City of Fredericksburg: Land Use and Bank Cover 2017

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Kallie Brown, Coastal Inventory Program, Center for Coastal Resources Mangaement, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), GIS Specialist
Publication_Date: 20170929
Title: City of Fredericksburg: Land Use and Bank Cover 2017
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Description:
Abstract:
Shoreline Situation Reports (SSR) were first generated by VIMS in the 1970s to report the condition and status of the shore lands. The SSR series were published in hardcopy on a county by county basis for each of the Tidewater Virginia localities. The reports were intended to assist planners, managers, and regulators in decisions pertaining to management of coastal areas and natural resources therein. This report continues the process which updates and expands earlier reports. Data collected describes conditions in the immediate riparian zone, the bank, and along the shore.
Purpose: To inventory Virginia's tidal shoreline conditions.
Supplemental_Information:
There are four shapefiles associated with the City of Fredericksburg Inventory database: Fredericksburg_lubc_2017, Fredericksburg_astru_2017, Fredericksburg_sstru_2017, and Fredericksburg_tm_2017. Fredericksburg_lubc_2017 (land use and bank cover for the City of Fredericksburg) is a linear shapefile containing data about land use, tree fringe, bank height, bank cover, and spit along the shoreline. Fredericksburg_sstru_2017 (City of Fredericksburg shoreline structures) is a linear shapefile delineating hard structures in place at the shoreline (bulkhead, dilapidated bulkhead, riprap, wharf, unconventional, debris, marina < 50 slips, marina > 50 slips, jetty, marsh toe revetment, groinfield and breakwaters). Fredericksburg_astru_2017 (City of Fredericksburg access structures) is a point shapefile with locations of docks, dilapidated docks, boathouses, and private and public boat ramps. Fredericksburg_tm_2017 (City of Fredericksburg tidal marshes) shows the location, size, species and type of tidal marshes in the City of Fredericksburg. The attributes of these four shapefiles are explained in the Entity and Attribute Information section below.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Ending_Date: 20170929
Currentness_Reference: ground condition at time of imagery
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -77.533155
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -77.447180
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.327531
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.282793
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword:
Land use, Land cover, Shoreline conditions, Shoreline structures, Hardened structures, Access structures, Riparian land use, Shoreline Inventory
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme_Keyword: farming
Theme_Keyword: boundaries
Theme_Keyword: elevation
Theme_Keyword: environment
Theme_Keyword: location
Theme_Keyword: structure
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Rappahannock River
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
These data should not be used for jurisdictional permit determinations beyond providing general shoreline condition or status information. These data have not been surveyed to property boundaries.The Comprehensive Coastal Inventory Program (CCI) at VIMS performs a service by distributing data generated by either CCI or public agencies which offer data without restriction or charge. CCI assumes no responsibility for data accuracy or precision, metadata completeness or correctness for digital information. CCI assumes no liability for misuse of any data which may arise as a result of any alteration, conversion, or combination with other data sources. As well, the timeliness and scale of these products must be considered when evaluating appropriate use.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Virginia Institue of Marine Science (VIMS)
Contact_Person: Marcia Berman
Contact_Position: Director, Comprehensive Coastal Inventory Program
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 1208 Greate Rd., P.O. Box 1346
City: Gloucester Point
State_or_Province: Virginia
Postal_Code: 23062
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 804-684-7188
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.5.1.7333
Data_Quality_Information:
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
A shoreline for the City of Fredericksburg was created using the 2009 and 2013 Virginia Base Mapping Program (VBMP) imagery at a scale of 1:1000 as a backdrop and using ArcGIS version 10.2. Using this as a baseline, the shoreline inventory was remotely generated using two sources: Google Earth 2015 imagery and 2013 high resolution imagery available through Bing Maps.
