AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Aspen Delineation - Sierra State Parks [ds380]

The database represents delineations of aspen stands associated with stand assessment data (SIERRA_SP_PTS) collected in aspen stands on lands administered by the Sierra District, California Department of Parks and Recreation, Placer, Eldorado, Sierra and Inyo Counties, California. This data was gathered during the summer of 2005. The stands were evaluated according to their priority with regard to stand loss. The dataset has 15 aspen stands, of which six have been assessed. Field surveys were conducted by trained USFS field staff. Surveys were not complete for the watersheds, and so this is not considered a comprehensive database of aspen in the region. Aspen stands were assessed and delineated using a protocol developed by the lead investigators. Associated with this polygon layer is a point layer (SIERRA_SP_PTS) containing aspen stand assessments conducted in conjunction with the aspen stand delineations. Data Compilation: The Aspen Delineation Project (ADP) is a collaborative effort of the U.S. Forest Services Pacific Southwest Region, the California Department of Fish and Games Resource Assessment Program, and the California Office of Bureau of Land Management. Principal Investigator for ADP is David Burton; visit: www.aspensite.org for more information regarding the ADP. The Department of Fish and Games, Resource Assessment Program compiled this information from the collaborating agencies and other researchers, and formatted the data into a common database for the purpose of facilitating access to data related to the conservation of Quaking Aspen in California. This information portal falls within the ADP goals to help agencies and land managers identify, map, treat, and monitor aspen habitats. This dataset is a portion of a master database compiled during a year long effort in 2005 to pull together current GIS layers and maps depicting Aspen communities in California.

Tags: abundance, aspen-delineation-project, auth_cdfw, california-department-of-fish-and-wildlife, california-natural-resources-agency, caopendata, cdfw, cn-quaking-aspen, distribution, ds0380_20071207_wm, inventory, management, montane-forests, planning, plant, sn-populus-tremuloides, stand, tree
Organization: State of California
Statewide Terrestrial Irreplaceability Summary - ACE [ds1334]

<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN><SPAN>For more information, see the Terrestrial Endemic Species Index Factsheet at </SPAN><A href="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=150816" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=150816</SPAN></A><SPAN>. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The user can view a list of species potentially present in each hexagon in the ACE online map viewer </SPAN><A href="https://map.dfg.ca.gov/ace/" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>https://map.dfg.ca.gov/ace/</SPAN></A><SPAN>. Note that the names of some rare or endemic species, such as those at risk of over-collection, have been suppressed from the list of species names per hexagon, but are still included in the species counts. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN><SPAN>The California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW) Areas of Conservation Emphasis (ACE) is a compilation and analysis of the best-available statewide spatial information in California on biodiversity, rarity and endemism, harvested species, significant habitats, connectivity and wildlife movement, climate vulnerability, climate refugia, and other relevant data (e.g., other conservation priorities such as those identified in the State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP), stressors, land ownership). ACE addresses both terrestrial and aquatic data. The ACE model combines and analyzes terrestrial information in a 2.5 square mile hexagon grid and aquatic information at the HUC12 watershed level across the state to produce a series of maps for use in non-regulatory evaluation of conservation priorities in California. The model addresses as many of CDFWs statewide conservation and recreational mandates as feasible using high quality data sources. High value areas statewide and in each USDA Ecoregion were identified. The ACE maps and data can be viewed in the ACE online map viewer, or downloaded for use in ArcGIS. For more detailed information see </SPAN></SPAN><A href="https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/Analysis/ACE" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN><SPAN>https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/Analysis/ACE</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN> and </SPAN><A href="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=24326" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN><SPAN>https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=24326</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN><SPAN>. </SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>

Tags: ace, amphibian, auth_cdfw, biodiversity, bird, california-department-of-fish-and-wildlife, california-natural-resources-agency, caopendata, cdfw, ds1334_20180123_wm, endemic, game, mammal, native, plant, rare, rare-natural-community, rarity, reptile, richness, riparian, sensitive-haibtat, statewide, terrestrial, wetland
Organization: State of California
i07 SignificantResourceAreas Delta 1979

