Wetland Classification and Mapping of the Kenai Lowlands, Alaska

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IDENTIFICATION_INFORMATION

Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Mike Gracz, Kenai Watershed Forum; Dan Regan, Resource Data Institute Publication_Date: 20 January 2005 Title: Wetland Classification and Mapping of the the City of Homer and Bridge Creek Watershed, Alaska Edition: Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Homer, Alaska Publisher: Kenai Watershed Forum Other_Citation_Details: Online_Linkage: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/HomerWetlands.zip (771Kb) Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Kenai Watershed Forum, Alaska Natural Heritage Program, Kenai River Center, Cook Inlet Keeper, US Environmental Protection Agency Publication_Date: 20 January 2005 Title: Wetland Mapping and Classification of the City of Homer and Bridge Creek Watershed Alaska Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Homer, Alaska Publisher: Kenai Watershed Forum / US Environmental Protection Agency Online_Linkage: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net Description: Abstract: A plant community and locally tailored mapping classification has been created to map and describe functions of the wetlands on the Kenai Lowlands west of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska (the project area). This classification has been used to map the city of Homer
      and Bridge Creek Watershed. The map will be served via       
      Environmental Research System's Internet Map Server software, so
      that all that is required of an potential user is access to the World Wide
      Web and a current web browser. The wetland polygons will be
      served on the map along with high resolution satellite
      imagery and parcel lines. The wetland polygons are linked
      to a web of descriptive documents incorporating plant,
      soils and hydrology data, and photographs.
    Purpose:
      To give landowners, prospective land owners, managers and
      other interested parties access to a locally relevant
      wetland map so they can make informed decisions.
    Supplemental_Information:
      Funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency.
    Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Range_of_Dates/Times:
        Beginning_Date: Fall 2003
        Ending_Date:  spring 2006
    Currentness_Reference: Publication date
  Status:
    Progress: map finished
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Continually, sporadically, comments welcome
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -151.8362
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -151.6218
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 59.8056
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 59.7103
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Theme_Keyword: Wetland
      Theme_Keyword: GIS
      Theme_Keyword: Homer
      Theme_Keyword: Alaska
      Theme_Keyword: Peatland
      Theme_Keyword: Hydrogeomorphic
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Place_Keyword: Kenai
      Place_Keyword: Homer
      Place_Keyword: Bridge Creek Watershed
Place_Keyword: Alaska Access_Constraints: Use_Constraints: Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Kenai Watershed Forum Contact_Person: Mike Gracz Contact_Position: Ecologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: Old Town Professional Center, 3430 Main Street, Suite B1 City: Homer State_or_Province: Alaska Postal_Code: 99603-6301 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 907-235-2218 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mike@kenaiwatershed.org Hours_of_Service: 9-5 Alaska Time Native_Data_Set_Environment: ArcView version 3.x shapefile format; also available as ArcView 8.3 layer. c:\mapping\homer\stateplane\wet_poly.shp Top

DATA_QUALITY_INFORMATION

Attribute_Accuracy:    

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: After entry, attribute values were printed and compared to raw values recorded on datasheets. Errors were corrected and re-entered.  

Logical_Consistency_Report:     Logically consistent, polygon geometry clean, The area field indicates no slivers.     though no formal report was generated.  

Completeness_Report: Exact wetland boundaries are perhaps impossible to delineate. The definition of a wetland can change, and is somewhat open to interpretation. This file represents an attempt to delineate every polygon that could be considered a wetland using the criteria outlined in the 1987 Army Corps Delineation Manual. (Environmental Laboratory, (1987).  "Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual,"  Technical Report Y-87-1, US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station. Vicksburg, MS).  To generate the file, stereo-paired aerial photos (2003, 1975 and 1951-52) and relatively quick field visits, along with Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Survey maps and data were used.  

Positional_Accuracy:    

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:      

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Wetland boundaries are not precise. The file was generated using 1:12,000 stereo-paired aerial photographs, linework was transferred, using a plastic pencil, to frosted mylar overlain onto corrected film positives.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:      

 Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: No vertical positions reported.  

