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ANF Land Suitability Class - Metadata
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- Originator: Remote Sensing Lab, Region 5, USDA Forest Service
- Publication_Date: 07/16/2007
- Title: LandSuitabilityClassANF06_1
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- Publication_Place: McClellan, CA
- Publisher: Remote Sensing Lab, USFS
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- Abstract: Land & Resource Management Plan (L&RMP) Land Suitability Class
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This is a derived layer of forestland capability, suitability, and availability for timber production. Water is assigned census or non-census water using the water bodies layer. Land is assigned to forest or non-forest using existing vegetation. Forestland both capable (productive) and other (non-productive) forestland, as well as non-forest are determined by CALVEG types (TABLE 38). Each CALVEG type is assigned a forest productivity code (TABLE 43). Suitability information is derived from productive forest CALVEG types that are available, minus the unsuitable forestlands (UNSU). Availability (TABLE 11) is derived by determining all forestland from CALVEG type, minus the congressionally withdrawn and pending withdrawal wilderness areas (WILD) and wild and scenic rivers (WSRR). For all lands that are tentatively suitable for timber production, a determination of final forestland allocations under the Forest Plan is made, using all prescription and management layers with a constraint on timber management assigned by the LSC code(s) on each layer (TABLE 29). The most constraining resource is coded for each acre on the National Forest. Deriving LSC final timberland allocation can be shown in a flow chart (LSC Chart <http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/rsl/projects/frdb/layers/lsc.gif>).
Source: Derived; for additional logic checks, see Land Suitability Class
Logic in the following logic tables. (TABLE 111, TABLE 112, and TABLE 113) - Purpose:
- This layer is used to track capable, available, and suitable forest lands as required by the National Forest Management Act.
- Supplemental_Information:
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July 2007, TLindemann
The PLSC layer is built as an input to the Western Core Table Report process. The program subroutine compiles WATER, VEG and library layers that have lsc values. It sets the input layers ranked value and sets PLSC layer item values.DISCUSSION OF LOGIC:
The vegetation, water and congressionally withdrawn lands are combined for NFS lands.
The default value of 500 is assigned to item lsc.
Census water is lsc = 1, non-census water is lsc = 100.
Nonforest (veg prod = O) is lsc = 200.
Nonproductive forest that is pending unavailable is lsc = 410.
Productive forest that is pending unavailable is lsc = 420.
Nonproductive forest that is unavailable is lsc = 310.
Productive forest that is unavailable is lsc = 320.
Available nonforest land is lsc = 900.Grids of each library layer containing an LSC item are created and reclassed based on table 113. These grids are merged with a MIN function.
The ranked lsc grid is merged with the productivity grid with a min function.
Note:
Within the AML, for Angeles, Cleveland, Los Padres, and San Bernardino, all LSC 500 and 600 are converted to 830.The reasons are as follows:
For the Southern California Forests - non-economical timber mgt.Layers used to create the LSC layer:
ANFADMN05_3 = ADMINISTRATIVE FOREST
ANFPADM05_3 = PROCLAIMED FOREST
ANFDREC01_1 = DEVELOPED RECREATION
ANFCNDR95_1 = CAIFORNIA CONDOR AREAS
ANFCBIO05_1 = CRITICAL BIOLOGICAL AREAS
ANFPACS05_1 = OWL PROTECTED ACTIVITY CENTERS
ANFRNAS05_1 = RESEARCH NATURAL AREAS
ANFROSC05_2 = RECREATION OPPORTUNITY SPECTRUM
ANFSIAS05_3 = SPECIAL INTEREST AREAS
ANFSPEC02_3 = SPECIAL MANAGEMENT
ANFSTRA05_1 = STRATA
ANFSUAS01_1 = SPECIAL USE ADMIN SITES
ANFTRCO05_1 = TRANSMISSION LINE CORRIDORS
ANFUTCO06_1 = UTILITY CORRIDORS
ANFVQOZ94_1 = SCENIC INTEGRITY
ANFWILD06_5 = EXISTING AND RECOMMENDED WILDERNESS
ANFWSRR06_4 = EXISTING AND RECOMMENDED WILD AND SCENIC RIVER
STCO95_6 = STATE AND COUNTY BOUNDARYReviews_Applied_to_Data:
This data has been reviewed to ensure conformance to the source data.
