Central Nevada meadow characterization

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Trowbridge, Wendy

Originator: Chambers, Jeanne

Publication_Date: 2010

Title:

Central Nevada meadow characterization

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector and tabular digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Fort Collins, CO

Publisher: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2010-0021

Description:

Abstract:

This data publication contains a geodatabase as well as tabular digital data for Central Nevada meadows that were based on data collected in the summer of 2005 and 2006. The geodatabase includes plant community arrangements, streams, springs, and watersheds within each meadow. It also provides a large array of information about each meadow through the attribute table, as well as active links within the geodatabase that open up each meadows respective photographs and aerial photograph (when available). The tabular digital data contain plant community information characterized from randomly located 0.25 meter plots (between 15 and 20 per community depending on size). At each plot: aerial cover, basal cover, and species cover were estimated for all the species using cover classes. Individual species types were also recorded. Three cross sections, chosen to represent the range of channel shapes, were surveyed in each meadow reach and in the reaches above and below the meadow. In the field a Topcon GTS-211D total station was used to also survey a long profile which provided detailed information about the streams slope, shape, length, depth, bank condition, and more.

Purpose:

The vector digital data (GIS) were measured, in part, to assign vegetation types to the "Meadow_Community" shapefile's polygons. It was also done to help quantify and characterize the streams within the meadow community.

The intent of the tabular digital data was to provide users an easy way to view the plant community arrangement, streams, springs, and watersheds within each meadow.

Supplemental_Information:

Cross sections that were taken with the total station may have spatial coordinates that can be loaded into the GIS, otherwise the cross section is described under the field "LOCATION". A general location such as ABOVE for above the GIS meadow, IN for inside the GIS meadow, FAN for a cross section taken within the fan, and BELOW indicating a cross section somewhere below the GIS meadow.

The long profile data contains many of the same points from the "Streams" shapefile available in the GIS data. However, this data is not in UTM coordinates, so it is not included inside the geodatabase. The coordinates are in a meter grid system, and therefore can still be graphed accurately. A set of points for a given meadow may contain more or less points than its respective "Stream" polyline.

Original metadata date was 08/23/2010. Metadata modified on 03/12/2013 to adjust citation to include the addition of a DOI (digital object identifier) and other minor edits. Additional minor edits made on 09/23/2015 and 10/13/2015. Minor metadata updates on 12/21/2016.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 2005

Ending_Date: 2006

Currentness_Reference:

ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Meadows are located in Central Nevada.

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -117.620791

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -116.29145

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.888573

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.614417

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: biota

Theme_Keyword: environment

Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Research & Development Taxonomy

Theme_Keyword: Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment

Theme_Keyword: Geography

Theme_Keyword: Hydrology, watersheds, sedimentation

Theme_Keyword: Plant ecology

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: riparian communities

Theme_Keyword: riparian areas

Theme_Keyword: riparian zone

Theme_Keyword: riparian ecology

Theme_Keyword: vegetation

Theme_Keyword: vegetation communities

Theme_Keyword: meadows

Theme_Keyword: grasses

Theme_Keyword: ground cover

Theme_Keyword: basal cover

Theme_Keyword: vegetation

Theme_Keyword: species cover

Theme_Keyword: sedge

Theme_Keyword: creeks

Theme_Keyword: streams

Theme_Keyword: erosion

Theme_Keyword: geomorphological processes

Theme_Keyword: stream incision

Theme_Keyword: stream cross section

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Nevada

Place_Keyword: Great Basin

Place_Keyword: Roberts

Place_Keyword: Hot Creek

Place_Keyword: Lander County

Place_Keyword: Humboldt County

Place_Keyword: Toiyabe National Forest

Place_Keyword: Shoshone Range

Place_Keyword: Toiyabe Range

Place_Keyword: Toquima Range

Place_Keyword: Monitor Range

Place_Keyword: Hot Springs Range

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

These data were collected using funding from the U.S. Government and can be used without additional permissions or fees. If you use these data in a publication, presentation, or other research product please use the following citation:

