Dungeness River Area Vegetation, 1914

Metadata:

Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Penelope Jennings Eckert
Publication_Date: 19980604
Title: Dungeness River Area Vegetation, 1914
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/veg1914.e00.gz
Description:
Abstract:
This coverage is a vegetation map of the lower Dungeness river watershed, northern Olympic peninsula, Washington, USA. This map was based on section maps drawn by the Clallam County tax assessor's office and on the accompanying notes in 1914. These maps were meant to establish the value of the privately held land in the county for the purposes of property taxation. These original maps and the categories used by the tax assessor were used to create a vegetation coverage of the study area.
Purpose:
The purpose of this coverage is to be an intermediate step in the creation of a land cover map for the study area.
Supplemental_Information:
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: 19140101
Ending_Date: 19141231
Currentness_Reference: Ground Condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency:
None Planned 1.5 Sparial Domain
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: conifer burned
Theme_Keyword: hardwood
Theme_Keyword: stumpy
Theme_Keyword: vegetation
Theme_Keyword: road
Theme_Keyword: railroad
Theme_Keyword: open water
Theme_Keyword: salt marsh
Theme_Keyword: freshwater marsh
Theme_Keyword: beach
Theme_Keyword: slashed
Theme_Keyword: cultivated
Theme_Keyword: houseyard / barnyard
Theme_Keyword: orchard
Theme_Keyword: conifer regrowth
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:
The tax assessor's maps from which this coverage was built contained a wealth of information, carefully sketched to scale, for each person's lands. They noted and mapped each and every building, including its size, construction, and location. They noted creeks and irrigation ditches, roads, trails, and fencelines. Each field, orchard, and barnyard was mapped and annotated, down to areas of less than an acre. Because of the wealth of information on these maps they were digitized into different layers including streams, ditches, buildings, and vegetation. The vegetation layer had all boundaries between classes and roads as mapped by the tax assessor. Two categories on the tax assessor's maps where grouped on the vegetation map. The tax assessor specified the number of stumps per acre, these were grouped as 'stumpy lands'. All fully cleared lands were grouped together as 'cultivated'.
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: Clallam County tax assessor
Publication_Date: 191412
Title: Clallam County Tax Assessment Maps
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Clallam County, Washington
Publisher: Clallam County, Washington
Other_Citation_Details:
These are 16x16 inch watercolor and ink maps for each square mile section. On the back of each map are accompanying notes for each quarter-quarter section (40 acre units)
Source_Scale_Denominator: 3960
Type_of_Source_Media: Paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19140101
Ending_Date: 19141231
Source_Currentness_Reference: Ground Condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: 1914 Assessor's Maps
Source_Contribution:
These assessor's maps were used to develop the vegetation coverage for 1914.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Vegetation maps for 1914 were based on section maps drawn by the Clallam county tax assessor's office and on the accompanying notes. The 16x16 inch maps are stored in several large binders in the tax assessor's office, Clallam County Courthouse. The first step was to digitize the tax assessor's maps. The tax assessor's maps from which this coverage was built contained a wealth of information, carefully sketched to scale, for each person's lands. They noted and mapped each and every building, including its size, construction, and location. They noted creeks and irrigation ditches, roads, trails, and fencelines. Each field, orchard, and barnyard was mapped and annotated, down to areas of less than an acre. Because of the wealth of information on these maps they were digitized into different layers including streams, ditches, buildings, and vegetation. The vegetation layer had all boundaries between classes and all roads as mapped by the tax assessor. Two categories on the tax assessor's maps where grouped on the vegetation map. The tax assessor specified the number of stumps per acre, these were grouped as 'stumpy lands'. All fully cleared lands were grouped together as 'cultivated'.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: 1914 Assessor's Maps
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: 1887
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Label Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1886
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Node, Planar Graph
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 5311
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Complete Chain
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 7088
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: vegetation
Entity_Type_Definition:
vegetation types for study area based on tax assessor maps
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: code
Attribute_Definition: codes for vegetation types
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: 10
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: road
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 12
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: old road
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 19
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: railroad
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 20
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: dungeness river
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 21
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: stream
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 22
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: pond
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 23
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: salt marsh
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 24
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: fresh marsh no trees
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 25
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: fresh marsh trees
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 26
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: gulch
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 29
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: beach
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 30
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Slashed
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 31
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: irrigated-stumpy
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 32
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: no irrigation-stumpy
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 33
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: irrigation-pasture
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 34
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: no irrigation-pasture
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 35
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: irrigated
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD Thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 36
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: no irrigation
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 48
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: orchard
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 37
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: stumpy - house - yard
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 38
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: no stump - house - yard
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 39
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: urban
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: PhD thesis, Penelope Eckert, UW, Forestry
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ac
Attribute_Definition:
Acres, calculated by using ARC internal measure AREA / 43560, since the internal measure is in square feet.
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:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: not established
Attribute_Units_of_Measure:
ment: acres
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:veg1914
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.
Standard_Order_Process:
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Format_Version_Number: 7.1
Digital_Transfer_Option:
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Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name:
http://www.onrc.washington.edu/pub/clearinghouse/penelope/claldata/landcover/veg1914.e00.gz
Fees: None
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 19981120
Metadata_Review_Date: 19981120
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
Generated by mp on Tue Dec 8 17:09:47 1998