WPC HUC12 (includes percentage land-use)


Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:USGS
Publication_Date:Unpublished Material
Title:
WPC HUC12 (includes percentage land-use)
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:vector digital data
Other_Citation_Details:
Land Use data was derived from the National Landcover Dataset while huc12 watersheds were derived from draft huc 12 watersheds being compiled by all states involved.
Online_Linkage: http://www.pasda.psu.edu
Description:
Abstract:
12 digit USGS hydrological unit code (HUC) watersheds within Pennsylvania.  Includes percentage land-use information from the National Land Cover Dataset for each HUC 12, average slope for each HUC 12, and percent calcareous geology for each HUC 12.
Purpose:
To assess land use at a HUC 12 scale for use in the Pennsylvania Aquatic Community Classification project being performed by the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date:unknown
Currentness_Reference:
publication date
Status:
Progress:Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency:None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate:-80.541923
East_Bounding_Coordinate:-74.689899
North_Bounding_Coordinate:42.269420
South_Bounding_Coordinate:39.719742
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:none
Theme_Keyword:Watersheds
Theme_Keyword:HUC 12
Theme_Keyword:Hydrologic Units
Theme_Keyword:Land Cover
Theme_Keyword:Land use
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:none
Place_Keyword:Pennsylvania
Access_Constraints:None.
Use_Constraints:
By acceptance of this data, the user agrees to include a copy of this metadata record, including the liability disclaimer, whenever the user transmits or provides the GIS Data(or any portion of it) to another user.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program (Western Pennsylvania Conservancy)
Contact_Person:Aquatic Ecologist
Contact_Position:Aquatic Ecologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type:mailing and physical address
Address:
209 Fourth Avenue
City:Pittsburgh
State_or_Province:PA
Postal_Code:15222
Country:USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone:412-288-2777
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:jdeeds@paconserve.org
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.2 (Build 3790) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000
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Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
Unknown.
Completeness_Report:
Several attribute fields have null values.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:USGS
Publication_Date:Unpublished Material
Title:
USGS preliminary HUC 12 watersheds
Other_Citation_Details:
Preliminary HUC12 watersheds of Pennsylvania. Some watersheds to not have accurate HUC numbers due to the preliminary nature of the dataset.
Type_of_Source_Media:digital compressed file
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date:unknown
Source_Currentness_Reference:
ground condition
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:USGS
Publication_Date:19990527
Title:
National Land Cover Dataset
Other_Citation_Details:
National Land Cover Dataset was used for defining the land use percentages for each HUC 12
Online_Linkage: http://landcover.usgs.gov/natllandcover.asp
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date:1986
Ending_Date:1993
Source_Currentness_Reference:
ground condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
NLCD
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:USGS
Publication_Date:Unknown
Title:
Digital Elevation Model of Pennsylvania
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
DEM
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Publication_Date:2001
Title:
Bedrock Geology of Pennsylvania
Online_Linkage: http://www.pasda.psu.edu/summary2.cgi/dcnr/pags/dcnr_bedrockgeology_cov_2001.xml
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
12 digit unique autonumbers were filled in for HUC 12 sheds lacking a unit code.
Process_Date:Unknown
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
the number of NLDC cells of each cell type per HUC 12 area were tabulated for all HUC 12s (Tabulate areas option) and then exported as a DBF file.
Process_Date:Unknown
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Total Number of cells for each HUC 12 were calcuated and then used to determine percent of land use class for each huc 12. at this time field names were changed to more clearly denote what land type each cell class represents ( see http://landcover.usgs.gov/classes.asp ).  Summary land use types (total forest, total agriculture, total developed, total wetland) were also added. This was then exported as a seperate DBF.
Process_Date:Unknown
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The new land cover percentance table was then attached to the original HUC 12 polygon layer which was then saved as a new shape file.