DATA STEWARD:
Ralph Warbington
Section Head
USDA Forest Service
Remote Sensing Lab
3237 Peacekeeper Way, Suite 209
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USFS: United States Forest Service
RSL: Remote Sensing Lab, McClellan, CA.
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This original metadata report was created with the use of ArcCatalog.
This format is designed to be compliant with the Federal Geographic
Data Committee Spatial Data Transfer Standard.Document file preparer: Nathan Amboy Date: 09/20/2001
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- Attribute_Label: PLSCAC
- Attribute_Definition: Availability Class
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2 Withdrawn area - current reserved
3 Withdrawn area - pending
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- FRDB layer description and tables.
Availability Class, Timber Management Regulation Level, and Land Suitability class are items required for National Forest Planning analysis.
The following is a listing of valid codes for items in this layer, as taken from the FRDB Data Dictionary:
TABLE 11 - AVAILABILITY CLASS
Withdrawn areas (code 2) include existing wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, other special congressional designated areas, and administrative designated monuments. Areas recommended in the preferred alternative of the final plan for withdrawal, which are not currently withdrawn should be coded as 3, withdrawn area - pending. These are limited to proposed wilderness, wild and scenic rivers. All other land allocations, under an existing Land Management Plan, are coded as available area - not withdrawn.CODE DESCRIPTION
1 Available area - not withdrawn
2 Withdrawn area - current reserved
3 Withdrawn area - pendingTABLE 23 - TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION LEVEL
CODE CONSTRAINT
P Private
N Non-forest
U Unsuitable forest land, no scheduled timber yields
1 Suitable forest land, regulated full timber yields
2 Suitable forest land, regulated modified timber yields
3 Suitable forest land, regulated limited timber yieldsTABLE 29 - LRMP LAND SUITABILITY CLASS
This information is for tracking the timberland allocations in the Forest Plan. The most constraining resource is coded for each acre on the National Forest.The specific code should be used before the general code.
Private Land Within the Forest Boundary
LSC CODE DESCRIPTION TIMBER REG. CLASS TM PLAN COMPONEN
999 Private land P PrivateNot Forested
LSC CODE DESCRIPTION TIMBER REG. CLASS TM PLAN COMPONEN
001 Census water N Water
100 Non-census water N Water (included in land area report)
200 Non-forest land N Non-Forest
250 No data N No DataWithdrawn
LSC CODE DESCRIPTION TIMBER REG. CLASS TM PLAN COMPONEN 300 Unsuitable forest land, U Unavailable Withdrawn, Final
310 Withdrawn, final, nonproductive U Unavailable
320 Withdrawn, final, productive U Unavailable
400 Unsuitable forest land, U Unavailable Withdrawn pending final action
410 Withdrawn pending final action, U Unavailable nonproductive
420 Withdrawn pending final action, U Unavailable productiveNon-Industrial Wood
LSC CODE DESCRIPTION TIMBER REG. CLASS TM PLAN COMPONEN
900 Unsuitable forest land, U non-productive incapable of producing 10 percent tree cover of industrial woodLack Of Response Data, Technology Or Restocking Problems
LSC CODE DESCRIPTION TIMBER REG. CLASS TM PLAN COMPONEN
700 Unsuitable forest land U Unsuitable
710 Restocking cannot be assured U Unsuitable
720 Irreversible damage is likely U Unsuitable to occur
740 Adequate response information U Unsuitable is lackingLand Not Appropriate For Timber Production
LSC CODE DESCRIPTION TIMBER REG. CLASS TM PLAN COMPONEN 800 Unsuitable- Not appropriate U Not Appropriate (PRIMITIVE Rec.)
