EnviroAtlas - Los Angeles, CA - Riparian Buffer Land Cover by Block Group

Description

This EnviroAtlas dataset describes the percentage of forested, vegetated, and impervious land within 15- and 50-meters of hydrologically connected streams, rivers, and other water bodies within the EnviroAtlas community area. In this community, tree cover is defined as Trees & Forest, and Woody Wetlands. and In this community, vegetated land is defined as Trees & Forest, Shrubs, Grass & Herbaceous, Woody Wetlands, and Emergent Wetlands. 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 https://edg.epa.gov/data/PUBLIC/ORD/ENVIROATLAS/Communities/LosAngelesCA
23 https://enviroatlas.epa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Communities/Community_BGmetrics/MapServer
0 https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas/enviroatlas-data
0 https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas

Tags

  • environment
  • riparian
  • los angeles
  • impact
  • natural resources
  • ca
  • enviroatlas
  • ecosystem
  • california
  • ecosystem services
  • water
  • environmental atlas
  • drinking water
  • ground water
  • land cover
  • census block groups
  • surface water
  • communities

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