Process_Date: 20170110
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
All processing steps for the shoreline inventory were generated using ArcGIS - ArcMap v10.2 while viewing conditions observed in 2015 Bing high resolution oblique imagery and 2013 imagery from the Virginia Base Mapping Program (VBMP). Using the latest VBMP 2013 imagery as a background, conditions visible on shore were used to code a digital shoreline, created at a scale of 1:1000. Conditions were verified using Bing Birds Eye and VBMP 2009 imagery. For the land use/bank cover shapefile, arcs were split and coded for land use, bank height, bank cover, tree fringe, and presence or absence of spit. For the beaches shapefile, arcs were coded for the presence or absence of a beach. For the access structure shapefile, points were placed where structures (dock, dilapidated dock, boathouse, public ramp, and private ramp) are located on the shoreline. For the shoreline structure shapefile, arcs were coded for bulkhead, delapidated bulkhead, riprap, unconventional, debris, wharf, breakwater, groinfield, jetty, marsh toe revetment, and marina >50 slips and <50 slips.
Process_Date: 20170214
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The first and second step in the QAQC process involves complete checks of shoreline coding by a GIS Programmer/Analyst and a Marine Scientist.
Process_Date: 20170316
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 105
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: NAD 1983 UTM Zone 18N
Transverse_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9996
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -75.0
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.0
False_Easting: 500000.0
False_Northing: 0.0
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000000002220024164500956
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000002220024164500956
Planar_Distance_Units: meter
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: D North American 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: Fredericksburg_lubc_2017
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FID
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: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FEATURE
Attribute_Definition:
Feature refers to a combination of land use in the immediate riparian area within 100 feet of the adjacent shoreline and best professional judgement when the infrastructure is setback on the parcel. Current land use: agriculture, bare, commercial, forest, grass, industrial, paved, residential, scrub-shrub and timbered.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
VIMS Shoreline & Tidal Marsh Inventory Glossary, Center for Coastal Resources Management
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Agriculture
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Land use defined as agricultural includes farm tracts that are cultivated and crop producing. This designation is not applicable for pastureland, which is coded as grass.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
VIMS Shoreline & Tidal Marsh Inventory Glossary, Center for Coastal Resources Management
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Bare
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Land use defined as bare includes areas void of any vegetation or obvious land use. Bare areas include those that have been cleared for construction.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
VIMS Shoreline & Tidal Marsh Inventory Glossary, Center for Coastal Resources Management
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Commercial
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Commercial is a land use classification denoting small commercial operations such as shops, restaurants, as well as campgrounds. These operations are not necessarily water dependent businesses.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
VIMS Shoreline & Tidal Marsh Inventory Glossary, Center for Coastal Resources Management
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Forested
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Forest cover includes deciduous, evergreen, and mixed forest stands of trees. The land use is classified as "forested" if there is a dense cover of trees and no other land use category is apparent close to the shoreline, e.g. residential, commercial, industrial, agriculture, etc.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
VIMS Shoreline & Tidal Marsh Inventory Glossary, Center for Coastal Resources Management
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Grass
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Grasslands include large unmanaged fields, managed grasslands adjacent to large estates, agriculture tracts reserved for pasture, and grazing. While a general rule of thumb will classify a tract as “grass” if a home sits behind a large tract of grass, a designation of “residential” may be made if there are similar tracts adjacent to each other. This designation can be determined using best professional judgment.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
VIMS Shoreline & Tidal Marsh Inventory Glossary, Center for Coastal Resources Management
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Industrial
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Industrial operations are larger commercial businesses and can include areas where power plants, pulp mills, refineries, etc. are in operation along the coast.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
VIMS Shoreline & Tidal Marsh Inventory Glossary, Center for Coastal Resources Management
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Paved
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Paved areas represent roads which run along the shore and generally are located at the top of the banks. Paved also includes parking areas such as parking at boat landing, or commercial facilities
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
VIMS Shoreline & Tidal Marsh Inventory Glossary, Center for Coastal Resources Management
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Residential
