Coverage 16 of 58 counties: Tahama, Solano, Placer, Fresno, Butte, Tulare,
Sacramento, Glenn, Calusa, Orange, Kings, Kern, Yollo, and San Joaquin
counties, and Upper Santa Anna and Delta areas.
| Comments Agriculture and urban areas updated every 7 years
Resolution nia
Minimum Mapping Unit | 2 acres/pixel
| Map date varies
Image date varies
Image type aerial photograph (35mm slides)
Map scale 1:24,000
Photo scale 1 inch to 1 foot -
Coordinate system UTM, Zone 10.5
Projection nla
Classification system Individual system
GIs . Autocad, GRASS
Data Type Vector
Next scheduled update Every 7 years
Availability Contact Steve Turner (916) 653 5573. Data available on CD, call for
Prices. No charge if FTP at 136.200.54.30 (cd dopout/flanduse) or °
136.200.54.21 (cd pub cd 0). Additional information available from the
internet: http:/Awwwdop.water.ca.gov
Contact name Tom Hawkins
Contact title Senior Land and Water Use Analyst
Contact Agency CA Department of Natural Resources.
Address 1416 9th Street, PO Box 942836
Sacramento, CA 94236-0001

Phone number

(916) 653 5573

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Minnesota Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of Minnesota.

; Minnesota Partial State Land Cover’

DESCRIPTION

Coverage Partial State (2/3 completed)
Comments Additional mylar maps currently being digitized. Additional 10-20
: percent of state coverage expected to be completed by early 1997.

Contractor gathering data from Landsat (different format) for NE
portion of state (anticipated completion date June 1997). -

Resolution nia ~

Minimum Mapping Unit | 2 acres

Map date July 1, 1997

image date:

January 1, 1990 5

Image type

Landsat TM, aerial photograph color IR

Map scale nla

Photo scale nla

Coordinate system UTM, Zone.15

Projection nla

Classification system Anderson 2 Modified (16 classes)
GIS ARCANFO ;

Data Type Vector

‘Next scheduled update nla

Contact John Hoshal, Land Management Information Center, (612)

Availability
296-1202. Available through an FTP site for a nominal charge.
. Internet site http:/Avww.Imic.state.mn.us.
Contact name. Nancy Rader
Contact title. GIS Specialist
Contact Agency Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Address 500 Lafayette

City, State, ZIP

St. Paul, MN 55155

Phone number

(612) 297-3281

Email address

imic@mnplan.state.mn.us

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Maine Data Sets
This section contains reference information for the state of Maine.

Maine Land Cover

DESCRIPTION

CATEGORY

Coverage Entire state
Comments nla
Resolution 30M f
Minimum Mapping Unit n/a
Map date January 1,1994 .
Image date : January 1, 1991
Image type Landsat TM
Map scale nla
Photo scale nla . .
Coordinate system UTM : . -
Projection nla
Classification system undecided
GIS ARC/INFO -
Data Type Raster and Vector
, Next scheduled update na . -
Availability License agreement required. $80 for first MB, $10 each additional MB.

Data are sold in geographic blocks equivalent to 1:24,000 scale,
1:1,000,000 scale, and 1:250,000 scale quadrangles and as statewide
coverages. More specific ordering information is available on: ~

~ http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/orderf.html

Contact name Dan Walters
| Contacttitle GIS Administrator Contact
Agency . . Maine Office of Geographical Information Systems
Address Statehouse Station #125
City, State, ZIP : Augusta, ME 04333
Phone number (207)287 3897
, Email address

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Mississippi Land Cover

{| CATEGORY. DESCRIPTION

Coverage __ 50% of state river basins
Comments ‘nia

Resolution 250M down to 50 M
Minimum Mapping Unit nia:

Map date nla

Image date January 1, 1987.

Image type Landsat MSS

Map scale nla

Photo scale nla

Coordinate system UTM

Projection na_

Classification system 10 classes

GIS ERDAS

Data Type Raster

Next scheduled update nla

Availability Handling fee charged for data acquisition
Contact name. Walter Belokon

Contact title

GIS Specialist

|| Contact Agency

Mississippi Automated Resources Information System (MARIS)

_ Address

3825 Ridgewood

Road

| city, state, ZIP

Jackson, MS 39211

Phone number

(601) 982-6353

Web site | hitpwww.maris.state.ms.us___- :

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Mississippi River Valley Land Cover

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AATEGORY IDESCRIPTION
Cover Coverage ississippi River Valley, from Karo to river mouth -
|Comments
Resolution 30 M
linimum Mapping Unit |n/a
IMap date December 1, 1994 .
image date Vanuary 1, 1990 -
Image type [Landsat TM
IMap scale infa
hoto scale n/a
|Coordinate system UTM.
Projection n/a

Classification system

Agricultural Practices GiSn/a

Data Type

IERDAS, ARC/ANFO.

Next scheduled update [tbs
\ailability |Cost of duplication. Contact Dan Twedt at U.S. Fish and Wildlife's Vicksburg
[Research Station. More information available through the CAST internet site
lhttp:/Avww.cast.uark.edu
Contact name. Fred Limp
|Contact title Director
pos Agency Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST), University of Arkansas
ddress 12 Ozark Hall
ICity, State, ZIP Fayetteville, AR 72701
IPhone number (501) 575-6159

Email address

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Vermont Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of Vermont.

Vermont Land Cover

CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
Coverage Statewide
Comments GAP Analysis. For more information, consult the GAP Program page
at http:/Avww.gap.uidaho.edu/gap/.
Resolution nla
Minimum Mapping Unit n/a :
Map date nla .
Image date 1994 to 1995
Image type Landsat TM
Map scale n/a
Photo scale nla
| Coordinate system UTM
Projection nla .
Classification system UNESCO Claésification System
GIS ARC/INFO, ERDAS
Data Type nla
Next scheduled update n/a
Availability n/a
Contact name David Capen
Contact title Principal Investigator
Contact Agency VT Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Address University of Vermont
City, State, ZIP Burlington, VT
| Phone number (802) 656 3007

Email address

capen@gavia.snr.uvm.edu

|LWeb Site

http:/Avww.snr.uvym.edu/projects.htm!

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+ Nevada Data Sets

; This section contains reference information for the state of Nevada.

Nevada - Clark County Land Cover

DESCRIPTION

Coverage Clark County, NV
Comments Data for Traffic Analysis Zone (TAZ) and Land Use Inventory 1995.
Internet installation in progress, check Regional Transportation,
Commission home page for status.
Resolution 0.25 acres/pixel
Minimum Mapping Unit nla
Map date 1995
Image date varies
image type aerial photograph
\ Map scale nla ‘
Photo scale n/a
Coordinate system NV State Plane
Projection nla
Classification system System devised at UNLV
| GIs ARC/INFO
Data Type Vector
Next scheduled update nla
Availability Data available. Data will be available on internet by the end of 1996.
! Contact name Bob Palm ;
Contact title GIS Analyst
Contact Agency Regional Transportation Commission A
Address 301 East Clark Avenue
City, State, ZIP Las Vegas, NV 89101
Phone number (702) 455 4481
Email address n/a-

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Nebraska Data Sets -

This section contains reference information for the state of Nebraska.

Nebraska Land Cover

CATEGORY “ DESCRIPTION
Coverage Entire State
Comments Vector data edge matched and edited by EPA region VII; data derived
from USGS 1:250,000 land use land cover database.
Resolution n/a
Minimum Mapping Unit 10 acres by 660 feet
[is date nla
Image date varies
Image type aerial photographs
Map scale 1:250,000
i Photo scale n/a
Coordinate system UTM
Projection nla
Classification system Anderson Level 2
GIs ARCANFO
Data Type Vector
Next scheduled update nla

Availability

Can aquire data through CALMIT or the USGS. See CALMIT home
Page for more information: http:/Awww.calmit.unl.edu/calmit.html

Contact name

James Merchant

Contact title

nla

Contact Agency

Center for Advanced Land Management Information technologies
(CALMIT) .

Address

University of Nebraska

City, State, ZIP

nla

Phone number

(402) 472 7531

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New Mexico Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of New Mexico.

New Mexico Land Cover

Comments

CATEGORY DESCRIPTION

Coverage Entire State :
Land use land cover base map for the 23 1:250,000 scale maps of
NM.

Resolution

nla

Minimum Mapping Unit

10 acres (40 ha) for urban categories, 40 acres (16 ha) for non-urban
categories

Availability

Map date November 17, 1995
Image date January 1, 1986
Image type Aerial photographs
Map scale 1:250,000

I Photo scale 1:24,000
Coordinate system NM State Plane

| Projection Lambert
Classification system n/a ‘
GIS ARC/INFO
Data Type Vector

Next scheduled update n/a

Most files are $45.00 with a $25.00 media charge. Purchaser can
provide medium. CD set of all NM coverages is available. Each CD
costs $150.00. Additional information is avilable on the internet at
http://rgis.unm.edu:8080 .

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Contact name Amy Budge
Contact title Geographic Data Service Manager
Contact Agency Earth Data Analysis Center

Address

2500 Yale Boulevard S.E., Suite 100

City, State, ZIP

Albuquerque, NM 87131-6031

Phone number

(605) 277-3622

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' Ohio Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of Ohio.

Ohio, Partial State Land Cover

CATEGORY DESCRIPTION

Coverage . Partial State, variety of county coverages
Comments Landsat-derived data coverage is expected to be available by 1998.
Resolution n/a
Minimum Mapping Unit 1 acre
Map date . +] varies
Image date varies
Image type . aeriat photograph
Map scale 1:24,000
Photo scale 1:24,000
I Coordinate system varies
Projection , nla
Classification system Anderson Modified, USGS Level 4 (40 to 74 classes)
GIs . ARC/INFO, OCAP
Data Type Vector,ARCANFO; and Raster, OCAP

Next scheduled update 5 to 10 year updates

Availability Contact Mike Lohrer at (614) 265-1044. Avaliable on magnetic tape or
through an anonymous FTP site upon request. Website:
http:/Avww.dnr.state.oh.us (Division of Real Estate)

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Contact name Wayne Channel

Contact title Administrator, Resource Analysis
Contact Agency _ | Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Address 1939 Fountain Square Court, E 2

| City, State, ZIP Columbus, OH 43224 |
Phone number (614) 265-6778 |
Email address n/a
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Albemarle-Pamlico Estuary Area-Land.Cover

CATEGORY DESCRIPTION

Coverage Albemarle-Pamlico Estuary Study Area (24,000 square miles)
Comments Integrated into the corporate APES database. Updated frequently.
Resolution 10 acres :

Minimum mapping unit

n/a

Map date December 31, 1989

Image date December 31, 1987

Image type Landsat TM

Map scale nla

Photo scale nia |

Coordinate system NC State Plane

Projection nla’

Classification system Anderson 2 Modified

Gis : n/a

Data Type Vector

Next scheduled update Frequent updates

Availability’ Sontact Ken Schaeffer for purchasing information. Phone (919) 733
Contact name Zsolt Nagy

Contact title Database Administrator

Contact Agency Center for Geographic information Analysis
Address 115 Hillsborough Street

City, State, ZIP Raleigh, NC 27603

Phone number (919) 733 2090

Email address gia.state.nc.us

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Florida Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of Florida.

