Idaho Land Cover

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Landscape Dynamics Lab
Publication_Date: 19990210
Title: Idaho Land Cover
Edition: Version 2.1, February 10, 1999
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Moscow, ID
Publisher: Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Online_Linkage: <http://www.wildlife.uidaho.edu/data/id_g2veg.zip>
Description:
Abstract:
The Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit's Landscape Dynamics Lab compiled the Idaho Land Cover Classification from Redmond et al.'s (1996) Current Vegetation Map of Northern Idaho and Western Montana and Homer's (1998) Idaho/Western Wyoming Landcover Classification. Both sources used primarily 1992 and 1993 satellite imagery aquired during the growing season (June-Sept). However, to get a cloud-free coverage, some images from 1991 and 1995 had to be used. These classifications were crosswalked and merged to produce a unified land cover map for Idaho. This final coverage is stored as an ARC/INFO grid with 82 land cover classes, a 0.09ha (30m) cell size and a 2ha minimum mapping unit for upland cover types. Please refer to the final Idaho Gap Analysis Report for more information.
Purpose:
These data were developed for the Idaho Gap Analysis Project. They comply to minimum standards of the Gap Analysis Program of the Biological Resources Division, US Geological Survey as of January 1, 1999. These data are intended to aid in state level assessment of natural resources and are not intended for use at a scale greater than 1:100,000.
Supplemental_Information: none
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19910601
Ending_Date: 19950930
Currentness_Reference: Current as of date of satellite image acquisition.
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None Planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -117.8213021
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -110.59569566
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49.13585278
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.69658246
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Theme_Keyword: vegetation
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Place_Keyword: Idaho
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: These data are not to be used at scales greater than 1:100,000.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Lab Manager
Contact_Organization: Landscape Dynamics Lab
Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
City: Moscow
State_or_Province: Idaho
Postal_Code: 83844-4412
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 208-885-3774
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 208-885-9080
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: leonab@uidaho.edu
Data_Set_Credit:
This data set is a compilation of land cover classifications by: Redmond, R.L. et al. 1996. Mapping existing vegetation and land cover across western Montana and northern Idaho. The Wildlife Spatial Analysis Lab, University of Montana. Final Report Contract Number 53-0343-4-000012. Homer, C.G. 1998. Idaho and western Wyoming land cover classification report and metadata. Remote Sensing / GIS Laboratories, Department of Geography and Earth Resources, Utah State University. Contract Number 1422-D910-A3-0210.
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
SunOS, 5.5.1, sun4u UNIX ARC/INFO version 7.2.1
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Landscape Dynamics Lab
Publication_Date: 19990210
Title: Gap Analysis of Idaho Land Cover
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Moscow, Idaho
Publisher: Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Online_Linkage: <http://www.wildlife.uidaho.edu/idgap.htm>
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
Accuracy is estimated at 67.27% (range 53.89% to 93.39%) for northern Idaho based on a scene by scene fuzzy set analysis. For southern Idaho, accuracy is estimated at 69.3% (range 63.6% to 79.3%) based on total percent correct over 9 regions.
Logical_Consistency_Report: Not applicable for raster data.
Completeness_Report: All cells within Idaho boundary have an attributed cover type.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Unknown
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Redmond et al., Wildlife Spatial Analysis Lab
Publication_Date: 19960612
Title: Current Vegetation Map of Northern Idaho and Western Montana
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Missoula, MT
Publisher: Montana Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
Type_of_Source_Media: Landsat Thematic Mapper Image
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 19960612
Source_Currentness_Reference: Current as of publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: none
Source_Contribution: Idaho north of the Salmon River
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Homer, C.G., Remote Sensing/GIS Laboratories
Publication_Date: 19981030
Title: Idaho/Western Wyoming Landcover Classification
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Logan, UT
Publisher: Utah State University
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
Type_of_Source_Media: Landsat Thematic Mapper Image
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 19981030
Source_Currentness_Reference: Current as of publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: none
Source_Contribution: Idaho south of the Salmon River
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Clipped out the north Idaho portion from Redmond et al.'s Northern Idaho and Western Montana grid using the CLIPPER.AML provided by the Wildlife Spatial Analysis Lab, Missoula, MT.
Process_Date: 19981001
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
MERGEd riparian grid of northern Idaho with upland grid to make a single land cover grid for northern Idaho
Process_Date: 19981001
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Projected the northern Idaho portion from albers into Idaho Transverse Mercator using PROJECT GRID, maintaining 30m cell size
Process_Date: 19981001
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
RECLASSed the values of the northern Idaho land cover grid to match the Idaho Land Cover Classification values.
Process_Date: 19981001
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Clipped out southern Idaho from Homer's Idaho/Western Wyoming Landcover Classification using a SELECTMASK function in GRID with the Idaho state boundary as a 30m resolution mask grid.
Process_Date: 19981001
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Reprojected the southern Idaho portion from UTM, Zone 12, Datum NAD83 into Idaho Transverse Mercator, Datum NAD27. Used the NADCON datum conversion program within ARC PROJECT. Maintained 30m cell size.
Process_Date: 19981001
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
RECLASSed the values of southern Idaho to match the Idaho Land Cover Classification values.
Process_Date: 19981001
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
MERGEd the north and south Idaho landcover grids, assigning dominance to the south Idaho grid.
Process_Date: 19981001
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
First draft of metadata created by Jason Karl using FGDCMETA.AML ver. 1.2 05/14/98 on ARC/INFO data set /projects/gap2/covs/idveg
Process_Date: 19990210
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster
Raster_Object_Information:
Raster_Object_Type: Grid Cell
Row_Count: 27554
Column_Count: 17570
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: Transverse Mercator
Transverse_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.99960000
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -114
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 42
False_Easting: 500000.00000
False_Northing: 100000.00000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 30.0
Ordinate_Resolution: 30.0
Planar_Distance_Units: Meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: 