Process_Date:Unknown
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Huc 12 file was overlayed on DEM and average slope was calculated for each HUC 12 by first deriving a slope grid for the DEM and then "summarizing zones" for the HUC12 and adding the average slope value as a field in the shape file.
Process_Date:Unknown
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
A grid of calcareous gelogy (all calcareous bedrock types) and a grid layer of calcareous geology within higher quality land-use classes (forested or wetland) was developed from the Pennsylvania geology type layer and a similar process to land use class was used to add percent calcareous and percent high quality calcareous fields to the HUC 12 atribute table.
Process_Date:Unknown
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Shape file was reprojected from PA Albers projection into NAD 27 Decimal Degrees.
Process_Date:Unknown
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Dataset moved.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
C:\LocalGISfiles\DDnad27\Final\huc12calc&lu
Process_Date:Unknown
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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:1467
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Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution:0.000000
Longitude_Resolution:0.000000
Geographic_Coordinate_Units:Decimal degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name:North American Datum of 1927
Ellipsoid_Name:Clarke 1866
Semi-major_Axis:6378206.400000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio:294.978698
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label:WPC_huc12calc&lu
Entity_Type_Definition:
PA watershed landuse and slope
Entity_Type_Definition_Source:
Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:FID
Attribute_Definition:
Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
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:
watershed area
Attribute_Definition_Source:
USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
area
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:PERIMETER
Attribute_Definition:
watershed perimeter
Attribute_Definition_Source:
USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
perimeter
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:PAHU12_18_
Attribute_Definition:
unknown
Attribute_Definition_Source:
USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
unknown
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:PAHU12_181
Attribute_Definition:
unknown
Attribute_Definition_Source:
USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
unknown
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:RECORD_
Attribute_Definition:
unknown
Attribute_Definition_Source:
unknown
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
unknown
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:HUC_11
Attribute_Definition:
HUC 11 watershed code
Attribute_Definition_Source:
USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
HUC 11 watershed code
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:HUC_8
Attribute_Definition:
HUC 8 watershed code
Attribute_Definition_Source:
USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
HUC 8 watershed code
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:HUC_14
Attribute_Definition:
HUC 14 watershed code
Attribute_Definition_Source:
USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
HUC 14 watershed code
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:STATES
Attribute_Definition:
The states that the watershed occurs within
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
state abbreviations
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:HUC_10
Attribute_Definition:
HUC 10 watershed code
Attribute_Definition_Source:
USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
HUC 10 watershed code
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:HUC_12
Attribute_Definition:
HUC 12 ID number (autonumber beginning with 99 used to fill in blank entries
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
HUC 12 ID number (autonumber beginning with 99 used to fill in blank entries
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:NCONTRB_A
Attribute_Definition:
unknown
Attribute_Definition_Source:
unknown
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
unknown
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:HU_10_DS
Attribute_Definition:
unknown
Attribute_Definition_Source:
unknown
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
unknown
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:HU_10_NAME
Attribute_Definition:
HUC 10 watershed name
Attribute_Definition_Source:
USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
watershed name
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:HU_10_MOD
Attribute_Definition:
unknown
Attribute_Definition_Source:
unknown
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
unknown
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:HU_10_TYPE
Attribute_Definition:
unknown
Attribute_Definition_Source:
unknown
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
unknown
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:HU_12_DS
Attribute_Definition:
unknown
Attribute_Definition_Source:
unknown
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
unknown
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:HU_12_NAME
Attribute_Definition:
HUC 12 watershed name
Attribute_Definition_Source:
USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
HUC 12 watershed name
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:HU_12_MOD
Attribute_Definition:
unknown
Attribute_Definition_Source:
unknown
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
unknown
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:HU_12_TYPE
Attribute_Definition:
unknown
Attribute_Definition_Source:
unknown
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
unknown
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:CALCACRES
Attribute_Definition:
The calculated acreage of the HUC 12
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
The calculated acreage of the HUC 12 watershed
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:COUNTY
Attribute_Definition:
The primary county the watershed is in.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
county names
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:LIME_
Attribute_Definition:
% Calcareous Lithography for the watershed
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
percentage
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:OPEN_WATER
Attribute_Definition:
% open water (class 11) for the watershed.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NLCD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
