U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Remotes Sensing and GIS Group, Denver, Colorado Unpublished Material vector digital data http://www1.usgs.gov/vip/zion/zionplot.zip doi:10.5066/F7930R4B This metadata is for the vegetation data points spatial database created at/for Zion National Park, Utah. Plots were collected to characterize the vegetation at Zion National Park. This GIS layer was created from the GPS coordinates recorded at the center of each plot to map their distribution and location in the Park. This GIS layer was created from the GPS coordinates recorded at the center of each plot. Unknown ground condition Complete None planned Zion National Park and environs -113.227523 -112.866610 37.509482 37.135175 None Vegetation Plots Ground Cover Land Cover Vegetation Plots None Zion National Park National Park Service Utah Springdale, Utah Colorado Plateau None Standardized National Vegetation Classification System vegetation classification alliance community association Kingdom Plantae None Acknowledgment of the USBR Remote Sensing and GIS Group 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. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's (USBR) Remote Sensing and GIS Group Dan Cogan Physical Scientist mailing address

USBR, Code D-8260, POB 25007

Denver Colorado 80225 USA (303) 445-2291 (303) 445-6337 dcogan@do.usbr.gov 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM MST Call for contract person(s) http://www1.usgs.gov/vip/zion/zionplots.pdf Graphic file showing vegetation filed plot locations. Low resolution for web browser - 356 KB file size. PDF USBR, Denver, CO: Daniel Cogan, Janet Coles, Doug Crawford, Trudy Meyer, Jean Pennel, ZION: Jeff Bradybaugh, Elena Robish; NatureServe, Boulder, CO: Marion Reid, Keith Schulz. Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700. N/A None All plots collected at Zion National Park for this project are included in this coverage. GPS accuracy varies for each plot. Error values were recorded on the plot form. Standard GPS Elevation Error. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Remotes Sensing and GIS Group, Denver, Colorado Unpublished Material vector digital data CD-ROM 1999 2003 ground condition Vegetation Sample Plots Unknown Plots were subjectively places by qualified ecologists to characterize the plant communities. Portions of the methodology were derived from the USGS/NPS Vegetation Mapping Program's Field Methods for Vegetation Mapping standard. Vegetation data in each sample plot was recorded by qualified ecologists using a standard NVC plot data collection form. Data was manually transferred to a MS Access database. Point coverage was created by importing the database into ArcView as an event theme. Unknown Dan Cogan Bureau of Reclamation Physical Scientist mailing and physica address

P.O. Box 25007 Bldg. 56 Denver Federal Center M.S. D-8260

Denver Colorado 80225 U.S.A (303) 445-2291 (303) 445-2266 (303) 445-6337 dcogan@do.usbr.gov 8 am - 5 pm Vector Entity point 346 Universal Transverse Mercator 12 0.999600 -111.000000 0.000000 500000.000000 0.000000 Coordinate Pair 0.000064 0.000064 meters North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137.000000 298.257222 zionplot Shapefile attribute table. Zion National Park Vegetation Mapping Project: Vegetation Plot Coverage Point Attribute Table. Dan Cogan USBR Remote Sensing and GIS Group FID Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. AREA Area of feature in internal units squared. ESRI. Area is always zero for point coverages. Values are automatically generated. PERIMETER Perimeter of feature in internal units. ESRI. Perimeter is always zero for point coverages. Values are automatically generated. PLOT_ Internal feature number. ESRI. Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. PLOT_ID User-defined feature number. ESRI. Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. PLOT_CODE Code indicating the specific plot within the vegetation polygon. For the 1999 field season the codes were RH-Zion XXX and for the 2000 field season, the codes were ZION.XXX. Field Crews and NatureServe User-defined feature number. PROV_NAME The provisional name of the vegetation plot assigned by the field crews using either the preliminary list of plant associations or the names of the dominant species. Field Crews Textual defining the provisional name (common name) of the association. CLASS_NAME NVC classified plant association name as determined by the NatureServe Regional Ecologists. NatureServe Textual class name. ELCODE NVC Code to Classified Plant Association. NatureServe Textual and numerical code. LOCATION The location of the sample plot. Field Crews and NatureServe ZION Zion National Park Zion National Park, Utah Environs Lands surrounding Zion National Park Zion National Park, Utah SUB_LOC The sub-location of the sample plot within Zion National Park. Field Crews Textual description of the sub-location. QUAD Appropriate name/scale from survey map used; use 7.5-minute quadrangle if possible. Field Crews Textual quadrangle map name. QUAD_CODE Code to the USGS 7.5. Minute Topographic Map USGS Numerical and textual quadrangle code for location of plots on topographic map. GPS_FILE GPS way point (WP) numbers and/or known datum projection information. Field Crews Values may represent one or more of the following: 1. +/- xx indicates GPS error in meters, 2. x.x may indicate GPS error in meters, 3. xxx may indicate downloadable GPS file names. GPS_TECH The name of the GPS receiver used, other methods used to record location, +/-GPS error readings, and/or general comments about the GPS Techniques used. Field Crews PLGR = "Personal Lightweight GPS Receiver" made by Rockwell CO for the U.S. Military. CORRECT_X Corrected (Final) UTM X Value. Field Crews - GPS Units and USBR Remote Sensing and GIS Group Numerical of X universal transverse mercator location description. 0 100 Meters 0 (unknown) UTM Values were reprojected to NAD83 by USBR using NADCON for those points recorded in UTM NAD27. CORRECT_Y Corrected (Final) UTM Y Value. Field Crews - GPS Units and USBR Remote Sensing and GIS Group Numerical of Y universal transverse mercator location description. 0 100 Meters 0 (unknown) UTM Values were reprojected to NAD83 by USBR using NADCON for those points recorded in UTM NAD27. UTM_ZONE Universal Transverse Mercator Zone GPS - Field Crews 12 UTM Zone 12 All of ZION is in UTM Zone 12. DATE Date that the Sample Plot was completed in the field. Field Crews Numerical of the date the plot was observed. SURVEYORS The last names and/or initials of the field crews. Field Crews Textual surveyors last names and/or initials. DIRECTIONS Precise directions to the site using a landmark readily locatable on a 7.5 minute topo map as the starting point. Distances are presented as closely as possible to 0.1 mile with compass directions. Additional directions to the plot within the site may be provided. Field Crews and NatureServe Textual direction description of locations. XDIMENSION Plot width, the X dimension of the sample plot. Field Crews and NatureServe Textual and numerical of X dimension (whole numbers). 0 100 Meters YDIMENSION Plot length, the Y dimension of the sample plot. Field Crews and NatureServe Textual and numerical of Y dimension (whole numbers). 0 100 Meters PLOT_SHAPE The shape of the sample plot. Field Crews Textual defining the shape of the plot. ROLL Roll number of the photos taked for each sample plot. Field Crews Textual and numerical of roll number (whole numbers). FRAME Frame number of the photos taked for each sample plot. Field Crews Whole number of the plots photo frame. REPRESENT Comments on the plot?s ability to represent the stand or polygon as one component and the ability of this sample to represent the range of variability of the association in the entire mapping area. Field Crews Textual of representiveness description. ELEVATION Elevation of the Sample Plots. Field Crews - GPS Units Textual of elevation description. ELEV_UNITS Elevation Units used to record the elevation of the Accuracy Assessment Point. Field Crews and NatureServe 1 Meters Zion National Park 2 Feet Zion National Park SLOPE General description of the average slope of the sample plot. Field Crews and NatureServe Textual of slope type description. ASPECT Average aspect of the sample plot. Field Crews N North Aspect of the slope; measured using a compass. NE North East Aspect of the slope; measured using a compass. E East Aspect of the slope; measured using a compass. SE Southeast Aspect of the slope; measured using a compass. S South Aspect of the slope; measured using a compass. SW Southwest Aspect of the slope; measured using a compass. W West Aspect of the slope; measured using a compass. NW Northwest Aspect of the slope; measured using a compass. Flat (n/a) No aspect Aspect of the slope; measured using a compass. Variable No consistent slope Aspect of the slope; measured using a compass. TOPO_POS Topographic position of each accuracy assessment point. Field Crews Textual of topology position type description. LANDFORM The landform that describes the site where the plot was taken. Field Crews and NatureServe Textual of landform description. GEOLOGY Surficial geology noting the geologic substrate influencing the plant community (bedrock or surficial materials). Field Crews, USGS and NatureServe Textual description of the geology surface. COWARDIN The USFWS system which best describes the hydrology and landform or the accuracy assessment point. "Upland" is used if the system is not a wetland. Cowardian et al. 1979. Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States. US Fish and Wildlife Service National Wetlands Inventory. Textual cowadrin classification description. HYDRO The hydrologic regime of the plot using general descriptions. NatureServe - adapted from Cowardin et al. 1979 SEMIPERMANENTLY FLOODED Surface water persists throughout growing season in most years except during periods of drought. Land surface is normally saturated when water level drops below soil surface. Includes Cowardin's Intermittently Exposed and Semipermanently Flooded modifiers. Zion National Park, Utah SEASONALLY FLOODED Surface water is present for extended periods during the growing season, but is absent by the end of the growing season in most years. The water table after flooding ceases is very variable, extending from saturated to a water table well below the ground surface. Includes Cowardin's Seasonal, Seasonal-Saturated, and Seasonal-Well Drained modifiers. Zion National Park, Utah SATURATED Surface water is seldom present, but substrate is saturated to surface for extended periods during the growing season. Equivalent to Cowardin's Saturated modifier. Zion National Park, Utah TEMPORARILY FLOODED Surface water present for brief periods during growing season, but water table usually lies well below soil surface. Often characterizes flood-plain wetlands. Equivalent to Cowardin's Temporary modifier. Zion National Park, Utah INTERMITTENTLY FLOODED Substrate is usually exposed, but surface water can be present for variable periods without detectable seasonal periodicity. Inundation is not predictable to a given season and is dependent upon highly localized rain storms. This modifier was developed for use in the arid West for water regimes of Playa lakes, intermittent streams, and dry washes but can be used in other parts of the U.S. where appropriate. This modifier can be applied to both wetland and non-wetland situations. Equivalent to Cowardin's Intermittently Flooded modifier. Zion National Park, Utah PERMANENTLY FLOODED Water covers the land surface at all times of the year in all years. Equivalent to Cowardin's ?permanently flooded.? Zion National Park, Utah UNKNOWN The water regime of the area is not known. The unit is simply described as a non-tidal wetland. Zion National Park, Utah ENVIRO General environmental comments about the sample plots. Field Crews and NatureServe Textual of environment description. LANDSCAPE General comments about the landscape surrounding the sample plot. Field Crews Textual of landscape description. TEXTURE Average soil texture for the sample plot. Field Crews and NatureServe Textual of texture description. DRAINAGE General description of the soil drainage at the plot. Classes were defined in terms of (1) actual moisture content (in excess of field moisture capacity) and (2) the extent of the period during which excess water is present in the plant-root zone. It is recognized that permeability, level of groundwater, and seepage are factors affecting moisture status. Soil drainage classes were sometimes based on the presence or absence of mottling. Topographic position and vegetation as well as soil morphology were also used for assessing soil moisture status. Field Crews and NatureServe Rapidly Drained The soil moisture content seldom exceeds field capacity in any horizon except immediately after water addition. Soils are free from any evidence of gleying throughout the profile. Rapidly drained soils are commonly coarse textured or soils on steep slopes. Zion National Park Well Drained The soil moisture content does not normally exceed field capacity in any horizon (except possibly the C) for a significant part of the year. Soils are usually free from mottling in the upper 3 feet, but may be mottled below this depth. B horizons, if present, are reddish, brownish, or yellowish. Zion National Park Moderately