Florida Vegetative Cover .

IDESCRIPTION

Coverage Entire State

Comments Landsat TM from 85 to 89
[Resolution . 0.25 acre :

linimum Mapping Unit In/a :

[Map date December 31, 1990

Image date Vanuary 1, 1987

limage type jLandsat TM

\Map scale In/a

Photo scale n/a,
= system UTM

[Projection n/a

IClassification system Personal System (22 classes)
GIS IERDAS/SUN

Data Type ‘Raster :

INext scheduled update [n/a

Availability Free

iContact name Randy Couch

Contact title Biological Administrator
|Contact Agency [Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission

ddress 620 South Meridian Street .

City, State, ZIP (Tallahassee, FL 32399-1600
IPhone number. (904) 488 6661

Email address kautzr@mail.state.fl.us

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Mississippi Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of Mississippi.

Mississippi Land Cover Data Set #1

CATEGORY __ DESCRIPTION
Coverage Entire state
Comments nla
Resolution 30M/pixel, 0,25 acres
Minimum mapping unit . | nla ;
Map date December 1, 1995
Image date July 1, 1993.
Image type Landsat TM
Map scale nla
Photo scale n/a
Coordinate system UTM
Projection o nla
Classification system Anderson modified (25 classes) ,
GIs ERDAS, ARC/INFO
Data Type Raster and Vector
Next scheduled update December 31, 1996
Availability Handling fee charged for data acquisition
Contact name Walter Belokon
Contact title GIS Specialist
Contact Agency Mississippi Automated Resources Information System (MARIS)
| Address 3825 Ridgewood Road
City, State, ZIP Jackson, MS 39211
Phone number (601) 982-6353
hi

p:/Avww.maris.state.ms.us

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Utah Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of Utah.

CATEGORY

oO Utah Land Cover

DESCRIPTION

Coverage

Entire State

Comments

‘progress.

Field-verified water related land uses. Development of internet site in |

Resolution

nla

Minimum Mapping Unit 8 to 10 acres ©
Map date November 1, 1993 : '
Image date | January-1, 1989 : :
Image type aerial photograph, color IR

1:24,000

1:24,000

UT

n/a

Original system designed by the State of Utah (50 classes)

ARC/INFO

Data Type

‘Vector

Map scale ~

Photo scale ;
Coordinate system
Projection
Classification system
Gis .

Next scheduled update

January 1, 1997

Availability

Duplication costs. Contact Dave Vaughn, Agriculture, 5130 State
Office Building, Salt Lake City, UT 84114. Phone (810) 538 3165

Contact name Ann Lewis

Contact title Water Planner ‘
Contact Agency UT State Division of Water Resources

Address 1636 W. North Temple

City, State, ZIP

Salt Lake City, UT 84116

Phone number

(801) 538-7287

Email address

nrwres.alewis@state.ut.use

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Executive Summary

Land cover, which is the pattern of ecological resources and human activities dominating different
areas of the earth’s surface, is one of the most important data sources used in watershed analysis
and the management of water resources throughout the country. Example uses of land cover data
in watersheds include modeling and predicting runoff, diagnosis of non-point source pollution.
sources and characteristics, analyzing habitat, siting appropriate land uses, and analyzing

. development patterns. Land cover patterns are mapped using aerial photography or satellite
imagery. In recent years, land cover data are increasingly available in digital format for use in
Geographic Information Systems. Yet, despite the high demand for land cover data, a single
source of up-to-date, nationally consistent land ¢ cover mapping at moderate to high spatial detail is
not available. ~

In the absence of a single national data source, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s
Office of Water has researched the availability of single-state and multi-state, moderately detailed
land cover data sets across the country and compiled a summary description about each finding.
The summaries in this directory include contact information to assist readers who may want to
acquire copies of the digital data for their own use. It should be noted, however, that this

' directory is not a centralized source for ordering and acquiring digital data; to obtain land cover
data, readers must contact the reference given for each individual data set in the directory.

In all, 75 different data sets were found, and most of these cover single states or parts of states. A
- few national data sets are available, but these are either very coarse in spatial resolution or
substantially out of date and thus have limited value in representing current land cover patterns.
Some multi-state coverages were found, including two current mapping programs (MRLC and
GAP) that may achieve full national coverage in-a few years. Where possible, pointers to
websites for ongoing mapping programs have also been listed to enable Teaders to use the most
recent internet updates on map coverage and availability.

. The EPA Office of Water is interested i in updating this directory periodically. _Readers who know
of a land cover data set that is not yet listed are requested to send the appropriate information to
. horton.douglas@epamail.epa.gov or fax to 202-260-7024 attn. Douglas Norton.



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Washington Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of ‘Washington. ©

Washington Partial State Land Cover

DESCRIPTION

CATEGORY

Coverage 2 million acres of forested and agricultural land

Comments Wa :
Resolution na

Minimum Mapping Unit 5 acres

Map date nla
[ mace date na

Image type aerial photo

Map scale varies

Photo scale © 1:2,000

Coordinate system WA State Plane

Projection n/a

Classification system nla

GIS ARC/INFO

Data Type Vector

Next scheduled update nla

Availability

Data available by township ($7 per township). Contact Sandra Bahr,
WA DNR GIS Service Center, (206) 902.1544. .

Contact name Ron Holman .

Contact title nla

Contact Agency WA Department of Natural Resources, GIS Service Center
Address PO Box 47020

City, State, ZIP Olympia, WA 98504-7020

Phone number

(360) 902 1532

_ Email address _

sbjj490@wadnr.gov

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Virginia Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of Virginia.

Virginia Partial State Land Cover

CATEGORY

DESCRIPTION

| Coverage 20 counties east of Interstate 95
Comments. NOAA collects this data for their coastwatch program
| Resolution 30M ;
‘Minimum Mapping Unit nla
Map date January 1, 1992
Image date January 1, 1988
Image type LANDSAT TTM
Map scale 1:24,000 . .
Photo scale na
Coordinate system | Lambert
Projection n/a
Classification system Individual system
GIS. -ARC/INFO.
Data Type Raster
‘Next scheduled update NOAA updates this every four years
Availability Available on CD ROM for $71.00
Contact name Mary Hollinger °
Contact title nla . =
Contact Agency - National Oceanographic Data Center.
Address | ‘SSMC3 4th Floor, 1315 East West Highway
City, State, ZIP’ Silver Spring, MD 20910 3282 7 |
Phone number (301) 713 3272 (x153)

Email address.

mhollinger@nodc.noaa.gov

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West Virginia Land Cover - Data Set #2

DESCRIPTION

U.S. EPA Office of Water

Coverage

Entire state

Comments

GIRAS U.S, Geological Survey Data

Resolution

n/a

Minimal Mapping Unit

6 to10 acres *

Map date

January 1, 1977 *

Contact title

Image date January 1, 1976
Image type aerial photograph
Map scale 4:250,000
Photo scale 1:70,000
Coordinate system UTM, DDMMSS
Projection nla
Classification system Anderson 2

GIs ARC/INFO

Data Type Vector,Raster
Next scheduled update n/a

Availability n/a

Contact name Charlie Yuill

Associate Professor

Contact Agency

West Virginia University

Address

1138 Agricultural Science Building

City, State, ZIP

Morgantown, WV 26506-6108

Phone number

(304) 293-6253

Email address

n/a

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This section contains reference information for the state of Kentucky.

Data sets in this directory include: Kentucky land cover and Kentucky partial state land cover.

CATEGORY —

Kentucky Land Cover

Coverage ‘

DESCRIPTION
Entire state

Comments

Resolution

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Mapping (National Wildlife Inventory)
hla . :

‘|. Minimum ‘Mapping Unit

1acre

January 1, 1992

Map date

Image date _ January 1, 1986 &

Image type aerial photo, color IR ; :

Map scale 1:24,000

Photo scale 1:24,000

Coordinate system UT.

Projection nla

Classification system Wetland Taxa (150 classes)

Gis . ARC/NFO

Data Type Vector

Next scheduled update _| n/a

Availability Available through the internet.

Contact name Ken Bates

Contact title Information Systems. Manager

Contact Agency KY Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet, Office of
Information Services

Address.

500 Mero Street, 14th floor

City, State, ZIP

Frankfort, KY 40601.-

Phone number

(802) 564 5174

Email address

n/a

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This section contains reference information for the state of Colorado.

Colorado, Denver Metro Area Land Cover

CATEGORY

DESCRIPTION

Coverage

Denver Metro Area

Comments

All files are currently corrupt and are unavilable. Files should be cleaned

Resolution

and available by January 1997.
20M

Minimum Mapping Unit

n/a

Map date

March 1, 1994

Image date June 1, 1992
Image type SPOT Panchrom
Map scale. n/a

Photo scale

| nfa.

i Coordinate system

UTM

Projection n/a .

Classification system Anderson Modified (12 classes)

GIs ARCANFO

Data Type Vector, Raster

Next scheduled update nla

Availability Not expected to be available until January 1997. Normally free through the

. internet; otherwise, cost of duplication. Contact Paul Marr at extension

6164. EPA Region 8 web site is http:/Avww.epa.gov/region08

Contact name Heng Ouch

Contact title GIs Specialist

Contact Agency

Address

‘| 999 18th Street, Suite 500 -

USEPA Region 8, Data Systems Management Service

City, State, ZIP

Denver, CO 80202

-Phone number

(303) 312 6182

"Email address _

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Georgia Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of Georgia.

