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Ohio CDL crop change explorer

Interactive map of Ohio Cropland Data Layer (CDL) crop and land-cover classes, and how they changed from 2006 to 2025.

By Jingke Wu, Gabriel E. Lade, Zhining Sun, and Ani Katchova · Updated June 16, 2026

This tool uses USDA NASS Cropland Data Layer rasters to map Ohio crop and land-cover classes across 2006–2025. It supports single-year land-cover views and two-year change comparisons, with statewide and county acreage summaries for individual CDL classes and crop groups.

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Use Land cover mode to inspect CDL classes in a selected year, or switch to Change mode to compare a begin and end year. Class filters highlight major crops and CDL classes, and the county view lets you inspect local acreage trends and class composition.

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Sources & notes

The source product is the USDA NASS Cropland Data Layer for Ohio, 2006–2025.
Source rasters are 56 m in 2006–2007 and 30 m in 2008–2025; acreage is calculated from native source pixel area before web reprojection.
County metrics are computed by rasterizing Ohio county polygons on the matching source grid and counting pixels by county and CDL class.

Last updated: June 16, 2026

Use this map

Best for: journalists, local officials, farmers, and researchers tracking Ohio's cropping patterns and agricultural land cover.

What it shows: where specific crops and land-cover classes — corn, soybeans, wheat, pasture, and more — appear across Ohio in any year from 2006 to 2025, and how they shift between any two years, with statewide and county acreage summaries.

Caveat: the Cropland Data Layer is classified from satellite imagery; accuracy varies by crop and year, and single-pixel or single-year changes can reflect classification noise rather than real land-use change. CDL classes are not the same as parcel ownership, planted-acreage surveys, or program enrollment.

Suggested citation

Wu, Jingke, Gabriel E. Lade, Zhining Sun, and Ani Katchova. "Ohio CDL Crop Change Explorer." C. William Swank Program in Rural-Urban Policy, The Ohio State University, 2026. Data from the USDA NASS Cropland Data Layer, 2006–2025.

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