[Objective] The paper aims to analyze land use changes in recent years in the Daliuta Town of Shenmu County, Shaanxi Province, and provide a reliable basis for reasonable development and utilization of land resources in this region.[Methods] Based on high resolution images in 2010 and 2015, we extracted the land use information in this region through image interpretation, generated the land use transfer matrix, and analyzed the land use changes between two periods.[Results] From 2010 to 2015, the area of cultivated land, residential and mining land, water body, water conservancy facility land and grassland have been increased. The area of forestland, sand and bare land have been reduced.[Conclusion] The land use level of the area is high, and the land structure tends to be reasonable.