Georgia Land Cover

DESCRIPTION
Entire state

CATEGORY

Coverage

Comments Image dates range from 1988 through 1990.
Resolution 100 feet

Minimum Mapping Unit nia.

Map.date December 1, 1991

Image date December 26, 1988

Image type Landsat TM

Map scale : plotted at 1:24,000 scale
- * || Photo scale nla :

Coordinate system GA State Plane (East and west zanes)

Projection : n/a

Classification system Anderson Modified

Gis ERDAS (UNIX)

Data Type Raster, Vector

Next scheduled update n/a

Availability Contact the Georgia Natural Heritage Program for information concerning
: availability
Contact name . Christopher Canalos
Contact title GIS Specialist : : :
Contact Agency: - | Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division,
Georgia Natural Heritage Program
2 Address 2117 U.S. Highway 278, S.E.
City, State, ZIP. Social Circle, GA 30279
Phone number (706) 557 3032

natural_heritage@mail.dnr.state.ga.us

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Delaware Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of DE.

Delaware Land Cover

DESCRIPTION.

Coverage

Entire state

Comments

Newer data is available. Details only available through private company.
Cail VARGIS, (800) 834-0225 for a brochure and ordering information.

Resolution

n/a

Minimum Mapping Unit

10 acres by 500 feet

Map date

December 31, 1985

|
:
|

Image date January 1, 1984 “

[nse type aerial photograph

Map scale 1:63,360

Photo'scale nla :

Coordinate system DE State Plane _ : .

Projection nia ;

Classification system Anderson Modified (22 classes)

Ee ARC/ANFO :

eS Type Vector

Next scheduled update_|_ n/a

| Availability Data available for $21 plus the cost of media used. Additional information
can be found at http:\www. dnrec: state.de.us

Contact name Debbie Sullivan :

Contact title Applications Support Specialist

Contact Agency DE Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

pees P.O. Box 1401 .

& State, ZIP Dover, DE 19903

Phone number

(302) 739 6308

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Kentucky Land Cover Partial State Coverage

CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
Coverage 50% of state. 55/120 counties have coal field data
Comments Data gathered to propose presence of wetlands in coal fields to. the USEPA.
Resolution 30M _ :
Minimum mapping unit na
Mapdate July 1, 1994
Image date May 1, 1993
Image type Landsat TM and Color IR
Map scale 1:60,000 ‘
Photo scale 1:40,000
Coordinate system UT
Projection nla
Classification system Anderson 2 GISARC/INFO
Data Type Raster
Next scheduled update _| tbs
Availability Cost varies.
Contact name Ken Bates
Contact title Information System Manager.
Contact Agency KY Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet, Office of
‘ Information Services
Address 500 Mero Street 14th Floor
City, State, ZIP Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone number (502) 564-5174
Email address n/a
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Arizona Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of Arizona.

Maricopa County Arizona Land Cover

|CATEGORY JESCRIPTION
[Coverage Maricopa County, Arizona
|Comments 1995 land use
Resolution 25 feet
linimum Mapping Unit _ [n/a

Map date Nanuary 1, 1996

Image date Wanuary 1, 1995

image type aerial photograph

(Map scale n/a

Photo scale n/a

\Coordinate system. JAZ State Plane
[Projection n/a

\Classification system individual system (24 classes)
IGIS ARCANFO

IData Type Vector

INext scheduled update [2000

Availability

‘|Contact Don Worley. Cost for noncommercial customers is $25 per disk;

commercial is $600 for all data. Not currently available through the internet.

|Contact name jon Worley

|Contact title [Transportation Planner

Contact Agency Maricopa Association of Government (MAG), Transportation Planning Office
Address 2901 West Durango Street :

low. State, ZIP Pheonix, AZ 85009

IPhone number

(602) 506 4117

Email address

Wworley@mag.mcdot.maricopa.gov

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West Virginia Data Sets

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West Vi rginia Land Cover - Data Set #1

CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
Coverage Entire state
Comments ) n/a
Resolution _ 30M
Minimum Mapping Unit "| na :
Map date July 1, 1995
Image date : January 1, 1972
Image type Landsat MSS
Map scale : nla
Photo scale . nla” :
Coordinate system : UTM.
Projection ; n/a
Classification system ‘Anderson 1 Modified (12.Classes)
Gis ARC/INFO
Data Type : Raster/Vector
Next Scheduled update n/a :
Availability on nla
Contactiname Charlie Yuill
Contact title Associate, Professor
: Contact Agency West Virginia University :
Address 4138 Agricultural Science Building
¥ City, State, ZIP . Morgantown, WV 26506-6108
Phorie number (304) 293-6253 _
° ; n/a

Email address

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New York Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of New York.

New York Partial State Land Cover

_ [[eATeGorY DESCRIPTION.

Coverage 52 of 57 counties .

Comments Data from property assessment maps for 52 of 57 counties. Digital
data available for every parcel centroid. Boundry information not
available for all counties.

Resolution Accurate to within 10 feet

Minimum Mapping Unit na

Map date: nla

Image date nla

Image type Parcel centroids

Map scale 1:4800 (Average)

Photo scale nla

Coordinate system State plane (1983)

Projection nla

Classification system Property Type Classification Code (similar to Anderson)

Gis ARC/ANFO

| Data Type Point

Next scheduled update na .

Availability Data is available in standard format for the cost of reproduction only.
(Standard format: 9 track tape, in ARCANFO EXPORT format) Files
can be customized for your system at additional cost. Costs of
teproduction will be agreed on prior to creation of files.

Contact name Eric Sheffer :

Contact title Geographical Information Systems -

Contact Agency NY Division of Equalization and Assessment

Address 16 Sheridan Avenue

City, State, ZIP Albany, NY 12210

| Phone number (518) 486-4416

Email address

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United States Geological Survey Land Use and Land Cover Data

CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
Coverage United States Coverage
Comments Available for most of the contiguous United States and Hawaii. National
LULC database known as the Geographic Information Retrieval Analysis
System (GIRAS).
Resolution nla
Minimum Mapping Unit 10 acres (4 ha) for urban categories and 40-acres (16 ha) for non-urban
. | categories
Map date nla
Image date mostly 1970s
Image type Aerial photographs
Map scale 1:250,000 and 1:100,000
Photo scale 1:24,000 to 1:100,000
Coordinate system UTM
Projection Geographic
f Classification system Anderson Level Il
GIS GIRAS, CTG
Data Type Vector and raster
Next scheduled update nla
Availability No cost through anonymous FTP account (http://edcwww.cr.usgs.
gov/glis/hyper/guide/1_250_lulc). Available at cost of repro-duction on
magnetic tape from the Earth Science Information Center, USGS, 507
National Center, Reston, Virginia 22092. Phone (703) 860-6045. Maps
also available through (800) USAMAPS. -
Contact name nla
Contact title Branch of Technical Management
Contact agency United States Geological Survey Address, 510 National Center
City, State, ZIP Reston, Virginia 22092
| Phone number nla
Email address nia



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Kansas Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of Kansas. —

Kansas Land Cover

DESCRIPTION

Coverage Entire State
Comments nla

Resolution 20M

Minimum Mapping Unit n/a

Map date June 1, 1994
‘Image date” December 1, 1990
Image type Landsat :
Map scale nla

Photo scale n/a-

Coordinate system State Plane
Projection Geographic
Classification system Anderson Modified (10 classes)
cis ARCANFO
Data Type Vector :

Next scheduled update 1998

Availability ~ Free from ftp site on the Data Access Support Center internet site :
http://gisdasc.kgs.ukans.edu._ Data can also be ordered on magnetic tape. *

Contact name Jerry Whistler :

Contact title Project Manager

Contact Agency Kansas Applied Remote Sensing

Address na

City, State, ZIP n/a

Phone-number

“(913) 864 3107

Email address

kars@ arc.kars.ukans.edu
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South Carolina Data Sets

DESCRIPTION

This section contains reference information for the state of South Carolina.

South Carolina Land Cover oo

Coverage Entire State |
Comments Supported by EPA Ri Region 4 Wetland Protection Division (Eric Hughes)
| Resolution 30 meters by 30 meters ‘ I

Minimum Mapping Unit nla:

Map date 1995

Image date January 1, 1990; 1992

image type Landsat TM (Bands 2 through 5) 1990 leaf on (late Spring) and 1992
leaf off (winter)

‘Map scale nla

Photo scale 1:62,500

Coordinate system UTM (zone 17)

Projection n/a

Classification system Anderson Modified Level 2 (16 classes)

GIs ERDAS

Data Type Raster

Next scheduled update | 3: scheduled updates: (1) substate, developed by Coastal Change

. | Analysis Program for 3 coastal themes, data converted to 14 NOAA

classes, improved data, completion expected by March 1997; (2) -
multi-state, use multiple resource and characteristics system to
develop hybrid for the state, Anderson Modified level 2, completion
expected by June 1997; and (3) SC GAP analysis, starting point is
product of first two updates, detailed vegetation, completion expected
by September 1998.

Availability Available for nominal charge. Contact the South Eastern Remote

: Sensing Center at (803) 734 9046.

Contact name Francois Smith

Contact title Remote Sensing Manager

Contact Agency SC Department of Natural Resources, Land Resources Division

Address 2221 Divine Street, Suite 200

City, State, ZIP Columbia, SC 29205-2474

(803) 734-9200

Phone humber

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: Tennessee Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of Tennessee.

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_ Tennessee Land Cover

CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
Coverage Entire State .
Comments Land cover data currently being developed. Projected completion date
is April 1997. Consult the TVA internet site (http:/Avww.tva.gov)for the
most recent data information. ~ .
Resolution nla
Minimum Mapping Unit _ | nla
| Map date ‘| nla

Image date ; nia
Image type nla

Map scale nla
Photo scale ~ n/a

ese system nla
Projection : na |

} Classification system n/a
GIS nla
Data Type nla
Next scheduled update nla

ens 7 nla . .

ES name Allen Voss :

‘ Contacttitle nla .

Contact Agency Tennessee Valley Authority
Address * | 1101 Market Street
City, State, ZIP; . | Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
Phone number ~ -(423) 751-2425
Email address

tvainfo@tva.gov

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Texas Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of Texas.

