The 1990-2010 wildland-urban interface of the conterminous United States - geospatial data
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Identification_Information:
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Citation:
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Citation_Information:
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Originator: Radeloff, Volker C.
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Originator: Helmers, David P.
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Originator: Kramer, H. Anu
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Originator: Mockrin, Miranda H.
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Originator: Alexandre, Patricia M.
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Originator: Bar Massada, Avi
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Originator: Butsic, Van
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Originator: Hawbaker, Todd J.
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Originator: Martinuzzi, Sebastián
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Originator: Syphard, Alexandra D.
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Originator: Stewart, Susan I.
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Publication_Date: 2017
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Title:
The 1990-2010 wildland-urban interface of the conterminous United States - geospatial data- Edition: 2nd
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Publication_Information:
- Publication_Place: Fort Collins, CO
- Publisher: Forest Service Research Data Archive
- Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2015-0012-2
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Description:
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Abstract:
- The wildland-urban interface (WUI) is the area where houses meet or intermingle with undeveloped wildland vegetation. This makes the WUI a focal area for human-environment conflicts such as wildland fires, habitat fragmentation, invasive species, and biodiversity decline. Using geographic information systems (GIS), we integrated U.S. Census and USGS National Land Cover Data, to map the Federal Register definition of WUI (Federal Register 66:751, 2001) for the conterminous United States from 1990-2010. These data are useful within a GIS for mapping and analysis at national, state, and local levels. Data are available as a geodatabase and include information such as housing and population densities for 1990, 2000, and 2010; wildland vegetation percentages for 1992, 2001, and 2011; as well as WUI classes in 1990, 2000, and 2010.
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Purpose:
- To provide a spatially detailed national assessment of the wildland-urban interface (WUI) and WUI change between 1990 and 2010 across the coterminous U.S. to support wildland fire research, policy and management, and inquiries into the effects of housing growth on the environment.
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Supplemental_Information:
- This data publication is a second edition. The first edition (https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2015-0012) contained data representing the 2010 WUI of the conterminous United States. This second edition contains additional data such that the data represent the 1990-2010 WUI.
Original metadata date was 12/04/2017. Minor metadata updates were made on 07/16/2020.
Information about WUI can also be found here: http://silvis.forest.wisc.edu/data/wui-change
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Time_Period_of_Content:
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Time_Period_Information:
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Range_of_Dates/Times:
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Beginning_Date: 1990
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Ending_Date: 2010
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Currentness_Reference:
- Ground condition
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Status:
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Progress: Complete
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Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
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Spatial_Domain:
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Description_of_Geographic_Extent:
- conterminous United States
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Bounding_Coordinates:
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West_Bounding_Coordinate: -127.977107
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East_Bounding_Coordinate: -65.254885
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North_Bounding_Coordinate: 51.649519
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South_Bounding_Coordinate: 22.768690
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Keywords:
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Theme:
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Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
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Theme_Keyword: environment
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Theme:
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Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Research & Development Taxonomy
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Theme_Keyword: Environment and People
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Theme_Keyword: Fire
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Theme_Keyword: Wildland/urban interface
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Theme:
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Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
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Theme_Keyword: fragmentation
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Theme_Keyword: wildland-urban interface
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Theme_Keyword: housing growth
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Theme_Keyword: wildland fire
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Theme_Keyword: sprawl
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Theme_Keyword: WUI
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Place:
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Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
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Place_Keyword: conterminous United States
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Place_Keyword: United States
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Access_Constraints: None
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Use_Constraints:
- These data were collected using funding from the U.S. Government and can be used without additional permissions or fees. If you use these data in a publication, presentation, or other research product please use the following citation:
Radeloff, Volker C.; Helmers, David P.; Kramer, H. Anu; Mockrin, Miranda H.; Alexandre, Patricia M.; Bar Massada, Avi; Butsic, Van; Hawbaker, Todd J.; Martinuzzi, Sebastián; Syphard, Alexandra D.; Stewart, Susan I. 2017. The 1990-2010 wildland-urban interface of the conterminous United States - geospatial data. 2nd Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2015-0012-2
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Point_of_Contact:
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Contact_Information:
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Contact_Person_Primary:
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Contact_Person: Miranda H. Mockrin
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Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station
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Contact_Position: Research Scientist
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Contact_Address:
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Address_Type: mailing and physical
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Address: 5523 Research Park Drive Suite 350
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City: Baltimore
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State_or_Province: MD
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Postal_Code: 21228-4783
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Country: USA
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Contact_Voice_Telephone: 443-543-5389
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Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
miranda.h.mockrin@usda.gov
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Data_Set_Credit:
- Financial support was provided by the USDA Forest Service under the National Fire Plan. Funding also provided by USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station.
