GIS Data Dictionary
Vegetation Fuel Types
Last Updated: May 2002
fueltype was created and is maintained by the Boulder County Land Use
Department.
Copyright 2001
County of Boulder, Colorado. All rights reserved. All data must be
identified and labeled as copyrighted by the County of Boulder, Colorado.
Sale or redistribution of these shapefiles is not permitted without separate
agreements with Boulder County. For information concerning such an
agreement, contact the Land Use GIS Manager at: (303) 441-3930 or kziebarth@co.boulder.co.us.
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All efforts have been made to make these data as accurate as possible,
however, arcs are not accurate to surveying standards. Boulder County will
not assume liability for the data contained in this website. GIS shapefiles,
available for general distribution, are in Boulder County's standard
projection and coordinate system. They include existing attribution, data
dictionaries, descriptions and other supporting documentation.
Conversions,
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errors in this shapefile, please contact the Land Use GIS Manager.
Data Format
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Format:
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ArcView Shapefile
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Map Projection:
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Lambert Conformal Secant Cone
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Coordinate System:
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Colorado State Plane, North Zone 3451, grid feet
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Horizontal Datum:
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HPGN-NAD 83/92
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Units:
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feet
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Spatial Representation:
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vector
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Source:
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Hand drawn on aerial photography, field verified by Colorado
Forest Service
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Source Scale:
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1:2,400
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Status:
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As necessary
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Coding
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Data Type:
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Polygon Shapefile
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Description:
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Vegetation Fuel Types
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Polygon Attributes:
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Area:
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polygon area in square feet
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Perimeter:
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polygon perimeter in feet
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Ftype_:
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internal polygon ID
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Vtype-id:
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internal polygon ID
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Vft:
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Vegetation Fuel Type ID number
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1 = Grassland
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2 = Open Conifer or aspen with grass understory
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5 = Low height brush
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6 = Intermediate height brush
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8 = Closed canopy conifer with sparse ground litter
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9 = Closed canopy mixed stands with moderate amounts of downed
material
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10 = Dense conifer with heavy amounts of downed material
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11 = Mixed dead and living conifer with heavy downed material
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12 = Medium slash
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13 = Heavy slash
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20 = Non-combustible
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99 = No data
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Legend
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fueltype.avl
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unique symbol for each fuel type
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