CATEGORY

Texas Vegetative Cover

DESCRIPTION

Coverage Entire State
Comments n/a

Resolution 120M
Minimum Mapping Unit nla

Map date January 1, 1984

Image date

January 1, 1976

Image type Landsat MSS

Map scale nla

Photo scale n/a

Coordinate system Lambert Conic

Projection nla : . -

Classification system

‘| Modified Anderson (50 classes)

GIS ARC/INFO
Data Type Vector
Next scheduled update . n/a

Availability Available over internet at
http:/Avww.tpwd.state.tx.us/admin/gis/gishome.html

Contact name Kim Ludecke

Contact title GIS Manager

Contact Agency TX Department of Parks and Wildlife -

Address 4200 Smith School Road

City, State, ZIP Austin, TX 78744 -

Phone number

(612) 389-8070

Email address

nia

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Illinois Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of Ilinois.

Illinois Land Cover _

“CATEGORY _ DESCRIPTION
| Coverage Entire State
Comments nla

Resolution 28.5M
Minimum Mapping Unit | n/a
Map date June 30, 1995
image date 1991-1995
; Image type Landsat TM
Map scale na
Photo scale nla
Coordinate system UTTM
Projection GRID TM , Zone 16
Classification system Modified Anderson (15 classes)
GIS ARC/ANFO
| Data Type Raster
Next scheduled update | Anticipated every 5 years
Availability Distributed on CD free to nonprofit organizations; nominal charge for others.

CD distributed with Atlas. Call (800) 528-5496 or (217) 782-8447 to order.
Citation is as follows: Illinois Department of Natural Resources. 1996. Illinois
Land Cover, and Atlas. Illinois Department of Natural Resources,
Springfield, IL, ILDNR/EEA-96/05. Internet address ©
http-/dnr.state.il.us/ctap/ctaphome.html

Contact name Don Luman

Contact title Associate Professor

Contact Agency llinois Department of the Environment and Natural Resources
Address 607 East Peabody Drive 7

City, State, ZIP Champagne, IL 61820

Phone number (217) 244-2179



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Wisconsin Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Land Cover

[ CATEGORY

DESCRIPTION _

Coverage Entire State

Comments Coverage derived from the USGS Land Use ’and Land Cover digital
- dataset at 1:250,000 scale. Vegetative Cover data set expected to be

completed by 1998. Check internet site for status.

Resolution n/a

Minimum Mapping Unit : 10-40 acres

Map date 1992

Image date Late 1970s and early 1980s
i Image type - aerial photographs

Map scale nla

Photo scale 1:60,000

Coordinate system UTM

Projection nla

Classification system Anderson Modified

GIs : ARC/INFO
| Data Type Vector

Next scheduled update nla

Availability $75 for state coverage tile ($50.00 ordering fee, $25 for tile). Data.

also available on anonymous ftp site. More information is available on
the internet site: http:/Avww.dnr.state.wi.us

Contact name

John Laedlein

Contact title GIS Technology Transfer Coordinator

Contact Agency Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Information
| Management, Geographic Services Section
|| Address 101 S. Webster Street

City, State, ZIP

Madison, WI 53707-7921

Phone number _

(608) 264 8916

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LAND COVER DIGITAL DATA DIRECTORY
FOR THE UNITED STATES

ae Introduction

What is the Land Cover Digital Data Directory?

The term land cover refers to the predominant ecological resources or human activities covering
different areas of the’ earth's surface, such as water (rivers and lakes), vegetation (grasslands,
forests), or human activity-dominated cover (cities, croplands, mining). Land cover data are

’ among the most important data for watershed analysis and management of water resources.
Some national or multi-state coverages are available and are described. However, most coverages
were created by state government agencies.

EPA's Land Cover Digital Data Directory for the United States is a compilation of reference *

- information on where and how to obtain available national or statewide GIS land cover data
sets. This directory is not a distribution center for these data, but rather should be used as a tool
to find the appropriate distributors of the data set of interest..

Land cover information is one of the most essential parts of any GIS, whether used for planning
and development, environmental protection, watershed management, transportation and utility
routing, industry, resource harvest, or numerous other activities. However, the size of our nation
and the speed with which land cover patterns change make it difficult to obtain up-to-date and
accurate land cover information on all parts‘of the country. The directory has been developed to
help.watershed managers find their way to the existing sources of land cover data for their
watersheds, and evaluate which of the available data sources will best suit the plans they have in
mind.

What is in the Land Cover ‘Digital Data Directory?

The Land Cover Digital Data Directory contains reference information (.e., "metadata") on four
broad categories of land cover data sets:

«Partial state coverage
*Full state coverage.
*Multi-state coverage
*National coverage.

The provided spatially-organized information on land cover can be used in geographic analyses.

The land cover digital data directory i is maintained by the Watershed Branch of EPA's Office of

" Wetlands; Oceans and Watersheds, and this office may be contacted for questions about the
directory itself. The contact person listed on each dataset- description page should be contacted
for questions specific to each data set in the directory.





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’ Arkansas Data Sets . ; . ‘

This section contains reference information for the state of Arkansas.

. Data sets in this section include: Arkansas Land Cover and Mississippi River Valley Land Cover.

Arkansas Land Cover

[DESCRIPTION —

Coverage [Entire State ~ : .
Comments ’ Descriptions of additional coverages for Arkansas are available in the on-line
catalog at the CAST internet site.
[Resolution 30 M (also available at 2, 10, 40, and 100 hectares)
Minimum Mapping Unit jn/a . .
Map date _ [December 31, 1994
image date Wune 1, 1992.
 |ilmage type |Landsat TM -
Map scale infa
Photo scale Infa
ICoordinate system UTM
Projection infa :
Classification system _ [Classification based on UNESCO/TNC/GAP.
GIS IPCI ,
Data Type \Raster
|Next scheduled update Infa .
Wailability (Cost of duplication. Also available. on the internet at http:/Avww.cast.uark.edu.
Contact name Fred Limp
Contact title [Director
|Contact Agency - “  |Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST), University of Arkansas
|Address- 12 Ozark Hall :
City, State, ZIP Fayetteville, AR 72701
Phone number (601) 575-6159

Email address @cast.uark.edu ‘

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N ational Data Sets.

” U.S. EPA Office of Water

" This section contains feference information about land cover mapping across the United States.

GIRAS-Derived National Data Set (Copy Owned by EPA)

CATEGORY

DESCRIPTION

Coverage

| U.S. 48 contiguous states, verified to 110 Longitude line.

Comments

Derived from GIRAS data. GIRAS not edge matched.

Resolution na

Minimum Mapping Unit 10 acres for urban categories, 40 acres for others ,
Map date 1994:

Image date mosily 1970s .

Image type aerial photographs, B/W
Map scale 1:250,000

Photo seale 1:250,000°

Coordinate system UTM a
Projection Albers Equal Area
Classification system Anderson 2

GIs ARC/NFO

Data Type Vector.

Next'scheduled update nla

Availability

. Free of charge off the internet’at http:/Awww.epa.gov/nsdi (title

search:1995 GIRIS).-

Contact name

Ed Partington

Contact title. Computer Specialist ,
Contact Agency | US. Environmental Protection Agency
Address 401 M. Street, SW

City, State, ZIP Washington, DC 20460

Phone,number

(202) 260-3106 .

Email address

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Florida Water Management District Land Cover

South
ATEGORY IDESCRIPTION
Coverage South Florida Water Management District
ICornments . .
Resolution n/a
Minimum mapping unit [2 acres
IMap date Lanuary 1, 1988 Image dateJanuary 1, 1 988
image type Aerial photograph _
Map scale 1:24,000
Photo scale 1:24,000 :
: lCoordinate system State Plane (East Zone)
Projection Infa .
lassification system __|Anderson Modified (100 classes) GISARCANFO
[Data Type. : Vector : '
Next scheduled update [n/a
. Availability Icost = $100.00 per hour for time and materials. Contact Terry Bennett at the
address below. : : :
Contact name. Bob Brown
|Contact title [Senior Prof GIS
iContact Agency ‘South Florida Water Management District :
Address 3301 Gun Club Road
ity, State, ZIP ' West Palm Beach, FL 33406
‘Phone number n/a :
lEmail address in/a

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Assessment and Watershed Protection Division
Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds (4503F)
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency

401 M Street SW ;
Washington, DC 20460



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Montana - One Kilometer AVHRR Land Cover Grid

DESCRIPTION

[extEcon J]

Coverage Entire State .

Comments Land cover for Montana created by the EROS Data Center from
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer data.

Resolution 1km :

Minimum Mapping Unit nla

Map date May 14, 1992

| Image date April 1, 1990 to October 31, 1990

Image type AVHRR ,

Map scale nla

Photo scale nla

Coordinate system UTM

Projection Albers Conic Equal Area

Classification system Similar to USGS Level |, with some specific vegetation types (corn,
aspen, etc.) 5

GIS ARC/INFO version 6.1.1

Data Type Raster

Next scheduled update nla

Availability Contact MT State Library for availability (homepage:
http:/nris.mt.gov/nsdi/nris). Data available as 8 mm tape cartridge, 1/4
inch tape cartridge, 9-track tape, or 3.5 inch floppy disk (DOS).
For-profit organizations must pay costs for reproducing data.

Contact name Fred Gifford :

Contact title GIS Coordinator

Contact Agency MT State Library

Address 1515 East 6 Avenue

City, State, ZIP Helena, MT 59620-1800

| Phone number

(406) 444-5357

Email address

fgifford@nris.mt.gov

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Multi-State Data Sets
This section provides descriptive data on multi-state coverages that do not have national coverage.

GAP Analysis Land Cover Maps

_ CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
Coverage Partial United States Coverage (Multi-State)
} Comments, GAP Analysis projects are ongoing. Please check the internet site to establish
availability of individual state data.
Resolution 30M
Map date varies
Image date varies
Image type. Landsat TM, DLG, DEM
Map scale 1:100,000
Photo scale nla
Coordinate system | UTM
Projection Albers
Classification UNESCO/TNC as modified for the United States
system
GIS ARC/ANFO
Data Type Vector and raster
Next scheduled n/a
update .
Availability Data available from the EROS Data Center, U.S.G.S., Sioux Falls, SD 57198.
Phone (605) 594-6142 or from the internet: http:/Avww.gap.uidaho.edu/gap/
Contact name Michael D. Jennings.
Contact title n/a
Contact Agency National Biological Service, National GAP Program ,
Address University of Idaho
City, State, ZIP Moscow, ID 83843
| Phone number (208) 885 6336 (3565)
|_-Email address michael_d._jennings@nbs.gov



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-Conterminous U.S. Land Cover Characteristics

CATEGORY

DESCRIPTION

Coverage Conterminous United States

Comments Data jointly devioped by the USGS EROS Data Genter and the Center
for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies (CALMIT)
at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln. Data is a classification of
seasonal land cover types.