percentage
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:LOWINTDEVO
Attribute_Definition:
% class 21 (Low Intensity Residential) for the watershed.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NLCD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
percentage
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:HIGHINTRES
Attribute_Definition:
% class 22 (High Intensity Residential) for the watershed.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NLCD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
percentage
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:HIGINTCOMM
Attribute_Definition:
% class 23 (Commercial/Industrial/Transportation) for the watershed.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NLCD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
percentage
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:BARE
Attribute_Definition:
% class 31 (Bare Rock/Sand/Clay) for the watershed.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NLCD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
percentage
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:QRY_MINES_
Attribute_Definition:
% class 32 (Quarries/Strip Mines/Gravel Pits) for the watershed.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NLCD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
percentage
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:TRANS_BARE
Attribute_Definition:
% class 33 (Transitional) for the watershed.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NLCD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
percentage
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:DEC_4EST
Attribute_Definition:
% class 41 (Deciduous Forest) for the watershed.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NLCD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
percentage
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:EVGR_4EST
Attribute_Definition:
% class 42 (Evergreen Forest) for the watershed.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NLCD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
percentage
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:MXD_4EST
Attribute_Definition:
% class 43 (Mixed Forest) for the watershed.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NLCD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
percentage
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:HAYPAST
Attribute_Definition:
% class 81 (Pasture/Hay) for the watershed.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NLCD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
percentage
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:ROWCROPS
Attribute_Definition:
% class 82 (Row Crops) for the watershed.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NLCD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
percentage
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:OTHERGRASS
Attribute_Definition:
% class 85 (Urban/Recreational/Other Grasses) for the watershed.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NLCD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
percentage
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:FORST_WET
Attribute_Definition:
% class 91 (Woody Wetlands) for the watershed.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NLCD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
percentage
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:EMRG_HERB_
Attribute_Definition:
% class 92 (Emergent Herbaceous Wetlands) for the watershed.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NLCD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
percentage
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:TOTAL_WET
Attribute_Definition:
% total wetland for the watershed (class 91 and 92).
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NLCD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
percentage
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:TOTAL__4ST
Attribute_Definition:
% total forest for the watershed (41, 42, & 43)
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NLCD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
percentage
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:TOTAL_DEVO
Attribute_Definition:
% total development for the watershed (class 21, 22 &23)
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NLCD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
percentage
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:TOTAL_AG
Attribute_Definition:
% total agricultural land use for the watershed (class 81,82, and 85).
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NLCD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
percentage
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:MEANSLOPE
Attribute_Definition:
average slope of the watershed.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
average slope
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:QUALCALC_
Attribute_Definition:
% calcareous geology in high quality land use areas (forest or wetland) for the watershed.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
percentage
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
Attributes include HUC 8,10,11,12,and 14 codes, HUC 10 and 12 watershed names, average slope, % calcareous geology, and % land use for 19 land use types.
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Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA)
Contact_Address:
Address_Type:mailing address
Address:
115 Land and Water building
City:University Park
State_or_Province:Pennsylvania
Postal_Code:16802
Country:United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone:(814) 865 - 8792
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:pasda@psu.edu
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date:20100323
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person:Aquatic Ecologist
Contact_Organization:Western Pennsylvania Coservancy; Natural Heritage Program
Contact_Position:Aquatic Ecologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type:mailing and physical address
Address:
209 Fourth Avenue
City:Pittsburgh
State_or_Province:PA
Postal_Code:15222
Country:USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone:412-288-2777
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:jdeeds@paconserve.org
Metadata_Standard_Name:FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version:FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention:local time
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage:
Profile_Name:ESRI Metadata Profile
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