AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Gateway National Recreation Area

The files linked to this reference are the geospatial data created as part of the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit.  Current format is ArcGIS file geodatabase but older formats may exist as shapefiles.

Following the vegetation plot data analysis, the preliminary vegetation map was edited and refined to produce a revised preliminary vegetation map prior to thematic accuracy assessment. Using ArcMap 9.2 (ESRI 1999-2006), polygon boundaries were revised on screen based on the plot data, field observations, classification analyses, aerial photography signatures, and topographic maps. Each polygon was assigned the NVC Community Element Global (CEGL) code of a preliminary vegetation association based on the information sources listed above. Second, third, and fourth CEGL code choices were entered in cases of uncertainty, or for polygons representing mosaics of two or more types.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Gauley River National Recreation Area

The files linked to this reference are the geospatial data created as part of the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit.  Current format is ArcGIS file geodatabase but older formats may exist as shapefiles.

A digital vegetation map for GARI was developed as a personal geodatabase using Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) ArcGIS software. The geodatabase includes a point feature class for locations of plots and two polygon-feature classes (clipped by the park boundary and unclipped) for vegetation, including non-vegetated land cover. The vegetation map includes 31 map classes. Upland communities comprise about 86% of the park area and are represented by 13 map classes. Two upland map classes each include patches of two associations, all others represent single associations.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Friendship Hill National Historic Site

The files linked to this reference are the geospatial data created as part of the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit.  Current format is ArcGIS file geodatabase but older formats may exist as shapefiles.

Following the vegetation data analysis, the formation-level vegetation map was further edited and refined to develop an association-level vegetation map. Using ArcView 3.2, polygon boundaries were revised onscreen based on the plot data and additional field observations. Each polygon was attributed with the name of a vegetation association based on plot data, field observations, classification analyses, aerial photography signatures, and topographic maps. An aerial photograph interpretation key for the vegetation associations and Anderson level II categories (modified) is located in Appendix A. After the vegetation association map was completed, the thematic accuracy of this map was assessed

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Glacier National Park

The files linked to this reference are the geospatial data created as part of the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit.  Current format is ArcGIS file geodatabase but older formats may exist as shapefiles.

We converted the photointerpreted data into a GIS-usable format employing three fundamental processes; (1) orthorectify, (2) digitize, and (3) database enhancement. All digital map automation was projected in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection, Zone 12, using North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83). To produce a polygon vector coverage for use in GIS, we converted each raster-based image mosaic of orthorectified overlays containing the photointerpreted data into a grid format using ArcInfo (Version 8.0.2, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Redlands, California). In ArcTools, we used the ArcScan utility to trace the polygon data and produce ArcInfo vector-based coverages. We digitally assigned map attribute codes (both map class codes and physiognomic modifier codes) to the polygons, and checked the digital data against the photointerpreted overlays for line and attribute consistency. Ultimately, we merged the 78 individual coverages into a seamless map coverage of GNP and immediate environs. We synchronized polygons and attributes along the boundary between the GNP and WLNP map coverages. Although GNP and WLNP are two separate map coverages, they are seamless in the sense they edge tie perfectly in both polygon location and map attribute.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of George Washington Birthplace National Monument

The files linked to this reference are the geospatial data created as part of the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit.  Current format is ArcGIS file geodatabase but older formats may exist as shapefiles.

Spatial data from observation points and quantitative plots were used to edit the formation-level maps of George Washington Birthplace National Monument to better reflect homogeneous vegetation classes. Using Arcview 3.3, polygon boundaries were revised onscreen over leaf-off photography. Units used to label polygons on the map (i.e. map classes) are equivalent to one or more vegetation classes from the regional vegetation classification, or to a land-use class from the Anderson Level II classification system. Each polygon on the George Washington Birthplace National Monument map was assigned to one of 19 map classes based on plot data, field observations, aerial photography signatures, and topographic maps.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site

The files linked to this reference are the geospatial data created as part of the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit.  Current format is ArcGIS file geodatabase but older formats may exist as shapefiles.

