Kentucky Land Cover Change Explorer

<p>This tool allows users to explore land cover change across Kentucky by comparing two USGS Annual National Land Cover Database layers, clipped and projected to the Kentucky State Plane. Layers are available from 1985 to 2024, and a KyGISServer custom geoprocessing service performs the change analysis, calculating area and percent change by class.</p><p>Zoom into an area of interest, select two years to compare, and run an analysis summarizing change by class. Download the area of interest, with statistics, as a GeoJSON.</p><p>Developed by the Kentucky Division of Geographic Information using the data source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 2024, Annual NLCD Collection 1 Science Products: U.S. Geological Survey data release, <a target='_blank' href='https://doi.org/10.5066/P94UXNTS' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>https://doi.org/10.5066/P94UXNTS</a></p><p><img style='width:44.13%;' src='https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/ballard/dgi/kygeonet/nlcd-legend.jpg' alt='NLCD Legend' width='844' height='850' /></p><p><strong>Output analysis showing change for the entire state from 1984 to 2024</strong></p><figure><table><tr><th>Class</th><th>Start mi²</th><th>End mi²</th><th>Change mi²</th><th>Change %</th></tr><tbody><tr><td>Open Water</td><td>695.43</td><td>715.39</td><td>+19.96</td><td>+2.9%</td></tr><tr><td>Developed, Open Space</td><td>1989.89</td><td>2422.58</td><td>+432.69</td><td>+21.7%</td></tr><tr><td>Developed, Low Intensity</td><td>739.64</td><td>1012.71</td><td>+273.07</td><td>+36.9%</td></tr><tr><td>Developed, Medium Intensity</td><td>232.22</td><td>429.97</td><td>+197.75</td><td>+85.2%</td></tr><tr><td>Developed, High Intensity</td><td>65.06</td><td>120.12</td><td>+55.06</td><td>+84.6%</td></tr><tr><td>Barren Land (Rock/Sand/Clay)</td><td>106.55</td><td>257.19</td><td>+150.64</td><td>+141.4%</td></tr><tr><td>Deciduous Forest</td><td>18518.17</td><td>17899.55</td><td>-618.62</td><td>-3.3%</td></tr><tr><td>Evergreen Forest</td><td>361.75</td><td>206.06</td><td>-155.70</td><td>-43.0%</td></tr><tr><td>Mixed Forest</td><td>2180.45</td><td>2086.62</td><td>-93.83</td><td>-4.3%</td></tr><tr><td>Shrub/Scrub</td><td>15.46</td><td>105.28</td><td>+89.83</td><td>+581.1%</td></tr><tr><td>Grassland/Herbaceous</td><td>175.06</td><td>173.47</td><td>-1.58</td><td>-0.9%</td></tr><tr><td>Pasture/Hay</td><td>10409.96</td><td>9389.33</td><td>-1020.64</td><td>-9.8%</td></tr><tr><td>Cultivated Crops</td><td>4278.72</td><td>4980.04</td><td>+701.33</td><td>+16.4%</td></tr><tr><td>Woody Wetlands</td><td>545.70</td><td>513.40</td><td>-32.30</td><td>-5.9%</td></tr><tr><td>Emergent Herbaceous Wetlands</td><td>87.53</td><td>89.87</td><td>+2.34</td><td>+2.7%</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>