Data obtained from the U.S. Census and USGS National Land Cover Data, see source citations noted below for more details.
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Native_Data_Set_Environment:
- Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.3.0.4322
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Cross_Reference:
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Citation_Information:
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Originator: Martinuzzi, Sebastián
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Originator: Stewart, Susan I.
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Originator: Helmers, David P.
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Originator: Mockrin, Miranda H.
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Originator: Hammer, Roger B.
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Originator: Radeloff, Volker C.
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Publication_Date: 2015
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Title:
The 2010 wildland-urban interface of the conterminous United States - geospatial data- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Publication_Information:
- Publication_Place: Fort Collins, CO
- Publisher: Forest Service Research Data Archive
- Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2015-0012
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Cross_Reference:
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Citation_Information:
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Originator: Radeloff, Volker C.
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Originator: Hammer, Roger B.
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Originator: Stewart, Susan I.
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Originator: Fried, J.S.
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Originator: Holcomb, S.S.
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Originator: McKeefry, J.F.
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Publication_Date: 2005
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Title:
The wildland-urban interface in the United States- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: journal article
- Series_Information:
- Series_Name: Ecological Applications
- Issue_Identification: 15(3):799-805
- Online_Linkage: https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/14912
- Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.1890/04-1413
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Cross_Reference:
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Citation_Information:
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Originator: Martinuzzi, Sebastián
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Originator: Stewart, Susan I.
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Originator: Helmers, David P.
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Originator: Mockrin, Miranda H.
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Originator: Hammer, Roger B.
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Originator: Radeloff, Volker C.
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Publication_Date: 2015
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Title:
The 2010 wildland-urban interface of the conterminous United States- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document
- Series_Information:
- Series_Name: Research Map
- Issue_Identification: NRS-8
- Publication_Information:
- Publication_Place: Newtown Square, PA
- Publisher: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station
- Other_Citation_Details:
- 124 p. [includes pull-out map]
- Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.2737/nrs-rmap-8
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Cross_Reference:
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Citation_Information:
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Originator: Radeloff, Volker C.
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Originator: Helmers, David P.
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Originator: Kramer, H. Anu
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Originator: Mockrin, Miranda H.
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Originator: Alexandre, Patricia M.
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Originator: Bar Massada, Avi
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Originator: Butsic, Van
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Originator: Hawbaker, Todd J.
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Originator: Martinuzzi, Sebastián
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Originator: Syphard, Alexandra D.
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Originator: Stewart, Susan I.
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Publication_Date: 2018
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Title:
Rapid growth of the US wildland-urban interface raises wildfire risk- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: journal article
- Series_Information:
- Series_Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Issue_Identification: 115(3): 3314-3319
- Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1718850115
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Data_Quality_Information:
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Attribute_Accuracy:
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Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
- We verified that WUI classes were classified correctly based on experience (visual assesment of maps) and also verified that all WUI classes meet the correct combination of housing density and land cover.
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Logical_Consistency_Report:
- Topology maintained by ArcGIS 10.3. All fuzzy tolerances during processing were set to 0.00000001 to prevent data loss.
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Completeness_Report:
- Data is for the conterminous United States only (lower 48 states and Disrict of Columbia). No data were generated for Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories.
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Lineage:
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Source_Information:
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Source_Citation:
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Citation_Information:
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Originator: Conservation Biology Institute
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Publication_Date: 20121031
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Title:
PAD-US (CBI Edition) Version 2- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Database
- Publication_Information:
- Publication_Place: Corvallis, OR
- Publisher: Conservation Biology Institute
- Online_Linkage: https://databasin.org/galleries/b84ac5ccebd24658bc3cfe4dfaa6c629
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Type_of_Source_Media: online
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Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
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Time_Period_Information:
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Single_Date/Time:
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Calendar_Date: 20121031
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Source_Currentness_Reference:
- Publication Date
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Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
- PAD-US (CBI Edition) Version 2, October 2012
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Source_Contribution:
- PAD-US (CBI Edition) Version 2 is a comprehensive geospatial data set of United States protected areas, including detailed information on land ownership, management and conservation status.
