Thomas, K.A., M.L. McTeague, L. Ogden, K. Schulz, and A. Cully 2009 executable vector shapefile http://www1.usgs.gov/vip/cach/cachplot.zip Thomas, K.A., M.L. McTeague, L. Ogden, K. Schulz, T. Fancher, R. Waltermire, and A. Cully 2009 report doi:10.5066/F7RR1W6V The Canyon de Chelly National Monument Classification Releve Location executable shapefile (cachplot.exe) was developed as a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) product to represent the location of classification releves measured in the vegetation and mapping project conducted at Canyon de Chelly National Monument. Its spatial extent covers Canyon de Chelly National Monument and an approximate 1 kilometer buffer around the park boundary (park environs). The executable shapefile (cachplot.exe) maps sites where classification releve observations were made for the vegetation mapping project conducted at Canyon de Chelly National Monument. Original field data is documented in cachdata.mdb. 2004 ground condition Complete None planned Canyon de Chelly National Monument and environs -109.541895 -109.129846 36.301878 35.993191 none USGS/NPS Vegetation Mapping Program National Park Service Vegetation Map classification releve points none Canyon de Chelly National Monument CACH Cortez Apache County northeast Arizona Four Corners Region Arizona AZ Southwestern United States Western United States United States North America None Standardized National Vegetation Classification System vegetation classification alliance community association Kingdom Plantae plants None None Lisa Thomas Southern Colorado Plateau Network Coordinator/Ecologist mailing address

SCPN National Park Service

Northern Arizona University

PO Box 5765

Flagstaff Arizona 86011-5765 USA 928-523-9280 Lisa_Thomas@nps.gov Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535 Thomas, K.A., M.L. McTeague, L. Ogden, K. Schulz, T. Fancher, R. Waltermire, and A. Cully 2009 executable shapefile Thomas, K.A., M.L. McTeague, L. Ogden, K. Schulz, T. Fancher, R. Waltermire, and A. Cully 2009 report Unknown Shapefile covers the entire park and park environs (1 kilometer) Field observers recorded the geographic coordinates of classification releves established in the field. These coordinates were entered into an Access database and imported into GIS to develop the classification releve shapefile. To allocate releves, the park landscape was stratified into unique biophysical types. The biophysical types were created by layering spatial data for landscape position, geology, stream buffer, slope, and aspect in a GIS environment and identifying each unique combination as one type. The number of polygons targeted for sampling within each biophysical type was proportional to the total area and frequency of occurrence of that type within the park. More information on field sampling methodology appears in Section 2.1.1.2 of the report. unknown Kathryn A. Thomas USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Sonoran Desert Research Station Vegetation Ecologist mailing address

USGS Sonoran Desert Research Station

University of Arizona

Family and Consumer Sciences, Room 123

Tucson Arizona 85721 USA 520-670-5534 520-670-5001 kathryn_a_thomas@usgs.gov Vector Entity point 145 Universal Transverse Mercator 12 0.999600 -111.000000 0.000000 500000.000000 0.000000 coordinate pair 1.0 1.0 meters North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137.000000 298.257222 cachplot Point locations of classification releve observations Producer defined. FID Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. PlotCode Unique ID for each classification releve assigned in the field. Producer defined. This ID cross references the shapefile with cachdata.mdb tables: tblPlotDetails and tblPlotLocation. Unique plot code created for each location visited. UTMEasting UTM easting coordinate, in meters. User defined. 631422 667929 Meters UTMNorthin UTM northing coordinate, in meters. User defined. 3984798 4018426 Meters UTMError Position error, in meters. User defined. 4 35 Meters, ND = no data available USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis USGS-NPS Vegetation Characterization Program Coordinator mailing and physical address

Denver Federal Center, Building 810, MS 302

Denver Colorado 80225 (303) 202-4220 303-202-4219 gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov Downloadable Data The U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. These data and related graphics (if available) are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such. The information contained in these data is dynamic and may change over time. The data are not better than the original sources from which they were derived. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data appropriately and consistent within the limitations of geospatial data in general and these data in particular. Any related graphics (if available) are intended to aid the data user in acquiring relevant data; it is not approriate to use the related graphics as data. The U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from an U.S. Geological Survey and National Park Service servers and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the utility of the data on another system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. 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 and National Park Service. HTML http://www.usgs.gov/core_science_systems/csas/vip/parks/cach.html Internet Access None 20090508 20101112 USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis USGS-NPS Vegetation Characterization Program Coordinator mailing and physical address

Denver Federal Center, Building 810, MS 302

Denver Colorado 80225 (303) 202-4220 303-202-4219 gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001.1-1999 http://www.usgs.gov/core_science_systems/csas/metadata/index.html