MS Croplands by County 2024 Type File Geodatabase Feature Class Tags USDA, crops, land use, Mississippi

Summary

The purpose of the Cropland Data Layer Program is to use satellite imagery to (1) provide supplemental acreage estimates to the Agricultural Statistics Board for the state's major commodities and (2) produce digital, crop-specific, categorized geo-referenced output products.

*** November 2025 - MARIS staff converted the .tif from USDA to a polygon feature class. They then created their own shade set to not have non-Mississippi Categories in the Legend. For full USDA metadata, see : https://maris.mississippi.edu//HTML/DATA/data_Geoscience/Cropland.html#gsc.tab=0

or the .htm included in this packet!

MARIS staff copied some of the major metadata into this document. ***

Description

The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Cropland Data Layer (CDL) is an annual raster, geo-referenced, crop-specific land cover data layer produced using satellite imagery and extensive agricultural ground reference data. The program began in 1997 with limited coverage and in 2008 forward expanded coverage to the entire Continental United States. Please note that no farmer reported data are derivable from the Cropland Data Layer.

New for the 2024 10-meter CDL, the crop classification utilized remote sensing data from harmonized Sentinel-2 MSI Level-2A, Landsat 8, and Landsat 9 Level-2 Collection 2 Tier-1 products, providing surface reflectance (SR) data across multiple spectral bands, including GREEN, RED, NIR, SWIR1, SWIR2, and RedEdge bands 1-4. To mitigate cloud cover, 10-day median composites of surface reflectance and NDVI were created from the cloud-masked Landsat-Sentinel multi-sensor data for the growing season of 2024. An impervious layer from USGS NLCD 2021 and a digital elevation model from USGS 3DEP were also included ancillary input variables. In addition, mixed sampling strategies and localized training and were applied to the 2024 10m CDL production. Additional information: Z. Li, R. Mueller, Z. Yang, D. Johnson and

P. Willis, "Cloud-Powered Agricultural Mapping: A Revolution Toward 10m Resolution Cropland Data Layers," IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Athens, Greece, 2024, pp. 4081-4084, doi: 10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10641079. PDF available at

<https://www.nass.usda.gov/Research_and_Science/Cropland/docs/IGARSS2024_Proceedings_10mCDL_Li_ etal.pdf>.

The 2024 CDL has a spatial resolution of 10 meters and was produced using satellite imagery from Landsat 8 and 9 OLI/TIRS and ESA SENTINEL-2A and -2B collected throughout the growing season. Additional ancillary inputs were used to supplement and improve the land cover classification including the United States Geological Survey (USGS) 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) Elevation Dataset (NED), and the USGS National Land Cover Database imperviousness data layer. Agricultural training and validation data are derived from the Farm Service Agency (FSA) Common Land Unit (CLU) Program. Some CDL states incorporate additional crop-specific ground reference obtained from the following non-FSA sources which are detailed in the 'Lineage' Section of this metadata: US Bureau of Reclamation, NASS Citrus Data Layer (internal use only), California Department of Water Resources, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Office of Agricultural Water Policy, Cornell University grape/vineyard data, Utah

Department of Water Resources, and Washington State Department of Agriculture. The 2021 NLCD was used as non-agricultural training and validation data for the 2024 CDL. Please visit the CDL FAQs and metadata webpages at <https://www.nass.usda.gov/Research_and_Science/Cropland/SARS1a.php> to view a complete list of imagery, ancillary inputs, and ground reference used for a specific state and year.

** NOTE - In November 2025, ARIS staff converted the .tif from USDA to a polygon feature class. They then created their own shade set to not have non-Mississippi Categories in the Legend. For full metadata from USDA, see their .htm included in this packet! MARIS staff copied some of the major metadata into this document.

Credits

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), MARIS

Use limitations

There are no access and use limitations for this item.

Extent

There is no extent for this item.