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Source_Information:
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Source_Citation:
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Citation_Information:
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Originator: Homer, Collin G.
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Originator: Dewitz, Jon A.
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Originator: Yang, Limin
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Originator: Jin, Suming
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Originator: Danielson, Patrick
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Originator: Xian, George
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Originator: Coulston, John
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Originator: Herold, Nathaniel D.
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Originator: Wickham, James D.
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Originator: Megown, Kevin
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Publication_Date: 2015
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Title:
Completion of the 2011 National Land Cover Database for the conterminous United States-Representing a decade of land cover change information- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: journal article
- Series_Information:
- Series_Name: Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing
- Issue_Identification: 81(5): 345-354
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Type_of_Source_Media: Online
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Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
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Time_Period_Information:
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Single_Date/Time:
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Calendar_Date: 2011
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Source_Currentness_Reference:
- Ground Condition
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Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
- NLCD2011
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Source_Contribution:
- Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium (MRLC) National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD) 2011. Product Provided landcover information for identifying forest, grassland, and wetland areas (wildland vegetation) for 2010 WUI classification.
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Source_Information:
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Source_Citation:
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Citation_Information:
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Originator: SILVIS Lab, Dept of Forest & Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Publication_Date: 20171002
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Title:
U.S. Block Housing Change 1990-2010- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Raster Digital Data
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- Dataset created by SILVIS Lab by allocating 1990 and 2000 housing units and population to 2010 TIGER block geography using Block Relationship Files. See metadata for the U.S. Block Housing Change 1990 - 2010 dataset on the SILVIS website for more details.
- Online_Linkage: http://silvis.forest.wisc.edu/data/housing/block_change
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Type_of_Source_Media: online
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Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
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Time_Period_Information:
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Multiple_Dates/Times:
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Single_Date/Time:
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Calendar_Date: 1990
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Single_Date/Time:
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Calendar_Date: 2000
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Single_Date/Time:
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Calendar_Date: 2010
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Source_Currentness_Reference:
- Publication Date
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Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
- U.S. Block Housing Change 1990-2010
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Source_Contribution:
- U.S. Census TIGER 2010 block polygons with associated 2010, 2000, and 1990 housing and population density. 2010 Census Block housing densities obtained from Summary File 1 and 1990 and 2000 housing densities allocated from Census Bureau 2000 and 2010 Block Relationship Files.
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Source_Information:
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Source_Citation:
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Citation_Information:
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Originator: Homer, Collin G.
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Originator: Dewitz, Jon A.
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Originator: Fry, Joyce
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Originator: Coan, Michael
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Originator: Hossain, N.
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Originator: Larson, C.
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Originator: Herold, Nate D.
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Originator: McKerrow, Alexa J.
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Originator: VanDriel, J.N.
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Originator: Wickham, James D.
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Publication_Date: 2007
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Title:
Completion of the 2001 National Land Cover Database for the conterminous United States- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: journal article
- Series_Information:
- Series_Name: Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing
- Issue_Identification: 73(4): 337-341
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Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
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Time_Period_Information:
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Single_Date/Time:
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Calendar_Date: 2000
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Source_Currentness_Reference:
- Ground Condition
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Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
- NLCD2001
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Source_Contribution:
- Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium (MRLC) National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD) 2001. Provided landcover information for identifying forest, grassland, and wetland areas (wildland vegetation) for 2000 WUI classification.
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Source_Information:
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Source_Citation:
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Citation_Information:
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Originator: Fry, Joyce
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Originator: Coan, Michael
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Originator: Homer, Collin G.
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Originator: Meyer, D.K.
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Originator: Wickham, James D.
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Publication_Date: 2009
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Title:
Completion of the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 1992/2001 Land Cover Change Retrofit product- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document
- Series_Information:
- Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
- Issue_Identification: 2008-1379
- Other_Citation_Details:
- 18 p.
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Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
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Time_Period_Information:
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Single_Date/Time:
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Calendar_Date: 1992
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Source_Currentness_Reference:
- Ground Condition
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Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
- NLCD Retrofit 1992
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Source_Contribution:
- Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium (MRLC) National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD) 1992/2001 Retrofit Land Cover Change Product. Provided landcover information for identifying forest, grassland, and wetland areas (wildland vegetation) for 1990 WUI classification.
