Dungeness River Area Irrigated Areas, 1996

Metadata:

Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Penelope Jennings Eckert
Publication_Date: 19980604
Title: Dungeness River Area Irrigated Areas, 1996
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Publisher: University of Washington
Other_Citation_Details:
This coverage was produced as part of Penelope Eckert's PhD thesis for the University of Washington College of Forest Resources, Social Sciences
Online_Linkage: none
Description:
Abstract:
This coverage indicates those areas within the Dungeness watershed which received irrigation water during the 1996 field season from district / company ditches or from groundwater wells. This coverage was produced using the 1994 Land Cover Map as a base which was overlaid on a series of four 1996 orthophotos and delivered to the chief ditchwalker, Michael Jeldness. In conference with all the companies and districts, he then identified the areas within each of the district or company boundaries to which irrigation waters from the ditches were delivered for the 1996 field season. These identified areas were then 'heads-up' digitized directly on to the 1994 land cover as label additions to the polygons.
Purpose:
This coverage was produced under sub-contract to the Montgomery Water Group. This coverage allows a determination to be made on what types and the extent of land cover that was being irrigated in 1996.
Supplemental_Information:
There are significant discrepancies between irrigated areas and apparent active agriculture which were reviewed by Penelope Eckert and Michael Jeldness in the field. It was Mr. Jeldness's opinion that the identification of 1994 agricultural lands was accurate, but that the following conditions prevailed at different parts of the coverage: 1. The two-year discrepancy between land cover data (1994) and irrigation data (1996) meant that several large areas previously in hay had since been turned over to developers for homesite construction and were not irrigated. 2. Some of the areas shown as unirrigated in 1996 had been both irrigated in the past and were irrigated again in 1997--it just happened that in 1996, they weren't irrigated. 3. Grain is not irrigated, although it is a crop grown in the valley. 4. Pasturelands, especially near the river and near the bottomlands of other watercourses, is "subirrigated" (has a high water table, either due to irrigation ditch leakage uphill, or to "natural" high water tables) and is actively grazed though unirrigated (for example, all of the land that Mr. Sofie grazes with beef cattle). 5. Some areas in agriculture not served by the ditches may be irrigated by wells but were not noted by Mr. Jeldness on the maps. He only noted the really large well-source irrigators (the turf farm, Graysmarsh, and Weyerhaeuser). 6. Some lands very near the river or near a creek may pump directly out of the watercourse (for example, the Olympic Game Farm). Where Mr. Jeldness indicated a house as receiving irrigation water, he also assumed up to one-half acre of lawn and garden also being irrigated, although he did not indicate which areas of lawn were being irrigated. The coverage reflects this assumption where possible. There is no accurate control of actual acreage watered, and Mr. Jeldness stated that some users irrigate more than the allowed area. He also mentioned that a few people use the irrigation water for air conditioning by running sprinklers 24 hours a day outside their windows. Additional metadata for the 1994 Land Cover map and the 1994 Irrigation District and Company Boundaries map which were used to create this coverage are available. More detailed information about these coverages is available in Penelope Eckert's PhD Thesis, University of Washington, College of Forest Resources, June 1998.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19960101
Ending_Date: 19961231
Currentness_Reference: Ground Condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None Planned

 

 

Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.2917
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.0333
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.16667
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.01667
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: irrigation
Theme_Keyword: irrigation districts
Theme_Keyword: irrigation companies
Theme_Keyword: water
Theme_Keyword: land cover
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Place_Keyword: Olympic Peninsula
Place_Keyword: Dungeness River Watershed
Place_Keyword: Dungeness River
Place_Keyword: Washington
Place_Keyword: Sequim
Place_Keyword: Carlsborg
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: None
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Penelope Jennings Eckert
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing Address
Address:
Box 352100, College of Forest Resources,

University of Washington
City: Seattle
State_or_Province: WA
Postal_Code: 98195
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (206) 543-0102
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: peckert@fwenc.com
Native_Data_Set_Environment: UNIX-ARC/INFO
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report: none
Logical_Consistency_Report:
Coverage is topologically clean. Test performed using ArcInfo 7.1
Completeness_Report: none
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: none
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: none
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Penelope Jennings Eckert
Publication_Date: 19980604
Title: Dungeness River Area Land Cover, 1994
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Publisher: University of Washington
Other_Citation_Details:
This coverage was produced as part of Penelope Eckert's PhD thesis for the University of Washington College of Forest Resources, Social Sciences
Online_Linkage:
http://www.onrc.washington.edu/pub/clearinghouse/penelope/claldata/landcover/lc1994.e00.gz
Type_of_Source_Media: Disc
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19940101
Ending_Date: 19941231
Source_Currentness_Reference: Ground Condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Dungeness River Area Land Cover, 1994
Source_Contribution:
Provides basis for determining what type of land cover received irrigation water from district/company ditches.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Penelope Jennings Eckert
Publication_Date: 19980604
Title:
Dungeness River Area Irrigation Districts and Companies, 1994
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Publisher: University of Washington
Other_Citation_Details:
This coverage was produced as part of Penelope Eckert's PhD thesis for the University of Washington College of Forest Resources, Social Sciences
Online_Linkage:
http://www.onrc.washington.edu/pub/clearinghouse/penelope/claldata/savestuff/irrdist.e00.gz
Type_of_Source_Media: Disc
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19940101
Ending_Date: 19941231
Source_Currentness_Reference: Ground Condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
Dungeness River Area Irrigation Districts and Companies, 1994
Source_Contribution:
Provided irrigation district/company boundaries for mapping of irrigated areas
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The land cover classification was overlaid on a series of four 1996 orthophotos and delivered to the chief ditchwalker, Michael Jeldness. In conference with all the companies and districts, he then identified the areas within each of the district or company boundaries to which irrigation waters from the ditches were delivered for the 1996 field season. These identified areas were then 'heads-up' digitized directly on to the 1994 land cover as label additions to the polygons.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Dungeness River Area Land Cover, 1994
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Dungeness River Area Irrigation Districts and Companies, 1994
Process_Date: unknown
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Penelope Jennings Eckert
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing Address
Address:
Box 352100, College of Forest Resources,