Scale Range

Maximum (zoomed in) 1:5,000

Minimum (zoomed out) 1:150,000,000


Topics and Keywords

Themes or categories of the resource Farming, Biota, Boundaries, Geoscientific

Content type Downloadable Data

Export to FGDC CSDGM XML format as Resource Description No


Citation

Title MS Croplands by County 2024 Creation date 2024-12-30 00:00:00

Publication date 2025-02-27 00:00:00 Presentation formats digital map

Other citation details

Z. Li, R. Mueller, Z. Yang, D. Johnson and P. Willis, "Cloud-Powered Agricultural Mapping: A Revolution Toward 10m Resolution Cropland Data Layers," IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Athens, Greece, 2024, pp. 4081-4084, doi: 10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10641079. PDF available at

<https://www.nass.usda.gov/Research_and_Science/Cropland/docs/IGARSS2024_Proceedings_10 mCDL_Li_etal.pdf>. Data available free for download at <https://croplandcros.scinet.usda.gov/>. Frequently Asked Questions at

<https://www.nass.usda.gov/Research_and_Science/Cropland/SARS1a.php>.

Citation Contacts

Responsible party - originator Individual's name Staff

Organization's name United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)


Contact information

Address

Type physical

Delivery point USDA NASS Marketing and Information Services Office, Washington, D.C. Contact instructions


Responsible party - distributor Individual's name Steve Walker Organization's name MARIS

Contact's position GIS Operations Manager

Contact information

Address Type postal

Delivery point 3825 Ridgewood Rd Suite 717 City Jackson

Administrative area MS Postal code 39211 Country US

e-mail address swalker@mississippi.edu

Resource Details

Dataset languages English (UNITED STATES) Spatial representation type vector

Processing environment Microsoft Windows 10 Version 10.0 (Build 26100) ; Esri ArcGIS

13.5.2.57366

Credits

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), MARIS


ArcGIS item properties

Name MS_CroplandFC_2024_County

Location

file://\\10.10.17.31\MARIS\ArcPro_Projects\Geoscience\Geoscience\MS_Cropland_2024\MS_ Cropland_2024.gdb

Access protocol Local Area Network

Resource Points of Contact

Point of contact - point of contact

Individual's name USDA NASS, Spatial Analysis Research Section staff Organization's name USDA NASS, Spatial Analysis Research Section

Contact information

Phone

Voice 855-493-0447

Address Type both

Delivery point 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 5029 South Building City Washington

Administrative area District of Columbia Postal code 20250-2001

Country US

e-mail address SM.NASS.RDD.GIB@usda.gov

Spatial Reference

ArcGIS coordinate system Type Projected

Geographic coordinate reference GCS_WGS_1984 Projection WGS_1984_UTM_Zone_16N Coordinate reference details ProjectedCoordinateSystem

WKID 32616

XOrigin -5120900

YOrigin -9998100

XYScale 1

ZOrigin -100000

ZScale 10000

MOrigin -100000

MScale 10000

XYTolerance 2

ZTolerance 0.001

MTolerance 0.001 HighPrecision true LatestWKID 32616 WKT

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0],AUTHORITY["EPSG",32616]]


Reference system identifier Value 32616

Codespace EPSG

Version 9.8.8(3.0.1)

Spatial Data Properties

Vector

Level of topology for this dataset geometry only


Geometric objects

Feature class name MS_CroplandFC_2024_County Object type composite

Object count 0

ArcGIS Feature Class Properties Feature class name MS_CroplandFC_2024_County Feature type Simple

Geometry type Polygon Has topology FALSE Feature count 0

Spatial index TRUE

Linear referencing FALSE


Data Quality

Scope of quality information

Resource level attribute


Data quality report - Quantitative attribute accuracy

Conformance test results Result explanation

If the following table does not display properly, then please visit the CDL Metadata webpage at

<https://www.nass.usda.gov/Research_and_Science/Cropland/metadata/meta.php> to view the original file. Accuracy at the individual state-level can be viewed at the CDL Metadata webpage. USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2024 Cropland Data Layer

STATEWIDE AGRICULTURAL ACCURACY REPORT

Crop-specific covers only *Correct Accuracy Error Kappa OVERALL ACCURACY** 2,763,127 77.5% 22.5% 0.733

