Historical lakes of the San Joaquin Valley

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Endangered Species Recovery Program

Publication_Date: 1999

Title: Historical lakes of the San Joaquin Valley

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Fresno, CA, US

Publisher: Endangered Species Recovery Program

Other_Citation_Details:

U.S. FWS, 1998 Recovery Plan for Upland Species of the San Joaquin Valley, California.

Online_Linkage: <http://arnica.csustan.edu/esrpp>

Description:

Abstract:

A coverage showing the approximate location of Historical lakes of the San Joaquin Valley.

Purpose:

To show Historical hydrographic features for figure 65 of the SJV Recovery Plan.

Supplemental_Information:

Based on "Historical Native Vegetation Map of the Tulare Basin, California", by Griggs, F.T., J.M. Zaninovich, and G.D. Werschkull. 1992

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1998

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: In work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Irregular

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -119.968

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -118.954

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.2179

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.1163

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Endangered Species

Theme_Keyword: Recovery Planning

Theme_Keyword: Conservation

Theme_Keyword: Hydrography

Theme_Keyword: Historical Lakes

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: United States

Place_Keyword: California

Place_Keyword: San Joaquin Valley

Place_Keyword: Tulare Lake

Place_Keyword: Goose Lake

Place_Keyword: Buena Vista Lake

Place_Keyword: Kern Lake

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints:

None. Acknowledgement of the Endangered Species Recovery Program would be appreciated in products derived from this data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Endangered Species Recovery Program

Contact_Position: GIS Analyst

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address:

City: Fresno

State_or_Province: CA

Postal_Code:

Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone:

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 559 453 1227

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@esrp.org

Contact_Instructions: Contact by electronic or postal mail

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: hist_lakes.jpg

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Graphic of theme hist_lakes

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG

Data_Set_Credit:

Daniel F. Williams Ellen A. Cypher Patrick A. Kelly Nancy Norvell Scott E. Phillips

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

The attributes for "Kern River Channel" and "Goose Lake" were taken from the context of the USGS 1:250,000 Scale Bakersfield map. The remaining attribute names should be accurate according to the source map.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Arcs connect to each other at nodes. Arcs have direction and left and right sides. Arcs that connect to surround an area define a polygon.

Completeness_Report:

The source map showed one continous body of water for the polygons labelled as "Kern River Channel", "Buena Vista Lake", and "Kern Lake". What appeared to be the edges of "Buena Vista Lake" were used to split this into three separate polygon features.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

The source map was an scanned 8.5 by 11 page. The control points used for registering the scanned image were very approximate locations of river intersections. The accuracy is not suitable for large scale mapping and it is not recomended for purposes other than general illustrations of the lake locations.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Griggs, F.T., J.M. Zaninovich, and G.D. Werschkull

Publication_Date: 1992

Title: Historical native vegetation map of the Tulare Basin, California.

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Sacramento, CA, US

Publisher: California Energy Commission

Other_Citation_Details:

Pp. 111-118 in Endangered and sensitive species of the San Joaquin Valley, California: their biology, management, and conservation (D.F. Williams, S. Byrne, and T.A. Rado, eds.) 388 pp.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1992

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: GRIGGS

Source_Contribution:

The location of Historical water features of the Tulare Lake Basin, California.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Map from publication was scanned, registered to hydrographic intersections, and rectified. The scanned image was used to digitize water features from the map.

Process_Date: 1998

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Endangered Species Recovery Program

Contact_Position: GIS Analyst

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address:

City: Fresno

State_or_Province: CA

Postal_Code:

Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone:

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 559 453 1227

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@esrp.org

Contact_Instructions: Contact by electronic or postal mail

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 10

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9996

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -123

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0

False_Easting: 500000

False_Northing: 0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 10

Ordinate_Resolution: 10

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927

Ellipsoid_Name: Clark 1866

Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Two attributes are "name" and "type". "name" is the name of the feature, and "type" is the type of feature using values consistent with the U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System. See <http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/ti/GNIS/gnis_users_guide_toc.html> for more details.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: ESRP, 1999

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Endangered Species Recovery Program

Contact_Position: GIS Analyst

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address:

City: Fresno

State_or_Province: CA

Postal_Code:

Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone:

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 559 453 1227

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@esrp.org

Contact_Instructions: Contact by electronic or postal mail

Resource_Description: Arc Export file of hist_lakes

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.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ARCE

Format_Version_Number: 7.2.1

Format_Specification: no compression

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://www.esrp.org/gis/>

Access_Instructions:

Large files may be GNU Zip compressed. Tools for decompression can be obtained from URL: <http://www.gzip.org/>

Online_Computer_and_Operating_System: Generic PC with Linux i386 2.2.5

Fees: Data may be accessed online without charge.

Technical_Prerequisites: computer with software to import ARC/INFO GIS data

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 19990706

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Endangered Species Recovery Program

Contact_Position: GIS Analyst

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address:

City: Fresno

State_or_Province: CA

Postal_Code:

Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone:

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 559 453 1227

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@esrp.org

Contact_Instructions: Contact by electronic or postal mail

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Access_Constraints: none

Metadata_Use_Constraints: none