• Identification Information
• Spatial Data Organization Information
• Spatial Reference Information
• Entity and Attribute Information
• Distribution Information
• Metadata Reference Information
• Geoprocessing History

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Identification Information:

Citation:

Citation information:

Originators: Advanced Resource Technology Lab

*Title:

rangesites

*File or table name: rangesites

Publication date: September 14, 2001

*Geospatial data presentation form: vector digital data

*Online linkage: \\Vasallus\vasdata\buffel_srer\SRER_shp_files\rangesites.shp

Description:

Abstract:

These are Natural Resources Conservation Service(NRSC) Ecological Site Description areas on the Santa Rita Experimental Range.

Purpose:

Ecological Site Descriptions contain information about soils, species composition, productivity
vegetation dynamics, etc.

*Language of dataset: en

Time period of content:

Time period information:

Single date/time:

Currentness reference:

publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance and update frequency: None planned

Spatial domain:

Bounding coordinates:

*West bounding coordinate: -110.977286

*East bounding coordinate: -110.781243

*North bounding coordinate: 31.919675

*South bounding coordinate: 31.755593

Local bounding coordinates:

*Left bounding coordinate: 502151.156250

*Right bounding coordinate: 520680.781250

*Top bounding coordinate: 3531532.500000

*Bottom bounding coordinate: 3513366.250000

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme keywords: NRCS Ecological Site Description for SRER

Use constraints:

Users are requested to acknowledge their use of the database in publications, research proposals, Web sites, and other outlets with the following statement: "Data sets were provided by the Santa Rita Experimental range Digital Database. Funding for the digitization of these data was provided by the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station and the University of Arizona." In addition were appropriate, users should reference the Web site, and the User's Guide in the literature cited sections of the publications. Finally, the users are requested to send two copies of any publication that cites this Database to: Mitchel McClaran, School of Natural Resources, 325 Biological Sciences East Building, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721.

Point of contact:

Contact information:

Contact person primary:

Contact person: Mitchel McClaran

Contact organization: School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona

Contact address:

Address:

PO Box 210043

City: Tucson

State or province: AZ

Postal code: 85721

Contact voice telephone: 520-621-1673

Contact electronic mail address: mcclaran@email.arizona.edu

*Native dataset format: Shapefile

*Native data set environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.2.1350

Spatial Data Organization Information:

*Direct spatial reference method: Vector

Point and vector object information:

SDTS terms description:

*Name: rangesites

*SDTS point and vector object type: G-polygon

*Point and vector object count: 153

ESRI terms description:

*Name: rangesites

*ESRI feature type: Simple

*ESRI feature geometry: Polygon

*ESRI topology: FALSE

*ESRI feature count: 153

*Spatial index: TRUE

*Linear referencing: FALSE

Spatial Reference Information:

Horizontal coordinate system definition:

Coordinate system name:

*Projected coordinate system name: NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_12N

*Geographic coordinate system name: GCS_North_American_1983

Planar:

Grid coordinate system:

*Grid coordinate system name: Universal Transverse Mercator

Universal Transverse Mercator:

*UTM zone number: 12

Transverse mercator:

*Scale factor at central meridian: 0.999600

*Longitude of central meridian: -111.000000

*Latitude of projection origin: 0.000000

*False easting: 500000.000000

*False northing: 0.000000

Planar coordinate information:

*Planar coordinate encoding method: coordinate pair

Coordinate representation:

*Abscissa resolution: 0.000000

*Ordinate resolution: 0.000000

*Planar distance units: meters

Geodetic model:

*Horizontal datum name: North American Datum of 1983

*Ellipsoid name: Geodetic Reference System 80

*Semi-major axis: 6378137.000000

*Denominator of flattening ratio: 298.257222

Entity and Attribute Information:

Detailed description:

*Name: rangesites

Entity type:

*Entity type label: rangesites

*Entity type type: Feature Class

*Entity type count: 153

Attribute:

*Attribute label: FID

*Attribute alias: FID

*Attribute definition:

Internal feature number.

*Attribute definition source:

ESRI

*Attribute type: OID

*Attribute width: 4

*Attribute precision: 0

*Attribute scale: 0

Attribute domain values:

*Unrepresentable domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

*Attribute label: Shape

*Attribute alias: Shape

*Attribute definition:

Feature geometry.

*Attribute definition source:

ESRI

*Attribute type: Geometry

*Attribute width: 0

*Attribute precision: 0

*Attribute scale: 0

Attribute domain values:

*Unrepresentable domain:

Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

*Attribute label: AREA

*Attribute alias: AREA

*Attribute type: Float

*Attribute width: 13

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

*Attribute label: PERIMETER

*Attribute alias: PERIMETER

*Attribute type: Float

*Attribute width: 13

*Attribute number of decimals: 11

Attribute:

*Attribute label: RANGESITES

*Attribute alias: RANGESITES

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 9

Attribute:

*Attribute label: RANGESIT_1

*Attribute alias: RANGESIT_1

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 9

Attribute:

*Attribute label: SITE_CODE

*Attribute alias: SITE_CODE

Attribute definition:

An integer code for NRCS range site type

*Attribute type: Number

*Attribute width: 2

Distribution Information:

Resource description: Downloadable Data

Standard order process:

Digital form:

Digital transfer information:

*Transfer size: 0.802

*Dataset size: 0.802

Metadata Reference Information:

*Metadata date: 20080623

*Language of metadata: en

Metadata contact:

Contact information:

Contact person primary:

Contact person: Mitchel McClaran

Contact address:

Address:

P.O. Box 210043

City: Tucson

State or province: AZ

Postal code: 85721

Contact voice telephone: 520-621-1673

Contact electronic mail address: mcclaran@email.arizona.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:

*Online linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html

*Profile name: ESRI Metadata Profile

Geoprocessing History:

Process:

*Process name: FeatureClassToFeatureClass_13

*Date: 20080402

*Time: 145210

*Tool location: C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Conversion Tools.tbx\FeatureClassToFeatureClass

*Command issued: FeatureClassToFeatureClass \\Vasallus\vasdata\library\srer_NAD83\rangesites\polygon T:\SRER_shp_files rangesites.shp # "AREA AREA false false true 4 Float 0 0 ,First,#,\\Vasallus\vasdata\library\srer_NAD83\rangesites\polygon,AREA,-1,-1;PERIMETER PERIMETER false false true 4 Float 0 0 ,First,#,\\Vasallus\vasdata\library\srer_NAD83\rangesites\polygon,PERIMETER,-1,-1;RANGESITES RANGESITES false false true 4 Long 0 0 ,First,#,\\Vasallus\vasdata\library\srer_NAD83\rangesites\polygon,RANGESITES#,-1,-1;RANGESIT_1 RANGESIT_1 true false true 4 Long 0 0 ,First,#,\\Vasallus\vasdata\library\srer_NAD83\rangesites\polygon,RANGESITES-ID,-1,-1;SITE_CODE SITE_CODE true false false 2 Short 0 2 ,First,#,\\Vasallus\vasdata\library\srer_NAD83\rangesites\polygon,SITE-CODE,-1,-1" # T:\SRER_shp_files\rangesites.shp