Cover Attribute *Correct Producer's Omission User's Commission Cond'l

Type


Code


Pixels


Accuracy

Error

Kappa

Accuracy


Error


Kappa

Corn

1

926,684

92.6%

7.4%

0.923

92.3%

7.7%

0.919

Cotton

2

118,322

85.2%

14.8%

0.852

86.2%

13.8%

0.861

Rice

3

35,276

96.1%

3.9%

0.961

91.3%

8.7%

0.912

Sorghum

4 60,299 79.9%

20.1% 0.799 69.8% 30.2% 0.697

Soybeans

5 830,135 91.2%

8.8% 0.908 91.6% 8.4% 0.912

Sunflower

6

7,181

82.8%

17.2%

0.828

82.8%

17.2%

0.828

Peanuts

10

18,182

90.7%

9.3%

0.906

74.8%

25.2%

0.747

Tobacco

11 329 37.9% 62.1% 0.379 70.3% 29.7% 0.703

Sweet Corn

12 1,389 56.2% 43.8% 0.562 56.6% 43.4% 0.566

Pop or Orn Corn

13 1,298 82.7% 17.3% 0.827 52.3% 47.7% 0.523

Mint

14 402 82.5% 17.5% 0.825 76.9% 23.1% 0.769

Barley

21 16,542 74.3% 25.7% 0.743 65.1% 34.9% 0.650

16,332

72.0%

28.0%

0.720

62.6%

37.4%

110,760

82.9%

17.1%

0.828

86.7%

13.3% 0.866

204,900

87.1%

12.9%

0.869

81.1%

18.9%

90

33.2%

66.8%

0.332

54.5%

45.5% 0.545

Durum Wheat 22

0.625

Spring Wheat 23

Winter Wheat 24

0.809

Other Small Grains 25

Dbl Crop 0.815

Rye

WinWht/Soybeans


27

26


2,895

36,376


54.7%

78.4%


45.3%

21.6%


0.546

0.783


36.1%

81.6%


63.9%

18.4%


0.360

Oats

28

6,701

57.3%

42.7%

0.573

36.2%

63.8%

0.362

Millet

29

5,076

64.7%

35.3%

0.647

52.3%

47.7%

0.523

Speltz

30

29

15.4%

84.6%

0.154

30.9%

69.1%

0.309

Canola

31

28,077 93.8% 6.2% 0.938

89.1% 10.9% 0.891

Flaxseed

32

1,003 61.2% 38.8% 0.612

51.4% 48.6% 0.514

Safflower

33

1,363 75.4% 24.6% 0.754

77.2% 22.8% 0.772

Rape Seed

34

25 25.5% 74.5% 0.255

50.0% 50.0% 0.500

Mustard

35

1,657 82.9% 17.1% 0.829

73.3% 26.7% 0.733

Alfalfa

36

88,352

79.6% 20.4% 0.795 60.3% 39.7%

0.601

Other Hay/Non Alfalfa


37

13,256 46.8% 53.2% 0.464 8.3%

91.7%

0.082





Camelina

38 165

44.6%

55.4%

0.446

39.0%

61.0%

0.390

Buckwheat

39 311

57.9%

42.1%

0.579

71.0%

29.0%

0.710

Sugarbeets

41 11,233

95.6%

4.4%

0.956

91.1%

8.9%

0.911

Dry Beans

42 14,668

80.6%

19.4%

0.806

77.0%

23.0%

0.770

Potatoes

43 8,489

89.7%

10.3%

0.897

87.1%

12.9%

0.871

Other Crops

44 731

46.0%

54.0%

0.460

54.3%

45.7%

0.543

Sugarcane

45 13,498

88.5%

11.5%

0.885

90.0%

10.0%

0.900

Sweet Potatoes

46 935

83.8%

16.2%

0.838

77.6%

22.4%

0.776

Misc Vegs & Fruits

47 62

9.8%

90.2%

0.098

24.5%

75.5%

0.245

Watermelons

48 268

45.9%

54.1%

0.459

55.4%

44.6%

0.554

Onions

49 923

70.1%

29.9%

0.701

76.8%

23.2%

0.768

Cucumbers

50 306

56.5%

43.5%

0.565

68.0%

32.0%

0.680