Lineage:   

 Source_Information: Cook Inlet Keeper: Began Plant Community Classification

            Alaska Natural Heritage Program: Completed Plant Community and Mapping Classification, began mapping              

            Kenai Watershed Forum: Mapping

            City of Homer: Funding source and Project development and guidance      

     Source_Citation:        

     Citation_Information:          

     Originator: Kenai Watershed Forum          

     Originator: Alaska Natural Heritage Program, Homer Field Office          

     Originator: Resource Data Incorporated          

   Publication_Date: 20040120          

Title: Homer Wetland Delineation Project

  Edition:          

  Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map          

  Publication_Information:            

  Publication_Place: Homer, Alaska            

  Publisher: Kenai Watershed Forum          

  Other_Citation_Details:          

  Online_Linkage: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net          

Larger_Work_Citation:            

  Citation_Information:              

  Originator: Kenai Watershed Forum; Alaska Natural Heritage Program; Kenai River Center; US Environmental Protection Agency; Cook Inlet Keeper              

Publication_Date: Ongoing              

 Title: Wetland Mapping and Classification of the Kenai Lowland, Alaska              

 Publication_Information:                

  Publication_Place: Homer, Alaska                

    Publisher: Kenai Watershed Forum; US Environmental Protection Agency              

      Online_Linkage: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net

Source_Scale_Denominator: 12,000      

Type_of_Source_Media: 1) 2003 uncorrected stereo paired color aerial photographs. 2) acetate overlays  3) Ortho-rectified film positives.  4)frosted mylar overlays.      

Source_Time_Period_of_Content: August 2003, June/July 1975, 25 June 1951; 25 August 1952.

Time_Period_Information:          

Range_of_Dates/Times:            

Beginning_Date:

Ending_Date:        

Source_Currentness_Reference: AeroMap, Anchorage, Alaska      

Source_Citation_Abbreviation:      

Source_Contribution:    

Process_Step:      

Process_Description:        

Linework generation: Under a stereoscope, initial polygons were drawn with ultra fine point "sharpie" markers onto acetate overlain on uncorrected 2003 stereo-paired 1:12,000 color 9" x 9" aerial photographs.  These lines were transferred onto 24" x 30" frosted mylar overlain onto 24" x 30" pre-punched ortho-rectified film positives on a light table, using a plastic pencil and register bar.  Final linework was generated by tracing the lines on the frosted mylar onto a second frosted mylar sheet, again, using a plastic pencil and a registar bar on a light table.

Digital file generation: The mylars were scanned, vectorized and rubber sheeted; Unique polygon Identifier attributes were matched with polygons, then error checked. Errors were primarily edge-matched polygons with non-unique attributes.  The errors were corrected heads-up on a computer screen, using raw data and digital versions of the photography.       

Attributes: Wetland Map Unit attributes were assigned to each polygon heads up, in ArcView (3.x or 8.3) using digital versions of the 2003 photography and the same uncorrected stereo-paired photographs mentioned above, and a stereoscope, and extensive on-the-ground experience.  Pre-settlement wetland character was mapped, relying on a 1970 soil survey, 1975 aerial photographs, and

1951 and 1952 aerial photographs. 

Ground truthing: accuracy of map unit attribute assignments were checked by visiting 395 of the 414 final polygons.  Delineation and map unit assignment errors were corrected in the field, then in the electronic files.

Process_Step:      

Process_Description:        

Ten months after the initial file was created, ground-truthed, and finalized, it was copied.  The copy was renamed "CurrentWet.shp", and the original file was renamed "historic414.shp".  Currentwet.shp was further edited October 2005 to reflect current wetland conditions in Homer.  Polygons that had been filled by the time of the 2003 aerial photography were either deleted or modified in ArcMap 9.1 to aid the Homer City Planning Department on permitting issues.