Well Drained - The soil moisture in excess of field capacity remains for a small but significant period of the year. Soils are commonly mottled (chroma < 2) in the lower B and C horizons or below a depth of 2 feet. The Ae horizon, if present, may be faintly mottled in fine-textured soils and in medium-textured soils that have a slowly permeable layer below the solum. In grassland soils the B and C horizons may be only faintly mottled and the A horizon may be relatively thick and dark. Zion National Park Somewhat Poorly Drained The soil moisture in excess of field capacity remains in subsurface horizons for moderately long periods during the year. Soils are commonly mottled in the B and C horizons; the Ae horizon, if present, may be mottled. The matrix generally has a lower chroma than in the well-drained soil on similar parent material. Zion National Park Poorly Drained The soil moisture in excess of field capacity remains in all horizons for a large part of the year. The soils are usually very strongly gleyed. Except in high-chroma parent materials the B, if present, and upper C horizons usually have matrix colors of low chroma. Faint mottling may occur throughout. Zion National Park Very Poorly Drained Free water remains at or within 12 inches of the surface most of the year. The soils are usually very strongly gleyed. Subsurface horizons usually are of low chroma and yellowish to bluish hues. Mottling may be present but at the depth in the profile. Very poorly drained soils usually have a mucky or peaty surface horizon. Zion National Park Z_BEDROCK Percent cover of exposed bedrock. NatureServe Plot Form - Field Crews 0 100 Percentage (i.e. 25.000 = 25%) Z_LROCKS Percent cover of large rocks (cobbles, boulders > 10 cm). NatureServe Plot Form - Field Crews 0 100 Percentage (i.e. 25.000 = 25%) Z_SROCKS Percent cover of small rocks (gravel, 0.2-10 cm). NatureServe Plot Form - Field Crews 0 100 Percentage (i.e. 25.000 = 25%) Z_SAND Percent cover of sand (0.1-2 mm). NatureServe Plot Form - Field Crews 0 100 Percentage (i.e. 25.000 = 25%) Z_LITTER Percent cover of litter and duff. NatureServe Plot Form - Field Crews 0 100 Percentage (i.e. 25.000 = 25%) Z_WOOD Percent cover of dead and down wood. NatureServe Plot Form - Field Crews 0 100 Percentage (i.e. 25.000 = 25%) Z_WATER Percent cover of standing water. NatureServe Plot Form - Field Crews 0 100 Percentage (i.e. 25.000 = 25%) Z_SOIL Percent cover of bare soil. NatureServe Plot Form - Field Crews 0 100 Percentage (i.e. 25.000 = 25%) Z_OTHER Percent cover of any other unvegetated surface. NatureServe Plot Form - Field Crews 0 100 Percentage (i.e. 25.000 = 25%) OTHER Description of "%_Other" Field Crews and NatureServe Textual misc. comments. PHENOLOGY The leaf phenology of the dominant stratum. The dominant stratum is the uppermost stratum that contains at least 10% cover. Field Crews and NatureServe Textual of leaf phenology type description. LEAF_TYPE The leaf type of the dominant stratum. The dominant stratum is the uppermost stratum that contains at least 10% cover. Field Crews and NatureServe Textual of leaf type description. PHYSIO The physiognomic class of the dominant stratum (i.e. Woodland, Shrubland, etc.). The dominant stratum is the uppermost stratum that contains at least 10% cover. Field Crews and NatureServe Textual of physiology class type description. T1_HGT Average height of the Emergent Tree stratum for each sample plot. Field Crews and NatureServe Textual and numerical of T1 height (whole & decimal numbers). 0 100 Range in meters (i.e. 0.5 - 1 m) T1_COVER Percent cover of the Emergent Tree stratum for each sample plot. Field Crews and NatureServe Numerical of T1 cover (whole numbers). 0 100 Midpoint of the Cover Scale = Percentage (i.e. 80 = 80%) T2_HGT Average height of the Tree Canopy stratum for each sample plot. Field Crews and NatureServe Textual and numerical of T2 height (whole & decimal numbers). 0 100 Range in meters (i.e. 0.5 - 1 m) T2_COVER Percent cover of the Tree Canopy stratum for each sample plot. Field Crews and NatureServe Numerical of T2 cover (whole numbers). 0 100 Midpoint of the Cover Scale = Percentage (i.e. 80 = 80%) T3_HGT Average height of the Tree Sub-canopy stratum for each sample plot. Field Crews and NatureServe Textual and numerical of T3 height (whole & decimal numbers). 0 100 Range in meters (i.e. 0.5 - 1 m) T3_COVER Percent cover of the Tree Sub-canopy stratum for each sample plot. Field Crews and NatureServe Numerical of T3 cover (whole numbers). 