Mapping land cover area and width from 1850-2020 within West Matagorda Bay, Texas

This study mapped land cover (vegetation, sand, and water) from the western portion of the Colorado River Delta through the eastern portion of Matagorda Island, TX, over fourteen imagery dates (1850s, 1930s, 1943, 1953, 1972, 1981, 1995, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018, and 2020). Vegetation width, beach width, and total land width (vegetation width and beach width combined) were also calculated every 20 m. The data was created for the Texas Office of the Comptroller project titled “Matagorda Bay Ecosystem Assessment”. The data package contains 58 files. Land cover/habitat maps for 2012-2013 are available in related dataset HI.x833.000:0021 (https://doi.org/10.7266/ex6xqek7).