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Urban land, urban tree cover and urban impervious cover by conterminous United States counties from 2010 to 2060

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posted on 2025-01-22, 00:13 authored by David J. Nowak, Eric J. Greenfield
This data publication presents percent and areal measurement (in square meters) of urban land, urban tree cover and urban impervious cover for circa 2010 and decadal projections to 2060 by conterminous United States (CONUS) counties. In particular this data set incorporates 1990 to 2010 United States Census urban land trend data and photo-interpreted adjustments to 2011 National Land Cover Database (NLCD) Tree Canopy Cover to address underestimation concerns found during analysis of NLCD Tree Canopy Cover. These data support the 2010 Resources Planning Act (RPA) Assessment cycle.
The purpose of these data is to help provide projections of future natural resource conditions for analysis, management and planning. In addition, these data sets provide supporting information for several manuscripts (see below).
These data were collected and analyzed to provide content for Nowak et al. (2022) and Resources Planning Act work. Please note that data are applicable only within the context and time period of this analysis and its supporting data from 1990 to 2011. Original metadata published on 08/12/2021. Minor metadata updates made on 08/27/2021 and 04/20/2023.

Funding

USDA-FS

History

Data contact name

David J. Nowak

Data contact email

david.nowak@usda.gov

Publisher

Forest Service Research Data Archive

Use limitations

These data were collected using funding from the U.S. Government and can be used without additional permissions or fees. If you use these data in a publication, presentation, or other research product please use the following citation: Nowak, David J.; Greenfield, Eric J. 2021. Urban land, urban tree cover and urban impervious cover by conterminous United States counties from 2010 to 2060. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2021-0075

Temporal Extent Start Date

2010-01-01

Temporal Extent End Date

2060-12-31

Theme

  • Not specified

Geographic Coverage

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Geographic location - description

Conterminous United States (CONUS)

ISO Topic Category

  • location
  • society
  • environment
  • boundaries
  • planningCadastre

National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms

Forestry, Wildland Management

OMB Bureau Code

  • 005:96 - Forest Service

OMB Program Code

  • 005:059 - Management Activities

Pending citation

  • No

Public Access Level

  • Public

Identifier

RDS-2021-0075

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    Keywords

    Ecology, Ecosystems, & EnvironmentForest managementprojected urban impervious coverurban impervious coverprojected urban landsocietyboundariesurban landResources Planning Act AssessmentNatural Resource Management & UselocationenvironmentGeographyplanningCadastreUrban natural resources managementMonitoringRPA AssessmentEnvironment and PeopleInventory, Monitoring, & AnalysisLandscape managementurban tree coverprojected urban tree cover

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