Chick Peas

51 5,280

77.7%

22.3%

0.777

81.7%

18.3%

0.817

Lentils

52 10,012

82.2%

17.8%

0.822

77.6%

22.4%

0.776

Peas

53 10,544

81.8%

18.2%

0.818

73.0%

27.0%

0.730

Tomatoes

54 1,893

78.0%

22.0%

0.780

86.1%

13.9%

0.861

Caneberries

55

62

51.2%

48.8%

0.512

49.2%

50.8%

0.492

Hops

56

594

88.9%

11.1%

0.889

81.5%

18.5%

0.815

Herbs

57

615 53.2% 46.8% 0.532 38.7% 61.3% 0.387

Clover/Wildflowers

58

490

41.7%

58.3%

0.417

34.8%

65.2%

0.348

Sod/Grass Seed

59

4,068

60.1%

39.9%

0.600

49.6%

50.4%

0.496

Switchgrass

60

33 18.8% 81.3% 0.187 30.0% 70.0% 0.300

Fallow/Idle Cropland

61

68,594

84.1%

15.9%

0.840

67.7%

32.3%

0.676









Citrus

72 3,974 58.5% 41.5% 0.585 75.1% 24.9% 0.751

Pecans

74

2,706 76.6% 23.4% 0.766 49.9% 50.1% 0.499

Almonds

75

23,975 86.3% 13.7% 0.863 86.5% 13.5% 0.865

Walnuts

76

5,826 88.7% 11.3% 0.887 72.3% 27.7% 0.723

Pears

77

293

56.0%

44.0%

0.560

52.6%

47.4%

0.526

Aquaculture

92

4,555

85.3%

14.7%

0.853

80.7%

19.3%

0.807

Pistachios

204

8,607

88.9%

11.1%

0.889

85.7%

14.3%

0.857

Triticale

205

2,559

46.5%

53.5%

0.465

25.7%

74.3%

0.257

Carrots

206

147

54.6%

45.4%

0.546

56.5%

43.5%

0.565

Asparagus

207

17

34.0%

66.0%

0.340

54.8%

45.2%

0.548

Garlic

208

144

66.4%

33.6%

0.664

76.6%

23.4%

0.766

Cantaloupes

209 57 34.8% 65.2% 0.348 60.0% 40.0% 0.600

Prunes

210 245 54.1% 45.9% 0.541 36.5% 63.5% 0.365

Olives

211 479 73.6% 26.4% 0.736 45.7% 54.3% 0.457

Oranges

212 3,617 61.0% 39.0% 0.610 58.5% 41.5% 0.585

Honeydew Melons

213 2 10.5% 89.5% 0.105 11.1% 88.9%

0.111


Broccoli

214 61 36.7% 63.3% 0.367 47.7% 52.3% 0.477

Avocados

215 353 69.9% 30.1% 0.699 48.9% 51.1% 0.489

Peppers

216 108 38.3% 61.7% 0.383 54.5% 45.5% 0.545

Pomegranates

217 206 83.7% 16.3% 0.837 51.2% 48.8% 0.512

Nectarines

218

1

5.3%

94.7%

0.053

14.3%

85.7%

0.143

Greens

219

63

39.1%

60.9%

0.391

40.9%

59.1%

0.409

Plums

220

20

14.6%

85.4%

0.146

5.7%

94.3%

0.057

Strawberries

221

26

15.7%

84.3%

0.157

45.6% 54.4% 0.456

Squash

222

51

24.4%

75.6%

0.244

45.1% 54.9% 0.451

Apricots

223

5

7.5%

92.5%

0.075

6.2% 93.8% 0.062

Vetch

224

64

57.7%

42.3%

0.577

59.8%

40.2%

0.598

Dbl Crop WinWht/Corn 0.485

Dbl Crop Oats/Corn


225


226

1,796


315

46.1%


47.9%

53.9%


52.1%

0.460


0.479

48.5%


48.8%

51.5%


51.2%

0.488

Lettuce

227

97

41.6%

58.4%

0.416

27.1%

72.9%

0.271

Dbl Crop Triticale/Corn 0.618


228 1,841

47.0%

53.0%

0.469

61.8%

38.2%

Pumpkins 229

226

36.3% 63.7%

0.363 57.1% 42.9%

