Cogan Technology, Inc. USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis Unpublished Material None vector digital data None None None None None http://www1.usgs.gov/vip/ciro/cirogeodata.zip doi:10.5066/F7F47M21 This metadata is for the vegetation and land-use geo-spatial database for City of Rocks National Reserve (CIRO) and Castle Rocks State Park, Idaho and surrounding areas. This project is authorized as part of the USGS/NPS Vegetation Inventory Program. The program is being administered by the National Park Service's (NPS) Inventory and Monitoring Program in conjunction with the Biological Resources Division (BRD) of the United States Geological Survey (USGS). This mapping effort was performed by Cogan Technology Inc. (CTI) under contract to Northwest Management, Inc (NMI) and the Upper Columbia Basin Inventory and Monitoring Network (UCBN) of the National Park Service. The NPS Vegetation Inventory Program goals are, among others, to consistently map and document the vegetation of all National Park Service units with a resource component, thereby creating a baseline vegetation inventory. The purposes of this specific mapping effort are varied and include the following: 1) provide support for NPS Resource Management, 2) promote vegetation-related research, 3) provide support for NPS Planning and Compliance, 4) add to the information base for NPS Interpretation, 5) provide a plant community baseline inventory for CIRO, 6) provide information needed for the NPS Fire Program, and 7) assist in overall NPS Operations. The Shapefile was imported to a file geodatabase by the USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis. 2009 2011 publication date Complete None planned City of Rocks National Reserve and Castle Rocks State Park -113.775773 -113.618727 42.156859 41.999595 None City of Rocks National Reserve Castle Rocks State Park Vegetation Land Cover and Land Use NPS National Vegetation Inventory Program NVCS Plant Associations NVCS Plant Alliances Idaho None City of Rocks National Reserve Castle Rocks State Park United States of America North America Idaho Cassia County None None None 2011 None Standardized National Vegetation Classification System vegetation classification alliance community association Kingdom Plantae None Acknowledgment of Cogan Technology Inc. and Northwest Management, Inc. would be appreciated in products derived from these data. Any person using the information presented here should fully understand the data collection and compilation process before beginning their analysis/use. The burden of determining fitness for use lies with the user. Cogan Technology, Inc Dan Cogan Vice-president mailing and physical address

21 Valley Road

Galena Illinois 61036 USA 815-777-1773 None 815-777-1773 dancogan@cogantech.com 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM CST None Dan Cogan (Cogan Technology Inc.), John Erixson (Northwest Management, Inc. and Lisa Garrett (NPS-UCBN). None Unclassified None Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000 The thematic accuracy is approximately 88%. Please read the accompanying report or check with the park for the latest accuracy assessment values. 88% Overall Thematic Accuracy of the Vegetation Attribute Field (Veg_Code). All polygon features were checked for topology, existence of label points, and label point uniqueness. The labels were checked for correct and complete attributing. All nodes where checked for unintentional lines and to ensure that the polygons were closed. All steps preformed using ESRI ArcInfo commands. All data that could be interpreted from the 2009 NAIP ortho-imagery were digitized in accordance with the minimum mapping unit (MMU) of 1/2 hectare. This included selected features that fell into the National Vegetation Classification and the Anderson Level II land use classification. Some classes below the MMU were included, especially water and wetland features, weed patches, and those at the edge of the study area (i.e. cut off by other features and borders). Roads (to visible right-of-way or fence line) and streams/drainages wider than 10 meters were digitized as polygons and attributed accordingly. Unknown: Assumed that the new 2009 ortho-imagery created by the Natinonal Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP) met the National Map Accuracy Standards. Reference the NAIP metadata for more information. Unknown: Assumed that the new 2009 ortho-imagery created by the Natinonal Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP) met the National Map Accuracy Standards. Reference the NAIP metadata for more information. NAIP Unknown Unknown raster digital data None None Unknown Unknown 12,000 CD-ROM 2009 ground condition 2009 NAIP Imagery (Oregon) Basemap All plant community data that could be interpreted from the 2009 NAIP imagery were digitized in accordance with the minimum mapping unit (MMU) of 1/2 hectare. This included selected features that fell into the National Vegetation Classification and the Anderson Level II land use classification. Some classes below the MMU were included, especially water and wetland features, weed patches, and those at the edge of the study area (i.e. cut off by other features and borders). Roads (to visible right-of-way or fence line) and streams/drainages wider than 10 meters were digitized as polygons and attributed accordingly. Polygons were checked in the field and attributed accordingly. 2011 Dan Cogan Cogan Technology, Inc Vice-president mailing and physical address

21 Valley Road

Galena Illinois 61036 USA 815-777-1773 815-777-1773 dancogan@cogantech.com 8:00 AM- 5:00 PM CST Metadata imported. D:\Projects\nps\CIRO\CD\Metadata\ciro_veg.xml 20110912 The shapefile was imported into a geodatabase by the USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis. 201206 Metadata imported. 201206 Vector G-polygon 4584 Universal Transverse Mercator 12 0.999600 -111.000000 0.000000 500000.000000 0.000000 coordinate pair 0.000100 0.000100 meters North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137.000000 298.257222 CIRO_VegPolys Feature class attribute table National Park Service OBJECTID Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. Poly_ID Unique identifier for each polygon NPS Unique plot code. MapUnit_ID Code used to represent the Map Unit NPS Map unit code. MapUnit_Name Full Map Unit name NPS Map unit association common name. X_Centroid X Coordinate (UTM Easting) of the centroid of the polygon ESRI Easting coordinate. Y_Centroid Y Coordinate (UTM Northing) of the centroid of the polygon ESRI Northing coordinate. Acres Area (squared units) ESRI Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. Hectares Perimeter (unknown units) ESRI Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. Shape_Length Length of feature in internal units. ESRI Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. SHAPE_Area Area of feature in internal units squared. ESRI Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.. rc_VegPolys_tVegMapInfo Defines relationship between Veg polygons and basic vegetation attributes National Park Service Attributes were either generated by ArcInfo/ArcView software or assigned by Northwest Management, Inc. or Cogan Technology, Inc. Erixson, J., D.Cogan. 2011 City of Rocks National Reserve Vegetation Inventory Project Natural Resource Report. A Report for the Upper Columbia Basin Network. National Park Service. USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis USGS-NPS Vegetation Characterization Program Coordinator mailing and physical address

Denver Federal Center, Building 810, MS 302

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Denver Federal Center, Building 810, MS 302

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