# Presentation: 665946

## Plot Level Data

- National Manual Version 1.56

- Section 1.0

## Plot Level Data

- National Manual Version 1.56

- Section 1.0

## Plot Level Data

- National Manual Version 1.56

- Section 1.0

## State

- Kentucky 21

- Virginia 51

- No change

**Notes:**
No change

## County

- No change

**Notes:**
No Change

## Plot Number

- Plot numbers are now four digits:
- 0001-0999  Standard field plots
- 4001-4999  Intensification plots
- 9000-9999  Temporary and supplemental plots

- Changed

**Notes:**
Plots numbers are now four digits.
0001-0999 Standard field plots
4001-4999 Intensification plots
9000-9999 Temporary and supplemental plots

## P3 Hexagon Number

- P3 plots only
-  No change

**Notes:**
Only on P3 plots. No change

## P3 Plot Number

- P3 plots only
-  No change

**Notes:**
Only on P3 plots. No change.

## Sample Kind

- 1	Initial plot establishment (new plots)
- 2	Subplot design remeasurement
- 3	Replacement plot (lost plot)

- Changed

- KY and GA do not use:
- 9 	Prism plot remeasurement/Fixed plot 	establishment

## Manual Version

- Version 1.56
- Updated January 18, 2002

- Changed

**Notes:**
1.56

## Current and Past Date

- Format:  Year month day
- Example: 20020211

- Changed

**Notes:**
Year, month, day

## New ItemQA Status

- 1	Standard production plot
- 2	Cold check
- 3	Reference plot (off grid– not a true plot)
- 4	Training/practice plot (off grid– not a true plot)
- 5	Botched plot file (P3 PDR program only)
- 6	Blind check
- 7	Hot check of production plot

-     Record code 1 on most regular production plots

-     Record code 7 if field crew works with QA to 	install a regular production plot

**Notes:**
Usually 1.

## New ItemCrew Type

- 1	Standard field crew

**Notes:**
Usually 1.

## Cruiser Number

- No change

**Notes:**
No change

## Number of Accessible Forest Land Conditions

- No change

**Notes:**
How many forest conditions on the plot. No change.

## Number of Tree Entries

-   Only includes trees and saplings
-   Seedlings are tallied in a separate section
-   Still include an entry for no tree and sapling tally
- 	on a subplot

- Changed

**Notes:**
No change except do not include seedlings. Do still have a line for no tree and sapling tally.

## Number of Prism Points Remeasured or Subplot Centers Reverted

- SK 9 PLOTS ONLY
- Not recorded in KY or VA

**Notes:**
Only on Sample Kind 9 plots. Not applicable for Kentucky and Virginia.

## New Item Trails or Roads

- Code the nearest trail or road within one mile of plot center:
- 	0	None within one mile
- 	1	Paved road or highway
- 	2	Improved gravel road
- 	3	Improved dirt road
- 	4	Unimproved dirt road
- 	5	Human access trail

**Notes:**
Nearest within 1 mile of plot center (subplot 1).

## New ItemRoad Access

- Record the first road access restriction encountered while traveling to the _starting point_:
- 	0	None
- 	1	Road blocked by locked gate or cable
- 	2	Road blocked by human-made obstruction
- 	3	Road blocked by natural occurrences
- 	4	Posted no motorized vehicle signs
- 	9	Other (specify in plot notes)

**Notes:**
Restrictions encountered while getting to the SP.

## New ItemPublic Use Restrictions

- Record restrictions posted for the parcel(s) of land that the plot area occupies:
- 	0	None
- 	1	Keep out/ no trespassing
- 	2	No hunting or fishing
- 	3	No dumping
- 	9	Other (specify in plot notes)
- Not necessarily the same parcel where SP is located.

**Notes:**
Signs posted on plot owners tract. Not necessarily the SP owner.
On most posted signs “no trespassing” is the bottom line. 