0.571

Dbl Crop Lettuce/Durum Wht n/a

230

0 0.0%

100.0% 0.000 n/a

n/a

Shrubland

64

18,064

72.3%

27.7%

0.723

49.2%

50.8%

0.492

Cherries

66

805

52.9%

47.1%

0.529

47.0%

53.0%

0.470

Peaches

67

597

45.5%

54.5%

0.455

48.4%

51.6%

0.484

Apples

68

2,715

63.5%

36.5%

0.635

74.8%

25.2%

0.747

Grapes

69

10,441

71.9%

28.1%

0.719

76.3%

23.7%

0.763

Christmas Trees

70

68

9.7%

90.3%

0.097

14.3%

85.7%

0.143

Other Tree Crops

71

275

30.8%

69.2%

0.308

44.0%

56.0%

0.440

Dbl Crop Lettuce/Cantaloupe 0.903

Dbl Crop Lettuce/Cotton

231


232

56 48.7% 51.3% 0.487 90.3% 9.7%


97 68.3% 31.7% 0.683 84.3% 15.7%

0.843



Dbl Crop Lettuce/Barley 0.250

Dbl Crop WinWht/Sorghum

233


236

1

20.0% 80.0% 0.200


1,725 56.4% 43.6%

25.0% 75.0%


0.564 33.3% 66.7%

0.333






Dbl Crop Barley/Corn 0.579

Dbl Crop WinWht/Cotton

237


238

187


407

39.0%


32.9%

61.0%


67.1%

0.390


0.329

57.9%


18.2%

42.1%


81.8%

0.182

Dbl Crop Soybeans/Cotton


239


0


0.0%


100.0%


0.000


n/a


n/a n/a


Dbl Crop Soybeans/Oats

240

160

29.5%

70.5%

0.295

37.0%

63.0%

0.370








Dbl Crop Corn/Soybeans

241

31

32.6%

67.4%

0.326

48.4%

51.6%

0.484








Blueberries 242

368

45.4%

54.6%

0.454

39.1%

60.9%

0.391

Cabbage 243

90

49.2%

50.8%

0.492

46.9%

53.1%

0.469

Cauliflower 244

10

28.6%

71.4%

0.286

20.4%

79.6%

0.204

Celery 245

6

14.3%

85.7%

0.143

25.0%

75.0%

0.250

Radishes 246

28

46.7%

53.3%

0.467

50.9%

49.1%

0.509

Turnips 247

19

38.8%

61.2%

0.388

48.7%

51.3%

0.487

Eggplants 248

1

10.0%

90.0%

0.100

50.0%

50.0%

0.500

Gourds 249

3

17.6%

82.4%

0.176

60.0%

40.0%

0.600

Cranberries 250

18

17.6%

82.4%

0.176

69.2%

30.8%

0.692

Dbl Crop Barley/Soybeans

254

433

47.5%

52.5%

0.475

63.0%

37.0%

0.630









*Correct Pixels represents the total number of independent validation pixels correctly identified in the error matrix.

**The Overall Accuracy represents only the FSA row crops and annual fruit and vegetables (codes 1-61, 66-80, 92 and 200-255).

FSA-sampled grass and pasture. Non-agricultural and NLCD-sampled categories (codes 62-65, 81-91 and 93-199) are not included in the Overall Accuracy.

The accuracy of the non-agricultural land cover classes within the Cropland Data Layer is entirely dependent upon the USGS, National Land Cover Database. Thus, the USDA NASS recommends that users consider the NLCD for studies involving non-agricultural land cover. For more information on the accuracy of the NLCD please reference <https://www.mrlc.gov/>.