<span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>&quot;This section identifies those areas in the Delta which because of their resource value should receive special consideration. Those areas...have been classified as Significant Resource Areas. These areas were selected based on several factors, which include significant areas of habitat, the presence of endangered plant or animal species, relative abundance of similar areas within the Delta and State, aesthetic and recreation value, concentrations of archaelogical or historical sites, level of present disturbance, and potential for future disturbance. In evaluating Delta lands to determine Significant Resource Areas, information was obtained from several data sources including consultations with individuals from various State, federal, local, and private organizations. Each area identified as having potential value was inspected using aerial photographs, in the field, or both.&quot; -this from the Delta Environmental Atlas, published 7/1979, by USACE. References to the DMRP in the attribute table refer to the Delta Master Recreation Plan. 1979 Delta Significant Resource Areas were made digital by heads up digitizing registered scanned pages from 1979 Delta atlas. About the scanned maps from the Atlas: Digital images were clipped prior to warping to reduce risk of error during processing due to excess background. Digital clipped images were registered to USGS DOQQ's in ArcView 3.x(ESRI) utilizing Imagewarp 2.x extension. 23 October, 2002, Projection: UTM meters zone 10, nad 83. Accuracy within acceptable 7.5 Minute USGS map accuracy standards (1:24000 scale). For this set, the minimum number of control points used was 10 with an average of 12 to 15 points used. The pixel size for this set is 27.0 feet per pixel</span>

Tags: 1977, 2019, army-corps, california-department-of-water-resources, current, delta, dwr, dwr-gis-atlas, environment, habitat-types, land-use, sacramento, san-joaquin, usace
Organization: State of California
Birds - Central Sierra Hardwoods [ds35]

<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>These data represents the results of point surveys for birds in west-slope Sierra Nevada forests. There is accompanying habitat data (see Central Sierra Hardwood Study - Habitat) for the survey plots. Please be aware that the coordinates of the points displayed in the text data display of this data set are California Teale-Albers NAD27 projection, but that the data point viewer displays these data points and the background layers in California Teale-Albers NAD83 projection. </SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>TIME PERIOD COVERED.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The data was collected during the 2003 field season (May-July) by field crews working for California Department of Fish and Game.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>GEOGRAPHIC EXTENT OF THE RECORDS. </SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Point count locations extend from El Dorado to Tuolumne counties in the central Sierra Nevada between 2000-6000 ft elevation. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>NUMBER OF RECORDS. </SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>There are 64 stands with four landbird point counts per stand. </SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>BASE DATA STRUCTURE. </SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The file is a flat excel table which gives the number of landbird species found in each stand. Each stand is represented by two key fields called "Quad" and "Grid" which relate to habitat data from the same plots in another data table. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>WHAT EACH RECORD REPRESENTS. </SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Each record in the table represents the number of point count locations, average number of individuals, and total number of individuals counted in each stand for each species detected during the counts. There was only one count done at each stand in 2003.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>

Tags: abundance, auth_cdfw, bird, california-department-of-fish-and-wildlife, california-natural-resources-agency, caopendata, cdfw, distribution, ds0035_20050602_wm, inventory, management, monitoring, multi-species, reproduction, sample, special-status-species
Organization: State of California
Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander Range - CWHR A056 [ds1172]

<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Vector datasets of CWHR range maps are one component of California Wildlife Habitat Relationships (CWHR), a comprehensive information system and predictive model for California's wildlife. The CWHR System was developed to support habitat conservation and management, land use planning, impact assessment, education, and research involving terrestrial vertebrates in California. CWHR contains information on life history, management status, geographic distribution, and habitat relationships for wildlife species known to occur regularly in California. Range maps represent the maximum, current geographic extent of each species within California. They were originally delineated at a scale of 1:5,000,000 by species-level experts and have gradually been revised at a scale of 1:1,000,000. For more information about CWHR, visit the CWHR webpage (</SPAN><A href="https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/CWHR" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/CWHR</SPAN></A><SPAN>). The webpage provides links to download CWHR data and user documents such as a look up table of available range maps including species code, species name, and range map revision history; a full set of CWHR GIS data; .pdf files of each range map or species life history accounts; and a User Guide.</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>

Tags: amphibian, auth_cdfw, california-department-of-fish-and-wildlife, california-natural-resources-agency, caopendata, cdfw, cn-gabilan-mountains-slender-salamander, ds1172_20160222_wm, habitat, natural-resources, sn-batrachoseps-gavilanensis, species, wildlife
Organization: State of California
i17 StateWaterProject Centerline

<span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>The purpose of this feature class is to delineate an approximate centerline for the State Water Project canals.</span><div><span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><br /></span></div><div><font face='Avenir Next W01, Avenir Next W00, Avenir Next, Avenir, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif'><span style='font-size:16px;'>This dataset is current as of 5/20/2025.</span></font></div>