CurrentWet.shp was edited heads-up in ArcMap8.3, over digital August 2003 ortho-rectified aerial photography.  Fifty-four polygons were modified.  Thirty polygons were deleted and remaining 24 cut.  Details follow:

DELETED from "Historic414.shp" as "Currentwetlands.shp"

Polygon code:

94- Crossman Ridge Road over Bridge Creek

98- Crossman Ridge Road as causeway damming reservoir

139- East End road E of Kachemak City- Buildings and associated fill

160- Businesses along East End Road near Kachemak City

231- Fill pad at West Hill and Eagle View

265- old City Dump site

269- Fill pad near current Borough Landfill W of town

290- Houses E of Kachemak Drive

298- Houses and fill along East End Road- Stingley's to N end of Mariner Drive

369- Airport runway

502- Airport

513- Track at old Middle/Intermediate school

516- Safeway and Wells Fargo Bank

522- Airport and buildings and fill along Ocean Drive

523- Lutheran Church W of town

526- Airport

539- Ocean Drive causeway

543- Bay Club and Homer Boat yard

546- Shoulder fill W side of Ocean Drive at causeway

572- Ocean Drive at causeway

587- Houses, businesses and fill along Ocean Drive

589- Bus yard and businesses along Ocean Drive

593- Business on Ocean Drive

604- Lighthouse Village at W side of base of Spit

611- Fill N of Beluga Lake Lodge

643- Houses and storage fill along Krueth Way

729- Islands and Oceans Visitor Center, Petro Marine Gas Station, along By-Pass

 

MODIFIED in Currentwetlands.shp

146- Gear Shed to Cold Storage facility cut, along East End Road

155- Boat yard and gravel storage areas cut

165- House and fill on NW portion cut

171- Houses E of Kachemak Drive cut- some wetland inclusions also cut

207- Road and fill in small area along Ternview Place off Little Fireweed cut

211- Rochelle/Sabrina etc houses and associated fill cut

248- Rochelle/Sabrina etc houses and associated fill cut

270- E portion with houses along Kachemak Drive cut

284- Paul Banks elementary school and associated fill cut

305- Houses and fill off Kachemak Drive cut

329- Houses and fill in subdivisions above Pioneer Ave cut- most of historic polygon deleted

367- Houses and fill in subdivisions above Pioneer Ave cut- core of polygon retained

408- Houses and fill off Ben Walters, Pennock and Mattox cut

432- Houses and fill along Beluga St. off Mattox cut

444- Houses and fill along lower Mattox street cut

484- W Homer elemantary school and houses an fill on Glenn Dr cut

505- Businesses and fill from Sav-U-Mor to Post Office along By-pass cut

511- Airport fill cut

518- Buildings and fill S of runway along Kachemak Drive removed

529- FIll at NE end of Lakeshore Drive cut

534- Most cut- a few lots throughout polygon retained

536- Airport fill cut

539- Ocean Drive causeway cut

556- Most of W end of Old Town area cut

622- Houses and fill along S end of Ocean Dr Loop cut

 

 

 

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:      

Process_Date: October 2005      

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation:      

Process_Contact:        

 Contact_Information:          

  Contact_Person_Primary:            

  Contact_Organization: Kenai Watershed Forum            

  Contact_Person: Mike Gracz          

  Contact_Position: Ecologist          

  Contact_Address:            

  Address_Type: mailing and physical address            

       Address: Old Town Professional Center, 3430 Main Street, Suite B1            

       City: Homer            

       State_or_Province: Alaska            

       Postal_Code: 99603            

       Country: USA          

       Contact_Voice_Telephone: 907-235-2218          

       Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:          

       Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mike@kenaiwatershed.org          

       Hours_of_Service: 9-5 Alaska Time

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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: GT-polygon composed of chains      

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 414

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SPATIAL_REFERENCE_INFORMATION

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

     Planar:      

      Map_Projection:        

        Map_Projection_Name: Transverse Mercator         

        Transverse_Mercator:          

          Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600          

          Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -153.000000          

          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:          

          Ordinate_Resolution:        

          Planar_Distance_Units: Meters    

          Geodetic_Model:      

           Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983      

           Ellipsoid_Name: WGS, 1984      

           Semi-major_Axis:      

            Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio:

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ENTITY_AND_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION

Detailed_Description:    

Entity_Type:      

Entity_Type_Label: wetlands.dbf      

Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table      

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None    

Attribute:      

 Attribute_Label: Area      

 Attribute_Definition: Area of polygon      

 Attribute_Definition_Source: Software generated      

 Attribute_Domain_Values:        

 Unrepresentable_Domain: Software computed    

Attribute:      

 Attribute_Label: Perimeter      

 Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of polygon      

 Attribute_Definition_Source: Software generated      

 Attribute_Domain_Values:        

