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USDA NASS Cropland Data Layer

Coverage is partial for selected U.S. states from 1997 through 2007 and spans the contiguous United States from 2008 onward; Hawaii layers cover 2023 through 2025. The product is annual, with 10-meter national layers beginning in 2024 and 30-meter resampled versions retained; the 2025 national downloads are 9.8 GB at 10 meters and 1.9 GB at 30 meters.

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Free tier: Keyless file downloads. National archives are large: the 2025 10-meter CDL is 9.8 GB compressed and its 30-meter resample is 1.9 GB; newer 10-meter confidence layers are viewer-only because of their size.
Rate limits: Not stated
Licence: Customterms
Licence note: NASS states: "The USDA NASS Cropland Data Layer and the data offered on the CroplandCROS website is provided to the public as is and is considered public domain and free to redistribute." NASS does not warrant conclusions drawn from the data.
Attribution: No attribution requirement recorded.

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