Resolution 1km

Minimum Mapping Unit nla”

Map date nla

Image date 1990 data

Image type NOAA AVHRR satellite imagery

Map scale | nia

Photo scale nla . 7 A

Coordinate system Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area

Projection nla

Classification ‘system 159 classes

GIs nia

Data Type Raster

Next scheduled update n/a

Availability | Data available on CD ROM from the EROS Data Center, U.S.G.S.,
Sioux Falls, SD 57198. Telephone the Center at (605) 594- 6142 or
visit the following internet sites EROS Data Center=
“http//edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/CALMIT=
http:/Awww.calmit.unl.edu/calmit.htmt.

Contact name nla

Contact title Customer Service

Contact agency United States Geological Survey '

Address EROS Data Center

City, State, ZIP Sioux Falls, SD 57198

Phone number

(605) 594-6151

Email address

custserv@edeserver1 .cr.usgs.gov



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New Mexico Vegetative Cover

DESCRIPTION

Entire State

Comments

Resolution

nla

Map date January 1, 1991
: Image date January 1, 1991
Image type Paper map by Dr. William Dick-Peddie
Map:scale 41 000,000.
Photo scale n/a
Coordinate system New Mexico State Plane
Projection Lambert :
Classification system tbs GISARCANFO
Data Type Vector
Next scheduled update _| nla
Availability ' Most files are $45.00 with a $25.00 media charge. Purchaser can
provide medium. CD set of all NM coverages is available. Each CD
costs $150.00. Additional information available on the internet at
http://rgis.unm.edu:8080 . :
Contact name “ | Amy Budge .
Contact fitle Geographic Data Service Manager
-Contact Agency Earth Data Analysis Center
Address 2500 Yale Boulevard S.E., Suite 100
City, State, ZIP Albuquerque, NM 87131-6031
Phone number (505) 277-3622

Email address

edac@spock.unm.edu

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SW Corner of State Land Cover

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CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
Coverage SW Corner, 0.25 state coverage
Comments nla
Resolution 250M
Minimum mapping unit n/a
Map date May 1, 1991 7
Image date June 1, 1990
Image type Landsat TM
Map scale nla
Photo scale nla
Coordinate system UT

| Projection n/a
Classification system Anderson 1 modified (10 classes) GIS ERDAS
Data Type Raster and Vector
Next scheduled update nla

i Availability Handling fee charged for data acquisition
Contact name Walter Belokon :
Contact title GIS Specialist
Contact Agency Mississippi Automated Resources Information System (MARIS)
Address 3825 Ridgewood Road
City, State, ZIP Jackson, Ms 39211
Phone number (601) 982-6353 Web
site

http:/Awww.maris.state.ms.us

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Iowa Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of Iowa.

Iowa Land Cover

CATEGORY. DESCRIPTION

Coverage Entire State

Comments Developed from USGS 1:250,000 GIRAS land use files
Resolution n/a

Minimum Mapping Unit 10 acres

Map date January 1, 1984

Image date -| January 1, 1980

Image type aerial photographs, BAW
Map scale n/a

Photo scale. 1:250,000

Coordinate system "UTM, Zone 15
Projection nia

Classification system Anderson Level 2

Gis ARCANFO

Data Type Vector

Next scheduled update nla

Availability Available over the internet at

http:/Avww.igsb.uiowa.edu/ftblib/gisdata/iastateluse.tt

Contactname - James Giglierano

Contact title Research Geologist :
Contact Agency 1A Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey Bureau
Address 109 Trowbridge Hall :
City, State, ZIP lowa City, IA.52242-1319

Phone number (319) 335 1575

Email address 0.igsb.uiowa.edu

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Montana - 1:250,000 Scale Land Use

DESCRIPTION
Coverage . Entire State ‘

Comments Derived from USGS GIRAS files. USGS files were converted to
Are/Info format, transformed to UTM coordinates, and projected to
Albers Conical Equal Area. Library tiles have varying source dates
(1970 to 1985). ‘Ts °

Resolution nla ; .
Minimum Mapping Unit 10 acres for urbanized areas, 40 acres for non-urban
Map date . February 1, 1992 .

. Image date a January 1, 1970 to January 1, 1980
Image type. Aerial photographs
- Map scale 1:250,000
Photo scale n/a
Coordinate system UT .
Projection . . Albers Conic Equal Area

Classification system Similar to USGS Level Il__
Gis ARC/INFO

Data Type . - . Vector,

Next scheduled update ; nla

Availability Contact MT State Library for availability (homepage:

a . http://nris.mt.gow/nsdi/nris). Data available’as 8 mm tape cartridge, 1/4
inch tape cartridge, 9-track tape, or 3.5 inch floppy disk (DOS).
For-profit organizations must pay costs for reproducing data.

Contact name Fred Gifford

Contact title o- GIS Coordinator
Contact Agency MT State Library
Address _-| 1515 East 6 Avenue
City, State, ZIP Helena, MT 59620-1800
Phone number ; (406) 444-5357

Email address fgifford@nris.mt.gov

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Indiana Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of Indiana.

Indiana Land Cover

CATEGORY DESCRIPTION

Coverage Entire State

Comments For the ongoing Indiana GAP ‘Analysis Project Consult GAP internet site for i
: status of project.

Resolution . 2 hectares (can be modified to suit user needs)
Minimum Mapping Unit _| n/a : ‘

Map date July 1,1995

Image date _| January 1, 1992 :
Image type Landsat

Map scale 4:24,000
-Photo scale na

Coordinate system _* UTM.

Projection na

Classification system Anderson Modified

GIs ARCANFO

Data Type Raster and Vector

Next scheduled update n/a

Availability Cost of medium. Internet Site for Gap Analysis Program i is

http: / NOW gap.uidaho.edu/gap/ _-

Contact name . Forest Clark

Contact title Fish and Wildlife Biologist

Contact Agency Fish and Wildlife Service - Bloomington Field Office
Address : 620 S. Walker Street

City, State, ZIP_ + Bloomington, IN 47403

Phone number. (812) 334 4261 (x206)

forest_clark@

Email address __

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Rhode Island Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of Rhode Island.

Rhode Island Land Cover

CATEGORY DESCRIPTION

Coverage Entire state ~ ,

Comments Land cover delineated and compiled by University of Massachusetts
Department of Forestry

} Resolution 0.5 acre

Minimum Mapping Unit nla

Map date February 1, 1991

Image date January 1, 1988

Image type Black and white stereo aerial photographs

Map scale 1:24,000 Photo

scale 1:24,000 Coordinate system

UTM Projection nla .

Classification system Anderson Modified, USGS level 3

Gis ARC/ANFO

Data Type Vector/topolagical

Next scheduled update nla

Availability Purchaser must obtain license. Available free off of the internet at
http:\\www.edc.uri.edu. Available on magnetic media at $150 for first
MB, and $100 for each remaining MB.

Contact name John Stachelhouse .

Contact title GIS Coordinator

Contact Agency RI Department of Administration, Division of Planning

Address . One Capitol Hill

City, State, ZIP Providence, RI 02908

Phone number . (410)277-6483

Email address stach@rigis.doa.state.ri.us

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What is Addressed in the Data Directory?

The information collected for inclusion in this data directory does not provide comprehensive
metadata for any of the coverages. It does, however, provide a summary of the structure,
content, spatial coverage, and availability of most national and statewide land cover data.

The data directory contains the following data elements:

Category Descriptions .

Coverage This data element includes information on the spatial extent of the
coverage (e.g., national, multi-state,statewide, or partial state).
CommentsThis field includes any relevant narrative information
related to the coverage.

Resolution The pixel size of the satellite imagery used for mapping.

Minimum mapping unit

The minimum size area of land cover (e.g., 1 | acre) that appears on
the maps.

Map date The date the map or coverage was created from the source data.
f Image date The date the source data was collected.
Image type The type of image used to create the coverage.
i Map scale Scale of the map or coverage developed.
Photo scale Scale of the airphotos used to create the coverage.
Coordinate system The specific system used to reference the coverage to a geographic
location.
Projection The specific projection used to display the data coverage.

Classification system

The classification system used in preparing land use/land cover maps.

GIS

The GIS system the data coverage is provided.

| Data Type The data encoding format of the coverage.
Next scheduled update The date for the next planned update of the data coverage.
Availability This data field contains relevant information on the type of media,
costs, and where available for the data.
Contact'name Information on the state-specific contact.
Contact title
Contact Agency
|| Address
City, State, ZIP

Phone number

Email address



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Connecticut Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of Connecticut.

‘Connecticut Land Cover

CATEGORY DESCRIPTION _

Cover Coverage Entire state

Comments Land cover data originally used for assessing nutrient loading from nonpoint
sources. As a result, some categories (agriculture, etc.) are more detailed
than other land cover categories.

Resolution 30M

Minimum Mapping Unit nla

Map date January 1, 1992

Image date January 1, 1990

Image type Landsat TM

Map scale ‘nla

Photo scale nla

Coordinate system State plane and UTM

Projection nia

Classification system Anderson Modified (23 to 24 categoires)

GIS ARCANFO

Data Type Raster and Vector

Next scheduled update

January 1, 2000

Availability

Cost is a function of the media type. To obtain data, contact Howie .
Sternberg at the CT Department of Environmental Protection. (208) 424
3594

Contact name

John Scull

Contact title

Geographic Information Coordinator

Contact Agency

Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection

Address

79 Elm Street.

City, State, ZIP

Hartford, CT 06106

Phone number

(203) 424 3597

Email'address

nia

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New Jersey Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of New Jersey.