University of Washington
City: Seattle
State_or_Province: WA
Postal_Code: 98195
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (206) 543-0102
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: peckert@fwenc.com
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Dungeness River Watershed
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: 6082
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Label Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 6081
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Node, Planar Graph
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 9799
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Complete Chain
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 14974
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Grid_Coordinate_System:
Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: State Plane Coordinate System 1927
State_Plane_Coordinate_System:
SPCS_Zone_Identifier: 5601
Lambert_Conformal_Conic:
Standard_Parallel: 48.7333
Standard_Parallel: 47.5
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: 120.8333
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 47
False_Easting: 500000
False_Northing: 0
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: Irrigated areas
Entity_Type_Definition: Extent of irrigated areas in 1996
Entity_Type_Definition_Source:
PhD thesis, The Social Construction of a Watershed: Changing Rights and Changing Land, Penelope Jennings Eckert, June 1998, University of Washington, School of Forestry
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LNDUSE and LC
Attribute_Definition: Landuse codes
Attribute_Definition_Source:
PhD thesis, The Social Construction of a Watershed: Changing Rights and Changing Land, Penelope Jennings Eckert, June 1998, University of Washington, School of Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: u = 1 = built
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Generally a building or a paved area, may be a whole series of buildings and connecting spaces. Up to 20% of the ground surface may be covered in lawn or landscaping.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: l = 2 = lawn
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
A discrete area of irrigated mowed grass, not apparently part of an agricultural field. When the area is contiguous with agricultural fields, fencelines and texture differences help to distinguish lawns from fields.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: gb = 3 = grassy/brushy
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
An area of low vegetation, not tree size and not irrigated. This classification included new forest plantations, new home construction where irrigation was not in place, brush along river and creek channels, and recovering areas of gravel mines
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: f = 4 = field
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
This designation refers to alfalfa or timothy grass hayfields, actively irrigated and mowed. Tractor lines from present or immediate past mowing were an important indicator other than uniformity of surface and reflectance.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: p = 5 = pasture
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
An area of irrigated vegetation where signs of grazing are evident. These signs include selective removal of species with bunches of grasses left, trails to water or to gates, and fences.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: b = 6 = berries/row
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Areas of highly organized crops, usually with vine supports (for berries) or clear raised rows on the land (for row crops like brassica seed).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: o = 7 = orchard
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Irrigated tree crops, whether apples or Douglas-fir in the Weyerhaeuser seed orchard.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: of = 8 = open forest
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Areas of tree cover, either hardwood or conifer, but native vegetation, where crown closure averaged less than 40% over the area.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: fo = 9 = forest
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Areas of tree cover, either hardwood or conifer, but native vegetation, where crown closure was at least 40%. As soon as a plantation showed tree crowns as distinguished from brushy cover, it was classified as forest.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: ba = 10 = bare
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
This designation was used for beaches, gravel pits, large stretches of highway 101, and areas stripped of vegetation in apparent preparation for construction.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: wa = 11 = water
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Open water visible the day the photo was flown. Water bodies obscured by vegetation were not included.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: IRR96 and DIST.NO
Attribute_Definition:
This item was the code assigned to parcels which were being irrigated in 1996. the color coding Mr. Jeldness used to indicate which companies were irrigating which areas was converted to numeric coding for this item. Codes are the same as the irrigation district/company number (DIST.NO)
Attribute_Definition_Source:
PhD thesis, The Social Construction of a Watershed: Changing Rights and Changing Land, Penelope Jennings Eckert, June 1998, University of Washington, School of Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Dungeness District
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Dungeness Company
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Clallam Company
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: MacLeay-Lindsey (Agnew) District
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Eureka Company
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 13
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sequim Prairie Company
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 14
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Cline District
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 17
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Highland District
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 19
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: MacLeay Company (never built)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 41
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Independent Company
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 11
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
unspecified - (Graymarsh) - served by Sequim Prairie Co.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 29
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: unspecified - served by Sequim Prairie Co.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Olympic Natural Resources Center
Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing Address
Address: PO Box 1628
City: Forks
State_or_Province: WA
Postal_Code: 98331
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 360.374.3220 x258
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 3603743336
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: onrc@u.washington.edu
Hours_of_Service: M-F 8-5
Contact_Instructions: Email preferred
Resource_Description: dataset as known by distributor:lc94irr96i
Distribution_Liability:
The Olympic Natural Resource Center cannot assure the reliability or suitability of this information for a particular purpose. Original data elements were compiled from various sources. Spatial information may not meet National Mapping Accuracy Standards. This information may be updated, corrected, or otherwise modified without notification. For additional information about this data contact the Olympic Natural Resource Center.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 19981125
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Olympic Natural Resources Center
Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing Address
Address: PO Box 1628
City: Forks
State_or_Province: WA
Postal_Code: 98331
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 360.374.3220 x258
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 3603743336
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: onrc@u.washington.edu
Hours_of_Service: M-F 8-5
Contact_Instructions: Email preferred
Metadata_Standard_Name:
FGDC Content Standards For Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: June 8, 1994
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