Geoprocessing history

Process

Process name

Date 2025-11-18 13:59:17

Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\pro\Resources\ArcToolbox\toolboxes\Conversion Tools.tbx\RasterToPolygon

Command issued

RasterToPolygon cdl_10m_r_ms_2024_utm16.tif Y:\ArcPro_Projects\Geoscience\Geoscience\MS_Cropland_2024\MS_Cropland_ 2024.gdb\RasterT_cdl_10m1 NO_SIMPLIFY Class_Name SINGLE_OUTER_PART 100

Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process

Process name

Date 2025-11-20 07:27:43

Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\pro\Resources\ArcToolbox\toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\Rename

Command issued

Rename Y:\MAPS\MS_Cropland_Data_2024\MS_Cropland_2024.gdb\RasterT_cdl_10m1 Y:\MAPS\MS_Cropland_Data_2024\MS_Cropland_2024.gdb\MS_CroplandFC_2024 FeatureClass

Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process

Process name

Date 2025-11-20 08:05:57

Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\pro\Resources\ArcToolbox\toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\UpdateSchema

Command issued

UpdateSchema "CIMDATA=<CIMStandardDataConnection xsi:type='typens:CIMStandardDataConnection' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xmlns:xs='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' xmlns:typens='http://www.esri.com/schemas/ArcGIS/3.5.0'><WorkspaceFact ory>FileGDB</WorkspaceFactory><Dataset>MS_CroplandFC_2024</Dataset><Da tasetType>esriDTFeatureClass</DatasetType></CIMStandardDataConnection> "

<operationSequence><workflow><AddField><field_name>Categor_Code</field

_name><field_type>SHORT</field_type><field_is_nullable>True</field_is_ nullable><field_is_required>False</field_is_required></AddField></work flow></operationSequence>

Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process

Process name

Date 2025-11-20 12:28:52

Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\pro\Resources\ArcToolbox\toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\DeleteField

Command issued

DeleteField MS_CroplandFC_2024 Categor_Code DELETE_FIELDS

Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process

Process name

Date 2025-11-21 09:21:49

Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\pro\Resources\ArcToolbox\toolboxes\Analysis Tools.tbx\Identity

Command issued

Identity MS_CroplandFC_2024 MS_CountyBoundaries_2015 Y:\ArcPro_Projects\Geoscience\Geoscience\MS_Cropland_2024\MS_Cropland_ 2024.gdb\MS_CroplandFC_2024_County ALL # NO_RELATIONSHIPS

Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


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Name File geodatabase Version 11.5


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Coordinates defining the features.

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Field FID_MS_CountyBoundaries_2015

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Field AREA

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Overview Description

Entity and Attribute Overview

he Cropland Data Layer (CDL) is produced using agricultural training data from the Farm Service Agency (FSA) Common Land Unit (CLU) Program and non-agricultural training data from the most current version of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) National Land Cover Database (NLCD). The strength and emphasis of the CDL is crop-specific land cover categories. The accuracy of the CDL non-agricultural land cover classes are entirely dependent upon the NLCD. Thus, the USDA NASS recommends that users consider the NLCD for studies involving non-agricultural land cover.


f the following table does not display properly, then please visit the following website to view the original metadata at

<https://www.nass.usda.gov/Research_and_Science/Cropland/metadata/meta.php>.

Data Dictionary: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Cropland Data Layer Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service

The following is a cross reference list of the categorization codes and land covers. Note that not all land cover categories listed below will appear in an individual state.


Raster

Attribute Domain Values and Definitions: NO DATA, BACKGROUND 0

Categorization Code Land Cover "0" Background

Attribute Domain Values and Definitions: CROPS 1-60 Categorization Code Land Cover

