FMP_R2Forests_Merge_Codes

Metadata also available as

Metadata:

Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region Forests
Publication_Date: Various
Title: FMP_R2Forests_Merge_Codes
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Online_Linkage:
\\PCHP90202Q3\C\GEOM_Wilson\GIS\r2_forest_mgt_areas\FMP_R2Forests_Merge_Codes.shp
Description:
Abstract:
Management Area Prescription polygons from National Forest and Grassland Management Plans in the USFS Rocky Mountain Region (Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota. The Plans include specific direction on how to manage different land areas (called management areas). Each management area has a certain emphasis that will direct management activities on that piece of land and contains standards and guidelines that are published in the Plan. Generally speaking, management area codes run on a continuum from least evidence of disturbance (codes 1.xx) to most evidence of disturbance (8.xx). IMPORTANT NOTE: Individual Forest Management Plans need to be consulted for what the codes mean in the context of the respective Forest Plan.
Purpose:
IMPORTANT NOTE: Individual Forest Management Plans need to be consulted for what the codes mean in the context of the respective Forest Plan. Thunder Basin: This data set was developed to meet legal requirements for mapping management areas during Forest Plan revisions, and for use in landscape and project planning on the forest for as long as the 2001 Plan remains in effect. Routt: This data set was developed to meet legal requirements for mapping management areas during Forest Plan revisions, and for use in landscape and project planning on the forest for as long as the 1997 Plan remains in effect. Nebraska: Developed during the Northern Great Plains Planning effort.This data was originally created at the district level and some attributes may have been modified so that the coverages could be appended to the forest wide level. Medicine Bow: This data set was developed to meet legal requirements for mapping management areas during Forest Plan revisions, and for use in landscape and project planning on the forest for as long as the 2003 Plan remains in effect. GMUG: Project and Forest level planning, and any other application requiring the spatial location of management areas. Cimmaron and Comanche: Spatial data used in: 1) Producing reference map products; 2) Project analysis. Arapaho: Management Areas are used to determine management direction from the Forest Plan
Supplemental_Information:
The management area prescription file is the one gathered from the forest GIS coordinators during January - March of 1999. With appropriate revisions added in 2009. No code definitions were sent with the digital files. IMPORTANT NOTE: Individual Forest Management Plans need to be consulted for what the codes mean in the context of the respective Forest Plan. Below are some notes that accompanied the origional data sets: 1. from the 2001 Thunder Basin National Grassland Revised Land and Resource Management Plan was part of the Northern Great Plains Plan Revisions. These management areas correspond to Alternative 3 in the Final Environmental Impact Statement. Thunder Basin management areas have inclusion management areas. 2. from the 1997 Routt National Forest Revised Land and Resource Management Plan. These management areas correspond to Alternative C in the Final Environmental Impact Statement. This feature layer must be displayed in conjunction with the other Routt management area feature classes to obtain a complete representation of the management areas for the forest, and this feature layer contains inclusion management areas. 3. Nebraska: Developed during the Northern Great Plains Planning effort. 4. Medicine Bow: Management Area Prescription polygons from the 2003 Medicine Bow National Forest Revised Land and Resource Management Plan. These management areas correspond to Alternative D (FEIS) in the Final Environmental Impact Statement. This feature layer must be displayed in conjunction with the other Medicine Bow management area feature classes to obtain a complete representation of the management areas for the forest, and this feature layer contains inclusion management areas. 5. Grand Mesa Uncompahgre Gunnison (GMUG): Management Area Boundaries from the 1991 Amendment to the Land and Resource Management Plan for the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests 4/8/2009 Update. 6. Cimmaron and Comanche: Management Areas for the Cimarron and Comanche Natioinal Grasslands 7. Arapaho: This dataset represents Management Areas for the Arapaho/Roosevelt National Forest.
