National Park Service Colorado Natural Heritage Program/Colorado State University USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis 2009 vector digital data http://www1.usgs.gov/vip/sand/sandgeodata.zip doi:10.5066/F7VH5KT7 High resolution vegetation polygons mapped by the National Park Service. Multivariate ordination and clustering analyses were used to classify the vegetation. As a result, six plant associations of the National Vegetation Classification (NVC) were identified and locally described. To produce the vegetation map, both National Agriculture Imagery Program 1:12,000-scale, true color, digital ortho-imagery acquired in 2006 and the USDA-FSA-APFO Digital Ortho Mosaic for Kiowa County were used in conjunction with field data to identify vegetation signatures. Four additional non-natural mapping units were devised from the plot and observation point data to complete the map. Vegetation maps of National Parks and National Monuments were developed to support natural resources management, planning, research and interpretation. Data were imported to a file geodatabase by the Colorado Natural Heritage Program/Colorado State University. Parks had the flexibility to map vegetation down to the map class or to the association. Refer to sandrpt.pdf for more detailed information. The shapefile was imported into a geodatabase by the USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis. 2006-2007 ground condition Complete None planned Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site and environs -102.568025 -102.470601 38.600222 38.525757 None Vegetation None Standardized National Vegetation Classification System vegetation classification alliance community association Kingdom Plantae It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from U.S. Geological Survey and National Park Service servers and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. 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 tables 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. The National Park Service gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system, 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. Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.0 (Build 6002) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850 Unknown None Back in the office, ecologists used field data and 2005 aerial photos (National Agriculture Imagery Program, 2005) to map draft vegetation polygons in ArcGIS personal geodatabase. Table relationships were used to create a drop-down list of Associations in the attribute table to ensure consistent data entry. GIS Specialist then cleaned the layer topology, removing gaps, slivers, and any data inconsistencies. Unknown The Shapefile was imported into a geodatabase by the USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis. 201302 Metadata imported. 201302 Vector G-polygon 88 Universal Transverse Mercator 13 0.999600 -105.000000 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 SAND_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 National Park Service Unique plot code. MapUnit_ID Code used to represent the Map Unit NatureServe Map unit code. MapUnit_Name Full Map Unit name NatureServe Map unit association common name. Acres Area (meters) XTool Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. Hectares Perimeter (meters) XTool Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. X_Centroid X Coordinate (UTM Easting) of the centroid of the polygon National Park Service Easting coordinate. Y_Centroid Y Coordinate (UTM Northing) of the centroid of the polygon National Park Service Northing coordinate. 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 Relationship Class 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

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/sand.html Internet Access None 20091208 20130222 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