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Western Core Table Structure & Descriptions

Components	Description
Area	National Forest Area Summary Load File Format
Volume	National Forest Volume Summary Load File Format
Woody	National Forest Woody Summary Load File Format
Reports	Western Core Table Reports Descriptions
Crosswalk	Forest Cover Type Classifications Crosswalk

Layer Descriptions for Regionwide Map Extents

Reference Files

File	Description
Tables	GIS Reference Table Index
FSVeg	FSVeg Reference Table Index
Projections	Projection parameters for Forestwide and Statewide Datasets

Administrative Layers

Old Coverage Acronym	SDE Feature Class Name	Description
ADMN	BasicOwnership	Ownership and Administrative Forest
ASMB	Assembly Districts	Assembly Districts
CONG	CongressionalDistricts	Congressional Districts
KWSH	KeyWatersheds	Key Watersheds
PADM	ProclaimedNatForest	Proclaimed National Forest
RDCM	RangerDistrictsAndCompartments	Ranger Districts and Compartments
RNAS	ResearchNaturalAreas	Research Natural Areas
SPEC	ExperimentalForestAndRange	Experimental Forests, Ranges and Watersheds
SPEC	OtherNationalDesignations	Other National Designations
SPEC	NatRecAndScenicAreas	National Recreation And Scenic Areas
MONU	NationalMonuments	NationalMonuments
STCO	StateAndCounty	State and County Boundaries
WILD	WildernessExistingR5	Region 5 Existing Wilderness
WILD	WildernessRecommended	Region 5 Recommended Wilderness
WSRR	WildScenicRiverExisting	Wild, Scenic and Recreation River Corridors - Existing
WSRR	WSR_Recommended, WSR_Study	Wild, Scenic and Recreation River Corridors - Recommended and Study

Land Management Planning/Prescription Layers

Old Coverage Acronym	SDE Feature Class Name	Description
VQOZ	AdoptedVisualQualityObjZones	Adopted Visual Quality Objective Zones
AMAS	AdaptiveManagementAreas	Adaptive Management Areas
SHEP	BighornSheepAreas	Big Horn Sheep Areas
BVSY	BigValleySustainedYieldUnit	Big Valley Sustained Yield Unit
(new)	CarbonateLandUse	Land Use Zones - Carbonate Habitat Management Areas
SOHA	CaSpottedOwlHabitatAreas	California Spotted Owl Habitat Areas
HRCA	CaSpottedOwlHomeRangeCoreAreas	California Spotted Owl Home Range Core Areas
SONT	CaSpottedOwlNestTrees	California Spotted Owl Nest Trees
PACS	CaSpottedOwlPACsAndBase	California Spotted Owl Protected Activity Centers and Base
CNDR	CondorManagementAreas	Condor Management Areas
CARS	CriticalAquaticRefuges	Critical Aquatic Refuges
(new)	CriticalBioAreas	Critical Biological Land Use Areas
PLNT	CriticalPlantHabitatAreas	Critical Plant Habitat Areas
CULT	CulturalResourcesAreas	Cultural Resources Areas
DEER	DeerEmphasisAreas	Deer Emphasis Areas
DFPZ	DefensibleFuelProfileZones	Defensible Fuel Profile Zones
EAGL	EagleManagementAreas	Eagle Management Areas
FLYC	FlycatcherHabitatAreas	Flycatcher Habitat Areas
CARN	ForestCarnivDenSites	Forest Carnivore Den Sites
FURB	FurbearerHabitatAreas	Furbearer Habitat Areas
GSEQ	GiantSequoiaManagementAreas	Giant Sequoia Management Areas
GHNT	GoshawkNestTrees	Goshawk Nest Trees
GOSH	GoshawkNestGroveAreas	Goshawk Nest Groves Areas
GOWL	GreatGrayOwlAreas	Great Gray Owl Areas
GPAC	GoshawkProtectedActivityCenters	Goshawk Protected Activity Centers
(new)	LandUseZones	Land Use Zones
LMPA	LandManagementPlanAreas	Land Management Plan (LMP) Areas
PLSC	LandSuitabilityClass	Land & Resource Management Plan - Land Suitability Class
LSRS	LateSuccessionalReserveAreas	Late Successional Reserve Areas
LOWS	LowSiteTimberlandAreas	Low Site Timberland Areas
MEAD	MeadowMgtZones	Meadow Management Zones
MYTT	ModifiedYieldTimberTypes	Modified Yield Timber Type(s)
ACTS	NSpotOwlActivityCenters	Northern Spotted Owl Activity Centers
(new)	NWFP_LandUseAllocations	Northwest Forest Plan Land Use Allocations
FALC	PeregrineFalconAreas	Peregrine Falcon Areas
RRMZ	RiparianReserveMgtZones	Riparian Reserve Management Zones
OFEA	OldForestEmphasisAreas	Old Forest Emphasis Areas
GRPS	GroupSelectAreas	Quincy Library Group Group Select Areas
QMYT	ModifiedTimberTypes	Quincy Library Group Modified Yield Timber Type(s)
OFFD	OffBaseandDeferredAreas	Quincy Library Group Off-Base and Deferred Areas
QLOG	OldGrowthAreas	Quincy Library Group Old Growth Areas
RSAT	RiparianManagementAreas	Quincy Library Group Riparian Management Areas
ROSC	RecreationOpportSpectrumZones	Adopted Recreation Opportunity Spectrum Zones
RCAS	RiparianConservationAreas	Riparian Conservation Areas
(new)	Places	Places
SAGE	SageSteppeEcosystemArea	Sage-Steppe Ecosystem Area
(new)	ScenicAttractiveness	Scenic Attractiveness
(new)	ScenicClasses	Scenic Classes
(new)	ScenicIntegrityObj	Scenic Integrity Objectives
(new)	Visibility	Landscape Visibility
SSOI	SensitiveSoilsAreas	Sensitive Soils Areas
(new)	SNV_ExemptionAreas	Sierra Nevada Exemption Areas
(new)	SoCal_OilAndGas	Southern California Oil And Gas
(new)	SoCal_TransCorridors	Southern California Transportation Corridors
(new)	SoCal_UtilityCorridors	Southern California Utility Corridors
SIAS	SpecialInterestAreas	Special Interest Areas
SFCA	SSierraFisherConservationAreas	Southern Sierra Fisher Conservation Area
SPLT	StrategicallyPlacedAreaTrtmnts	Strategically Placed Area Treatments
SRMZ	StreamsideRiparianMgtZones	Streamside/Riparian Management Zones
(new)	WildlandUrbanIntermix	Wildland Urban Intermix
URBN	WildlandUrbanIntermixZones	Sierra Nevada Wildland Urban Intermix Zones
UNSU	UnsuitableForestLandAreas	Unsuitable Forest Land Areas
(new)	WaterBodies	Region 5 Lakes, Reservoirs, and Rivers
WIFL	WillowFlycatcherHabitat	Willow Flycatcher Habitat
BUCA	YosemiteToadPACS	Yosemite Toad Protected Activity Centers