 Unrepresentable_Domain: Software computed    

Attribute:      

 Attribute_Label: Code      

 Attribute_Definition: Unique Polygon Identifier, numeric      

 Attribute_Definition_Source:      

 Attribute_Domain_Values:        

 Range_Domain:          

 Range_Domain_Minimum: 1          

 Range_Domain_Maximum: 741    

Attribute:      

 Attribute_Label: Key      

 Attribute_Definition: Unique Polygon Identifier, alphanumeric      

 Attribute_Definition_Source:      

 Attribute_Domain_Values: 1 - 741        

 Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field, unique polygon ID    

Attribute:      

 Attribute_Label: Mapunit      

 Attribute_Definition: Mapping Unit      

 Attribute_Definition_Source: www.kenaiwetlands.net/musummary.htm      

 Attribute_Domain_Values:        

 Enumerated_Domain:          

  Enumerated_Domain_Value: D1, D1c

   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Depression, open water, emergent vegetation (-c = created)

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/d1.htm     

  Enumerated_Domain_Value: Dd

   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Depression, undetermined, disturbed

  Enumerated_Domain_Value: D1-3          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Depression, open water-shrubs            

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/musummary.htm           

  Enumerated_Domain_Value: D12          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Depression, open water / sedges          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/d12.htm   

  Enumerated_Domain_Value: D2          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Depression, sedges          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/d2.htm

  Enumerated_Domain_Value: D21          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Depression, sedges / open water          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/d12.htm    

  Enumerated_Domain_Value: D3, D3d          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Depression, shrubs or bluejoint (-d=disturbed)          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/d3.htm

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: D32          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Depression, shrubs or bluejoint / sedges          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/d23.htm

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: D4, D4d

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Depression, woodland/forest (-d=disturbed)

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/d4.htm

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: D43, D43d          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Depression, woodland/forest / shrubs or bluejoint (-d=disturbed)          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/d34.htm

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: DISTURB          

     Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Disturbed: Pre-disturbance character unidentifiable          

     Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/disturb.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: DW1          

     Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Drainageway, open water, emergent plants          

     Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/dw1.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: DW2          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Drainageway, sedges          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/dw2.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: DW2-4          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Drainageway, sedges - bluejoint          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/dw24.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: DW24          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Drainageway, sedges / bluejoint          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/dw24.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: DW3          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Drainageway, hummocky shrubs          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/dw3.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: DW3-5A          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Drainageway, hummocky shrubs - woodland/forest          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/dw35a.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: DW34          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Drainageway, hummocky shrubs / bluejoint          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/dw34.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: DW5          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Drainageway, deeper water table          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/dw5.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: DW5A          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Drainageway, woodland/forest          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/dw5a.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: DW5A3          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Drainageway, woodland/forest / hummocky shrubs          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/dw35a.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: DW42 

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Drainageway, bluejoint / sedges

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/dw24.htm          

  Enumerated_Domain_Value: H2-4          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Headwater Fen, sedges- woodland/forest          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/h24.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: H23          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Headwater Fen, sedges / shrubs          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/MapUnitDescriptions\H23.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: H3          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Headwater Fen, shrubs             

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/h3.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: H32          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Headwater Fen, shrubs / sedges          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/h23.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: H34          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Headwater Fen, shrubs / woodland/forest          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/h43.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: H4          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Headwater Fen, woodland/forest          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/h4.htm          

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    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/k1.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: K1-3          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Kettle, open water - shrubs          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/k1-3.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: K2, K2c          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Kettle, sedges (-c= human created)          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/k2.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: K2-4d          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Kettle, sedges- woodland/forest, disturbed          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/k2-4.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: K21          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Kettle, sedges / open water          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/k21.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: K23, K23d          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Kettle, sedges / shrubs (-d=disturbed)          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/k23.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: K3, K3d          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Kettle, shrubs (-d=disturbed)          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/k3.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: K32          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Kettle, shrubs / sedges          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/k23.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: K34, K34d          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Kettle, shrubs / woodland/forest (-d=disturbed)          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/k34.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: K4, K4d (-d=disturbed)          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Kettle, woodland/forest          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/k4.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: K43          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Kettle, woodland/forest / shrubs          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/k34.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: LB1          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lakebed, open water          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/lb1.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: LB1-3          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lakebed, open water - sphagnum          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/lb1-3.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: LB2-6          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lakebed, sedges - woodland/forest          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/lb26.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: LB25  

