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NLCD Classification Schemes (Level II)

Class I and II Definitions


1992 Scheme 2001 Scheme
11 - Open water
12 - Perennial Ice/Snow
11 - Open water
12 - Perennial Ice/Snow
21 - Low Intensity Residential
22 - High Intensity Residential
23 - Commercial/Industrial/Transportation
21 - Developed, Open Space
22 - Developed, Low Intensity
23 - Developed, Medium Intensity
24 - Developed, High Intensity
31 - Bare Rock/Sand/Clay
32 - Quarries/Strip Mines/Gravel Pits
33 - Transitional
31 - Barren Land
32 - Unconsolidated Shore 1
41 - Deciduous Forest
42 - Evergreen Forest
43 - Mixed Forest
41 - Deciduous Forest
42 - Evergreen Forest
43 - Mixed Forest
51 - Shrubland 51 - Dwarf Scrub 2
52 - Scrub/Shrub
61 - Orchards/Vineyards/Other  
71 - Grassland/Herbaceous 71 - Grassland/Herbaceous
72 - Sedge Herbaceous 2
73 - Lichens 2
74 - Moss 2
81 - Pasture/Hay
82 - Row Crops
83 - Small Grains
84 - Fallow
85 - Urban/Recreational Grasses
81 - Pasture/Hay
82 - Cultivated Crops
91 - Woody Wetlands
92 - Emergent Herbaceous Wetlands
90 - Woody Wetlands
    91 - Palustrine Forested Wetland 1
    92 - Palustrine Scrub/Shrub 1
    93 - Estuarine Forested Wetlands 1
    94 - Estuarine Scrub/Shrub 1
95 - Emergent Herbaceous Wetland
    96 - Palustrine Emergent Wetland (Persistent) 1
    97 - Palustrine Emergent Wetland 1
    98 - Palustrine Aquatic Bed 1
    99 - Estuarine Aquatic Bed 1
 

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