West Virginia Terrestrial Habitat Map

Metadata:

Identification_Information:
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: EPA GIS Keyword Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: Conservation
Theme_Keyword: Ecology
Theme_Keyword: Ecosystem
Theme_Keyword: Environment
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: West Virginia
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
Title: West Virginia Terrestrial Habitat Map
Publication_Information:
Publisher: West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
Publication_Place: Elkins, WV
Publication_Date: 20151030
Description:
Abstract:
This data set represents terrestrial habitats used for the 2015 revision of West Virginia’s State Wildlife Action Plan (West Virginia Division of Natural Resources 2015). Terrestrial habitats are broad classes based on natural and semi-natural vegetation, but map classes are also included for agriculture, developed areas, and open water. It is based on the Northeast Terrestrial Habitat Map (Ferree and Anderson 2013) with revisions applied for West Virginia, including consolidation of similar Ecological Systems across Ecoregion boundaries, corrections of some known errors in the regional map, and integration of recently completed WV habitat map layers. This data set should be considered a broad-scale conceptual model for the entire state, with untested accuracy. Many errors are known and many others are likely to be found under further scrutiny, especially at finer scales. The Northeast Terrestrial Habitat Map (Ferree and Anderson 2013) was clipped to the West Virginia state boundary and reprojected to UTM NAD83 zone 17. River Floodplains and Small Stream Riparian Habitats were added by reclassifying forested habitats lying within the Base Zones of The Nature Conservancy’s Active River Area (Smith et al. 2008). Small areas of wetlands attributed to Ecological Systems not known in West Virginia were reclassified as “unknown wetlands.” Statewide layers of Red Spruce Forests and Shale Barrens recently developed by WVDNR were added. The area of Dry Calcareous Forests, Woodlands, and Glades was reduced to correspond to statewide geological map classes with limestone or dolomite identified as the primary rock type; a new map class “previous calcareous” was created for all other primary rock types . Similar Ecological Systems were combined typically across Ecoregion boundaries, in order to reduce the number of habitat categories and to improve accuracy. References: 1) Ferree, C and M. G. Anderson. 2013. A Map of Terrestrial Habitats of the Northeastern United States: Methods and Approach. The Nature Conservancy, Eastern Conservation Science, Eastern Regional Office. Boston, MA. <http://rcngrants.org/sites/default/files/final_reports/A%20map%20of%20Terrestrial%20Habitats%20of%20the%20Northeastern%20United%20States%20Methods%20and%20Approach%201112013-1.pdf>; 2) Smith, M. P., R. Schiff. A. Olivero, and J. G. MacBroom. 2008. The active river area: a conservation framework for protecting rivers and streams. The Nature Conservancy, Boston MA. <http://www.conservationgateway.org/Documents/ASFPM_TNC_Active_River_%20Area.pdf>; 3) West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. 2015. 2015 West Virginia State Wildlife Action Plan. Elkins, WV.
Purpose:
This data set was produced to provide a tool for broad-scale analysis of wildlife habitat in West Virginia. It was presented in and used to develop the 2015 revision of West Virginia’s State Wildlife Action Plan.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Currentness_Reference: Publication date
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20151030
Status:
Progress: In work
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -138.21454852
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -12.68151645
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 61.7110157
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 6.65223303
Access_Constraints: None.
Use_Constraints:
None. Please check sources, scale, accuracy, currentness and other available information. Please confirm that you are using the most recent copy of both data and metadata. Acknowledgement of the WVDNR would be appreciated.
Security_Information:
Security_Classification_System: FIPS Pub 199
Security_Classification: No Confidentiality
Security_Handling_Description: Standard Technical Controls
Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report: None
Completeness_Report: Features represented have not been tested for completeness
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Data were collected using methods that have unknown accuracy.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Date: 2015
Process_Description: Syst_ne110714 clipped to WV boundary
Process_Step:
Process_Date: 2015
Process_Description: Reprojected from Albers to UTM NAD83 Zone 17N
Process_Step:
Process_Date: 2015
Process_Description:
Added river floodplain and small stream riparian habitats (a. TNC Active River Area (ara_wv_514); b. Reclass Base zone 11 & 12 to stream riparian, Base zone 20-50 to river floodplain; c. Extract syst_ne by masks of stream riparian and river floodplain; d. Reclass NLCD (developed/agriculture/open water) classes and High Allegheny Wetlands to 1, all others to 1000; e. map algebra syst_ne X river floodplain, small riparian; f. reclassify 1000s to River Floodplain and Small Riparian Habitats)
Process_Step:
Process_Date: 2015
Process_Description:
Added Red Spruce Forests [(SprucePolygons20130313.gbd) medium and high cover (M, H)]
Process_Step:
Process_Date: 2015
Process_Description:
Revised/Combined Dry Calcareous Forest, Woodland, and Glade (a. Export limestone, dolomite rocktype1 from wvgeol_poly_utm83.shp; b. feature to raster (geo_calc); c. reclassify 1, 100; d. extract from syst_ne values 5, 40, 65 (calc_x); e. map algebra geo_calc X calc_x = dry_calc; f. map algebra dry_calc X syst_ne; g. reclassify 5, 40, 65 = Dry Calcareous Forests, Woodlands, and Glades; 5000, 40,000, 65,000 = previous calcareous)
Process_Step:
Process_Date: 2015
Process_Description: Reclassed NE habitats to WV habitats
Process_Step:
Process_Date: 2015
Process_Description: Added Shale Barrens (ShaleBarrens2014.shp)
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Ferree and Anderson
Title: Northeast Terrestrial Habitat Map (Syst_ne110714)
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Other_Citation_Details:
<http://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationByGeography/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/edc/reportsdata/terrestrial/habitatmap/Pages/default.aspx>
Publication_Date: 20131031
Publication_Information:
Publisher: The Nature Conservancy
Publication_Place: Boston, MA
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: The Nature Conservancy
Title: TNC Active River Area (ara_wv_514)
Other_Citation_Details:
https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationByGeography/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/edc/reportsdata/freshwater/floodplains/Pages/default.aspx
Publication_Date: 200804
Publication_Information:
Publisher: The Nature Conservancy
Publication_Place: South Burlington, VT
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: WV Division of Natural Resources (unpublished data)
Title: Red Spruce Forests (SprucePolygons20130313.gbd)
Publication_Date: 2013
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: WV Geological and Economic Survey
Title: WV Geology (wvgeol_poly_utm83.shp)
Other_Citation_Details: <http://wvgis.wvu.edu/data/dataset.php?ID=43>
Publication_Date: 1968
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: WV Division of Natural Resources (unpublished data)
Title: Shale Barrens (ShaleBarrens2014.shp)
Publication_Date: 2014
Distribution_Information:
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Distribution_Liability:
Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data to evaluate data set limitations, restrictions or intended use. The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20151103
Metadata_Future_Review_Date: 20191103
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Grid_Coordinate_System:
Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
UTM_Zone_Number: 17
Transverse_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.99960000
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -81
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.00000000
False_Easting: 500000.00000000
False_Northing: 0.00000000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 30
Ordinate_Resolution: 30
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 1980
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
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