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lakebed, sedges - woodland/forest          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/lb52.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: LB36          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lakebed, sphagnum / woodland/forest          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/LB36.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: LB4          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lakebed, shrubs          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/LB4.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: LB43          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lakebed, shrubs / sphagnum          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/LB34.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: LB46          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lakebed, shrubs / woodland/forest          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/LB46.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: LB6          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lakebed, woodland/forest          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/LB6.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: LB64          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lakebed, woodland/forest / shrubs          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/LB46.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: LBSF          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lakebed, strang-flark complex          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/LBsf.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: RA          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Rosgen 'A' stream          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/ra.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: RAA          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Rosgen 'AA' stream          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/raa.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: RB, RBd          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Rosgen 'B' stream (-d=disturbed)          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/rb.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: Rea, Reac          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Rosgen 'E' stream not visible at 1:12,000 (-c=human created)          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/rea.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: Reb          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Rosgen 'E' stream bank-full          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/reb.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: Rel          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Linear Rosgen 'E' stream          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/rel.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: Rt          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Riparian, tidal river          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/rt.htm

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: SA          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Alder Discharge Slope          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/sa.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: SAC          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Alder - bluejoint Discharge Slope          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/sca.htm          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: SAL          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Alder - Lutz spruce Discharge Slope          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/Sal.htm          

  Enumerated_Domain_Value: SAS          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Alder - Willow Discharge Slope          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/Sax.htm          

  Enumerated_Domain_Value: SC, SCd          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bluejoint Discharge Slope (-d=disturbed)          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/Sc.htm          

  Enumerated_Domain_Value: SCA, SCAd          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bluejoint - Alder Discharge Slope (-d=disturbed)          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/Sca.htm          

  Enumerated_Domain_Value: SCL, SCLd          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bluejoint - Lutz spruce Discharge Slope (-d=disturbed)          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/Scl.htm          

  Enumerated_Domain_Value: SCS, SCSd          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bluejoint - Willow Discharge Slope (-d=disturbed)          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/Sca.htm          

  Enumerated_Domain_Value: SL, SLd          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lutz spruce Discharge Slope (-d=disturbed)          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/Sl.htm          

  Enumerated_Domain_Value: SLA          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lutz spruce - Alder Discharge Slope          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/Sal.htm          

  Enumerated_Domain_Value: SLC, SLCd          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lutz spruce - Bluejoint grass Discharge Slope (-d=disturbed)          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: http://www.kenaiwetlands.net\MapUnitDescriptions\SCl.htm          

  Enumerated_Domain_Value: SLM, SLMd          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lutz spruce - Black spruce Discharge Slope (-d=disturbed)          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/Smx.htm          

  Enumerated_Domain_Value: SLS, SLSd          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lutz spruce - Willow Discharge Slope (-d=disturbed)          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/Sls.htm          

  Enumerated_Domain_Value: SM          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Black spruce Discharge Slope          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/Sm.htm          

  Enumerated_Domain_Value: SML, SMLd          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Black spruce - Lutz spruce Discharge Slope (-d=disturbed)          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/Smx.htm          

  Enumerated_Domain_Value: SS          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Willow Discharge Slope          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/Ss.htm          

  Enumerated_Domain_Value: SSA          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Willow - Alder Discharge Slope          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/Sax.htm          

  Enumerated_Domain_Value: SSC          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Willow - Bluejoint Discharge Slope          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/Ssc.htm          

  Enumerated_Domain_Value: SSL          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Willow - Lutz spruce Discharge Slope          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/Sls.htm          

  Enumerated_Domain_Value: WU          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Wetland - Upland complex          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/wu.htm    

 

 Attribute:      

  Attribute_Label: url      

  Attribute_Definition: Universal Resource Locator linking polygon map unit to online description

  Attribute_Definition_Source:  http://www.kenaiwetlands.net/musummary.htm

  Attribute_Domain_Values:        

   Unrepresentable_Domain: Map Unit URL hyperlink

Attribute:      

  Attribute_Label: photourl      

  Attribute_Definition: Universal Resource Locator linking to photograph of polygon

  Attribute_Definition_Source:      

  Attribute_Domain_Values:        

   Unrepresentable_Domain: URL hyperlink to online digital photograph of polygon (if available).  All photos taken Summer, 2004.