Trowbridge, Wendy; Chambers, Jeanne. 2010. Central Nevada meadow characterization. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2010-0021

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Jeanne Chambers

Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Reno Lab

Contact_Position: Research Ecologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical

Address: 920 Valley Road

City: Reno

State_or_Province: Nevada

Postal_Code: 89512

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 775-784-5329

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.6.1500

Analytical_Tool:

Analytical_Tool_Description:

ESRI ArcGIS

Tool_Access_Information:

Online_Linkage: https://www.esri.com/

Tool_Access_Instructions:

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Outlines:
A Garmin etrex vista GPS unit was used to delineate the plant communities and the meadow outline by walking around them.

Streams:
In the field a Topcon GTS-211D total station was used to survey a long profile of the stream channel.

Aerial and basal cover class were accurate to +/- 1 cover class.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

GIS DATA:

Meadow_Community:
A Garmin etrex vista GPS unit was used to delineate the plant communities and the meadow outline by walking around them. The polygon size could be slightly off due to GPS accuracy and if the person walking the GPS deviated from the plant community to avoid obstructions, or by accident.

Outlines:
Due to rounding errors some of the community percentages (from the 8 community types in the attribute table) add up to numbers such as 98 and 101.

Streams:
The total station recorded coordinates in its own coordinate system which was then rotated using polar coordinated (in Microsoft Excel) to match the approximate location of the stream within the meadow. This process does cause some distortion which varies in amount from meadow to meadow. There is more error in the longest streams.


TABULAR DATA:

Aerial_cover, basal_cover, and species_cover:
Excel auto-filter was used to isolate "Cover_class" values for aerial, basal, and species cover which were not equal to T or 1 through 7. For both aerial and basal cover, these erroneous entries were removed and other entries for the plot were left and therefore do not represent cover for the whole plot. For species cover, the erroneous entries were given a value of "U" for unknown.

Cross_Sections:
When UTM coordinates were available they were plotted on to a map to verify their relationship to the stream. This does not necessarily mean the coordinates are right, but it allowed UTM removal of cross sections that were obviously erroneously located.

Completeness_Report:

GIS DATA:

Meadow_Community:
Seven major meadow communities were identified based on depth to groundwater and vegetation structure. These were wet, mesic, dry, dry shrub, willow, rose and aspen. Other authors (Manning and Padgett 1995, Weixelman et al 1996) have created more community groups based on species composition and related them to various physical characteristics like soils and elevation (see Appendix 1 for a table illustrating their relationships to the groupings used here). We used fewer groups than these authors. We were primarily interested in the relationship between vegetation and groundwater depth so we based our grouping on those used by authors studying this relationship (Castelli et al 2000).

Streams:
Some points were omitted that were obviously taken in error. Gaps in the meadow are sometimes present where the vegetation was too thick to get through, or too thick to allow the required line of sight for the total station to "see" the prism.


TABULAR DATA:

Aerial_cover: Out of over 9500 records less than 20 were removed from the final data file.

Basal_cover: Out of over 9000 records less than 10 were removed from the final data file.

Species_cover: Out of over 18500 records less than 30 were given a value of "U" for unknown.

Cross_Sections: There are some missing values in the dataset.

Long_profile: There are some blanks in the dataset due to how it was gathered. The meanings for some of the bank_codes are unknown. The bank_codes that are known are described in the entity attribute/attribute domain values. Additionally, due to thick vegetation data for some areas of the stream channel was not collected. This results in gaps in the data. These gaps were indicated by a change in the entity attribute called "segment".

Species_list: Full species name was not available for some species codes.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

GIS DATA:

Meadow_community:
Mapped vegetation was overlayed on aerial photos, topographic maps and surveyed data.

Outlines:
GPS coordinates were checked by overlaying on aerial photogrpahs, topographic maps and surveyed data.