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Process_Step:
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Process_Description:
- Step 1: Created nationwide map of "protected areas with no housing units", pulled from the PAD-US (CBI Edition) version 2, including all federal, state, regional, and local government owned lands. Intersected these protected areas with U.S. block level housing change 1990-2010 dataset and moved housing units out of protected areas into neighboring privately owned blocks with the same block ID (called public land adjustment or PLA). If the same block ID had no private areas then houses remained within the protected lands boundary (no adjustment).
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Process_Date: 20171002
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Process_Step:
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Process_Description:
- Step 2: Integrated U.S. block level housing change 1990-2010 dataset (public land adjusted) with the 2011 National Land Cover Dataset NLCD, 2001 NLCD, and the 1992/2001 Retrofit Change Product (1992 values only) using ArcGIS Tabulate Area command. Calculated wildland vegetation % for 3 decades (1990, 2000, 2010), with wildland vegetation defined as sum of relative percentages of land cover classes for forests, grasslands, and wetlands.
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Process_Date: 20171003
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Process_Step:
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Process_Description:
- Step 3: Assigned 1990 Intermix WUI classes to all polygons with > 50% wildland vegetation in 1990 and minimum 6.177635 housing units / square km in 1990. Assigned 2000 Intermix WUI classes to all polygons with > 50% wildland vegetation in 2000 and minimum 6.177635 housing units / square km in 2000. Assigned 2010 Intermix WUI classes to all polygons with > 50% wildland vegetation in 2010 and minimum 6.177635 housing units / square km in 2010.
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Process_Date: 20171004
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Process_Step:
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Process_Description:
- Step 4: Selected all block housing polygons with >= 75% wildland vegetation in 2010 and dissolved into larger contiguous areas. Buffered areas > 500 hectares by 2414 m (1.5 miles) to identify potential interface WUI areas. Unioned 2010 buffers with integrated block housing polygons and assigned Interface WUI classes to all polygons falling inside vegetation buffers and minimum 6.177635 housing units / square km (ignoring pre-existing Intermix WUI areas) for all 3 decades 1990, 2000, 2010.
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Process_Date: 20171005
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Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
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Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
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Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
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SDTS_Terms_Description:
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SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
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Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 11998741
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Spatial_Reference_Information:
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Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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Planar:
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Map_Projection:
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Map_Projection_Name: NAD 1983 Albers
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Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:
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Standard_Parallel: 29.5
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Standard_Parallel: 45.5
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Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -96.0
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Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 23.0
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False_Easting: 0.0
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False_Northing: 0.0
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Planar_Coordinate_Information:
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Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
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Coordinate_Representation:
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Abscissa_Resolution: 0.0001
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Ordinate_Resolution: 0.0001
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Planar_Distance_Units: meter
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Geodetic_Model:
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Horizontal_Datum_Name: D North American 1983
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Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980
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Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
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Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
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Detailed_Description:
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Entity_Type:
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Entity_Type_Label: CONUS_WUI_cp12_d
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Entity_Type_Definition:
- WUI of the Conterminous United States 1990-2010
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
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Attribute_Definition:
- Internal feature number
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Attribute_Definition_Source:
- ESRI
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Unrepresentable_Domain:
- Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: Shape
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Attribute_Definition:
- Feature geometry
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Attribute_Definition_Source:
- ESRI
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Unrepresentable_Domain:
- Coordinates defining the features
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: BLK10
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Attribute_Definition:
- A unique number assigned to Census Blocks concatenated from State, County, Tract, and Block, and Water fields from US Census TIGER. The Census Bureau defines a block as the smallest geographic area for which the Bureau of the Census collects and tabulates decennial census data, [and] are formed by streets, roads, railroads, streams and other bodies of water, other visible and cultural features, and the legal boundaries shown on Census Bureau maps (US Census Bureau).