## New ItemRecreation Use 1,2,3

- Record up to three signs of the following recreation use on the four subplots:
- 	0	No evidence of recreation use
- 	1	Motor vehicle (4-wheel drive, ATV, motorcycle)
- 	2	Horse riding, dog team trails, ski trails
- 	3	Camping
- 	4	Hiking
- 	5	Hunting/ shooting
- 	6	Fishing
- 	7	Boating– launch site or dock
- 	9	Other (specify in plot notes)

**Notes:**
Must be within the subplots and in forest.

## Human Debris

- No change

**Notes:**
No change.

## New ItemWater on Plot

- Water sources on the forested portion of the four subplots that are not identified as a separate condition on the plot:
- 	0	None
- 	1	Permanent streams/ponds
- 	2	Permanent swamp, bog, marsh
- 	3	Ditch/canal
- 	4	Temporary streams
- 	5	Flood zones
- 	9	Other temporary water (specify in plot notes)

**Notes:**
Within the subplots and in forest.

## Horizontal Distance to Improved Road

- Codes are now one-digit categories:
- 	1	100 ft or less
- 	2	101 to 300 ft
- 	3	301 to 500 ft
- 	4	501 to 1000 ft
- 	5	1001 to 0.5 mile
- 	6	>0.5 to 1 mile
- 	7	>1 mile to 3 miles
- 	8	>3 miles to 5 miles
- 	9	Greater than 5 miles

- Changed

**Notes:**
Distance codes changed only.

## Horizontal Distance to Urban or Built-Up Land

- Use the new one-digit distance codes

- Changed

**Notes:**
No change except distance codes.

## Horizontal Distance to Agricultural Land

- Use the new one digit distance codes

- Changed

**Notes:**
No change except distance codes.

## Size of Contiguous Forest Land

- No change

**Notes:**
No change.

## GPS Coordinates

-    Attempt to average 180 readings

- Changed

-    Attempt to keep error reading no more than +/- 70 feet

-    Elevation is recorded in feet above mean sea level

-    New option of reporting offset coordinates within 200 	feet of plot center

**Notes:**
Average 180 readings, error within +/- 70 feet, elevation is in feet above mean sea level, and can record off-set coordinates within 200 feet of plot center.

## New ItemGPS Unit

-      0	GPS coordinates not collected
-      1	Rockwell PLGR
-      2	Other brand capable of field averaging
-      3	Trimble GeoExplorer or Pathfinder Pro
-      4	Recreational GPS (Garmin, Magellan, etc.)

- Only record code 0 if coordinates cannot be collected at all within 200 feet of PC (unit is damaged, heavy canopy cover, mountain coves, no GPS unit available, etc.)
- Always record readings collected within 200 feet of PC, even if less than 180 readings are obtained or even if error reading is more than +/- 70 feet.

**Notes:**
1 for plgrs.

## New ItemGPS Serial Number

- Record the six-digit serial number of the GPS unit

## Latitude

- No change

**Notes:**
Can record off-set point within 200 feet of plot center.

## Longitude

- No change

**Notes:**
Can record off-set point within 200 feet of plot center.

## GPS Elevation

- Now measured in feet above mean sea level

- Changed

**Notes:**
Now in feet and mean sea level (msl)

## New ItemGPS Error

-     Record error reading of the averaged coordinates
-     Make every effort to collect readings with less than or 	equal to 70 feet of error
-     Record coordinates if cannot obtain an error reading 	less than +/- 70 feet

## New ItemNumber of Readings

-     Record number readings averaged
-     Make every effort to collect 180 readings
-     Record coordinates if cannot obtain 180 error readings

**Notes:**
Average at least 180.

## New ItemsAzimuth and Distance to PC

-     Do not record if coordinates are collected at PC

-     Do not record if PC coordinates are range calculated 	with a PLGR unit within 200 feet of plot center

-     Only record if the collected coordinates are at an off-set 	point within 200 feet of plot center and cannot use 	the PLGR to RNG-CALC coordinates at PC

-     Do not obtain off-set coordinates more than 200 feet  	from plot center

**Notes:**
Do not code if range calculated with a plgr within 200 feet of plot center. 

## New Item Plot Level Notes

- Record notes pertaining to the entire plot
- or to a plot level item

**Notes:**
If needed.

## Questions?

**Notes:**
If needed.