Tags: 2019, california, california-department-of-water-resources, centerline, communication, dwr, dwr-gis-atlas, state-water-project, structure, swp, utilities
Organization: State of California
American Crow Hunt Zone [ds1339]

<div style='text-align:Left;'><div><div><p><span>Mapped hunt boundary is an approximation of regulations using best available data as of September 2015. Hunters are responsible for knowing the exact current boundary locations as described within the California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 485(d):</span></p><p><span>(d) Crows may not be taken in the following areas:</span></p><p><span>(1) Within the boundaries of the Trinity and Mendocino National Forests south of Highway 36.</span></p><p><span>(2) North and east of a line beginning at the mouth of the Eel River; south along the Eel River to the town of Alton; east on Highway 36 from the town of Alton to Highway 89 west of Chester; south and east on Highways 89 and 395 to Interstate 15 near Hesperia; south on Interstate 15 to Interstate 10; and east on Interstate 10 to the California-Arizona border.</span></p><p><span /></p></div></div></div>

Tags: auth_cdfw, california-department-of-fish-and-wildlife, california-natural-resources-agency, caopendata, cdfw, cn-american-crow, ds1339_20160119_wm, hunting-zone, sn-corvus-brachyrhynchos
Organization: State of California
Kern Plateau Salamander Range - CWHR A063 [ds1179]

<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Vector datasets of CWHR range maps are one component of California Wildlife Habitat Relationships (CWHR), a comprehensive information system and predictive model for California's wildlife. The CWHR System was developed to support habitat conservation and management, land use planning, impact assessment, education, and research involving terrestrial vertebrates in California. CWHR contains information on life history, management status, geographic distribution, and habitat relationships for wildlife species known to occur regularly in California. Range maps represent the maximum, current geographic extent of each species within California. They were originally delineated at a scale of 1:5,000,000 by species-level experts and have gradually been revised at a scale of 1:1,000,000. For more information about CWHR, visit the CWHR webpage (</SPAN><A href="https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/CWHR" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/CWHR</SPAN></A><SPAN>). The webpage provides links to download CWHR data and user documents such as a look up table of available range maps including species code, species name, and range map revision history; a full set of CWHR GIS data; .pdf files of each range map or species life history accounts; and a User Guide.</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>

Tags: amphibian, auth_cdfw, california-department-of-fish-and-wildlife, california-natural-resources-agency, caopendata, cdfw, cn-kern-plateau-salamander, ds1179_20160621_wm, habitat, natural-resources, sn-batrachoseps-robustus, species, wildlife
Organization: State of California
Utility Hydroelectric Capacity by Size and County: 2022

Energy generation data and map are from the California Energy Commission. Map depicts utility scale hydroelectric capacity, with large hydroelectric capacity being &gt; 30MW, and small hydroelectric capacity being &lt;= 30MW. Counties without symbols have no utility scale hydroelectric capacity. Data is from 2022.

Tags: california-energy-commission, california-natural-resources-agency, caopendata, ead
Organization: State of California
Elk Home Range - California Valley - 2005-2006, 2015-2017 [ds3112]

<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The project lead for the collection of this data was Bob Stafford. Elk (7 adult females, 3 adult males) from the California Valley herd were captured and equipped with Lotek GPS collars (</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>LifeCycle 800 GlobalStar/ GPS3300L, Lotek Wireless, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>) and ATS GPS collars (G2000, Advanced Telemetry Systems, Isanti, Minnesota, USA), transmitting data from 2005-2006 and 2015-2017. The study area was within the La Panza Elk Management Unit, north adjacent of State Highway 58 in the Carrizo Plain and largely residing on a patchwork of private lands and CDFW’s California Valley. The Cedar Canyon herd contains short distance, elevation-based movements likely due to seasonal habitat conditions, but this herd does not migrate between traditional summer and winter seasonal ranges. Instead, the herd displays a residential pattern, slowly moving up or down elevational gradients. Therefore, annual home ranges were modeled using year-round data to demarcate high use areas in lieu of modeling the specific winter ranges commonly seen in other ungulate analyses in California. GPS locations were fixed at 1-13 hour intervals in the dataset. To improve the quality of the data set as per Bjørneraas et al. (2010), the GPS data were filtered prior to analysis to remove locations which were: i) further from either the previous point or subsequent point than an individual elk is able to travel in the elapsed time, ii) forming spikes in the movement trajectory based on outgoing and incoming speeds and turning angles sharper than a predefined threshold , or iii) fixed in 2D space and visually assessed as a bad fix by the analyst. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The methodology used for this analysis allowed for the mapping of the herd’s annual range based on a small sample. Brownian Bridge Movement Models (BBMMs; Sawyer et al. 2009) were constructed with GPS collar data from 9 elk in total, including 17 year-long sequences, location, date, time, and average location error as inputs in Migration Mapper to assess annual range. Annual range BBMMs were produced at a spatial resolution of 50 m using a sequential fix interval of less than 27 hours and a fixed motion variance of 1000. Population-level annual range designations for this herd may expand with a larger sample, filling in some of the gaps between high-use annual range polygons in the map. Annual range is visualized as the 50</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>th</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN> percentile contour (high use) and the 99</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>th</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN> percentile contour of the year-round utilization distribution. </SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>

