Alpine Loop Environmental Constraints

Metadata:

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• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Computer Terrain Mapping, Inc.

Publication_Date: 2005

Title: Alpine Loop Environmental Constraints

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Description:

Abstract:

The Alpine Loop environmental constraints data set shows areas with environmental concerns along the Loop. This data set is one of the development constraints used to determine Development Potential.

For this map, we combined the EPA's industrial facility discharge sites, permit compliance sites, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) solid and toxic waste sites, 303b streams and abandoned mine inventories from the BLM, USGS/BLM in the Upper Animas drainage and adits and tailings sites on U.S. Forest Service land from the Colorado Geological Society.

Purpose:

The Alpine Loop Spatial Analysis and Mapping Project inventoried natural and cultural resources and identified important areas where overlapping resources occur. The results from this project will provide an opportunity for area stakeholders - landowners, outdoor enthusiasts, surrounding communities, federal government agencies and local and national preservation groups - to come together to find solutions that maintain the Alpine Loop experience for future visitors and residents, while working within the framework of landowner objectives as well as local and federal government goals.

The Alpine Loop Spatial Analysis and Mapping Project analyzed the Alpine Loop landscape, considering important natural and cultural resources along with the likelihood of development based upon building constraints. The Project aims to provide a planning tool for area stakeholders as they consider the variety of land management options and the future of this magnificent region. The next logical step will be to craft solutions that work within the framework of landowner desires, local and federal government land management goals, and available financial and technical resources to manage the area in a way that preserves the Alpine Loop experience for future generations.

While the Alpine Loop lies within three counties - San Juan, Hinsdale and Ouray - the analytical work extended into a portion of San Miguel County. The resulting mapping and analyses will:

1. Create a spatial foundation to aid future projects in the Alpine Loop corridor;

2. Serve as a prioritization tool for evaluating the conservation potential of individual private parcels;

3. Provide the necessary framework for pursuing future funding opportunities.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 2003

Ending_Date: 2005

Currentness_Reference:

Data were retrieved from various sources and analyzed between 2003 and 2005. See Data Quality Information for time information for source data.

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None Planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -107.8725478

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -107.2256611

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.08819806

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.73515861

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Conservation

Theme_Keyword: Development

Theme_Keyword: Environmental

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: United States

Place_Keyword: North America

Place_Keyword: Colorado

Place_Keyword: San Juan Mountains

Place_Keyword: Ouray County

Place_Keyword: San Juan County

Place_Keyword: Hinsdale County

Place_Keyword: San Miguel County

Place_Keyword: Ouray

Place_Keyword: Silverton

Place_Keyword: Lake City

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: None.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Computer Terrain Mapping, Inc.

Contact_Person: Ed Russell

Contact_Position: President

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address: PO Box 4982

City: Boulder

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80306

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303.444.1670

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303.443.4856

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ctm@ctmap.com

Hours_of_Service: 8:00-5:00 MT

Data_Set_Credit:

This data set is the product of a collaborative process between numerous agencies, organizations and interested individuals from the beautiful Alpine Loop region.

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

GRASS version 5 on Red-Hat Linux version 8.0 exported to an ASCII Grid

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Environmental constraints were determined from a variety of data sources of unknown accuracy.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Data are calculated from a variety of data sources of unknown accuracy. Only basic spot checking based on knowledge of terrain was performed.

Completeness_Report:

Environmental constraints were calculated for the entire study area.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Office of Water/OST

Publication_Date: 19980801

Title: EPA/OW Industrial Facilities Discharge Database for CONUS

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington, D.C.

Publisher: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Online_Linkage:

For BASINS model and data <http://www.epa.gov/ost/basins> For STORET system and data <http://www.epa.gov/owow/storet>

Other_Citation_Details:

Digital data (shapefiles) were provided on a CD for the Colorado Watershed Partnership GIS Mapping Project, a project of TREES, WATER & PEOPLE. Data was clipped to the state of Colorado from its original extent. EPA is an abbreviation for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. CONUS is an abbreviation for Conterminous United States of America.

Type_of_Source_Media: digital data

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1978

Ending_Date: 1994

Source_Currentness_Reference: April 1997

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: EPA Industrial Facilities Discharge

Source_Contribution: Locations of industrial discharge into surface waters.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Office of Water/OST

Publication_Date: 20010330

Title: EPA/OW Permit Compliance System for BASINS Version 3 in CONUS

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington, D.C.

Publisher: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Online_Linkage:

For BASINS model and data <http://www.epa.gov/ost/basins> For further documentation and information on PCS <http://www.epa.gov/owmitnet/pcsguide.htm> For PCS data <http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/pcs/pcs_overview.html>

Other_Citation_Details:

Digital data (shapefiles) were provided on a CD for the Colorado Watershed Partnership GIS Mapping Project, a project of TREES, WATER & PEOPLE. Data was clipped to the state of Colorado from its original extent. EPA is an abbreviation for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. CONUS is an abbreviation for Conterminous United States of America.

