Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Jonathan A. Warrick Originator: Andrew C. Ritchie Publication_Date: 2017 Title: Geomorphic habitat units derived from 2011 aerial imagery and elevation data for the Elwha River estuary, Washington Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Vector Digital Data Set (Polygon) Series_Information: Series_Name: data release Issue_Identification: 10.5066/F75B00N4 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, California Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F75B00N4 Online_Linkage: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/591b758fe4b0a7fdb43c8e5c Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Melissa M. Foley Originator: Patrick B. Shafroth Originator: Matthew M. Bierne Originator: Rebecca Paradis Originator: Andrew C. Ritchie Publication_Date: 2017 Title: Ecological parameters in the Elwha River estuary before and during dam removal Series_Information: Series_Name: data release Issue_Identification: 10.5066/F75B00N4 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F75B00N4 Description: Abstract: Estuary geomorphic units delineated at a scale of 1:1500 using a combination of (a) 03 September 2011* 0.3 meter resolution Microsoft/Digital Globe aerial imagery; and (b) elevation-colored and hillshaded digital elevation models from USGS backpack/jetski topobathy surveys (25 August 2011) for areas < MHHW and aerial lidar surveys (13-15 April 2012) for elevations > MHHW. *Image date of 3-Sep-11 corrected in metadata. During product generation the imagery date was believed to be 8-25-2011, as reported by DigitalGlobe reseller. Purpose: Data were collected/produced to monitor and assess changes to coastal habitats during dam removal on the Elwha River, Clallam County, WA, USA. Supplemental_Information: Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Although this Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata file is intended to document the data set in nonproprietary form, as well as in Esri format, this metadata file may include some Esri-specific terminology. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20110825 Ending_Date: 20120507 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: none planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.573521392 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.553298724 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.150790533 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.141583904 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier Theme_Keyword: USGS:591b758fe4b0a7fdb43c8e5c Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: coastal ecosystems Theme_Keyword: coastal processes Theme_Keyword: geomorphology Theme_Keyword: habitats Theme_Keyword: vegetation Theme_Keyword: ecological processes Theme_Keyword: human impacts Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords Theme_Keyword: ecological change Theme_Keyword: dam Theme_Keyword: human impacts on habitats Theme_Keyword: dam removal Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: environment Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Place_Keyword: Elwha River Place_Keyword: Port Angeles Place_Keyword: Clallam County Place_Keyword: United States of America Place_Keyword: Washington Place_Keyword: Olympic Peninsula Access_Constraints: None. Use_Constraints: USGS-authored or produced data and information are in the public domain from the U.S. Government and are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize and acknowledge the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service as the originator(s) of the dataset and in products derived from these data. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Contact_Person: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 2885 Mission St City: Santa Cruz State_or_Province: CA Postal_Code: 95060-5792 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-427-4747 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pcmsc_data@usgs.gov Data_Set_Credit: NPS, USGS Native_Data_Set_Environment: Environment as of Metadata Creation: Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.4.1 (Build 5686) Service Pack N/A (Build N/A) Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Melissa M. Foley Originator: Jonathan A. Warrick Originator: Andrew Ritchie Originator: Andrew W. Stevens Originator: Patrick B. Shafroth Originator: Jeffrey J. Duda Originator: Matthew M. Beirne Originator: Rebecca Paradis Originator: Guy Gelfenbaum Originator: Randall McCoy Originator: Erin S. Cubley Publication_Date: 2017 Title: Coastal habitat and biological community response to dam removal on the Elwha River Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Ecological Society of America, Washington DC Publisher: Ecological Monographs Online_Linkage: http://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1268 Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: No formal attribute accuracy tests were conducted. Logical_Consistency_Report: No formal logical accuracy tests were conducted. Completeness_Report: Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: A formal accuracy assessment of the horizontal positional information in the data set has not been conducted. Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: A formal accuracy assessment of the vertical positional information in the data set has either not been conducted, or is not applicable. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Microsoft/Digital Globe Publication_Date: 2011 Title: Microsoft/DigitalGlobe 2011-09-03 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Raster Digital Data (Aerial Imagery) Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Digital Globe Publisher: NPS Online_Linkage: https://browse.digitalglobe.com/imagefinder/showBrowseMetadata?catalogId=5060010098E45A01 Source_Scale_Denominator: 1000 Type_of_Source_Media: Digital and/or Hardcopy Resources Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 20110903 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Microsoft/DigitalGlobe 20110903 Source_Contribution: provided high-resolution imagery showing ground conditions Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Watershed Sciences, Inc Publication_Date: 20160523 Title: 2012 FEMA/PSLC Lidar: Clallam County Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Raster Digital Data Set Publication_Information: Publication_Place: NOAA Digital Coast Publisher: USGS Online_Linkage: https://coast.noaa.gov/htdata/lidar1_z/geoid12a/data/2506/ Source_Scale_Denominator: 10000 Type_of_Source_Media: Digital and/or Hardcopy Resources Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20120323 Ending_Date: 20120507 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: 2012 FEMA Clallam/Jefferson County Lidar Source_Contribution: High-resolution ground-elevation data provided elevation relative to tides Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Andrew W. Stevens Originator: Guy Gelfenbaum Originator: Jonathan A. Warrick Originator: Ian A. Miller Originator: Heather M. Weiner Publication_Date: 2017 Title: Bathymetry, topography, and sediment grain-size data from the Elwha River delta, Washington, August 2011 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Raster Digital Data Set Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Santa Cruz, CA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F74Q7S5H Type_of_Source_Media: Digital and/or Hardcopy Resources Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20110825 Ending_Date: 20110826 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: 2011 USGS Tobobathy Source_Contribution: nearshore bathymetry data from field activity W-06-11-PS, collected in August 2011 Process_Step: Process_Description: identify project area and create clip extent for aerial imagery and elevation data Process_Date: 20150330 Process_Step: Process_Description: Delineate geomorphic units from aerial imagery and elevation data using combination of three layers for interpretation: (1) aerial imagery to map bars, beaches, and aquatic habitat, (2) elevation-colored DEMs to identify subtidal, intertidal, and supratidal regions, (3) hillshaded DEMs to assist in mapping feature boundaries. Process_Date: 20150930 Process_Step: Process_Description: Revise polygon boundaries for consistency with vegetation units, revise map units to produce fewer more generalized categories, calculate area values Process_Date: 20160430 Process_Step: Process_Description: Keywords section of metadata edited for consistency across the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center and to further optimize discovery in search engines and data catalogs. Metadata was modified to bring up to current USGS PCMSC standards. Minor typos were corrected. No data information was changed. Process_Date: 20180719 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Susan A Cochran Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 2885 Mission Street City: Santa Cruz State_or_Province: CA Postal_Code: 95060-5792 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (831) 460-7545 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: scochran@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Corrected Point of Contact and Metadata Contact phone number prefix. Process_Date: 20180905 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Susan A Cochran Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: 2885 Mission St. City: Santa Cruz State_or_Province: CA Postal_Code: 95060 Country: United States Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-460-7545 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: scochran@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Corrected a typo in the Online_Linkage URL. Process_Date: 20190522 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Susan A Cochran Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: 2885 Mission St. City: Santa Cruz State_or_Province: CA Postal_Code: 95060 Country: United States Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-460-7545 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: scochran@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Edited metadata to add keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. No data were changed. Process_Date: 20201019 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross Contact_Position: Marine Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Performed minor edits to the metadata to correct typos. No data were changed Process_Date: 20211013 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Susan A. 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Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Producer defined Attribute: Attribute_Label: OBJECTID Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number. Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated Attribute: Attribute_Label: Name Attribute_Definition: Aquatic and terrestrial estuarine geomorphic cover/habitat types developed using a combination of aerial imagery and topographic/bathymetric elevation data to assess changes to coastal habitats during removal of two dams on the Elwha River, Clallam County, WA, USA. 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Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address: Denver Federal Center, Building 810, Mail Stop 302 City: Denver State_or_Province: CO Postal_Code: 80225 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-275-8747 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sciencebase@usgs.gov Resource_Description: These data are available in shapefile format (BeachUnits_2011.shp and accompanying files), which also includes CSDGM FGDC-compliant metadata. Distribution_Liability: Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: Shapefile Format_Information_Content: Zip file contains the shapefile and accompanying files, as well as associated metadata. Transfer_Size: 0.033 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/591b758fe4b0a7fdb43c8e5c Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/F75B00N4 Access_Instructions: The first network resource link will begin a direct download of the data. The second link is a landing page for the entire project. Fees: None. No fees are applicable for obtaining the data set. Technical_Prerequisites: The downloadable data file has been compressed with the "zip" command and can be unzipped with Winzip (or other tool) on Windows systems. To utilize these data, the user must have software capable of uncompressing the WinZip file and importing and viewing an Esri ArcMap SHP. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20211013 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Contact_Person: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 2885 Mission St City: Santa Cruz State_or_Province: CA Postal_Code: 95060-5792 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-427-4747 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pcmsc_data@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998