New Jersey Land Cover

Coverage Entire state
_Comments nla

Resolution n/a

Minimum Mapping Unit 2.5 acres

Map date January 1, 1995

Image date January 1, 1986

Image type aerial photograph

Map scale ' 1:24,000

Photo scale 1:58,000

Coordinate system State plane (feet) NAD 83

Projection n/a

Classification system Anderson 2

GIS ARC/ANFO

Data Type ~ Vector :

Next scheduled update January 1, 1999

Availability Contact the Map Sales Office at (609) 777 1039. Available on3 CD

ROMs for $30.00 each. Data in ARC/INFO export format for DOS.

Contact name © Larry Thorton

Contact title Research Scientist, GIS

Contact Agency NJ Department of Environmental Protection and Energy, Office of

information Resources Management, Bureau of: Geographic
. Information and Analysis

Address CN 428

City, State, ZIP Trenton, NJ 08625

Phone number (609) 633 8144

Email address : “Ithorton@de

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Wyoming DataSets

This section contains reference information for the state of Wyoming.

Wyoming Partial State Land Cover

CATEGORY . DESCRIPTION | ,

Coverage Critical agricultural areas in Wyoming

Comments

Resolution : : : nla

Minimum Mapping Unit 40 acres
Map date “| December 15, 1994

Image date . : . January 1, 1990
Image type : ‘Aerial photograph, color IR
Map scale __ : 4:24,000
Photo scale __-| 4:48,000 .
Coordinate system Lambert CO.
Projection : “jnla ‘
.Classification system 7 Individual system
| GIS : : ARC/INFO
Data Type ~_| Vector
Next scheduled update nla
Availability Duplication costs
Contact name | Chris Arenson
Contact title : Research Associate
, Contact Agency WY Water Resources Center
Address PO Box 3067

Laramie, WY 82071
(307) 742 2143

n/a

City, State, ZIP

Phone number

Email address

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;, Oregon Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of Oregon.

U.S, EPA Office of Water

Oregon Land Cover

[ CATEGORY DESCRIPTION :
Coverage Entire State
Comments Adopted by the NBS GAP Program. OR Department of Fish and
Wildlife has been contracted to upgrade this coverage in 1997.
Contact GAP web site for the most updated coverages.
Resolution 320 acres
Minimum Mapping Unit nla
Map date Febuary 1, 1996
Image date July 1, 1988
| Image type Landsat MSS, TM
Map scale nla :
Photo scale 1:250,000 .
Coordinate system Lambert Equal Area
Projection nla
Classification system - Developed instate, similar to UNESCO/TNC/GAP
GIS ARC/NFO
Data Type Vector
Next scheduled update nla
Availability . Contact the GAP Program at the University of Idaho
(http:/Awww.gap.uidaho/gap) or the Oregon. GIS Service Center,
Department of Energy, 625 Marion Street, N.E. Salem, OR 97310.
Internet site: http:/Awww.sscgis.state.or.us (data from the OR GIS
Service might be less recent than that on the GAP internet site).
Contact name Blair Csuti
Contact title n/a
Contact Agency National Biological Service
Address 2600 SE 98th Avenue, Suite 100
City, State, ZIP Portland, OR 97266 !
Phone number (503) 231 6179 r
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Massachusetts Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Land: Cover

CATEGORY DESCRIPTION

Cover Coverage Entire state

Comments nla

Resolution nia

Minimum Mapping Unit 1 acre

ee date nla

image date June 1, 1985

| image type aerial photographs

Map scale 1:25,000

Photo scale 1:40,000

Coordinate system (feet) | State plane

Projection nla

Classification system Unique system (based on the Anderson system) devised by William
MacConnell at the Department of Forestry, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst.
ARC/INFO

Data Type Vector

= scheduled update January 1, 2000

Availability

$100.00 per tile. (Each data layer is divided into one or more tiles or
coverages.) Standard format is ARCANFO Export in the MA State Plane
coordinate system. Conversion services are available for an additional -
$25.00.. © .

Contact name Michael Trust

Contact title Database Administrator/Cartographer

Contact Agency Massachusetts Geographical Information Systems, Executive. Office of
Environmental Affairs

Address 20 Somerset Street, 3rd Floor

City, State, ZIP Boston, MA 02108

Phone number

410-277-6483 X327

Email address

n/a

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CATEGORY

West Virginia Land Cover - Data Set #3

DESCRIPTION

U.S. EPA Office of Water

Coverage

Entire state

Comments

GAP Analysis

Resolution

n/a

Minimal Mapping Unit

10 acres

Map date

June 1, 1995

Image date

July 1, 1993

Image type

Landsat TM

Map scale |

n/a

Photo scale

25M per pixel

Coordinate system

UTM

Projection

n/a

Classification system

Anderson 2, Society of American Foresters

GIs

ARC/ANFO

Data Type

‘Vector,Raster

Next scheduled update

n/a

Availability

n/a

Contact name

Charlie Yuill

Contact title

Associate Professor

Contact Agency

West Virginia University

Address

1138 Agricultural Science Building -

Gity, State, ZIP

Morgantown, WV 26506 6108

Phone number

(304) 293 6253

Email_address

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Michigan Data Sets

U.S. EPA Office of Water

This section contains reference information for the state of Michigan. .
Michigan Land Cover
CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
Coverage Entire State
Comments n/a
Resolution n/a
Minimum Mapping Unit 2 acres .
Map date January 1, 1988
Image date January 1, 1978
Image type aerial photograph
Map scale 1:24,000
Photo scale 1:24,000
Coordinate system MI State Plane
Projection na
Classification system Anderson 3 Modified (50 classes)
GIS Intergraph
Data Type Vector
Next scheduled update nla .
Availability Contact Don MacDonald at (517) 373 2534. Additional information
available from http:/Avwww.dnr.state.mi.us/ www/red/miris/miris.html

Contact name Sherman Hollander

Contact title Cartographer .

Contact Agency Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Land and Water
Management Division - 7

Address PO Box 30028

City, State, ZIP Lansing, MI 48909

Phone number (517) 373 9123

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Nebraska Land Cover - Partial State Coverage

CATEGORY DESCRIPTION :
* Coverage Partial State, 64 of 93 counties completed
Comments, nia
Resolution na
Minimum Mapping Unit 8 acres
Map date : 7 January 1, 1990
’ Image date , December 1, 1983
image type . : aerial photograph
Map scale | finch = 1 mite
‘Photo scale nla
Coordinate system UTM.
Projection | nla
Classification system - Individual system (20 classes) GISARCANFO . ‘
Data Type. Vector |
Next scheduled update | nia”
Availability Cost of medium if provided in-house. Free of charge over the internet
. : at http:/Awww.nre.state.ne.us :
Contact name ' : Steve Rathje
Contact title GIS Analyst
Contact Agency NE Natural Resources Information
Address __ PO Box 974876
City, State, ZIP___ Lincoln, NE 68509
. = number (402) 471-2081 .
= _bansal@nredec.nrc.state.ne.us

Email address

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Hawaii Data Sets

"U.S. EPA Office of Water

This section contains reference information for the state of Hawaii.

Hawaii Land Cover

CATEGORY DESCRIPTION

Coverage NE Coast of the Island of Hawaii.
Comments nla

Resolution 30M

Minimum Mapping Unit_| n/a

ee

Map date

September 1, 1994

Image date January 1, 1990
image type Landsat TM
Map scale n/a ‘
Photo scale nia

| Coordinate system UT.
Projection n/a

Classification system

USGS Level 1,2 (12 classes)

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GIs

ARC/ANFO

; Data Type Raster
Next scheduled update _| n/a
Availability nla
Contact name. Craig Tasaka
Contact title Planning Program Manager
Contact Agency HI Office of State Planning
Address PO Box 3540

City, State, ZIP

Honolulu, HI 96811-3540

Phone number

Email address

(808) 587 2894

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New Hampshire - Partial State Land Cover .

DESCRIPTION

Coverage

Partial state: Coos County, Grafton County, Carroll County, Strafford
County, and Rockingham County

| Comments

5 of 10 counties completed. Remaining 5 to be completed by 2000.

| Resolution 30 M/pixel
Minimum Mapping Unit 0.2 acres.
Map date September 1, 1993
Image date January 1, 1990
Image type Landsat TM
Map scale na
Photo scale nla
Coordinate system NH State Plane (feet)
Projection nla .
Classification system Anderson 1 Modified (23 classes)
‘GIS ARC/ANFO
Data Type Raster

a

Next scheduled update

January 1, 2000

Availability

Data available at no charge on the internet at
http://nhresnet.sr.unh.edu/granit/data/catalog ; otherwise, data,
available for $75 per MB. For purchasing information, contact Fay
Rubin, UNH, Complex Systerris Research Center, Morse Hall,
Durham, NH 03824. Phone: (603) 862 1792.

Contact name Jim McLaughlin
Contact title Senior Planner
Contact aency New Hampshire Office of State Planning

Address

2. and one half Beacon Street

City, State, ZIP

Concord, NH 03301

Phone number

(603) 271 2155

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Pennsylvania Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of. Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Partial State Land Cover

CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
Coverage . : Partial State
Comments Some digita! data available. Also ‘epographical maps and aerial
7 photographs available. _
Resolution > n/a
Minimum Mapping Unit n/a
Map date January 1, 1995
Image date nla :
Image type ._| aerial photographs, digital orthophotos
Map scale 1:24,000
Photo scale | 1:12,500
Coordinate system ~ Lat/Long -
Projection "| incomplete
Classification system : Wa
fells} ° ARC/INFO
Data Type Vector
Next scheduled update ongoing
Availability . For metadata or data, contact the Maps room of Pattee Library,
Pennsylvania State University, (814) 863 0094
Contact name : Tom Baldwin .
Contact title Computer Systems:Analyst :
Contact Agency . PA Department of Environmental Resources, Bureau of Information
Services
Address : . “P.O. Box 8761
City, State, ZIP Harrisburg, PA 17105-8761
Phone number. (717) 772 5883
Email address nia

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Rhode Island . .
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Tennessee ....
Texas ..
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Montana Data Sets :

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This section contains. reference information for the state of Montana.

» Montana - Upper Clark Fork River Land Cover

CATEGORY DESCRIPTION

Coverage Partial state: Four corners are near Missoula, Dillon, Helena, and
Salmon, ID.

