INSTITUTE FOR FISHERIES RESOURCES GIS TECHNICAL WORK GROUP -- GIS METADATA

LIBRARY: 		Klamath

COVERAGE NAME:		temp_pts_sixrivers.shp

METADATA FILE:		temp_pts_sixrivers.shp.txt

METADATA FILE DATE:	January 23, 2004


METADATA PREPARER:	Eli Asarian
                      	Institute for Fisheries Resources (IFR)
                        791 Eighth Street  Ste. N
                        Arcata, CA  95521
			(707) 822-9428
			http://www.krisweb.com

ORIGINATOR:		Adam Dresser
			Six Rivers National Forest, Supervisor's Office
			1330 Bayshore Way
			Eureka, CA 95501
			Phone: (707) 442-1721
			Fax: (707) 442-9242
			adresser@fs.fed.gov



COVERAGE DESCRIPTION:	This shapefile shows the locations of Six Rivers National Forest temperature monitoring sites in the Trinity River basin.

METHODS:  
Data was contributed to KRIS as an ArcInfo coverage from Adam Dresser of Six Rivers National Forest.  He digitized points from his memory on top of existing coverages, such as topo maps, streams, roads


VITAL STATISTICS:

Datum:          NAD 27
Projection:     UTM
Units:          Meters
1st Std. Parallel:         34 00 00 (34.0 degrees N)
2nd Std. Parallel:         40 30 00 (40.5 degrees N)
Longitude of Origin:      -120 00 00 (120.0 degrees W)
Latitude of Origin:        00 00 00 (0.0 degrees)
False Easting (X shift):   0
False Northing (Y shift):  0
Source:                    see notes above
Data Structure:            Vector (point)


DATA DICTIONARY:

NOTE: Items common to all ARC/INFO coverages: LENGTH, AREA, PERIMETER
      COVER_ (#), and COVER _ID (-ID) are not described here.

Structure for attribute table:

Number	Name		
---------------------
6	Location
7	ID
8	FSP_ID

LOCATION = Monitoring site location (LOCATION is typically a stream, or a well-known location on a stream). Original attribute from Six Rivers National Forest.

ID = A label given to sites by KRIS staff. It is the code used in KRIS chart tables and source tables. If site was the same as a site in the FSP database, then the FSP_ID is the ID.

FSP_ID = Added by KRIS staff. A Unique ID from Humboldt State University's Institute for Forest and Watershed Management (IFWM, formerly known as the Forest Science Project) temperature database that was published in 2000. Also matches FSP_SITEID attribute in another shapefile included in KRIS (ifwm_trinity_temps.shp). If site was not in FSP's database, then this is left blank.



DATA QUALITY ASSESSMENT:
Geographic accuracy is likely within several hundred feet, sometimes worse, sometimes better. Temperature data (MWATs) should be of high quality, as they were collected using automatic temperature probes.