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Attribute_Definition_Source:
- U.S. Census Bureau
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: WATER10
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Attribute_Definition:
- Flag if polygon is a water body (1=water)
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Attribute_Definition_Source:
- U.S. Census Bureau
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: PUBFLAG
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Attribute_Definition:
- Flag if polygon is a protected area (1=public land)
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Attribute_Definition_Source:
- Silvis
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: VEG92PC
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Attribute_Definition:
- Wildland Vegetation % in 1992 wildland vegetation = (forests + grasslands + wetlands)
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Attribute_Definition_Source:
- MRLC Retrofit 1992/2001 Change Product
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: VEG01PC
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Attribute_Definition:
- Wildland Vegetation % in 2001 wildland vegetation = (forests + grasslands + wetlands)
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Attribute_Definition_Source:
- MRLC NLCD 2001
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: VEG11PC
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Attribute_Definition:
- Wildland Vegetation % in 2011 wildland vegetation = (forests + grasslands + wetlands)
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Attribute_Definition_Source:
- MRLC NLCD 2011
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: WUIFLAG90
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Attribute_Definition:
- Flag designating WUI (1=intermix; 2=interface) vs. non-WUI (0) areas in 1990
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Attribute_Definition_Source:
- Silvis
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: WUICLASS90
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Attribute_Definition:
- 1990 wildland-urban interface class (see enumerated domains for WUICLASS10)
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: WUIFLAG00
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Attribute_Definition:
- Flag designating WUI (1=intermix; 2=interface) vs. non-WUI (0) areas in 2000
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Attribute_Definition_Source:
- Silvis
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: WUICLASS00
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Attribute_Definition:
- 2000 wildland-urban interface class (see enumerated domains for WUICLASS10)
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Attribute_Definition_Source:
- Silvis
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: WUIFLAG10
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Attribute_Definition:
- Flag designating WUI (1=intermix; 2=interface) vs. non-WUI (0) areas in 2010
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Attribute_Definition_Source:
- Silvis
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: WUICLASS10
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Attribute_Definition:
- 2010 wildland-urban interface class (see enumerated domains)
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Attribute_Definition_Source:
- Silvis
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: Water
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- open water
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: Med_Dens_Interface
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Housing density between 49.42108 and 741.3162 and wildland vegetation <= 50% and within 2.414 km of area with >= 75% wildland vegetation
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: High_Dens_Intermix
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Housing density >= 741.3162 and wildland vegetation > 50%
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: Low_Dens_Interface
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Housing density between 6.177635 and 49.42108 and wildland vegetation <= 50% and within 2.414 km of area with >= 75% wildland vegetation
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: Med_Dens_Intermix
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Housing density between 49.42108 and 741.3162 and wildland vegetation > 50%
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: Low_Dens_NoVeg
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Housing density between 6.177635 and 49.42108 and wildland vegetation <= 50%
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: Med_Dens_NoVeg
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Housing density between 49.42108 and 741.3162 and wildland vegetation <= 50%
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: Uninhabited_NoVeg
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Housing density = 0 and wildland vegetation <= 50%
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: Low_Dens_Intermix
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Housing density between 6.177635 and 49.42108 and wildland vegetation > 50%
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: High_Dens_Interface
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Housing density >= 741.3162 and wildland vegetation <= 50% and within 2.414 km of area with >= 75% wildland vegetation
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: Very_Low_Dens_Veg
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Housing density < 6.177635 and wildland vegetation > 50%
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: Uninhabited_Veg
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Housing density = 0 and wildland vegetation > 50%
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: Very_Low_Dens_NoVeg
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Housing density < 6.177635 and wildland vegetation <= 50%
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: High_Dens_NoVeg
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- Housing density >= 741.3162 and wildland vegetation <= 50%
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Attribute_Label: BUFVEG
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Attribute_Definition:
- Flag (1=inside, 0=outside) for polygons within potential interface buffers (2.14 km around dense vegetation areas >= 75% wildland vegetation and > 500 hectares in 2010)
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Attribute_Definition_Source:
- Silvis
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: HU1990
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Attribute_Definition:
- 1990 housing units
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: SHU1990
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Attribute_Definition:
- 1990 seasonal housing units
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: HHU1990
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Attribute_Definition:
- 1990 households
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: POP1990
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Attribute_Definition:
- 1990 population
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: HUDEN1990
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Attribute_Definition:
- 1990 housing density (units / square km)
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: SHUDEN1990
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Attribute_Definition:
- 1990 seasonal housing density (units / square km)
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: HHUDEN1990
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Attribute_Definition:
- 1990 household density (households / square km)
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: POPDEN1990
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Attribute_Definition:
- 1990 population density (persons / square km)
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: HU2000
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Attribute_Definition:
- 2000 housing units
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: SHU2000
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Attribute_Definition:
- 2000 seasonal housing units
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: HHU2000
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Attribute_Definition:
- 2000 households
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: POP2000
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Attribute_Definition:
- 2000 population
