histlu200408

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Scott E. Phillips, Patrick A. Kelly, and Daniel F. Williams, California State University, Stanislaus, Endangered Species Recovery Program
Publication_Date: 2004-09-29
Title: histlu200408
Edition: 2004-08
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Online_Linkage: <http://esrp.csustan.edu/gis>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Patrick A. Kelly, Scott E. Phillips, and Daniel F. Williams
Publication_Date: In Press
Title:
Documenting Ecological Change in Time and Space: The San Joaquin Valley of California
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Berkeley, CA
Publisher: UC Press
Other_Citation_Details:
in Mammalian Diversification: From Chromosomes to Phylogeography University of California, Berkeley (pp. 57-78, In press)
Description:
Abstract:
Landscape change in the San Joaquin Valley of California -- pre-European settlement to 2000
Purpose:
To prepare illustrations and data for publications related to changes in the San Joaquin Valley over time
Supplemental_Information:
Future edits will focus on enhancing the spatial boundaries of historical natural communities and the addition of additional time frames where possible.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1850-01-01
Ending_Date: 2004-12-12
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: In work
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.516853
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -118.429511
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.026002
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.474789
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CSA/NBII Biocomplexity Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: Lands
Theme_Keyword: Land use
Theme_Keyword: Agricultural land
Theme_Keyword: Crop fields
Theme_Keyword: Vegetation
Theme_Keyword: Terrestrial ecosystems
Theme_Keyword: Grasslands
Theme_Keyword: Scrub
Theme_Keyword: Chaparral
Theme_Keyword: Forests
Theme_Keyword: Wetlands
Place:
Place_Keyword: California
Place_Keyword: Great Central Valley
Place_Keyword: San Joaquin Valley
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Central Western California
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
Permission is granted to use the data for any personal or academic purposes as long as notification of use is sent to sphillips@esrp.csustan.edu and derived products are clearly credited with Scott Phillips, CSU Stanislaus, ESRP. For commercial use, contact CSU Stanislaus, ESRP: info@esrp.csustan.edu.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: CSUS/ESRP
Contact_Person: Scott Phillips
Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@esrp.csustan.edu
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: figure02.jpg
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
Agricultural land conversion in the San Joaquin Valley, pre-European settlement to 2000.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG
Data_Set_Credit:
CSU Stanislaus, Endangered Species Recovery Program
Security_Information:
Security_Classification: Unclassified
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722
Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
Shapefile converted from ARC/INFO coverage with polygon topology. Minimum mapping unit is 10 ha
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Endangered Species Recovery program and Bureau of Reclamation
Publication_Date: 1999-01-01
Title:
Natural Vegetation of Central California based on Kuchler (1977).
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Other_Citation_Details:
Data used in the Recovery Plan for Upland Species of the San Joaquin Valley of California, FWS, 1998.
Online_Linkage: <http://esrpweb.csustan.edu/gis/metadata/kuchler_sjv.html>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Daniel F. Williams, Ellen A. Cypher, Patrick A. Kelly, Karen J. Miller, Nancy Norvell, Scott E. Phillips, Cheryl D. Johnson, and Gary W. Colliver
Publication_Date: 1998
Title:
Recovery plan for upland species of the San Joaquin Valley, California
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Sacramento, CA
Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Online_Linkage:
<http://esrpweb.csustan.edu/publications/pubhtml.php?doc=sjvrp&file=cover.html>
Source_Scale_Denominator: 1000000
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1850
Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: kuchler
Source_Contribution: Base of pre-European land cover
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Hall, W. H.
Publication_Date: 1886
Title:
Topographic and Irrigation Maps of San Joaquin Valley, Sheets 1-4.
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Other_Citation_Details:
Obtained from the Water Resources Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
Source_Scale_Denominator: 126720
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1885
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Hallmedscale
Source_Contribution:
Provided location of historical wetlands and irrigated farmland around 1885
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Piemeisel, R. L., and F. R. Lawson
Publication_Date: 1937
Title:
Types of Vegetation in the San Joaquin Valley of California and Their Relation to Beet Leafhopper
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document
Other_Citation_Details: Copy provided by Ellen Cypher, CSUS/ESRP
Source_Scale_Denominator: 2500000
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1850
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Piemeisel
Source_Contribution:
Provided general map of scrub lands with information on how it was mapped with higher resolution map sources.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Holmes, L. C., E. C. Eckmann, J. W. Nelson, and J. E. Guernsey
Publication_Date: 1919
Title:
Soil map, reconnaissance survey, Middle San Joaquin Valley sheet, California
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Other_Citation_Details: Obtained from personal files of Scott Phillips
Source_Scale_Denominator: 126720
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: recon_midsjv
Source_Contribution:
Used along with Piemeisel source for location of scub types and also used for the location of urban areas shown on the soil base map.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Nelson, J. W., W. C. Dean, and E. C. Eckmann
Publication_Date: 1921
Title:
Soil map, reconnaissance survey, Upper San Joaquin Valley sheet, California.
