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Land Use / Land Cover by County

Data Dictionary (Vertical Format)

LUSE_CNTY_TYPE_V

Header/Field Name

Description/Long Name

Format

Allow Nulls

Definitions/Contents

Units

Codes (Y/N)

FIPS FIPS Code Char 5

N

Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Code for each county in the U.S.  

Y

CNTY_NAME County Name Char 40

N

The FIPS county name.  

N

STATE_NAME State Name Char 24

N

The FIPS state name.  

N

CNTY_COAST Coastal or Non-coastal County Char30

N

Indicates whether or not the county is considered to be a coastal county.  A coastal county is defined as having 15 percent or more of its area within an EDA, CDA, or combination of both.  A non-coastal county has less than 15 percent of its area in within an EDA, CDA, or both.  

N

CNTY_AREA FIPS Area Num 8

N

The FIPS County Land Area with area of lakes removed - Source: NOAA's Coastal Assessment Framework square miles

N

LUSE_TYPE Landuse Type Char 75

N

Landuse Type Description  

N

LUTAREAMI2 Landuse Type Area Num 13,5

N

Landuse Type Area square miles

N

LUPERTAREA Landuse Type Percent Area Num 13,3

N

Percent land area of the county occupied by landuse type percent

N

LUSE_CNTY_CLASS_R_VIEW

Header/Field Name

Description/Long Name

Format

Allow Nulls

Definitions/Contents

Units

Codes (Y/N)

FIPS FIPS Code Char 5

N

Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Code for each county in the U.S.  

Y

CNTY_NAME County Name Char 40

N

The FIPS county name.  

N

STATE_NAME State Name Char 24

N

The FIPS state name.  

N

CNTY_COAST Coastal or Non-coastal County Char30

N

Indicates whether or not the county is considered to be a coastal county.  A coastal county is defined as having 15 percent or more of its area within an EDA, CDA, or combination of both.  A non-coastal county has less than 15 percent of its area in within an EDA, CDA, or both.  

N

CNTY_AREA FIPS Area Num 8

N

The FIPS County Land Area with area of lakes removed - Source: NOAA's Coastal Assessment Framework square miles

N

LUSE_CLASS Landuse Class Char 25

N

Landuse Class Description  

N

LUCAREAMI2 Landuse Class Area Num 13,5

N

Landuse Class Area square miles

N

LUPERCAREA Landuse Class Percent Area Num 13,3

N

Percent land area of the county occupied by landuse class percent

N


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