EnviroAtlas - Austin, TX - Land Cover by Block Group

Description

This EnviroAtlas dataset describes the percentage of each block group that is classified as impervious, forest, green space, and agriculture. Forest is defined as Trees & Forest. Green space is defined as Trees & Forest, Grass & Herbaceous, and Agriculture. This dataset also includes the area per capita for each block group for some land cover types. This dataset was produced by the US EPA to support research and online mapping activities related to EnviroAtlas. EnviroAtlas (https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas) allows the user to interact with a web-based, easy-to-use, mapping application to view and analyze multiple ecosystem services for the contiguous United States. The dataset is available as downloadable data (https://edg.epa.gov/data/Public/ORD/EnviroAtlas) or as an EnviroAtlas map service. Additional descriptive information about each attribute in this dataset can be found in its associated EnviroAtlas Fact Sheet (https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas/enviroatlas-fact-sheets).

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Alternative landing page used to redirect user to a contextual, Agency-hosted "homepage" for the Dataset or API https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas
0 The URL providing direct access to the downloadable dataset. https://edg.epa.gov/data/PUBLIC/ORD/ENVIROATLAS/Communities/AustinTX
0 URL for accessing related documents such as data dictionary, technical information about a dataset, developer documentation, etc. https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas/enviroatlas-data
23 The endpoint of a web service to access the dataset (REST endpoint, WMS GetCapabilities URL, or a SOAP WSDL endpoint). https://enviroatlas.epa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Communities/Community_BGmetrics/MapServer

Tags

  • environment
  • natural resources
  • green space
  • agriculture
  • enviroatlas
  • ecosystem
  • tx
  • texas
  • ecosystem services
  • environmental atlas
  • austin
  • land cover
  • census block groups
  • communities

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