Forest Resources/Inventory Layers

Old Coverage Acronym	SDE Feature Class Name	Description
CFFL	(not yet available as feature class)	Cartographic Feature Files (Lines)
CFFP	(not yet available as feature class)	Cartographic Feature Files (Points)
COND	(not yet available as feature class)	Condition Class
DEMS	CA_30MDEM	Digital Elevation Model
DOQQ	CA_DigitalOrthoQtrQuad	Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quadrangles
EVEG	(legacy data)	Existing Vegetation
EV_MID	EvegTile	Existing Vegetation Mid Level - Revised to New National and Regional Standards
FISH	(not yet available as feature class)	Threatened and Endangered Fish Habitat
FL12, FL16, FL24	FlightLineScaleYr	Aerial Photo Flight Lines
HUCS	HydrologicUnit	Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) Watersheds
IRAS	InventoriedRoadlessAreas	Inventoried Roadless Areas
MDVG	SNV_MontaneMeadowVeg	Montane Meadow Vegetation
MURR	NWFP_MarbledMurrZones	Marbled Murrelet Zones
NSOH	(not available as feature class)	Northern Spotted Owl Suitable Habitat
OWLL	(not yet available as feature class)	Owl Locations
PLSS	PLSS Township, PLSS Section	Public Land Survey
PLUN	PlanningUnits	Planning Units
PORT	PortOrfordCedar	Port-Orford Cedar Locations
QUAD	CA_USGSQuad24k	USGS 7.5 Minute Quadrangles
REPT	(not available as feature class)	Threatened and Endangered Reptile Habitat
RARE	(not available as feature class)	1979 Inventoried Roadless Areas
SHED	(not yet available as feature class)	Watersheds
SNOG	(not available as feature class)	Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project (SNEP) Old Growth Areas
SPRG	(not yet available as feature class)	Springs/Seeps
STRA	STRATA	Vegetation Inventory Strata
STRM	(not yet available as feature class)	Streams and Water Courses

Forest Resources/Inventory Layers (Plot Locations)

Old Coverage Acronym	SDE Feature Class Name	Description
GRIP	GRIP (stored by Forest and project year, i.e. infgrip94)	Legacy FIA (Forest Inventory Analysis) Grid Inventory Plots
HEXP	HEXP	Project Year FIA Hex Inventory Plots
ITIP	ITIP	Legacy Integrated Inventory Plots
	MASTER_HEX	Master Layer for FIA Hex Inventory Plots
NHEX	NHEX	Intensification Plots (Non-Hex)
OGIP	OGIP	Legacy Old Growth/Stand Structure Inventory Plots
PLIP	PLIP	Legacy Plantation Inventory Plots
PLUS	PLUS	Project Year Compilation Inventory Plots (FIA Hex Plots plus Intensification Plots)
TMIP	TMIP	Legacy Timber Inventory Plots

Activity/Development Layers

Old Coverage Acronym	SDE Feature Class Name	Description
ALOT	RangelandMgtUnits or RangelandMgtSubunits	Rangeland Management Units (allotments, exclosures, general resource areas and wild horse/burro territories) or Rangeland Management Subunits (pastures)
DREC	(not yet available as feature class)	Developed Recreation Sites - Existing and Proposed
BAER	BAER_SoilBurnSeverity	BAER (Burned Area Emergency Response) Soil Burn Severity Zones
(new)	FACTS_AccompPestInvas90_07	FACTS Treatments for Forest Pests and Invasive Species Control Activities
FIRE	FIREHIS_PL_PATFIRE	Fire History
FBRK	(not yet available as feature class)	Fuel Breaks
FTRT	(not yet available as feature class)	Fuel Treatment Areas
(new)	HAZ_FuelTreatments02_07	Hazardous Fuels Treatments
MORT	AerialDetectionSurvey	Tree Mortality, Defoliation and Other Damage
NFPR	NFPORS_FuelTreatments	NFPORS (National Fire Plan Operations and Reporting System) Fuel Treatments
PNTN	(not yet available as feature class)	Plantations
RISK	(not yet available as feature class)	Insect Risk
SUSE	SpecialUseAdminSites	Special Use / Administrative Sites
STND	ActivityPolygon, ActivityPoint, ActivityLine	FACTS (Forest Activity Tracking System)
TRAN	(not yet available as feature class)	Transportation
TRAV	(not yet available as feature class)	Travel Routes

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Last Modified: Friday, 21 August 2009 at 13:37:31 EDT