Included below are SAMPLE definitions from the file supplied by the San Juan/Rio Grande forest and the Grand Mesa Uncompahgre and Gunnison (GMUG) forests.: ******************************************************************************** mgt_area.doc 8/25/98 Mgt_area cover is double-precision, utm zone 13. It contains forest plan management area prescriptions for the San Juan-Rio Grande National Forests. It includes the Wilderness Management Direction signed by Forest Supervisor Jim Webb 8/3/98. Sources: Created from mgtarea_1297 (SJ), f_rgaltg (RG) and alt_all (PWong cover in recmgt). Forest and wilderness boundaries are from cartographic feature files. Private boundaries have not been changed from the original covers and may not accurately reflect the location and ownership of the land. Mgtarea item contains different management area codes for the SJ and RG. Codes specific to th San Juan: mgtarea Definition 01A Developed recreation areas, including existing and proposed campgrounds and picnic grounds. 01B Ski area sites, existing and potential. 02A Semi-primitive motorized recreation areas. 02B Rural and roaded natural recreation areas. 03A Semi-primitive non-motorized recreation areas. 04B Wildlife habitat management areas. 05B Wildlife winter ranges. 06B Grassland production areas for livestock grazing. 07E Wood-fiber and sawtimber production areas. 10A Research natural areas. 10C Special archeological areas. 10D National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, eligible rivers.
Codes for the RG, and SJ wilderness areas: 1.11 Wildeness, pristine 1.11A Wilderness, pristine, high-elevation basins within the Weminuche Wilderness that are destination areas and the user-defined, non-system travel corridors leading to them. 1.12 Wilderness, primitive 1.13 Wilderness, semi-primitive 1.5 National River System, wild rivers designated and eligible 2.2 Research natural areas 3.1 Special interest areas. Emphasis on use or interpretation 3.3 Backcountry 3.4 National River System, scenic rivers designated and eligible 4.21 Scenic byways or railroads 4.3 Dispersed recreation 4.4 National River System, recreation rivers designated and eligible 5.11 General forest and rangelands, forest vegetation emphasis 5.13 Forest production 5.41 Deer and elk winter range 5.42 Bighorn sheep 6.6 Grassland resource production 8.22 Ski-based resorts, existing and potential
Some primary management areas contain secondary management area inclusions. For instance a research natural area within pristine wilderness would have mgtarea_main = 1.11 and mgtarea_incl1 = 2.2. mgtarea would contain the value 1.11 /2.2. GMUG: Here are the present management area descriptions for the GMUG: 1A - Developed Recreation Sites. 1B - Downhill skiing and winter sports. 1D - Utility corridors and electronic sites. 2A - Semi-primitive motorized recreation opportunities. 2B - Roaded Natural and rural recreation opportunities. 3A - Semi-primitive non-motorized recreation opportunities. 4B - Wildlife habitat management for one or more management indicator species. 4D - Aspen management. 5A - Big game winter range in non-forested areas. 5B - Big game winter range in forested areas. 6A - Livestock grazing - improve forage composition. 6B - Livestock grazing - maintain forage composition. 7A - Timber management on slopes under 40%. 8 - (See Below). 8A - Pristine wilderness setting. 8B - Primitive wilderness setting. 8C - Semi-primitive wilderness setting. 9A - Riparian area management. 10A - Research Natural Areas. 10C - Special Interest Areas, Cultural Areas, and National Natural Landmarks. 10E - Municipal watersheds. Those areas with the code '8' are areas that were designated as either wilderness or areas to be managed as wilderness in the 1993 Colorado Wilderness Bill. These areas include (on Gunnison National Forest) - extension of Ragged's Wilderness, - creation of Powderhorn and Fossil Ridge Wilderness on Uncompahgre National Forest - extension of Uncompahgre Wilderness - creation of Roubideau and Tabeguache areas As of 1999, forest plans have not been amended to reflect these changes, however, the areas are being managed as wilderness. In the management area coverage these areas have been designated with the code '8'. Note: private land ("NONFS", "PVT" or is <Null>) is not current with ALP ownership and should not be used to accurately reflect ownership. Forest boundary, wilderness boundary, special area boundaries, recreation management area boundary all are not current with ALP. IMPORTANT NOTE: Individual Forest Management Plans need to be consulted for what the codes mean in the context of the respective Forest Plan.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: Varies
Currentness_Reference:
This data set was developed to meet legal requirements for mapping management areas during Forest Plan revisions, and for use in landscape and project planning on the forest for as long as the respective Forest Plan remains in effect.