Lineage:

Methodology:

Methodology_Type: Field

Methodology_Description:

GIS DATA:

Meadow_community:
Seven major meadow communities were identified based on depth to groundwater and vegetation structure. These were wet, mesic, dry, dry shrub, willow, rose and aspen. Other authors (Manning and Padgett 1995, Weixelman et al 1996) have created more community groups based on species composition and related them to various physical characteristics like soils and elevation (see Appendix 1 for a table illustrating their relationships to the groupings used here). We used fewer groups than these authors. We were primarily interested in the relationship between vegetation and groundwater depth so we based our grouping on those used by authors studying this relationship (Castelli et al 2000). A Garmin etrex vista GPS unit was used to delineate the plant communities and the meadow outline by traversing the perimeters. There were 5 main plant communities - wet, mesic, dry, dry shrub, and willow (modified from Weixelman et al. 1996 and Manning and Padgett 1995). Manning, M. E., and W. G. Padgett. 1995. Riparian community type classification for Humboldt and Toiyabe National Forests, Nevada and eastern California. R4-Ecol-95-01. USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Region, Ogden, UT. Castelli, R. M., J. C. Chambers, and R. J. Tausch. 2000. Soil-plant relations along a soil-water gradient in great basin riparian meadows. Wetlands 20:251-266.

Outline:
The outline of the overall meadow was taken with a GPS unit. The meadow boundary was defined using vegetation type.

Spring_location:
Springs a GPS unit and measured with a tape. Springs without geomorphic expression (localized and likely ephemeral wet spots) were mapped but not measured to minimize the impact of sampling date. The springs were also identified as multiple or single.

Streams:
In the field a Topcon GTS-211D total station was used to survey the stream thalweg and watersurface, or where it was belived to be if the stream was dry.

Watersheds:
Watershed level control variables were measured using USGS topographic maps and DEMs in ArcGIS. The drainage basins were delineated on 7.5 minute USGS topographic maps using ArcGIS software. Hawth's Analysis Tools (Beyer 2004) were used to measure the drainage basin area, the area of the basin above the meadow, and the areas of the drainage basin above the 8,000 feet (2,438m) and 9,000 feet (2,743m) contours. The drainage lines were drawn based on the blue lines on the topographic maps. They were extended upstream where the contour crenulations indicated that the valleys were pronounced or when springs and vegetation suggested that channels extended upslope. Channel lengths were measured using Hawth's Analysis Tools (Beyer 2004). This tool calculates the lengths of all the line segments and then sums them. Relief and maximum elevations were determined by picking spot elevations from the topographic maps. For the purposes of this study watersheds were defined as the catchment area above each meadow and the catchment area of the whole watershed above the terminal alluvial fan. Total precipitation and watershed average precipitation were calculated by overlaying the watershed area polygons on the PRISM map of annual precipitation and weighting the precipitation by area. Beyer, H. L. 2004. Hawth's Analysis Tools for ArcGIS. Available at //www.spatialecology.com/htools.


TABULAR DATA:

Aerial_cover, basal_cover, and species_cover:
Plant communities were described using randomly located 0.25 meter plots (between 15 and 20 per community depending on size). At each plot aerial cover was estimated for all the species using cover classes (T, 1-5, 6-10, 11-25, 26-50, 51-75, 76-95, 96-100).

Cross_Sections:
Three cross sections were surveyed in each meadow reach and in the reaches above and below the meadow. The cross sections were chosen to represent the range of channel shapes. As a result there was always a cross section in the deepest part of the channel. Where possible the cross sections were surveyed using to total station, but cross sections that were obscured by willows or aspens were measured using a tape measure. The tape was stretched taut across the channel and distance along the tape and height of the tape were recorded. Points were surveyed or measured at breaks in slope, the water surface, the thalweg and the meadow surface (two points on either side of the channel). The channel depth was calculated by subtracting the elevation of the thalweg from the average elevation of the four meadow surface points. This was used as a measure of incision.