Comments Classified Landsat Thematic Mapper 30 meter image. Project done
by the University of Texas for Environmental Monitoring Systems Lab
in Las Vegas, NV. ~

Resolution 30M

Minimum Mapping Unit nla

Map date . September 15, 1994

Image date August 19, 1987

Image type __| Landsat TM

Map scale na .

Photo scale n/a

Coordinate system UTM

Projection Albers Conic Equal Area

Classification system Individual system (10 classes) similar to USGS Level |

GIS . ARC/INFO export version 7.0.2

Data Type Raster.

“Next scheduled update nla

Availability ~ | Contact MT State Library for availability (homepage:

° http://nris.mt.gov/nsdi/nris). Data available as 8 mm tape cartridge, 1/4
inch tape cartridge, 9-track tape, or 3.5 inch floppy disk (DOS).
For-profit organizations must pay costs for reproducing data:

Contact name Fred Gifford : :

Contact title GIS Coordinator

Contact Agency _ MT State Library

Address 1515 East 6 Avenue

City, State, ZIP Helena, MT 59620-1800

Phone number . (406) 444-5357

Email address fgifford@nris.mt.qov

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U.S. EPA Office of Water

Mississippi - North 50% of State Land ‘Cover

CATEGORY

DESCRIPTION

Coverage

North 50% of state

Comments.

nla

Resolution

50M

Minimum mapping unit nia

Map date September 1, 1994

Image date September 1, 1987

Image type ‘LandsatTM . !
Map scale n/a

Photo scale n/a

Coordinate system UTM.

Projection nla

4

Classification system

Anderson 1 modified (10 classes)

GIs ERDAS

Data Type Raster and Vector.

Next scheduled update nla

Availability Handling fee charged for data acquisition

Contact name Waiter Belokon

Contact title GIS Specialist

Contact Agency Mississippi Automated Resources Information System (MARIS)
3825 Ridgewood Road City, State, ZIPJackson, MS 39211

- Address

Phone number

(601) 982-6353

Web site’

http:/Avww.maris.state.ms.us

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CATEGORY

South Carolina Land Cover Data Set #2.

DESCRIPTION

Coverage

Entire State

Comments

Information will be posted on the internet by early 1997. Access site
through the South Carolina government home page.

Resolution

20 meters by 20 meters

Minimum mapping unit nla

Map date July 1, 1990
Image date February 1, 1989
Image type SPOT XS :
Map scale 1:40,000

Photo scale 1:500,000
Coordinate system UTM

Projection nla

Classification system

Anderson Modified Level 1,2 (10 classes)

Gis ERDAS _

Data Type Raster

Next scheduled update ths :

Availability Contact the South Eastern Remote Sensing Center (SERSC) at (803)
734 9046.

Contact name, Francois Smith

Contact title Remote Sensing Manager

Contact Agency SC Department of Natural Resources, Land Resources Division

Address 2221 Divine Street, Suite 200

City, State, ZIP Columbia, SC 29205(c)2474

Phone number

(803) 734 9114 -

Email address

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Alabama Data Sets : .

U.S. EPA Office of Water

This section contains reference information for the state of Alabama.

Alabama Land Cover

CATEGORY DESCRIPTION ©
Coverage nla
Comments New three-year project ongoing with USEPA and ADEM to gather land
coverdata. . . .
Resolution nia
Minimum Mapping Unit nla
Map date nla |
Image date na
Image type nla
Map scale nla ,
Photo scale Wa
Coordinate system nla
Projection nla
Classification system nla
GIS, nla
Data Type nla
Next scheduled update. | n/a
Availability nla
Contact name Nick Tew
Contact title GIS Director,
Contact Agency Geological Survey of Alabama, State ESIC Office
|) Address P.O. Box 0
City, State, ZIP ‘Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-9780
Phone number (205) 349-2852 x246
Email address n/a



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New Hampshire Data Sets ——-

This section contains reference information for the state of New Hampshire.

New Hampshire Land Cover

CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
Coverage . . | Entire State:

| Comments . © n/a
Resolution - 30M/pixel
Minimum mapping unit 0.2 acre
Map date January 1, 1993
Image date | ‘| January 1, 1990
Image type - Landsat TM
Map scale a
Photo scale n/a
Coordinate system NH State Plane (feet)
Projection nla’
Classification system Anderson 1 Modified .
(13 classes) GIS -~ ARC/INFO GRID
Data Type Raster
Next scheduled update n/a

Availability Data available at no charge.on the internet at
http://nhresnet.sr.unh.edu/granit/data/catalog; otherwise, data .
available for $75 per MB. For purchasing information, contact Fay
Rubin, UNH, Complex Systems Research Center, Morse Hall,
Durham, NH 03824. Phone: (603) 862 1792.

Contact name Jim McLaughlin
Contact title . . Senior Planner .
Contact Agency _ New Hampshire Office of State Planning
Address 2 and one half Beacon Street
City, State, ZIP Concord, NH 03301 -
. ‘Phone number (603) 27:

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CATEGORY _

New York - Adirondack Park Land Cover

U.S. EPA Office of Water

_DESCRIPTION

Northeast New York within Adirondack Park, 6 million acres

Coverage

Comments Data from 1971, 1979, and 1983. Interpreted for each year.
Resolution 1 acre : :

Minimum Mapping Unit nla

Map date July 1, 1989 :

Image date July 4, 1983

Image type > Landsat MSS.-

Map scale 1:24,000 :

Photo scale 4:100,000

Coordinate system UTM

Projection | na _~

Classification system Anderson Modified

‘cis

ERDAS

Data Type | Raster

Next scheduled update undecided .

Availability Costs of reproduction and media. Contact the Freedom of Information ©
Officer at (518) 891-4050.

Contact name John Banta

Contact title

‘| Director of Planning

Contact Agency Adirondack Park Agency
= P.O. Box 99

City, State, ZIP Ray Brook, NY 12977

Phone number (618) 891-4050

Email address

n/a

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Chugach National Forest Land Cover ~

CATEGORY : DESCRIPTION
3 Coverage Chugach National Forest (9.6 million acres) - ‘
Comments Twenty different satellite scenes were worked on independently.
Preliminary classifications were merged to produce 1 map of the entire’
project area. : . .
Resolution “| nla ”
Minimum mapping unit nla
Map date ; nla
Image date 1977-1991
Image type Landsat TM and MSS, Spot MSS
Map ‘scale nla
Photo scale nla
Coordinate system nla:
Projection nla
‘ Classification system 39 classes
GIs n/a
Data Type . Raster
Next scheduled update | n/a
Availability nla
Contact name Bruce Williams
Contact title _| GIS Coordinator
Contact Agency USDA Forest Service
Address 3301 C Street, Suite 300
City, State, ZIP. Anchorage, AK 99503-3998
Phone number (907) 271 2527
i -/s=mri/oui=r10f04a@mhs-fsbo.attmail.com

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Executive Summary 0.0.0.6... cece een n nee nee eee ne enees v
Introduction ............ Lecce lee cece cece eee eae Lecce eee e eee 1
National Data Sets . : :
GIRAS-Derived National Data Set. 22.2... 6 0 ee eee eee eens 3
USGS Land Use and Land Cover Data Set ......... a 4
Conterminous U.S. Land Cover Characteristics ..........0..00 008.0005 rn 5
Multi-State Data Sets .
GAP Analysis Land Cover Maps ... 0-00... 0... e eee ee eee 1.6
MRLC Consortium Land Cover Maps ..... w7
Mississippi River Valley Land Cover Maps ......0.... 0.0000 b eee cece bee eee eee nes 8.

Single State Data Sets

Colorado ..
Connecticut . .
Delaware . .
Florida . .

Indiana 2... le eee Dente ena ecg teeta de ees ;
Towa’... :
Kansas . .

Massachusetts .
Michigan ....
Minnesota . .
Mississippi... 0.2. cence cence nent nett eet eneneees

North Carolina . .

Nebraska 2.0.0... leet ene e ees Deve b een ete eneeeences
Nevada .....
New Hampshire .
New Jersey ..
New Mexico



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ay Maryland Data Sets

U.S. EPA Office of Water

This section contains reference information for the state of Maryland.

Maryland Land ‘Cover

CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
Coverage Entire state by county and city
Comments 1990 land cover information
Resolution nla
Minimum Mapping Unit 10 acres
Map date April 1, 1994
Image date January 1, 1989
Image type High altitude aerial photograph
Map scale 1:62,500-
Photo scale 1:62,500 ‘
Coordinate system MD State plane (1927)
Projection nla
Classification system . Anderson 2 Modified (25 classes)
GIS ARC/INFO
Data Type Vector
Next scheduled update nla

(aia Cost = $350.00 per county. To purchase data, contact Tom Nasuta,

. Office of State Planning, (410) 225 4450
Contact name Karl Weaver
Contact title Environmental Specialist
Contact Agency MD Department of Environmental Management, Division of Information
Systems

Address 2500 Broening Hwy
City, State, ZIP Baltimore, MD 21224
Phone number (410) 631 3914

| Email address _- n/a

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West Virginia Land Cover - Data Set #4

CATEGORY DESCRIPTION

Coverage Entire state, county by county

Comments Natural Resources Conservation Service Data
Resolution na .

Minimal Mapping Unit

Unknown, less than 5 acres

Map date January 1, 1997
Image date January 1, 1989
Image type aerial photograph
Map scale 1:24,000 quad maps
Photo scale 1:50,000

Coordinate system UTM

Projection nla

Classification system

Anderson 2, 3 Modified

GIS

ARC/INFQ, GRASS _

Data Type Vector,Raster
| Next scheduled update nla
Availability nla
Contact name Charlie Yuill
Contact title Associate Professor
Contact Agency West Virginia University
Address 1138 Agricultural Science Building
City, State, ZIP Morgantown, WV. 26506 6108
Phone number (304) 293 6253
Email address na

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Northwest Florida Water Management District Land Cover Coverage
Portion of Northwest Florida Water Management District

ATEGORY DESCRIPTION
[Comments infa
(Resolution ISPOT data=15M Landsat data=30M
linimum mapping unit [n/a
lap date In/a Image daten/almage typeSPOT, Landsat
[Map scale infa
Photo scale Iva
\Coordinate system UTM
Projection in/a
\Classification system __|Anderson 3 Modified GISARCANFO
Data Type (Vector
\Next scheduled update |n/a
Availability Charge for time and materials.
|Contact name ‘ Luann Rains
jronest title Senior GIS Analyst
|Contact Agency jNorthwest Florida Water Management District
Address [Route 1, Box 3100
City, State, ZIP Havana, FL 32333
[Phone number (204) 539-5999
[Email address in/a =

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products does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.