Status:
Progress: In work
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -110.212011
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -99.929244
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.112894
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.910871
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword: Forest Plan
Theme_Keyword: Resource Management Plan
Place:
Place_Keyword: Rocky Mountains
Access_Constraints:
USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CURRENT PUBLISHED FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN.
Use_Constraints:
IMPORTANT NOTE: Individual Forest Management Plans need to be consulted for what the codes mean in the context of the respective Forest Plan. This product is reproduced from geospatial information prepared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. GIS data and product accuracy may vary. They may be: developed from sources of differing accuracy, accurate only at certain scales, based on modeling or interpretation, incomplete while being created or revised, etc. Using GIS products for purposes other than for which they were created, may yield inaccurate or misleading results. The Forest Service reserves the right to correct, update, modify, or replace, GIS products "based on new inventories, new or revised information, and if necessary in conjunction with other federal, state or local public agencies or the public in general as required by policy or regulation. Previous recipients of the products may not be notified unless required by policy or regulation".
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: John Rupe
Contact_Organization: USFS, Rocky Mountain Region Office
Contact_Position: Forest Planner
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 740 Simms Street
City: Golden
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80401
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-275-5148
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jrupe@fs.fed.us
Data_Set_Credit: National Forest Planning Teams
Security_Information:
Security_Classification: Unclassified
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.6.1500
Data_Quality_Information:
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Dataset copied.
Process_Date: 20090413
Process_Time: 14063800
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Dataset copied.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Process_Date: 20090413
Process_Time: 14320000
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Dataset copied.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Process_Date: 20090413
Process_Time: 16093800
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 9969
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Grid_Coordinate_System:
Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
UTM_Zone_Number: 13
Transverse_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -105.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000
False_Easting: 500000.000000
False_Northing: 0.000000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000000
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.400000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.978698
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: FMP_R2Forests_Merge_Codes
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AREA
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FOREST
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: OLDCODE
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Area
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Acres
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NEWCODE
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ACRES
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
Forest Plan Management Areas - USFS Rocky Mountain Region (Region 2) IMPORTANT NOTE: Individual Forest Management Plans need to be consulted for what the codes mean in the context of the respective Forest Plan. Some plans may vary from this general template. Please consult the individual plan for the specific management area direction.
Plans Developed from 1996 through 2005 Management Category 1 - Wilderness, Roadless and Backcountry 1.1 Wilderness 1.11 Pristine 1.12 Primitive 1.13 Semi-primitive 1.2 Recommended for Wilderness 1.3 Backcountry Recreation 1.31 Backcountry Recreation Non-motorized 1.32 Backcountry Recreation Non-motorized with Limited Winter Motorized 1.41 Core Areas 1.42 Core Restoration Areas 1.5 National River System - Wild Rivers Designated and Eligible
Management Category 2 - Research and Special Interest Areas 2.1 Special Interest Areas Minimal Use and Interpretation 2.2 Research Natural Areas
