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NLCD land cover of Saginaw Forest

Terrestrial
Vegetation
Spatial Data
Aquatic
landcover
land cover
Saginaw Forest
SEAS properties
MRLC
NLCD
Abstract: 
This dataset contains the National land cover (NLCD 2011) in the UM property Saginaw Forest with 500-meter-buffer zone area. NLCD 2011 was the most recent national land cover product created by the Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium as of January, 2019. The land cover classification scheme contained in the attribute table is applied consistently across the United States at a spatial resolution of 30 meters. More detail information of NLCD, please go to https://www.mrlc.gov/nlcd2011.php. This dataset can be used as a reference for the land cover of the Saginaw Forest land cover. Data type: Raster data.

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Methods: 
Nationwide land cover was downloaded from https://www.mrlc.gov/nlcd2011.php. Then the nationwide land cover image was clipped to the property area by the UM Forests McIntire-Stennis project (K. Bergen, PI).
FieldValue
Publisher
University of Michigan - School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Modified
2021-07-19
Release Date
2020-02-03
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Area
POLYGON ((-83.810577392578 42.26889665553, -83.810577392578 42.27874061797, -83.80259513855 42.27874061797, -83.80259513855 42.26889665553))
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location
3900 W Liberty Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Temporal Coverage
Saturday, January 1, 2011 - 00:00 to Saturday, December 31, 2011 - 00:00
Contact Name
Bergen, Kathleen
Contact Email
[email protected]
Public Access Level
Public
Related sites
Saginaw Forest
Publication Date: 
Monday, February 3, 2020