Attribute:      

  Attribute_Label: Ecosystem      

  Attribute_Definition: Locally relevant landform

  Attribute_Definition_Source: Http://www.kenaiwetlands.net/ecosystemdescriptions/intro.htm

  Attribute_Domain_Values:        

   Enumerated_Domain:          

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: DISTURB          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Disturbed wetland, pre-settlment character not discernable          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/ecosystemdescriptions/DISTURB.htm

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: Depression          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Depression          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/ecosystemdescriptions/depression.htm

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: Drainageway           

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Relict Glacial Drainageway          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/ecosystemdescriptions/Drainageway.htm

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: Discharge Slope          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Discharge Slope          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/ecosystemdescriptions/DischargeSlope.htm

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: Headwater          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Headwater Fen         

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/ecosystemdescriptions/headwater.htm

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: Kettle          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Kettle          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/ecosystemdescriptions/Kettle.htm

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: Lakebed          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Relict Glacial Lakebed          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/ecosystemdescriptions/Lakebed.htm           

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: Riparian          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Riparian corridor

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/ecosystemdescriptions/Riparian.htm

   Enumerated_Domain_Value: Wetland / Upland Complex          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Wetland / Upland Complex          

    Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/mapunitdescriptions/WU.htm  

 

Overview_Description:    

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: The fields "Code" and "Key" are numeric and character representations, respectively, of the same unique polygon identifiers. The mapunit and Ecosystem fields and the corresponding url field provides a shorthand map unit and Ecosystem classification identifier, and a World Wide Web link to a map unit description.    

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:HTTP://www.kenaiwetlands.net/musummary.htm

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DISTRIBUTION_INFORMATION

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Kenai Watershed Forum        

 Contact_Person: Mike Gracz      

 Contact_Position: Ecologist      

 Contact_Address:        

  Address_Type: mailing and physical address        

  Address: Old Town Professional Center, 3430 Main Street, Suite B1        

  City: Homer        

  State_or_Province: Alaska        

  Postal_Code: 99603        

  Country: USA      

 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 907-235-2218      

 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:      

 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mike@kenaiwatershed.org      

Hours_of_Service: 9-5 Alaska Time  

Resource_Description: These wetland boundaries were generated as a step in creating a wetlands management tool.  

Distribution_Liability: Wetland boundaries are imprecise, and the definition of a jurisdictional wetland changes. While the best attempts were made to generate accurate wetland boundaries using the techniques outlined in this document, errors are probable.     These polygons are not to be used as a substitute for professional wetland delineation corresponding with Clean Water Act Section 404 permitting, or any other regulatory process requiring legal wetland boundary delineation.  Please contact Mike Gracz with questions.  

Standard_Order_Process:    

Digital_Form:      

Digital_Transfer_Information:        

Format_Name: ArcView 3.2 or 3.3; 8.3 shapefile Download (420Kb)      

Digital_Transfer_Option:        

Offline_Option:          

Offline_Media: CD ROM          

Recording_Format:          

Compatibility_Information: Windows 98, 2000, XP, NT 4.0.    

Fees: none    

Ordering_Instructions:Contact Mike Gracz: mike@kenaiwatershed.org or 907-235-2218

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METADATA_REFERENCE_INFORMATION

Metadata_Date: 20 January 2005  

Metadata_Review_Date:  

Metadata_Contact:    

Contact_Information:      

Contact_Organization_Primary:        

Contact_Organization: Kenai Watershed Forum        

Contact_Person: Mike Gracz      

Contact_Position: Ecologist      

Contact_Address:        

Address_Type: Mailing and physical address        

 Address: Old Town Professional Center, 3430 Main Street, Suite B1        

 City: Homer        

 State_or_Province: Alaska        

 Postal_Code: 99603        

 Country: USA      

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 907-235-2218      

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:      

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mike@kenaiwatershed.org      

Hours_of_Service: 9-5 Alaska Time  

 

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC CSDGM  

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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