801 Threatened wildlife species U Not Appropriate
802 Endangered wildlife species U Not Appropriate
803 Sensitive wildlife species U Not Appropriate
804 Other wildlife species U Not Appropriate
810 Experimental Forest, Range U Not Appropriate or Watershed not withdrawn
820 Minimum Management Area U Other
830 Unregulated U Other
840 Developed Recreation U Other
850 Critical plant habitat U Other
860 Back Country/Near Natural/ U Other SPNM OR SPM Rec
870 Special Interest Area, U Other not withdrawn
880 Water Emphasis U Other
890 Administrative Withdrawals U OtherLand Suitable For Timber Production
LSC CODE DESCRIPTION TIMBER REG. CLASS TM PLAN COMPONEN
500 Suitable forest land, 1 Standard Timber emphasis
600 Suitable forest land, 2 Special emphasis other than Timber
610 Unregulated 2 Special
620 Unevenaged Management, 2 Special longer rotation
630 Recreation emphasis 2 Special
640 Visual emphasis 2 Special
650 Wildlife emphasis 2 Special
651 Threatened wildlife species 2 Special
652 Endangered wildlife species 2 Special
653 Sensitive wildlife species 2 Special
654 Other wildlife species 2 Special
655 Special plant emphasis 2 Special
660 Water emphasis 2 Special
665 Sensitive Soils 2 Special
667 Steep Slopes 2 Special
670 Marginal 3 Marginal
671 Threatened wildlife species 3 Special
672 Endangered wildlife species 3 Special
673 Sensitive wildlife species 3 Special
674 Other wildlife species 3 Special
675 Recreation emphasis 3 Special
676 Special plant emphasis 3 Special
677 Visual emphasis 3 Special
678 Water emphasis 3 Special
679 Less than 20 ft3/ac/yr (Modoc) 3 Special
680 Sensitive Soils 3 Special
681 Steep slopes 3 Special
682 Low site 3 Special
690 Noninterchangeable components (demand) (none in Region 5)TABLE 37 - VEGETATION COVER TYPE
Covertypes (or life forms, as they are often called) are defined under Life Form Classification Rules in the Existing Vegetation <http://fsweb.rsl.r5.fs.fed.us/frdb/layers/eveg.html> section. Description is a general category briefly describing the individual covertype classes.
COVER TYPE DESCRIPTION
CON conifer forest/woodland
HDW hardwood forest/woodland
MIX mixed conifer/hardwood woodland
SHB shrub
HEB herbaceous
BAR barren, rock, snow
WAT water
AGR agriculture
URB urban/residentialAll covertype labels are derived directly from CALVEG labels. The covertype label MIX is assigned when a primary vegetation type (conifer) and a secondary vegetation type (hardwood) was mapped in a given stand.
TABLE 43 TIMBERLAND - PRODUCTIVITY
CODE DESCRIPTION
P Productive Forest Site, Capable Of Growing 10 Percent Cover Of Industrial Wood Tree Species
N Non-Productive Site, Not Capable Of Growing 10 Percent Cover Of Industrial Wood Tree Species
O Non-Forest TypesTABLE 28 - TIMBERLAND SUITABILITY
This information is for tracking acres of productive available timberland suitability. This is based on the physical capability and tentative suitability
CODE CONSTRAINT
R Cannot be Regenerated within 5 years
D Irreversible Damage will occur
I Inadequate information is available
T Tentatively suitable for timber productionTABLE 1 - ADMINISTRATIVE FOREST
* ICS = Incident Command System
ADMINFOR ICS CODE * Forest Name
00 - Outside Administrative Boundary
01 ANF Angeles
02 CNF Cleveland
03 ENF Eldorado
04 INF Inyo
05 KNF Klamath
06 LNF Lassen
07 LPF Los Padres
08 MNF Mendocino
09 MDF Modoc
10 SRF Six Rivers
11 PNF Plumas
12 BDF San Bernardino
13 SQF Sequoia
14 SHF Shasta-Trinity
15 SNF Sierra
16 STF Stanislaus
17 TNF Tahoe
19 TMU Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
21 TOI Toiyabe
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