Cross sections that were taken with the total station may have spatial coordinates that can be loaded into the GIS, otherwise the cross section is described under the field "LOCATION". A general location such as ABOVE for above the GIS meadow, IN for inside the GIS meadow, FAN for a cross section taken within the fan, and BELOW indicating a cross section somewhere below the GIS meadow.

Long_profile:
In the field a Topcon GTS-211D total station was used to survey a long profile. Points were shot in pairs, one at the thalweg and one at the water surface. They were shot at breaks in slope and changes in channel direction. At each water surface point, a code was recorded to describe the bank stability. Each side of the channel was classified as either vertical bank or continuous slope. Vertical banks were unvegetated and showed signs of recent erosion. Knickpoints were indicated where they occured. For points not containing water the presumed thalweg location elevation was measured.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

No process steps have been described for this data set

Process_Date: Unknown

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 93

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 56

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 288

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 56

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 269

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 11

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9996

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -117

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0

False_Easting: 500000.0

False_Northing: 0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000064

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000064

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Datum_Name:

Altitude_Resolution: 0.000003

Altitude_Distance_Units:

Altitude_Encoding_Method: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

GIS DATA:

\Data\GIS\RMRS_NV_Meadow_Characterization.mxd is an ESRI ArcGIS geodatabase containing meadow characterizations.

Meadow_Community:
ESRI ArcGIS geographic data set, available within RMRS_NV_Meadow_Characterization.mxd, containing outline for each meadow community.

Outlines:
ESRI ArcGIS geographic data set, available within RMRS_NV_Meadow_Characterization.mxd, containing outline of the overall meadow.

Spring_Location:
ESRI ArcGIS geographic data set, available within RMRS_NV_Meadow_Characterization.mxd, containing spring locations.

Streams:
ESRI ArcGIS geographic data set, available within RMRS_NV_Meadow_Characterization.mxd, containing stream locations.

Watersheds:
ESRI ArcGIS geographic data set, available within RMRS_NV_Meadow_Characterization.mxd, containing watershed boundaries.

\Data\GIS\Linked_Photos: JPG files containing aerial and ground level photos of the meadows that accessible via links in the geodatabase. The aerial photos were scanned from the latest dates available, which are not known. Most of the ground level photos have an EXIF date indicating exactly when the picture was taken. Ground level photos that do not have an EXIF date were taken within the years of 2005 and 2006.

\Data\GIS\Additional_photos: Additional JPG files containing photographs of meadows. The geodatabase has room for 5 internally linked files. When additional relevant photographs were available for a meadow they were stored in this folder under their respective meadow name. This folder is linked in the geodatabase as well. Most of the photos have an EXIF date indicating exactly when the picture was taken. Photos that do not have an EXIF date were taken within the years of 2005 and 2006.


TABULAR DATA:

\Data\Tabular\Aerial_cover.csv: Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing the following variables:
MEADOW = Meadow name.
YEAR = Year the sampling was done.
PLOT = Plot number.
VEG_TYPE = Type of vegetation in the plot.
COVER_TYPE = Type of cover found in the plot. "A" preceding type indicates the cover is Aerial.
COVER_CLASS = The cover class that was recorded (T=Trace amount of cover such as < 1%, 1=1-5%, 2=6-10%, 3=11-25%, 4=26-50%,
5=51-75%, 6=76-95%, and 7=96-100%).

\Data\Tabular\Basal_cover: Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing the following variables:
MEADOW = Meadow name.
YEAR = Year the sampling was done.
PLOT = Plot number.
VEG_TYPE = Type of vegetation in the plot.
COVER_TYPE = Type of cover found in the plot. "B" preceding type indicates the cover is Basal.
COVER_CLASS = The cover class that was recorded (T=Trace amount of cover such as < 1%, 1=1-5%, 2=6-10%, 3=11-25%, 4=26-50%, 5=51-75%, 6=76-95%, and 7=96-100%).