IDVEG.VAT:

COLUMN   ITEM NAME        WIDTH OUTPUT  TYPE N.DEC  ALTERNATE NAME
    1  VALUE                  4    10     B      -
    5  COUNT                  4    10     B      -


IDVEG.STA:

COLUMN   ITEM NAME        WIDTH OUTPUT  TYPE N.DEC  ALTERNATE NAME
    1  MIN                    8    15     F      3
    9  MAX                    8    15     F      3
   17  MEAN                   8    15     F      3
   25  STDV                   8    15     F      3


Idaho Vegetation and Land Cover Classification System
Modified from Redmond et al. (1996) and Homer et al. (1998)

1000 Urban or Developed Land
  1000 Urban
  1001 High Intensity Urban
  1002 Low Intensity Urban
  1101 Disturbed, High
  1102 Disturbed, Low
2000 Agricultural
  2000 Agricultural land
3000 Non-Forested Lands
 31xx - Grasslands
  3101 Foothills Grassland
  3102 Disturbed Grassland
  3103 Herbaceous Clearcut
  3104 Montane Parklands and Subalpine Meadow
  3105 Wet Meadow
  3106 Herbaceous Burn
  3107 Shrub/Steppe Annual Grass-Forb
  3108 Dry Meadow
  3109 Perennial Grassland
  3110 Perennial Grass Slope
 32xx Mesic Shrublands
  3201 Mesic Upland Shrubs
  3202 Warm Mesic Shrubs
 33xx Xeric Shrublands
  3301 Curlleaf Mountain Mahogany
  3304 Bitterbrush
  3305 Mountain Big Sagebrush
  3306 Wyoming Big Sagebrush
  3307 Basin & Wyoming Big Sagebrush
  3308 Black Sagebrush Steppe
  3309 Silver Sage
  3310 Salt-desert Shrub
  3312 Rabbitbrush
  3315 Low Sagebrush
  3316 Mountain Low Sagebrush
4000 Forest Uplands
 41xx Broadleaf Forest
  4101 Aspen
  4102 Cottonwood
  4103 Maple
 42xx Needleleaf Forest
  4201 Englemann Spruce
  4203 Lodgepole Pine
  4206 Ponderosa Pine
  4207 Grand Fir
  4208 Subalpine Fir
  4210 Western Red Cedar
  4211 Western Hemlock
  4212 Douglas-fir
  4215 Western Larch
  4216 Douglas-fir/Limber Pine
  4217 Subalpine Pine
  4218 Subalpine fir/Whitebark Pine
  4219 Mixed Whitebark Pine Forest
  4220 Mixed Subalpine Forest
  4221 Mixed Mesic Forest
  4222 Mixed Xeric Forest
  4223 Douglas-fir/Lodgepole Pine
  4225 Douglas-fir/Grand Fir
  4226 Western Red Cedar/Grand Fir Forest
  4227 Western Red Cedar/Western Hemlock
  4228 Western Larch/Lodgepole Pine
  4229 Western Larch/Douglas-fir
  4230 Utah Juniper
  4231 Western Juniper
  4232 Pinyon Pine/Juniper
 43xx Mixed Needleleaf/Broadleaf Forest
  4301 Mixed Needleleaf/Broadleaf Forest
 44xx Standing Burnt or Dead Timber
  4401 Standing Burnt or Dead Timber
5000 Water
6000 Riparian and Wetland Areas
 61xx Forested Riparian
  6101 Needleleaf Dominated Riparian
  6102 Broadleaf Dominated Riparian
  6103 Needleleaf/Broadleaf Dominated Riparian
  6104 Mixed Riparian (Forest and Non-forest)
 62xx Non-forested Riparian
  6201 Graminoid or Forb Dominated Riparian
  6202 Shrub Dominated Riparian
  6203 Mixed Non-forest Riparian
 63xx Wetlands
  6301 Deep Marsh
  6302 Shallow Marsh
  6303 Aquatic Bed
  6304 Mud Flat
7000 Barren Land
  7201 Sand Dune
  7202 Vegetated Sand Dune
  7300 Exposed Rock
  7301 Lava
  7302 Vegetated Lava
  7800 Mixed Barren Land
  7900 Shoreline and Stream Gravel Bars
8000 Alpine Meadow
  8100 Alpine Meadow
9000 Snow, Ice, Cloud or Cloud Shadow
  9100 Perennial Ice or Snow
  9800 Cloud
  9900 Cloud Shadow
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: none
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Landscape Dynamics Lab
Contact_Position: Lab Manager
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
City: Moscow
State_or_Province: ID
Postal_Code: 83844-4412
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 208-885-3774
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: leonab@uidaho.edu
Contact_Instructions: Contact via email
Distribution_Liability:
Not to be used at scales greater than 1:100,000. Not to be used for navigational purposes. The Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit makes no guarantee as to the positional or attribute accuracy of this product.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 19990210
Metadata_Review_Date: 20020422
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Landscape Dynamics Lab
Contact_Person: Lab Manager
Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
City: Moscow
State_or_Province: ID
Postal_Code: 83844-4412
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 208-885-3774
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 208-885-9080
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: leonab@uidaho.edu
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Access_Constraints: none
Metadata_Use_Constraints: none
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