# USDA NASS CroplandCROS API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/agricultural-statistics-service/cropland-cros-api/  
**Provider:** Agricultural Statistics Service — https://apis.io/providers/agricultural-statistics-service/  
**Base URL:** https://nassgeodata.gmu.edu/CropScapeService  
**Documentation:** https://www.nass.usda.gov/developer/index.php

USDA NASS CroplandCROS API is one of 5 APIs that [Agricultural Statistics Service](https://apis.io/providers/agricultural-statistics-service/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Cropland, Geospatial, Remote Sensing, and Land Cover. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The CroplandCROS API provides access to the Cropland Data Layer (CDL), a crop-specific land cover data layer with 30-meter spatial resolution covering the continental United States. Historical CDL data is available back to 1997 for select states.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://www.nass.usda.gov/developer/index.php
- **DataAPI** — https://nassgeodata.gmu.edu/CropScapeService
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/agricultural-statistics-service/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Agricultural Statistics Service APIs (4)

- [USDA NASS VegScape API](https://apis.io/apis/agricultural-statistics-service/vegscape-api/)
- [USDA NASS Crop CASMA API](https://apis.io/apis/agricultural-statistics-service/crop-casma-api/)
- [Agricultural Statistics Service Parameters API](https://apis.io/apis/agricultural-statistics-service/agricultural-statistics-service-parameters-api/)
- [Agricultural Statistics Service Statistics API](https://apis.io/apis/agricultural-statistics-service/agricultural-statistics-service-statistics-api/)

## Tags

Cropland, Geospatial, Remote Sensing, Land Cover

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