Following the vegetation data analysis, the formation-level vegetation map was further edited and refined to develop an association-level vegetation map. Using ArcView 3.2, polygon boundaries were revised onscreen based on the plot data and additional field observations. Each polygon was attributed with the name of a vegetation association based on plot data, field observations, classification analyses, aerial photography signatures, and topographic maps. Several polygons were labeled as mosaics of two associations because both types were present in the polygons and clear boundaries between the two associations could not be delineated. The category of Cleared Land was added as an Anderson level II category (modified) for polygons that had recently undergone woodlot removal as part of the battlefield rehabilitation. After the vegetation association map was completed, the thematic accuracy of this map was assessed.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Fossil Butte National Monument

The files linked to this reference are the geospatial data created as part of the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit.  Current format is ArcGIS file geodatabase but older formats may exist as shapefiles.

The FOBU vegetation mapping project area was divided into 1,709 polygons. A total of 1,687 map polygons represent 37 natural and semi-natural vegetation map classes. Two land use map classes describe 22 other polygons within the mapping area. Average polygon size across all map classes is 2.0 ha (5.0 acres). Natural and semi-natural vegetation classes cover 6,153 ha (15,205 acres; 98.7% of the project area). Land use polygons, including roads and NPS facilities, total 63.5 ha (156.9 acres; 1.3% of the project area). The most frequent vegetation mapping unit is the Low Sagebrush Shrubland (S-LOWS) with 646 polygons covering 2,161 ha (5,341 acres) or 35% of the project area.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park

The files linked to this reference are the geospatial data created as part of the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit.  Current format is ArcGIS file geodatabase but older formats may exist as shapefiles.

A vegetation map of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park was created following the USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program protocols. Vegetation map classes were crosswalked to the Natural Communities of Virginia and to the USNVC in order to provide a regional and global context for the park’s vegetation. Ten map classes represent later successional forests and cover approximately 48% (1,510 ha [3,731 ac]) of the park. These map classes can be broadly characterized based on different environmental settings, such as upland forests, alluvial floodplain forests, and non-alluvial wetlands. Early successional or transitional vegetation covers 31% (966 ha [2,387 ac]) of the land in the park. Cultural map classes cover 21% (680 ha [1,680 ac]) of the park, and include the Anderson land-use categories and other man-made or maintained areas in the park.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Pygmy Rabbit Inventory at Craters of the Moon - Open Format Dataset

Inventory project open format dataset. NPS Inventory Program project dataset in open format: Csv format using a simplified Darwin Core Archive structure.

Tags: alces-alces, brachylagus-idahoensis, brewers-sparrow, camera-trap, columbian-ground-squirrel, craters-of-the-moon, crmo, darwin-core-archive-dwc-a, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-birds, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-mammals, ermines, eurasian-elk, ferrets, green-tailed-towhee, grouse, imd, least-chipmunk, minks, moose, mule-deer, mustela, national-park-service, neotamias-minimus, nps, nps-inventory-and-monitoring-division, nps-species-inventory-program, odocoileus, open-format, oreoscoptes-montanus, partridges, passeriformes, perching-birds, phasianidae, pheasants, pipilo-chlorurus, pipilo-maculatus, pygmy-rabbit, quail, rodentia, rodents, sage-thrasher, spizella-breweri, spotted-towhee, tamias-minimus, turkeys, urocitellus-columbianus, weasels, white-tailed-deer
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site

The files linked to this reference are the geospatial data created as part of the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit.  Current format is ArcGIS file geodatabase but older formats may exist as shapefiles.

Vegetation map development for FOUS has somewhat different protocols than for other Parks. Normally photointerpretation is preceded by extensive field work which includes plot selection and vegetation sampling using detailed descriptions which are subsequently analyzed using ordination and other statistical techniques. The data are then summarized and association descriptions are assigned to each plot or, if the association is previously unrecognized, then a new association name is assigned. Subsequently, the plots locations are compared to its photographic signature and a photointerpretive key is developed. Given the very small size of FOUS and the extensive historical impact and alteration of the vegetation a simplified technique was used. NatureServe developed a list of potential vegetation types prior to any field work. This list was referenced during the field visit and modified after comparison of site characteristics and vegetation descriptions. Aerial photographs were viewed prior to the field visit and areas of like signature were differentiated.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Potential Operational Delineations for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

The Potential Operational Delineations (PODs) process is a framework for cross-boundary, collaborative, and integrative fire planning that can support place-based implementation of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy. PODs are based on best available science about fire operations and risks to communities, ecosystems, and responders. The PODs process is holistic. It brings together local managers and stakeholders to plan for future fires using a sophisticated science framework.

At Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, the basis for POD units is the HUC12 watersheds. They have been further split in some areas to reflect road and trail access.

Tags: california, emergency-response, fire-management, fire-planning, seki, sequoia-and-kings-canyon-national-parks, wildfire
Organization: Department of the Interior
Environmental Settings Protocol - Landscape Dynamics HUC12 Areas of Analysis (AOAs) (2018)

** Dataset containing HUC12 watershed boundaries that are within or intersect the boundary of a standard park AOA. ** 
The Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) is a comprehensive aggregated collection of hydrologic unit data consistent with the national criteria for delineation and resolution. It defines the areal extent of surface water drainage to a point except in coastal or lake front areas where there could be multiple outlets as stated by the "Federal Standards and Procedures for the National Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD)" (http://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/11/a3/). Watershed boundaries are determined solely upon science-based hydrologic principles, not favoring any administrative boundaries or special projects, nor particular program or agency. This dataset represents the hydrologic unit boundaries to the 12-digit (6th level) for the entire United States. At a minimum, the HUs are delineated at 1:24,000-scale in the conterminous United States, 1:25,000-scale in Hawaii, Pacific basin and the Caribbean, and 1:63,360-scale in Alaska, meeting the National Map Accuracy Standards (NMAS). Higher resolution boundaries are being developed where partners and data exist and will be incorporated back into the WBD. WBD data are delivered as a dataset of polygons and corresponding lines that define the boundary of the polygon. WBD polygon attributes include hydrologic unit codes (HUC), size (in the form of acres and square kilometers), name, downstream hydrologic unit code, type of watershed, non-contributing areas, and flow modifications. The HUC describes where the unit is in the country and the level of the unit. WBD line attributes contain the highest level of hydrologic unit for each boundary, line source information and flow modifications. 
**This dataset has been altered from the WBD source in the following way: 12-digit HUCs that intersect a park boundary have been extracted for use. All other HUCs have been disregarded; HUC12 data have been reprojected to meet requirements of geographical area. Additionally, related attribute fields have been edited; new attribute fields have been added and some WBD source attribute fields have been removed. **

Tags: 12-digit, aoa, area-of-analysis, areas-of-analysis, boundaries, boundary, ecological-framework-air-and-climate-weather-and-climate-weather-and-climate, ecological-framework-landscapes-landscape-dynamics-land-cover-and-use, ecological-framework-water-hydrology-surface-water-dynamics, environmental-settings-monitoring-protocol, geoscientificinformation, huc, huc12, hydrologic-unit-code, hydrologic-units, inventory-and-monitoring, inventory-and-monitoring-division, landscape-dynamics, location, natural-resources, natural-resources-stewardship-and-science, nps, watershed, watershed-boundary, watersheds
Organization: Department of the Interior
Chaco Culture National Historical Park Tract and Boundary Data

These ESRI shape files are of National Park Service tract and boundary data that was created by the Land Resources Division. Tracts are numbered and created by the regional cartographic staff at the Land Resources Program Centers and are associated to the Land Status Maps. This data should be used to display properties that NPS owns and properties that NPS may have some type of interest such as scenic easements or right of ways.

Tags: boundaries, boundary, chaco-culture-national-historical-park, chcu, intermountain-region, land-status-ownership, lrdcab, national-park-service, new-mexico, ownership, parcels, planning-cadastre, tracts, united-states
Organization: Department of the Interior
ATBI Diptera TWIG

"PI conducted extensive trapping for dlptera in the park, especially for species that feed on blood (such as blackflies and mosquitoes) or are ectoparasites.  He is the first to document the exotic mosquito Aedes aegypti (L.) in the park, a species capable of transmitting several diseases of humans, such as yellow fever.  Several state and park records were documented.  An annotated checklist of blood-feeding flies was published for the park.
PI also published some observations on the life history of millipedes on Clingmans Dome under this study."