Tags: annual-range, brownian-bridge-movement-model, california, california-department-of-fish-and-wildlife, cdfw, cervus-canadensis, connectivity, elk, gps, home-range, kern, migration-mapper, san-luis-obispo, telemetry
Organization: State of California
Utility Hydroelectric Generation by Size and County: 2023

<div>Energy generation data and map are from the California Energy Commission</div><div>for all power plants that have a nameplate capacity of 1MW or more.</div><div>Hydroelectric plants are designated as a renewable energy source if their</div><div>nameplate capacity is 30MW or less. Counties without symbols either did not</div><div>report data or had no utility-scale hydroelectric power generation. Data is from</div><div>2023 and is current as of May 29, 2024. For more information, contact John</div><div>Hingtgen at (916) 510-9747 or Jessica Lin at (415) 990-8392.</div>

Tags: california-energy-commission, california-natural-resources-agency, caopendata, ead
Organization: State of California
Vegetation Survey Points - CDFW [ds1020] Extended Table

Vegetation surveys included in this dataset have been collected through various vegetation classification and mapping projects, and some were also collected independently from these kinds of projects. Reports for these projects can be found in CDFWs document library see https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/documents/ContextDocs.aspx?cat=VegCAMP. Links to specific projects are provided with project descriptions below. The surveys are of various types, but many follow the rapid assessment/releve protocol which can be seen here: https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/VegCAMP/Publications-and-ProtocolsThere are associated disturbance and other environmental data taken for many of these surveys that are not included in this dataset. There are also associated photos. These are available upon request.

Tags: auth_cdfw, biota, california-department-of-fish-and-wildlife, california-natural-resources-agency, caopendata, cdfw, ds1020_20240220_wm, environment, imagerybasemapsearthcover, vegetation
Organization: State of California
i07 WellCompletionReports

<span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>This feature class represents an index of records from the California Department of Water Resources' (DWR) Online System for Well Completion Reports (OSWCR). This feature class is for informational purposes only. All attribute values should be verified by reviewing the original Well Completion Report. Known issues include: - Missing and duplicate records - Missing values (either missing on original Well Completion Report, or not key entered into database) - Incorrect values (e.g. incorrect Latitude, Longitude, Record Type, Planned Use, Total Completed Depth) - Limited spatial resolution: The majority of well completion reports have been spatially registered to the center of the 1x1 mile Public Land Survey System section that the well is located in.</span>

Tags: california, california-department-of-water-resources, dwr, dwr-gis-atlas, entire-period-of-record, groundwater, records, reports, wcr, well, well-completion-reports, well-design, well-destruction, well-drilling, wells
Organization: State of California
Vegetation Survey Points - CDFW [ds1020]

Vegetation surveys included in this dataset have been collected through various vegetation classification and mapping projects, and some were also collected independently from these kinds of projects. Reports for these projects can be found in CDFWs document library see https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/documents/ContextDocs.aspx?cat=VegCAMP. Links to specific projects are provided with project descriptions below. The surveys are of various types, but many follow the rapid assessment/releve protocol which can be seen here: https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/VegCAMP/Publications-and-ProtocolsThere are associated disturbance and other environmental data taken for many of these surveys that are not included in this dataset. There are also associated photos. These are available upon request.

Tags: authcdfw, biota, california-department-of-fish-and-wildlife, california-natural-resources-agency, caopendata, cdfw, ds102020240220wm, environment, imagerybasemapsearthcover, vegetation
Organization: State of California