Final Critical Habitat for Keck's Checker-mallow (Sidalcea keckii)

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:

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-2605, Sacramento, CA 95825-1846

Publication_Date: March 18, 2003

Title:

Final Critical Habitat for Keck's Checker-mallow (Sidalcea keckii)

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Sacramento, CA, USA

Online_Linkage:

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Description:

Abstract:

These data identify, in general, the areas where final critical habitat for the plant Keck's checker-mallow (Sidalcea keckii) occur.

Purpose:

To show areas designated as final critical habitat for the plant Keck's checker-mallow.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: March 18, 2003

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -119.432535

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -118.767494

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.816337

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.802375

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword: critical

Theme_Keyword: habitat

Theme_Keyword: Keck's checkermallow

Theme_Keyword: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Theme_Keyword: Sidalcea keckii

Theme_Keyword: Keck's checker-mallow

Access_Constraints: None.

Use_Constraints:

These data are intended to be used as a guide to identify the general areas where final critical habitat for Keck's checker-mallow occur. Specific identity of critical habitat should be obtained from the text of the proposed designation of critical habitat for Keck's checker-mallow (Sidalcea keckii) published in: Federal Register, March, 2003, vol. 68, no. 52, pages 12863-12880.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: US Fish & Wildlife Service, Sacramento Fish & Wildlife Office

Contact_Position: GIS Branch Chief

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-2605

City: Sacramento

State_or_Province: California

Postal_Code: 95825-1846

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (916) 414-6708

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (916) 414-6713

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: cheryl_hickam@fws.gov

Hours_of_Service: 7:30am - 4:00pm

Contact_Instructions: email, phone, or fax

Data_Set_Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Region

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

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Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Region, Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office

Publication_Date: March 18, 2003

Title:

Final Critical Habitat for Keck's Checker-mallow (Sidalcea keckii )

Series_Information:

Data_Quality_Information:

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

First, we (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists) identified the locations of Sidalcea keckii populations by overlaying spatial data from the 2001 California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB) onto DRG’s (digital raster graphs). In the case of the Piedra population, where S. keckii grew in more than one patch, we also mapped the locations and approximate dimensions of the patches by manually copying them to a shapefile from a paper map provided by the Sierra Foothill Conservancy (SFC). (See 67 FR at 41673 for information on the SFC map and on all other references). We based initial critical habitat boundaries on the soil type boundaries at each population location, (SSURGO, NRCS 2001, scale 1:24,000). At the Mine Hill site, where the presence of S. keckii could not be explained by soil type alone, we further restricted critical habitat boundaries to the same combination of soil type and underlying rock (CDC 2000, scale 1:100,000) as the resident population. We then further restricted all critical habitat boundaries to relatively open annual grasslands based on discussions with local experts, DRGs, vegetation data, and digital overlays of satellite photography (SPOT 2001). We saved these critical habitat boundaries to a shapefile, converted that to a coverage, and approximated the original boundaries using a dissolve of the coverage against an overlaid 100 meter grid to obtain legal descriptions.

Process_Date: March 18, 2003

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Contact_Position: GIS Branch Chief

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-2605

City: Sacramento

State_or_Province: California

Postal_Code: 95825-1846

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 916/414-6600

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 916/414-6713

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: cheryl_hickam@fws.gov

Hours_of_Service: 7:30 am - 4:00 pm

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Dataset copied.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

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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: 3

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Label point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 3

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 3

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4

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: 0.999600

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -123.000000

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: 0.000256

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000256

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:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: sike_fCH_68FR12863

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: CNAME

Attribute_Definition: Common name of species

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SNAME

Attribute_Definition: Scientific name of species

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: UNIT_NUM

Attribute_Definition: Critical habitat unit number

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: UNIT_NAME

Attribute_Definition: Critical habitat unit name

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SUBUNIT

Attribute_Definition: Critical habitat subunit letter

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SSP_CODE

Attribute_Definition: Species code as identified in FWS ECOS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ORG_CODE

Attribute_Definition:

U.S. Dept. of Interior organization code for Office that produce critical habitat polygons

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATUS

Attribute_Definition: Critical habitat status

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: FINAL CRITICAL HABITAT

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: PROPOSED CRITICAL HABITAT

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: EXCLUDED ESSENTIAL HABITAT

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: VACATED ESSENTIAL HABITAT

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: OUT/NOT HABITAT

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AREA

Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PERIMETER

Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of feature in internal units

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Contact_Position: GIS Branch Chief

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-2605

City: Sacramento

State_or_Province: California

Postal_Code: 95825-1846

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (916) 414-6708

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (916) 414-6713

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: cheryl_hickam@fws.gov

Hours_of_Service: 7:30am - 4:00pm

Contact_Instructions: telephone or e-mail

Resource_Description: Downloadable data

Distribution_Liability:

Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service using the best available information, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific puposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. The U.S. Fish and Wildlfie Service shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 0.001

Ordering_Instructions:

Send fax or email request. Include your company name, address, and phone number, your name and email address, and name of the file requested. A shapefile will be e-mailed to you.

Available_Time_Period:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: March 18, 2003

Ending_Date: March 18, 2013

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20080228

Metadata_Review_Date: None planned

Metadata_Future_Review_Date: None planned

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Contact_Position: GIS Branch Chief

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-2605

City: Sacramento

State_or_Province: CA

Postal_Code: 95825-1846

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (916) 414-6708

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (916) 414-6713

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: cheryl_hickam@fws.gov

Hours_of_Service: 7:30am - 4:00pm

Contact_Instructions: telephone or e-mail

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

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