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: HUDEN2000
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Attribute_Definition:
- 2000 housing density (housing units / square km)
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: SHUDEN2000
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Attribute_Definition:
- 2000 seasonal housing density (housing units / square km)
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: HHUDEN2000
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Attribute_Definition:
- 2000 household density (households / square km)
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: POPDEN2000
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Attribute_Definition:
- 2000 population density (persons / square km)
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: HU2010
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Attribute_Definition:
- 2010 housing units
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: SHU2010
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Attribute_Definition:
- 2010 seasonal housing units
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: HHU2010
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Attribute_Definition:
- 2010 households
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: POP2010
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Attribute_Definition:
- 2010 population
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: HUDEN2010
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Attribute_Definition:
- 2010 housing density (housing units / square kilometer [km])
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: SHUDEN2010
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Attribute_Definition:
- 2010 seasonal housing density (housing units / square km)
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: HHUDEN2010
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Attribute_Definition:
- 2010 household density (households / square km)
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: POPDEN2010
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Attribute_Definition:
- 2010 population density (persons / square kilometer [km])
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: Shape Length
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Attribute_Definition:
- Length of feature in internal units
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Attribute_Definition_Source:
- ESRI
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Unrepresentable_Domain:
- Positive real numbers that are automatically generated
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: Shape Area
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Attribute_Definition:
- Area of feature in internal units squared
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Attribute_Definition_Source:
- ESRI
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Unrepresentable_Domain:
- Positive real numbers that are automatically generated
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Overview_Description:
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Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
- This data publication includes a geodatabase containing WUI data for the conterminous United States. Data include housing and population densities for 1990, 2000, and 2010; wildland vegetation percentages for 1992, 2001, and 2011; as well as WUI classes in 1990, 2000, and 2010. Specific information about these data are available in the detailed section above.
Note that spatial objects (features) do not model any real world entities. Spatial objects (features) can be thought of as uniform areas of housing density and landcover, which have been assigned a wildland-urban Interface classification. Items pertaining to National Land Cover Data (NLCD) make use of the following classification: http://www.mrlc.gov/nlcd11_leg.php
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Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
- None provided
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Distribution_Information:
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Distributor:
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Contact_Information:
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Contact_Organization_Primary:
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Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service, Research and Development
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Contact_Position: Research Data Archivist
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Contact_Address:
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Address_Type: mailing and physical
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Address: 240 West Prospect Road
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City: Fort Collins
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State_or_Province: CO
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Postal_Code: 80526
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Country: USA
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Contact_Voice_Telephone: see Contact Instructions
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Contact Instructions: This contact information was current as of July 2020. For current information see Contact Us page on: https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS.
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Resource_Description: RDS-2015-0012-2
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Distribution_Liability:
- Metadata documents have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness. Unless otherwise stated, all data and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. However, neither the author, the Archive, nor any part of the federal government can assure the reliability or suitability of these data for a particular purpose. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed for a user's application of these data or related materials.
The metadata, data, or related materials may be updated without notification. If a user believes errors are present in the metadata, data or related materials, please use the information in (1) Identification Information: Point of Contact, (2) Metadata Reference: Metadata Contact, or (3) Distribution Information: Distributor to notify the author or the Archive of the issues.
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Format_Name: GDB
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Format_Version_Number: see Format Specification
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Format_Specification:
- ArcGIS geodatabase
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File_Decompression_Technique: Files zipped with 7-Zip 16.04
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Network_Resource_Name:
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Fees: None
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
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Metadata_Date: 20200716
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Metadata_Contact:
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Contact_Information:
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Contact_Person_Primary:
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Contact_Person: David P. Helmers
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Contact_Organization: SILVIS Lab, Dept of Forest & Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
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Contact_Address:
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Address_Type: mailing address
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Address: 1630 Linden Dr.
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City: Madison
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State_or_Province: WI
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Postal_Code: 53706
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Country: USA
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Contact_Voice_Telephone: 608-890-3160
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Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
helmers@wisc.edu
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Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
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Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
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Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
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