Compartments

• Identification_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Publication_Date:20260121

Publication_Time:215302

Title:

Compartments

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:vector digital data

Online_Linkage: https://data.fs.usda.gov/geodata/edw/datasets.php

Online_Linkage: https://www.pasda.psu.edu

Description:

Abstract:

Spatial features stewarded within the FSVeg Spatial application are organized in a hierarchy. Vegetation polygons and sample points represent the base level spatial features. Sample points fall within their parent vegetation polygon. Vegetation polygons are organized into locations. Locations fall within a ranger district and ranger districts fall within a proclaimed forest. There may be one or more proclaimed forests within the administrative forest. Finally, a region oversees the administrative forests within their geographic area. Location polygons are derived by dissolving the vegetation polygons within the NRIS_VegPoly feature class where the location identifiers are the same. A location thus represents an organized collection of vegetation polygons. National Forests will either define locations based on watershed boundaries or for management convenience based on roads or other natural features. Locations based on roads and/or other features are typically referred to as compartments.

Purpose:

Location polygons support Forest Service data management and analysis. Data maintenance using the FSVeg Spatial application is conducted by extracting one or more locations from the SDE server to a file geodatabase. Once they complete the data updates to that area, they then post or "check-in" the completed work to SDE. Since a location is a collection of vegetation polygons where no gaps or overlaps are allowed between those vegetation polygons; the editing by location concept allows the FSVeg Spatial application to enforce these topology rules. The user may be adjusting vegetation polygon boundaries, splitting polygons, etc., within the checked-out location. For analysis, it is common to work on landscapes where the user selects the desired vegetation polygons by more easily selecting a set of locations that contain those polygons. The concept of a location, whether referring to watershed boundaries or compartments, has been in use within the U.S. Forest Service for several decades.

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate:-94.676305

East_Bounding_Coordinate:-70.779882

North_Bounding_Coordinate:48.496106

South_Bounding_Coordinate:36.497596

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:None

Theme_Keyword:Wood

Theme_Keyword:Vegetation

Theme_Keyword:Inventory

Theme_Keyword:Tree

Theme_Keyword:Land cover

Theme_Keyword:All Forest Service lands

Theme_Keyword:Stand

Access_Constraints:None

Use_Constraints:

The USDA Forest Service makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the content; and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed or statutory, including but not limited to warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to the contents or hyperlinks to other Internet resources. Reference to any specific commercial products, processes, or services, or the use of any trade, firm or corporation name is for the information and convenience of the public, and does not constitute endorsement or recommendation by the USDA Forest Service.

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Esri ArcGIS 13.5.5.57366

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method:Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type:GT-polygon composed of chains

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count:0

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label:Compartments

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:OBJECTID

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:CREATED_BY

Attribute_Definition:

System generated user ID which created this record.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

nrm

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:CREATED_DATE

Attribute_Definition:

System generated date the record was created.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

nrm

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:MODIFIED_BY

Attribute_Definition:

System generated user ID of the user who modified the record.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

nrm

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:MODIFIED_DATE

Attribute_Definition:

System generated date the record was modified.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

nrm

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:SPATIAL_ID

Attribute_Definition:

System generated, globally unique user ID (GUID) to uniquely identify a row of data in this table.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

nrm

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:REGION_PROC

Attribute_Definition:

Proclaimed Region number.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

nrm

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:FOREST_PROC

Attribute_Definition:

Proclaimed Forest number. Use 00 for land outside National Forest Boundary

Attribute_Definition_Source:

nrm

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:DISTRICT_NO

Attribute_Definition:

Ranger district number. Use 00 for land outside National Forest Boundary.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

nrm

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:LOCATION

Attribute_Definition:

The location of the polygon within a Region, Forest, and District.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

nrm

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:GLOBALID

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:SHAPE

Attribute_Definition:

Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition:

Stores the physical polygon coordinate data.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Esri

Attribute_Definition_Source:

nrm

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:FS_UNIT_ID

Attribute_Definition:

The organization number for the Forest Service unit that stewards the data.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

NRM

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:FS_UNIT_NAME

Attribute_Definition:

The name of the Forest Service unit that stewards the data

Attribute_Definition_Source:

NRM

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:GIS_ACRES

Attribute_Definition:

The area of the feature in acres, calculated in North American Albers Equal Area Conic projection (NAD83) meters and then converted to acres with the formula AreaMeters / 4046.856.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

US Forest Service

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:Shape_Length

Attribute_Definition:

Length of feature in internal units.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Esri

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:Shape_Area

Attribute_Definition:

Area of feature in internal units squared.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Esri

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type:mailing and physical 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

Distribution_Liability:

The USER shall indemnify, save harmless, and, if requested, defend those parties involved with the development and distribution of this data, their officers, agents, and employees from and against any suits, claims, or actions for injury, death, or property damage arising out of the use of or any defect in the FILES or any accompanying documentation. Those parties involved with the development and distribution excluded any and all implied warranties, including warranties or merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose and makes no warranty or representation, either express or implied, with respect to the FILES or accompanying documentation, including its quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose. The FILES and documentation are provided "as is" and the USER assumes the entire risk as to its quality and performance. Those parties involved with the development and distribution of this data will not be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use the FILES or any accompanying documentation

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date:20260122

Metadata_Standard_Name:FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version:FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention:local time