This report should be cited as:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1997. Land Cover Digital Data Directory for the United

States. EPA841-B-97-005. Office of Water (4503F), United States Environmental Protection
Agency, Washington, DC. 77 pp.

To obtain a copy free of charge, contact:
National Center for Environmental Publications and Information (NCEPI)

Phone: (513) 489-8190
Fax: (513) 891-6685

This EPA report may also be available on the Internet for browsing or download at:

http:/Avww.epa.gov/OWOW/info/PubList/pubcon-html



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Montana Major Land Uses

CATEGORY DESCRIPTION

Coverage Entire State

Comments Major land uses in Montana scanned from the 1970 National Atlas of
the United States.

Resolution n/a

Minimum Mapping Unit Approximately 10,000 acres

Map date January 1, 1992

Image date January 1, 1950 to January 1, 1967

Image type Digitized from National Atlas map of the United States ~

Map scale 1:750,000 . . .

Photo scale nla

Coordinate system State Plane

Projection -| nla

Classification system Similar to USGS Level I

GIS ARC/INFO

Data Type Vector

Next scheduled update nla _

Availability Contact MT State Library for availability (homepage:
http:/nris.mt.gov/nsdi/nris). Data available as 8 mm tape cartridge, 1/4
inch tape cartridge, 9-track tape, or 3.5 inch floppy disk (DOS).
For-profit organizations must pay costs for reproducing data.

Contact name Fred Gifford

Contact title GIS Coordinator

Contact Agency MT State Library

Address 1515 East 6 Avenue

City, State, ZIP Helena, MT 59620-1800

Phone number (406) 444-5357

Email address fgifford@nris.mt.gov



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Kansas Land Use and Land Cover

CATEGORY DESCRIPTION

Coverage Entire state

Comments Data from USGS 1:250,000 land use/land cover data. Coverages are up to
twenty years old.

Resolution low

Map date 1990

Image date varies -

Image type aerial photograph

Map scale 1:250,000

Photo scale 1:250,000

Coordinate system UTTM

Projection nia

Classification system 9 classes (still in GIRAS format) GISGIRAS

Data Type Vector

Next scheduled update nla

Availability Free from ftp site on the Data Access Support Center internet site:
http://gisdasc.kgs.ukans.edu_Data can also be ordered on magnetic tape

Contact name Tom Mettille

Contact title DASC Manager

Contact Agency ~ Data Access Support Center, University of Kansas

Address 1930 Constant Avenue

City, State, ZIP Lawrence, Ks 66047

Phone number (913) 864-3965

Email address

tometile@dasc.kgs.ukans.edu -

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Mississippi, Jackson County Land Cover, 1989

CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
Coverage Jackson County, Ms 1989
Comments n/a :

Resolution 30M _

Minimum mapping unit n/a

Map date : September 1, 1992

Image date December-1, 1989

Image type Landsat TTM.

Map scale nla

Photo scale nia~
| Coordinate system UTM

Projection : : na

Classification system EMAP modified (19 classes)

Gis : ERDAS

Data Type Raster and Vector

Next scheduled update n/a

Availability * Handling fee charged for data acquisition

Contact name Walter Belokon .
“Contact title GIS Specialist

Contact Agency Mississippi Automated Resources Information System (MARIS)

‘Address 3825 Ridgewood Road

City, State, ZIP Jackson, MS 39211

Phone number

(601) 982-6353

Web site

http:/Avww.maris.state.ms.us.

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CATEGORY

Idaho Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of Idaho.

Idaho Land Cover _

DESCRIPTION

Coverage _ Entire State
Comments na
Resolution 1:250,000
Minimum Mapping Unit _| n/a : =
Map date July 4, 1992
Image date nla
Image type composite
Map scale n/a
Photo scale ‘na
_Coordinate system : Lambert.
Projection nla
Classification system Individual system (10 classes)
GIs ARCANFO
Data Type Vector
Next scheduled update | n/a
Availability Cost of media. Free on the anonymous ftp site. Internet address:
. http:/Awww.state.id.us/idwr/planpol/pechserv/resinfo/gis.html
Contact name Mike Verdun
Contact title GIS Analyst :
Contact Agency ID Department of Water Resources, GIS Service Center
Address 1301 N. Orchard Street :
City, State, ZIP Boise, ID 83706

Phone number

(208) 327 7882

Email address

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- Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium
Land Cover Maps

CATEGORY - DESCRIPTION _

Coverage Partial United States Coverage (Multi-State); plans for national coverage
Comments MRLC mapping projects are ongoing. Please check the. internet site to establish
: availability of individual state data.
Resolution 30M
Map date _ | varies
Image date ‘- | mostly 1991-1993 uot
image type Landsat TM, DLG, DEM
Map scale 1:100,000
Photo scale ~ nia
Coordinate system | UTM
Projection | Albers
Classification Anderson as modified
system
Gis ‘ ARC/INFO
Data Type Vector and raster
Next scheduled | n/a
update. .
Availability Data available from the EROS Data Center, U.S.G.S., Sioux Falls, SD 57198.
. . Phone (605) 594-6142 or from the internet: http:/Avww.epa.gov/docs/grd/mric
* Contact name Peter Campbell
Contact title nla
Contact Agency USEPA
Address. Natl Exposure Research Lab (MD-75)
City, State, ZIP Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone number 919-541-2957
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Oklahoma Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of Oklahoma.

CATEGORY

Oklahoma Land Cover

DESCRIPTION

“Coverage

Entire State ; ~

Comments

Comprehensive state coverage. Done on a county by county basis by
the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Contact NRCS with
questions about data.

Resolution

n/a.

Minimum Mapping Unit

200 M by 200 M cells

Map date

January 1, 1989 .

Image date mid 1980s
Image type Aerial photographs, BAW
Map scale nla
.Photo scale 1:7,920°
Coordinate system UT
Projection nla
Classification system NRCS system (99 classes)
GIs GRASS .
Data Type Raster
Next scheduled update nla ~
| Avaltity . Cost of duplication
Contact name Mark-Gregory .
Contact title Assistant Researcher
Contact Agency Oklahoma State University ©
| Address 271 Agriculture Hall
City, State, ZIP Stillwater, OK 74078 >

Phone number.

(405).744 6417

| Email address __

n/a

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West Virginia - Middle Fork Watershed Land Cover, Data Set #5

CATEGORY : »| DESCRIPTION

Coverage : Middle Fork Watershed, 140 square miles

Comments _ na

Resolution n/a

Minimum Mapping Unit 2.5 acres
Map date : January 1, 1994

Image date January 1, 1989
irhage type SPOT, NAPP. photograph
| Map scale 1:24,000
‘| Photo scate 1:50,000
I Coordinate system UTM
Projection nla
Classification system Anderson 2
gis ARC/INFO.
Data Type ‘| Vector,Raster
Next scheduled update nla

Availability ‘[nva
Contact name : Charlie Yuill.Contact titleAssociate Professor

Contact Agency West Virginia University

Address 1138 Agricultural Science Building
City, State, ZIP ___| Morgantown, WV 26506 6108
(304) 293 6253

Phone number A

Email address n/a

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North Carolina Data Sets | . :

This section contains reference information for the state of North Carolina.

North Carolina Land Cover

CATEGORY . DESCRIPTION

Coverage Entire state

Comments “Will not be available until March 1997

Resolution ° 5 acres

Minimurn Mapping Unit |na

Map date January 1, 1996

Image date November 1, 1994

Image type Landsat TM

Map scale nla

Photo scale n/a ~

Coordinate system NC State Plane

Projection nas

Classification system State-determined system

GIs ‘ ARC/INFO

Data Type Raster

Next scheduled update na

Availability Not available until March 1997. Contact Ken Schaeffer for purchasing
information. Phone (919) 733-2090.

Contact name Zsolt Nagy

Contact title Database Administrator

Contact Agency Center for Geographic information Analysis

Address 115 Hillsborough Street -

City, State, ZIP Raleigh, NC 27603

Phone number

(919) 733-2090

Email address

cgia@egia state.nc, eT

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North Dakota Data Sets

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_ This section contains reference information for the state of North Dakota.

_ North Dakota Land Cover

CATEGORY

— DESCRIPTION :
_ || Coverage Partial State (Golden Valley, Mountrail and Stutsman Counties)
Comments nla ;
Resolution |. nla
Minimum Mapping Unit 2 acres
«|| Map date a ‘| December 31, 1994
“|| Image date : -| June 6, 1987
Image type Aerial photograph, color IR
Mapscale' nla .
Photo scale ; 1:24,000
Coordinate system ~ | UTM . .
Projection n/a’ : .
Classification system Individual System (20 classes)
GIs : . LTPLUS/UNIX
| Data Type Vector ~
Next scheduled update nla
Availability _| Duplication costs. Contact Ron Luethe at (701) 250 4770
Contact name Mark Morrison ‘
Contact title Project Leader .
Contact Agency : ND NRCS at North Dakota State University
amet Wualster Hall
City, State, ZIP Fargo, ND 58102
Phone number . (701) 231 7562
Email address n/a :

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Alaska Data Sets

This section contains reference information for the state of Alaska.

Data sets in this section are: Alaska land cover and Chugach National Forest land cover.

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Alaska Land Cover

CATEGORY
Coverage Entire State
Comments. Statewide coverages are available, but requests for data must be specific.

DESCRIPTION

Contact Richard MacMahon or view Alaska Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
website.
Resolution n/a:
I Minimum Mapping Unit | n/a
Map date nla
| Image date nla
Image type nla
Map scale nla
f Photo scale nla
Coordinate system nla
| Projection | nla ‘
Classification system nla ;
GIS nla
Data Type nla
Next scheduled update | n/a .
Availability http:/Avww-eros-afo.wr.usgs.gov/agdc
i Contact name Richard MacMahon
Contact title Data Processing Manager
Contact Agency Alaska Department of Natural Resources
Address 3601 C Street
City, State, ZIP Ankorage, AK 99503
i Phone number (907) 762 2394
Email address n/a '
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