Management Category 3 - Natural Processes Predominate 3.1 Special Interest Areas 3.2 Limited Use Areas 3.21 Limited Use 3.23 Municipal Watersheds - Water Quality Emphasis 3.3 Backcountry 3.31 Backcountry Recreation Year-Round Motorized 3.32 Backcountry Recreation Non-Motorized With Winter Motorized 3.33 Backcountry Recreation Summer Motorized with Winter Nonmotorized 3.4 National River System - Scenic Rivers Designated And Eligible 3.5 Forested Flora Or Fauna Habitats Limited Management 3.51 Bighorn Sheep 3.54 Special Wildlife Areas 3.55 Corridors Connecting Core Areas 3.56 Aspen Maintenance And Enhancement 3.57 Late Successional Forests 3.58 Crucial Deer And Elk Winter Range 3.61 Prairie Woodland 3.63 Black-footed Ferret Reintroduction Habitat 3.64 Special Plant And Wildlife Habitat 3.65 Native Rangeland Ecosystem 3.68 Big Game Range
Management Category 4 - Low Recreational Use 4.1 Limited Motorized Use And Forest Products 4.2 Scenery 4.21 Scenic Byways or Railroads 4.22 Scenic Areas, Vistas, or Travel Corridors 4.3 Dispersed Recreation 4.32 Dispersed Recreation High Use 4.4 National River System - Recreation Rivers Designated And Eligible
Management Category 5 - Forested Ecosystems with a Variety of Uses 5.1 Resource Production 5.11 General Forest and Rangelands Forest Vegetation Emphasis 5.12 General Forest and Rangelands Range Vegetation Emphasis 5.13 Forest Products 5.2 Water Production 5.21 Water Yield 5.228 Municipal Watersheds Water Quality Emphasis 5.3 Experimental Areas 5.31 Experimental Forests 5.32 Experimental Watersheds 5.4 Forested Flora And Fauna Habitats 5.41 Deer and Elk Winter Range 5.42 Bighorn Sheep Habitat 5.43 Elk Habitat 5.5 Dispersed Recreation Forest Products 5.5 Forested Landscape Linkages 5.6 Forest Products, Recreation, and Big Game Emphasis
Management Category 6 - Non-forested or Grassland Ecosystems with a Variety of Uses 6.1 Rangeland With Broad Resource Emphasis 6.4 Mid-Composition - High Structure 6.6 Grassland Resource Production
Management Category 7 - Public and Private Intermingled Lands 7.1 Residential-Forest Intermix
Management Category 8 - Developed Areas 8.2 Recreation Complexes and Ski-Based Resorts 8.2112 Developed Recreation Complexes 8.22 Ski-based Resorts Existing and Potential 8.3 Designated Utility Corridors Existing and Potential 8.31 Aerial Transportation Corridors 8.4 Mineral Production and Development 8.5 Nursery 8.6 Administrative Sites
Plans Developed from 1982 through 1995 1A - Developed Recreation Sites 1B - Winter Sports Sites 1C - Administrative Sites 1D - Utility Corridors and Electronic Sites
2A - Semi-Primitive Motorized Recreation Opportunities 2B - Rural and Roaded-Natural Recreation Opportunities
3A - Semi-Primitive Non-Motorized Recreation Opportunities
4B - Wildlife Habitat for Management Indicator Species 4D - Aspen Management
5A - Big Game Winter Range in Non-forested Areas 5B - Big Game Winter Range
6A - Livestock Grazing - Improve Forage Composition 6B - Livestock Grazing
7A - Wood Fiber Production and Utilization 7C - Management of Forested Areas for Wood Fiber Production and Utilization 7D - Wood Fiber production and Utilization for Products Other Than Sawtimber 7E - Management of Forested Areas for Wood Fiber Production and Utilization/Gentle Slopes
8A - Pristine Wilderness Opportunities 8B - Primitive Wilderness Opportunities 8C - Semi-Primitive Wilderness Opportunities 8D - Wilderness with High Density Day Use
9A - Riparian Areas 9B - Increased Water Yield
10A - Research Natural Areas 10B - Experimental Forest 10C - Special Interest Areas, Cultural Areas, Archaeological Areas, National Natural Landmarks 10D - Wild and Scenic River Corridors 10E - Municipal Watersheds
Distribution_Information:
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Transfer_Size: 29.124
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20090423
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
REQUIRED: The organization responsible for the metadata information.
Contact_Person: REQUIRED: The person responsible for the metadata information.
Contact_Address:
Address_Type:
REQUIRED: The mailing and/or physical address for the organization or individual.
City: REQUIRED: The city of the address.
State_or_Province: REQUIRED: The state or province of the address.
Postal_Code: REQUIRED: The ZIP or other postal code of the address.
Contact_Voice_Telephone:
REQUIRED: The telephone number by which individuals can speak to the organization or individual.
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
Generated by mp version 2.9.6 on Thu Apr 23 08:16:47 2009