Type_of_Source_Media: digital data

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1990

Ending_Date: 1999

Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: EPA Permit Compliance

Source_Contribution:

Locations were permits have been issued allowing discharge of wastewater into navigable waters.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Office of Water/OST

Publication_Date: 19980801

Title:

EPA/OSW Resource Conservation and Recovery Information System (RCRIS) for the United States

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington, D.C.

Publisher: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Online_Linkage:

For BASINS model and data <http://www.epa.gov/ost/basins> For further documentation and information on RCRIS <http://www.epa.gov/osw> For RCRIS data queries <http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/rcris/rcris_overview.html>

Other_Citation_Details:

Digital data (shapefiles) were provided on a CD for the Colorado Watershed Partnership GIS Mapping Project, a project of TREES, WATER & PEOPLE. Data were clipped to the state of Colorado from their original extent. EPA is an abbreviation for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. RCRA is an abbreviation for the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

Type_of_Source_Media: digital data

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1983

Ending_Date: 199712

Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: EPA RCRA Solid and Toxic Waste

Source_Contribution:

Information about generators, transporters, treaters, storers, and disposers of hazardous waste.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Office of Water/OST

Publication_Date: 2000

Title: preliminary 2000 303d listed (impaired) streams

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington, D.C.

Publisher: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Other_Citation_Details:

Digital data (shapefiles) were provided on a CD for the Colorado Watershed Partnership GIS Mapping Project, a project of TREES, WATER & PEOPLE. Data was clipped to the state of Colorado from its original extent. EPA is an abbreviation for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. No original metadata was available

Type_of_Source_Media: digital data

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2000

Source_Currentness_Reference: Title

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: EPA 303d Streams

Source_Contribution:

Locations where beneficial uses of the water - such as for drinking, recreation, aquatic habitat, and industrial use - are impaired by pollutants.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Colorado Geological Survey

Publication_Date: 19990530

Title: U.S. Forest Service Abandoned Mine Land Inventory Project

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Denver, CO

Publisher: Colorado Geological Survey

Other_Citation_Details:

Abandoned mine inventory data gathered by the Colorado Geological Survey on behalf of the U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Regional Office. Multiple files for various features (holes, tailing piles, etc.) by ranger district.

Type_of_Source_Media: digital data

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 19990530

Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Abandoned Mine

Source_Contribution: Location of mines, holes, tailings, etc.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey

Publication_Date: 2001

Title: USGS Abandoned Mine Lands Initiative

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Denver, CO

Publisher: USGS

Other_Citation_Details: Abandoned mine inventory data.

Type_of_Source_Media: digital data

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1997

Ending_Date: 2001

Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Abandoned Mine

Source_Contribution: Location of mines, etc.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: BLM (Barbara Hite)

Publication_Date: 2004

Title: Colorado statewide abandoned mine lands inventory on BLM lands

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Denver, CO

Publisher: BLM

Other_Citation_Details: Abandoned mine inventory data.

Type_of_Source_Media: digital data

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2004

Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Abandoned Mine

Source_Contribution: Location of mines, etc.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Categorized as follows: EPA RCRAs and 303b streams - 3; EPA PCAs - 2; all others - 1. All constraints are summed are ranked as 3 - high; 2 - medium; 1 - low; 0 - no environmental constraint present.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: BLM

Process_Date: 2004

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster

Raster_Object_Information:

Raster_Object_Type: Grid Cell

Row_Count: 1256

Column_Count: 1863

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 13

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: .9996

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -105 00 00

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 00 00 00

False_Easting: 500000

False_Northing: 0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 30.0

Ordinate_Resolution: 30.0

Planar_Distance_Units: METERS

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83)

Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Environmental constraint grid cell

Entity_Type_Definition: Any of the data elements in the environmental constraint map

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: author

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Environmental constraint cell value

Attribute_Definition:

The value describes the constraint due to environmental hazards. 3: high constraint; 2 - medium; 1 - low; 0 - no constraint mapped.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 3

Attribute_Definition_Source: author

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Computer Terrain Mapping, Inc.

Contact_Person: Ed Russell

Contact_Position: President

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address: PO Box 4982

City: Boulder

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80306

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303.444.1670

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303.443.4856

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ctm@ctmap.com

Resource_Description: Alpine Loop Spatial Analysis and Mapping Project

Distribution_Liability:

Computer Terrain Mapping, Inc. (CTM) provides this data set as is. CTM makes no guarantee or warranty concerning the accuracy of information contained in the data. CTM further makes no warranties, either expressed or implied as to any other matter whatsoever, including, without limitation, the condition of the product, or its fitness for any particular purpose. The burden for determining fitness for use lies entirely with the user. Although this data has been processed successfully on computers at CTM, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the CTM regarding the use of this data on any other system, nor does the fact of distribution constitute or imply any such warranty.

Custom_Order_Process: Contact distributor to receive additional copies.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 200504

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Computer Terrain Mapping, Inc.

Contact_Person: Ed Russell

Contact_Position: President

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address: PO Box 4982

City: Boulder

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80306

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303.444.1670

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303.443.4856

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ctm@ctmap.com

Hours_of_Service: 8:00-5:00 MT

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998