SDE Feature Class
Tags
NVC, Land Use / Cover, LABE, National Monument, U.S. National Vegetation Classification, U.S. Geological Survey, NVCS, National Park Service, National Vegetation Classification System, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, Vegetation Map, Lava Beds National Monument, Vegetation Mapping, Land Cover, Remote Sensing, Photointerpretation, Biology, Monitoring, Photo Interpretation, Land Use, National Vegetation Classification Standard, USNVC, NPS Vegetation Mapping Inventory Program
The NPS Vegetation Mapping Inventory Program (VMIP) is an effort to classify, describe, and map existing vegetation of national park units. Managed by the NPS Inventory and Monitoring Division, the NPS VMIP provides baseline vegetation information for the NPS Natural Resource I&M Program. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Vegetation Characterization Program lends a cooperative role in the NPS VMIP. Vegetation layers and associated information support a wide variety of resource assessment, park management, and planning needs. They also provide structure for framing and answering critical scientific questions about vegetation communities and their relation to environmental processes across the landscape.
The geographic information system (GIS) format spatial data set of vegetation for the Lava Beds National Monument (LABE) vegetation mapping and inventory project was created for the National Park Service (NPS) Vegetation Mapping Inventory Program (VMIP). The project area covers over 18,936 ha (46, 792 acres). The map classification scheme used to create the vegetation data set is designed to represent local vegetation types at the finest level possible using the National Vegetation Classification Standard (NVCS) Version 2. The associations present in each map unit are also coded into the database. Vegetation plot sampling was conducted to describe the associations and to develop the map classification scheme. A total of 169 vegetation plots were sampled at LABE. A detailed vegetation analysis of these data was undertaken along with historic information to develop the map classification scheme, in accordance with the National Vegetation Classification Standard (NVCS) Version 2. The vegetation data set was developed by interpreting aerial photographs collected in 2009 and extensive field surveys. The project report for the LABE vegetation mapping project provides details pertaining to the methods of the vegetation sampling, classification, and mapping. The vegetation data are distributed as an ESRI format file geodatabase, stored in Universal Transverse Mercator zone 10 mapping coordinates, North American Datum 1983.
Vegetation types were crossswalked to MCV, CalVeg, and CWHR types by CDFW's Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program (VegCAMP).
Link to report: https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2225475
Link to download dataset from BIOS: ftp://ftp.wildlife.ca.gov/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/2800_2899/ds2859.zip
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1) Those using the spatial database should understand the data and determine for themselves the fitness of the data prior to use. 2) For publication and dissemination, citations or credit should be given to the U.S. Geological Survey Center for Biological Informatics, the National Park Service Biological Resources Management Division, Southern Oregon University, the National Park Service, Lava Beds National Monument, and NatureServe. 3) Mention of trade names or commercial products in this metadata report does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use by the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.
Disclaimer: The State makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or adequacy of these data and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in these data. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to these data.
Extent
| West | -121.608818 | East | -121.376845 |
| North | 41.856881 | South | 41.688869 |
| Maximum (zoomed in) | 1:5,000 |
| Minimum (zoomed out) | 1:150,000,000 |
1) Those using the spatial database should understand the data and determine for themselves the fitness of the data prior to use. 2) For publication and dissemination, citations or credit should be given to the U.S. Geological Survey Center for Biological Informatics, the National Park Service Biological Resources Management Division, Southern Oregon University, the National Park Service, Lava Beds National Monument, and NatureServe. 3) Mention of trade names or commercial products in this metadata report does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use by the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.
Disclaimer: The State makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or adequacy of these data and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in these data. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to these data.