Tags: aedes-aegypti, all-taxa-biodiversity-inventory, aphn, appalachian-highlands-network, atbi, blackflies, diptera, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-terrestrial-invertebrate, ectoparasite, great-smoky-mountains-national-park, grsm, mosquitos, origin-external, ser, southeast-region, studyid-grsm-00008, taxonomoic-working-group, twig, yellow-fever-mosquito, yellowfever-mosquito
Organization: Department of the Interior
Hydrographic and Impairment Statistics Database: NPS-WSR Klamath Wild and Scenic River

Hydrographic and Impairment Statistics (HIS) is a National Park Service (NPS) Water Resources Division (WRD) project established to track certain goals created in response to the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA). One water resources management goal established by the Department of the Interior under GRPA requires NPS to track the percent of its managed surface waters that are meeting Clean Water Act (CWA) water quality standards. This goal requires an accurate inventory that spatially quantifies the surface water hydrography that each bureau manages and a procedure to determine and track which waterbodies are or are not meeting water quality standards as outlined by Section 303(d) of the CWA. This project helps meet this DOI GRPA goal by inventorying and monitoring in a geographic information system for the NPS: (1) CWA 303(d) quality impaired waters and causes; and (2) hydrographic statistics based on the United States Geological Survey (USGS) National Hydrography Dataset (NHD). Hydrographic and 303(d) impairment statistics were evaluated based on a combination of 1:24,000 (NHD) and finer scale data (frequently provided by state GIS layers).

Tags: 303d, boundaries, boundary, canal, clean-water-act, cwa, designated-uses, ditch, geoscientificinformation, his, hydrographic-and-impairment-statistics, hydrographic-statistics, hydrography, impaired-waters, impairment, impairment-statistics, inland-waters, inlandwaters, lake, marsh, national-hydrography-dataset, nhd, ocean, oceans, pond, regulatory, reservoir, resource-management, river, scenice, sea, seep, shoreline, spring, statistics, stream, swamp, tmdl, total-maximum-daily-load, vama, vanderbilt-mansion-national-historic-site, water, waterfall, wetlands, wild, wild-and-scenic-river, wsr
Organization: Department of the Interior
Bats and Owls Inventory at Devil's Postpile National Monument - Open Format Dataset

For its size, Devils Postpile National Monument supports a diverse assemblage of nocturnal fauna. Our summer 2022 surveys recorded 15 bat species within the monument. Five of these species had not been previously confirmed in the monument, including two of the three sensitive species targeted: pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus) and fringed myotis (Myotis thysanodes). No California Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis occidentalis) were confirmed, but a Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) was recorded. Across the disturbance categories of interest identified by monument leadership (e.g., high, moderate, and low levels of fire and blowdown disturbance), there was little variability in bat species richness, total activity, or individual species occurrence. Sites with moderate levels of disturbance recorded the most species and highest levels of activity compared to high and low disturbance, and both priority species were recorded within all three disturbance categories.

Tags: antrozous-pallidus, aves, bat, big-brown-bat, birds, brazilian-free-tailed-bat, bubo-virginianus, california-myotis, california-spotted-owl, californian-myotis, corynorhinus-townsendii, depo, devils-postpile-national-monument, eptesicus-fuscus, euderma-maculatum, eumops-perotis, fringed-myotis, great-horned-owl, greater-bonneted-bat, hoary-bat, imd, inventory, lasionycteris-noctivagans, lasiurus-blossevillii, lasiurus-cinereus, little-brown-bat, little-brown-myotis, long-eared-myotis, long-legged-myotis, mexican-free-tailed-bat, mule-eared-bat, myotis-californicus, myotis-ciliolabrum, myotis-evotis, myotis-lucifugus, myotis-thysanodes, myotis-volans, myotis-yumanensis, national-park-service, nps, nps-inventory-and-monitoring-division, open-format, owls, pacific-townsends-big-eared-bat, pallid-bat, red-bat, silver-haired-bat, small-footed-myotis, species-inventory-program, spotted-bat, strigidae, strix-occidentalis-occidentalis, tadarida-brasiliensis, townsends-big-eared-bat, typical-owls, western-big-eared-bat, western-bonneted-bat, western-long-eared-bat, western-lump-nosed-bat, western-mastiff-bat, western-red-bat, western-small-footed-bat, western-small-footed-myotis, yuma-myotis
Organization: Department of the Interior