"1" Corn

"2" Cotton

"3" Rice

"4" Sorghum

"5" Soybeans

"6" Sunflower

"10" Peanuts

"11" Tobacco

"12" Sweet Corn

"13" Pop or Orn Corn "14" Mint

"21" Barley

"22" Durum Wheat

"23" Spring Wheat

"24" Winter Wheat

"25" Other Small Grains

"26" Dbl Crop WinWht/Soybeans "27" Rye

"28" Oats

"29" Millet

"30" Speltz

"31" Canola

"32" Flaxseed

"33" Safflower

"34" Rape Seed

"35" Mustard

"36" Alfalfa

"37" Other Hay/Non Alfalfa "38" Camelina

"39" Buckwheat

"41" Sugarbeets

"42" Dry Beans

"43" Potatoes

"44" Other Crops

"45" Sugarcane

"46" Sweet Potatoes "47" Misc Vegs & Fruits "48" Watermelons

"49" Onions

"50" Cucumbers

"51" Chick Peas

"52" Lentils

"53" Peas

"54" Tomatoes

"55" Caneberries

"56" Hops

"57" Herbs

"58" Clover/Wildflowers

"59" Sod/Grass Seed

"60" Switchgrass


Raster

Attribute Domain Values and Definitions: NON-CROP 61-65

Categorization Code Land Cover "61" Fallow/Idle Cropland

"62" Pasture/Grass

"63" Forest

"64" Shrubland

"65" Barren

Raster

Attribute Domain Values and Definitions: CROPS 66-80


Categorization Code Land Cover "66" Cherries

"67" Peaches

"68" Apples

"69" Grapes

"70" Christmas Trees "71" Other Tree Crops "72" Citrus

"74" Pecans

"75" Almonds

"76" Walnuts

"77" Pears


Raster

Attribute Domain Values and Definitions: OTHER 81-109

Categorization Code Land Cover "81" Clouds/No Data

"82" Developed

"83" Water

"87" Wetlands

"88" Nonag/Undefined

"92" Aquaculture


Raster

Attribute Domain Values and Definitions: NLCD-DERIVED CLASSES 110-195


Categorization Code Land Cover "111" Open Water

"112" Perennial Ice/Snow

"121" Developed/Open Space

"122" Developed/Low Intensity

"123" Developed/Med Intensity

"124" Developed/High Intensity

"131" Barren

"141" Deciduous Forest

"142" Evergreen Forest

"143" Mixed Forest

"152" Shrubland

"176" Grassland/Pasture

"190" Woody Wetlands

"195" Herbaceous Wetlands


Raster

Attribute Domain Values and Definitions: CROPS 195-255


Categorization Code Land Cover "204" Pistachios

"205" Triticale

"206" Carrots

"207" Asparagus

"208" Garlic

"209" Cantaloupes

"210" Prunes

"211" Olives

"212" Oranges

"213" Honeydew Melons

"214" Broccoli

"215" Avocados

"216" Peppers

"217" Pomegranates

"218" Nectarines

"219" Greens

"220" Plums

"221" Strawberries

"222" Squash

"223" Apricots

"224" Vetch

"225" Dbl Crop WinWht/Corn "226" Dbl Crop Oats/Corn "227" Lettuce

"228" Dbl Crop Triticale/Corn "229" Pumpkins

"230" Dbl Crop Lettuce/Durum Wht "231" Dbl Crop Lettuce/Cantaloupe "232" Dbl Crop Lettuce/Cotton "233" Dbl Crop Lettuce/Barley

"234" Dbl Crop Durum Wht/Sorghum "235" Dbl Crop Barley/Sorghum "236" Dbl Crop WinWht/Sorghum "237" Dbl Crop Barley/Corn

"238" Dbl Crop WinWht/Cotton "239" Dbl Crop Soybeans/Cotton "240" Dbl Crop Soybeans/Oats "241" Dbl Crop Corn/Soybeans "242" Blueberries

"243" Cabbage

"244" Cauliflower

"245" Celery

"246" Radishes

"247" Turnips

"248" Eggplants

"249" Gourds

"250" Cranberries

"254" Dbl Crop Barley/Soybeans


Metadata Details

Metadata language English (UNITED STATES)


Scope of the data described by the metadata dataset

Scope name dataset

Last update 2025-11-21 ArcGIS metadata properties

Metadata format ArcGIS 1.0

Standard or profile used to edit metadata ISO19115_3

Created in ArcGIS for the item 2025-11-18 13:59:17

Last modified in ArcGIS for the item 2025-11-21 10:55:24

Automatic updates

Have been performed Yes

Last update 2025-11-21 08:10:16

Metadata Contacts

Metadata contact - originator

Individual's name Staff

Organization's name United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)


Contact information

Address

Type physical

Delivery point USDA NASS Marketing and Information Services Office, Washington, D.C. Contact instructions


Metadata Maintenance

Maintenance

Update frequency unknown


Metadata Constraints

Constraints

Limitations of use

The USDA NASS Cropland Data Layer and the data offered on the CroplandCROS website is provided to the public as is and is considered public domain and free to redistribute. The USDA NASS does not warrant any conclusions drawn from these data.