\Data\Tabular\Species_cover.csv: Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing the following variables:
MEADOW = Meadow name.
YEAR = Year the sampling was done.
PLOT = Plot number.
VEG_TYPE = Type of vegetation in the plot.
SPECIES = Six letter code of species found in the plot. First three letters are from genus, second three letters are from the specific epithet.
COVER_CLASS = The cover class that was recorded (T=Trace amount of cover such as < 1%, 1=1-5%, 2=6-10%, 3=11-25%, 4=26-50%,
5=51-75%, 6=76-95%, and 7=96-100%).

\Data\Tabular\Cross_sections.csv: Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing the following variables:
XC_NUM = The incremental number assigned to a series of cross-section points.
MEADOW = Meadow name.
METHOD = Either "Manual" or "Total_Station" - describes whether the points were manually acquired (using the string and measure method) or acquired with the Topcon GTS-211D total station.
PT_NUM = Incremental point number that was assigned to a given measure within a cross-section.
X = X coordinate in UTM (Zone 11N) format if it was available.
Y = Y coordinate in UTM (Zone 11N) format if it was available.
LOCATION = When a cross-section was taken with the manual method a simple description was used to describe its location.
HORIZ_DIST = Horizontal distance (in centimeters) across the cross-section with a corresponding
VERT_DIST (Vertical distance).
VERT_DIST = Distance below the string or total station (depending on METHOD) the channel was measured to be in centimeters. The total station had a base height of 100 meters, so cross-sections taken with it generally have height starting at around 8,000 or 9,000 centimeters. In a spreadsheet it still graphs readily just as easily so it was not modified.

\Data\Tabular\Long_profile.csv: Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing the following variables:
MEADOW = Related meadow.
X = X coordinate in unreferenced meter grid units.
Y = Y coordinate in unreferenced meter grid units.
THALWAG_Z = The elevation of the thalweg (relative to the total station).
WATER_SURFACE_Z = The elevation of the water surface (relative to the total station).
BANK_CODE = Bank type. (1=thalweg, 2=vertical/vertical, 3=vertical/terrace, 4=terrace/terrace, 5=terrace/continuous, 6=continuous/continuous, 7=vertical/continuous, kp1=defenseless knickpoint, kp2=boulder defended, kp3=root defended, kp4=resistant layer, vp=valley profile: Sometimes there was no water in the channel so the thalweg location was guessed based on the lowest point of the channel.)
SEGMENT = Incremental number assigned to define the segments of stream data for a given meadow. It is useful in denoting breaks in the data (due to thick vegetation, or for other reasons) so one is aware there should be a break in the data.
LOCALE = A general description of the position of the point relative to the meadow. (Below=point lies below the meadow, Above=point lies abofe the meadow, Within=point lies within the meadow.
DISTANCE = Distance downstream (meters).
REACH = Used to denote multiple reaches (tributaries, etc..) of a stream when they occurred. (Reach1=points contain 1 main channel, Reach2=points contain 1 main channel and 1 additional channel, Reach3=points contains 1 main channel and 2 additional channels).

\Data\Tabular\Species_list.csv: Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing the following variables:
SPPCODE = Six letter code assigned to the species. First three letters are from the Genus, second three letters are from the specific epithet.
SPECIES = Full species name for a given "SppCode" value.

\Supplements\*.jpg: Contains JPG files containing scanned versions of the original spring datasheets for each respective meadow in which springs were documented. Because not all notes available were transcribed into the geodatabase the original worksheets are available. All the files are available via geodatabase links.

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Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service, Research and Development

Contact_Position: Research Data Archivist

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City: Fort Collins

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Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Jeanne Chambers

Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Reno Lab

Contact_Position: Research Ecologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 920 Valley Road

City: Reno

State_or_Province: NV

Postal_Code: 89512

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 775-784-5329

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