cropland-data-layer

is a Data Source.

It is part of the BER collection.

The Cropland Data Layer (CDL) is an annual, georeferenced, crop-specific land cover raster map covering the conterminous United States, produced by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). It is generated from satellite imagery and extensive agricultural ground reference data, classifying each 30-meter pixel into crop types and other land cover categories. The CDL serves as an upstream source for KnowWhereGraph and supports agricultural monitoring, acreage estimation, and land use analysis.

Domains

agriculture, environment, general

Repository

Unknown

Infores ID

Unknown

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Product Summary

Products

From this Resource
ID Name URL Category Format Description
cropland-data-layer.croplandcros CroplandCROS Viewer croplandcros.scinet.usda.gov GraphicalInterface http CroplandCROS web mapping application ...
From other Resources
ID Name URL Category Format Relation Description
knowwheregraph.graph KnowWhereGraph RDF Knowledge Graph knowwheregraph.org GraphProduct rdfxml had primary source KnowWhereGraph knowledge graph with 2...
sawgraph.graph SAWGraph PFAS Knowledge Graph pfas-kg GraphProduct ttl was influenced by The SAWGraph PFAS knowledge graph, in...

Details

The Cropland Data Layer (CDL) is an annual crop-specific land cover product for the conterminous United States, produced by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Built from satellite imagery combined with ground reference data, it provides 30-meter resolution classifications of crop types and other land cover. The CDL is freely available as a US federal government public domain dataset and is used as an upstream data source for KnowWhereGraph.

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Created: June 18, 2026 | Last modified: June 18, 2026