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Other_Citation_Details: Obtained from personal files of Scott Phillips
Source_Scale_Denominator: 126720
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: recon_uppsjv
Source_Contribution:
Used along with Piemeisel source for location of scub types and also used for the location of urban areas shown on the soil base map.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Nelson, J. W., J. E. Guernsey, L. C. Holmes, and E. C. Eckmann
Publication_Date: 1918
Title:
Soil map, reconnaissance survey, Lower San Joaquin Valley sheet, California
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Other_Citation_Details: Obtained from personal files of Scott Phillips
Source_Scale_Denominator: 126720
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: recon_lowsjv
Source_Contribution:
Used along with Piemeisel source for location of scub types and also used for the location of urban areas shown on the soil base map.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Experiment Stations (USDA)
Publication_Date: 1912
Title:
Irrigation map of Central California: to accompany report on the irrigation resources of Central California
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Other_Citation_Details:
Obtained from the Water Resources Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
Source_Scale_Denominator: 500000
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: irr1912
Source_Contribution: Provided the location of irrigated lands around 1912
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Bureau of Reclamation
Publication_Date: 1949
Title: Water Resources Development
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Bureau of Reclamation
Publication_Date: 1949
Title:
Central Valley basin; a comprehensive report on the development of the water and related resources of the Central Valley basin for irrigation, power production and other beneficial uses in California, and comments by the State of California and Federal agencies
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Washington, DC
Publisher: U.S. Govt. Print. Office
Source_Scale_Denominator: 1000000
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1945
Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USBR1949
Source_Contribution:
Provided the extent of irrigated farmland and some urban lands around 1945
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 1990
Title: Land Use Land Cover (LULC)
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Online_Linkage: <http://edc.usgs.gov/geodata/>
Source_Scale_Denominator: 250000
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1972-01-01
Ending_Date: 1980-12-31
Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGSLULC
Source_Contribution:
Provided the extent of irrigated farmland and urban lands around 1977
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
California State University, Stanislaus, Endangered Species Recovery Program
Publication_Date: 2004-07-10
Title:
Land use and land cover of the San Joaquin Valley of California and surrounding areas
Edition: 2004-06
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Online_Linkage: <http://esrp.csustan.edu/gis/lulc/>
Source_Scale_Denominator: 100000
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1990
Ending_Date: 2003
Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ESRPLULC
Source_Contribution: Provided current land cover and land use
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: University of California Santa Barbara, California Gap Analysis
Publication_Date: 1996
Title: Jepson Regions of California
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Online_Linkage: <http://www.biogeog.ucsb.edu/projects/gap/gap_data.html>
Source_Scale_Denominator: 100000
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: gapjepson
Source_Contribution: Used to define the San Joaquin Valley area of analysis
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Establish base of historical land cover based on re-defined attributes of the Kuchler data
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: kuchler
Process_Date: 2001
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Edit the initial data using the Hall 1885 medium scale irrigation maps for the location of historical wetlands, Tulare Lake, Summit Lake, Buena Vista Lake, and Kern Lake.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Hallmedscale
Process_Date: 2001
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Edit the initial data using the Piemeisel map along with reconnaissance soil surveys for the location of historical scrub lands unmapped in the initial data.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Piemeisel
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: recon_midsjv
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: recon_uppsjv
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: recon_lowsjv
Process_Date: 2004
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Develop a layer showing the extent of irrigated lands around 1912 using USDA data and add in the estimated extent of urban areas using reconnaissance soil survey base maps.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: irr1912
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: recon_midsjv
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: recon_uppsjv
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: recon_lowsjv
Process_Date: 2004
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Develop a layer showing the extent of irrigated lands and some urban lands around 1945 using map in USBR report.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: USBR1949
Process_Date: 2004
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Develop a layer showing the extent of urban and irrigated farmland around 1977 using USGS LULC data
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: USGSLULC
Process_Date: 2001
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Derived a layer of irrigated agricultre and urban areas using ESRP land use and land cover data
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: ESRPLULC
Process_Date: 2004
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Used Arc/Info overlay analysis (UNION) to combine layers and assign land use/land cover attributes for potential land cover and land cover during subsequent time frames.
Process_Date: 2004
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Clipped data to boundary of the Great Central Valley region of California (UCSB, 1996) south of latitude 38 N
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: gapjepson
Process_Date: 2004
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 12791
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area
Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:
Standard_Parallel: 34.000000
Standard_Parallel: 40.500000
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -120.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.00000
False_Easting: 0.000000
False_Northing: -4000000.000000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.001024
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.001024
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.400000
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Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AREA
Attribute_Definition: area in meters square
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PERIMETER
Attribute_Definition: perimeter in meters
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: HISTLU_CPE
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: HISTLU_C_1
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: POT_LU
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LU1885
Attribute_Definition: Estimated natural communities and land use around 1885
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LU1912
Attribute_Definition: Estimated natural communities and land use around 1912
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LU1945
Attribute_Definition: Estimated natural communities and land use around 1945
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LU1977
Attribute_Definition: Estimated natural communities and land use around 1977
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LU2004
Attribute_Definition: Estimated natural communities and land use around 2000
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DIST
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
Land cover is represented at a very general community level (grasslands, saltbush scrub, water, wetlands, Valley oak woodland, riparian) and developed land use is in two broad categories (urban, irrigated agriculture).
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: CSUS/ESRP
Contact_Person: Scott Phillips
Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: Not given
City: Fresno
State_or_Province: CA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: Not given
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@esrp.csustan.edu
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Distribution_Liability:
No warranty, expressed or implied is made by the ESRP regarding the utility of the data, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. These data are geographic illustrations and do not represent legal boundaries.
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Software capable of reading ESRI Shapefiles. Specifications for file format are available from: <http://www.esri.com/software/opengis/openpdf.html>. Data may be distributed in Zip compressed format. Softwrae and source code for uncompressing files is available from <http://www.info-zip.org/UnZip.html>.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20050919
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
CSU Stanislaus, Endangered Species Recovery Program
Contact_Person: Scott Phillips
Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: Not listed
City: Fresno
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 93727
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: not listed
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@esrp.csustan.edu
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Extensions:
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