Identification_Information:
  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: USDA/NRCS - National Geospatial Center of Excellence
      Title: National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD)
  Description:
    Purpose: The dataset is a generalized and nationally consistent land cover data layer for the United States based primarily on a decision-tree classification of circa 2019 Landsat satellite data and can be used for a number of purposes in a GIS.
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Single_Date/Time:
        Calendar_Date: 2019
  Status:
    Progress: Complete
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -91.65501
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -88.09789
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.9961
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.13985
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Standard for Geospatial Dataset File Naming
      Theme_Keyword: Land Use/Land Cover, NLCD
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GNIS
      Place_Keyword: Mississippi
      Place_Keyword: *
  Use_Constraints:

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Service Center Agencies should be acknowledged as the data source in products derived from these data.

    This data set is not designed for use as a primary regulatory tool in permitting or citing decisions, but may be used as a reference source.  This information may be interpreted by organizations, agencies, units of government, or others based on needs; however, they are responsible for the appropriate application.  Federal, State, or local regulatory bodies are not to reassign to the Service Center Agencies any authority for the decisions that they make.  The Service Center Agencies will not perform any evaluations of these data for purposes related solely to State or local regulatory programs.

    Photographic or digital enlargement of these data to scales greater than at which they were originally mapped can cause misinterpretation of the data.  Digital data files are periodically updated, and users are responsible for obtaining the latest version of the data.
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: Farm Production and Conservation Business Center (FPAC BC) Geospatial Enterprise Operations (GEO) Branch
      Contact_Address:
        Address: 501 W. Felix St, Bldg 23
        City: Fort Worth
        State_or_Province: Texas
        Postal_Code: 76115
Data_Quality_Information:
  Lineage:
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator:
            U.S. Geological Survey
          Publication_Date: 2021
          Title: Land Use Land Cover Data Set
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 30 meter
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description: Download NLCD 2019 image file from the MRLC Consortium. Using the Spatial Analysis tools in ArcToolbox (ESRI Software) the image is extracted by mask, using 300 meter buffered state boundaries. During the extract the raster is converted to .tif format and projected to the appropriate UTM Zone, with a cell size of 30.
      Process_Date: 202203
Spatial_Reference_Information:
  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
    Planar:
      Grid_Coordinate_System:
        Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
        Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
          UTM_Zone_Number: 15
          Transverse_Mercator:
            Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9996
            Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -93
            Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.0
            False_Easting: 500000.0
            False_Northing: 0.0
    Geodetic_Model:
      Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83)
      Ellipsoid_Name: GRS1980
      Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
      Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
  Overview_Description:
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
      All classes may NOT be represented in a specific state data set. The 20 class numbers ranging from 11 to 95 represent the digital value of the class in the data set.
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Detailed metadata about the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD) is available from the “nlcd_2019_land_cover_l48_20210604.xml”  that is available with each gateway request.
Distribution_Information:
  Distribution_Liability:

    Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the Service Center Agencies regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture will warrant the delivery of this product in computer readable format, and will offer appropriate adjustment of credit when the product is determined unreadable by correctly adjusted computer input peripherals, or when the physical medium is delivered in damaged condition.  Request for adjustment of credit must be made within 90 days from the date of this shipment from the ordering site.

    Neither the U.S. Department of Agriculture, nor any of its agencies are liable for misuse of the data, for damage, for transmission of viruses, or for computer contamination through the distribution of these data sets.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.)
  Standard_Order_Process:
    Digital_Form:
      Digital_Transfer_Information:
        Format_Name: Tag Image File Format (TIFF)
Metadata_Reference_Information:
  Metadata_Date: 01/11/2023
  Metadata_Standard_Name: SCI Minimum Compliance Metadata
  Metadata_Standard_Version: SCI Std 003-02