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For a detailed description of these classes, see the class definitions at the USGS web site.
1 Water
11 Open Water
12 Perennial Ice/Snow
2 Developed
21 Low Intensity Residential
22 High Intensity Residential
23 Commercial/Industrial/Transportation
3 Barren
31 Bare Rock/Sand/Clay
32 Quarries/Strip Mines/Gravel Pits
33 Transitional
4 Forested Upland
41 Deciduous Forest
42 Evergreen Forest
43 Mixed Forest
5 Shrubland
51 Shrubland
6 Non-Natural Woody
61 Orchards/Vineyards/Other
7 Herbaceous Upland Natural/Semi-natural Vegetation
71 Grasslands/Herbaceous
8 Herbaceous Planted/Cultivated
81 Pasture/Hay
82 Row Crops
83 Small Grains
84 Fallow
85 Urban/Recreational Grasses
9 Wetlands
91 Woody Wetlands
92 Emergent Herbaceous Wetlands
Land cover classes and C-factor for Ft. Hood vegetation map
It is strongly recommended that local C-factor estimates are used as values vary depending on % ground cover for each class, as well as, surface roughness and plant residue.
# Description C-factor (approximate) | 1|Juniper Forest 0.0005 - 0.001 | 2|Live Oak Forest 0.0005 - 0.001 | 3|Upland Deciduous Forest 0.0005 - 0.001 | 4|North Slope Deciduous Forest 0.0005 - 0.001 | 5|South Slope Deciduous Forest 0.0005 - 0.001 | 6|Alluvial Deciduous Forest 0.0005 - 0.001 | 9|Live Grassland/Herbaceous 0.005 - 0.01 |10|Dormant Grassland/Herbaceous 0.05 - 0.1 |11|Water 0 |12|Bare Ground 0.5 - 1.0 |16|Hardscape/Roads 0
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