0 100 Midpoint of the Cover Scale = Percentage (i.e. 80 = 80%) S1_HGT Average height of the Tall Shrub stratum for each sample plot. Field Crews and NatureServe Textual and numerical of S1 height (whole & decimal numbers). 0 100 Range in meters (i.e. 0.5 - 1 m) S1_COVER Percent cover of the Tall Shrub stratum for each sample plot. Field Crews and NatureServe Numerical of S1 cover (whole numbers). 0 100 Midpoint of the Cover Scale = Percentage (i.e. 80 = 80%) S2_HGT Average height of the Short Shrub stratum for each sample plot. Field Crews and NatureServe Textual and numerical of S2 height (whole & decimal numbers). 0 100 Range in meters (i.e. 0.5 - 1 m) S2_COVER Percent cover of the Short Shrub stratum for each sample plot. Field Crews and NatureServe Numerical of S2 cover (whole numbers). 0 100 Midpoint of the Cover Scale = Percentage (i.e. 80 = 80%) S3_HGT Average height of the Dwarf-shrub stratum for each sample plot. Field Crews and NatureServe Textual and numerical of S3 height (whole & decimal numbers). 0 100 Range in meters (i.e. 0.5 - 1 m) S3_COVER Percent cover of the Dwarf-shrub stratum for each sample plot. Field Crews and NatureServe Numerical of S3 cover (whole numbers). 0 100 Midpoint of the Cover Scale = Percentage (i.e. 80 = 80%) H_HGT Average height of the Herbaceous stratum for each sample plot. Field Crews and NatureServe 0 100 Range in meters (i.e. 0.5 - 1 m) H_COVER Percent cover of the Herbaceous stratum for each sample plot. Field Crews and NatureServe 0 100 Midpoint of the Cover Scale = Percentage (i.e. 80 = 80%). N_HGT Average height of the Non-vascular stratum for each sample plot. Field Crews and NatureServe 0 100 Range in meters (i.e. 0.5 - 1 m) N_COVER Percent cover of the Non-vascular stratum for each sample plot. Field Crews and NatureServe 0 100 Midpoint of the Cover Scale = Percentage (i.e. 80 = 80%) V_HGT Average height of the Vine/liana stratum for each sample plot. Field Crews and NatureServe Textual and numerical of V height (whole & decimal numbers). 0 100 Range in meters (i.e. 0.5 - 1 m) V_COVER Percent cover of the Vine/liana stratum for each sample plot. Field Crews and NatureServe Textual and numerical of V cover (whole numbers). 0 100 Midpoint of the Cover Scale = Percentage (i.e. 80 = 80%) OTHER1 Other Measure 1 (Number of trees with certain DBH) Field Crews Numerical measure of trees in DBH. OTHER2 Other Measure 2 (Misc. Measurements) Field Crews Numerical misc. measure. ANIMAL_USE General comments on any evidence of use of the plot/polygon by non-domestic animals (i.e., tracks, scat, gopher or prairie dog mounds, etc.). Field Crews Textual description of animal use. DISTURB General comments about any visible disturbance. Field Crews Textual description of other disturbance. COMMENTS General comments about the sample plot. Field Crews Textual of other general description. SPECIES The number of plant species recorded for each sample plot. Field Crews Numerical count of plant species at each accuracy assessment point. OPTIONAL Optional Field Description. Field Crews and NatureServe Textual classification comments. OPT1 Optional Field 1. This was used at ZION to record the fire fuel model number for some of the sample plots. Field Crews Textual classification comments. POLYGONID Unknown field created by originator but not documented. Dan Cogan USBR Remote Sensing and GIS Group Numerical. SCALE Unknown field created by originator but not documented. Dan Cogan USBR Remote Sensing and GIS Group Numerical. ANGLE Unknown field created by originator but not documented. Dan Cogan USBR Remote Sensing and GIS Group Numerical. Attributes were either generated by ArcInfo or assigned by the USBR Remote Sensing GIS Group. Zion National Park Vegetation Mapping Project Final Report (DOI - USGS/USBR). USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis USGS-NPS Vegetation Characterization Program Coordinator mailing and physical address

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Denver Colorado 80225 (303) 202-4220 303-202-4219 gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov Downloadable Data. NPS Vegetation Mapping Program: Vegetation Map of Zion National Park. 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/zion.html Internet Access None 20040224 20100621 USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis USGS-NPS Vegetation Characterization Program Coordinator mailing and physical address

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