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Residential land use includes single and multi-family dwellings.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
VIMS Shoreline & Tidal Marsh Inventory Glossary, Center for Coastal Resources Management
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Scrub-Shrub
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Scrub-shrub is a land use class that includes small trees, shrubs, and bushy plants. This land use is easily distinguished during remote sensing compared to Forest and Grass
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
VIMS Shoreline & Tidal Marsh Inventory Glossary, Center for Coastal Resources Management
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Timbered
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Timbered or clear-cut land use is an area where all the trees have been cut down or removed for harvesting or in preparation for construction.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
VIMS Shoreline & Tidal Marsh Inventory Glossary, Center for Coastal Resources Management
Ending_Date_of_Attribute_Values: 20170923
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: COVER
Attribute_Definition:
Bank cover is a classification based on a visual inspection of the bank. “Cover” can include either vegetative or structural cover and is labelled one of the following: total, partial or bare
Attribute_Definition_Source:
VIMS Shoreline & Tidal Marsh Inventory Glossary, Center for Coastal Resources Management
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Bare
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: < 25% vegetative/structural cover
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
VIMS Shoreline & Tidal Marsh Inventory Glossary, Center for Coastal Resources Management
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Partial
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 25% - 75% vegetative/structural cover
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
VIMS Shoreline & Tidal Marsh Inventory Glossary, Center for Coastal Resources Management
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Total
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: > 75% vegetative/structural cover
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
VIMS Shoreline & Tidal Marsh Inventory Glossary, Center for Coastal Resources Management
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TREE_FRING
Attribute_Definition:
When the dominant riparian land use is not forested, but a line of trees is maintained along the bank edge, the land use is noted to include a tree fringe. When the tree fringe is between 100 and 500 fee,t it is considered a wide tree fringe. When the tree fringe is greater than 500 feet, it would be labled "forested" in land use.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
VIMS Shoreline & Tidal Marsh Inventory Glossary, Center for Coastal Resources Management
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: HEIGHT
Attribute_Definition:
Bank height is a visual inspection of the height of the bank from the base to the top. We estimate height from imagery and lidar. Bank height is labelled one of the following: 0-5 feet, 5-30 feet, and >30 feet.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
VIMS Shoreline & Tidal Marsh Inventory Glossary, Center for Coastal Resources Management
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0-5 feet
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bank is 0-5 feet high
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
VIMS Shoreline & Tidal Marsh Inventory Glossary, Center for Coastal Resources Management
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5-30 feet
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bank is 5-30 feet high
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
VIMS Shoreline & Tidal Marsh Inventory Glossary, Center for Coastal Resources Management
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: >30 feet
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bank is greater than 30 feet high
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
VIMS Shoreline & Tidal Marsh Inventory Glossary, Center for Coastal Resources Management
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SPIT
Attribute_Definition:
A narrow coastal landform tied to the upland shoreline at one end resulting from the deposition of sand moved by tides and currents. Spit features are generally sandy and may be dominated by beach, dune, and/or marsh habitats. For inventory purposes, this definition does not include spit features that are developed or have developable upland.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
VIMS Shoreline & Tidal Marsh Inventory Glossary, Center for Coastal Resources Management
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Inventory
Attribute_Definition: Inventory update information
Attribute_Definition_Source: processor
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Text describing the imagery used to update the shoreline inventory.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Length
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape_Leng
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: County
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20170803
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Coastal Inventory Program, Center for Coastal Resources Mangaement, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Contact_Person: Kallie Brown
Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 1375 Greate Road, P.O. Box 1346
City: Gloucester Point
State_or_Province: Virginia
Postal_Code: 23062
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 804-684-7140
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kfbrown@vims.edu
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Use_Constraints:
These data should not be used for jurisdictional permit determinations beyond providing general shoreline condition or status information. These data have not been surveyed to property boundaries.The Comprehensive Coastal Inventory Program (CCI) at VIMS performs a service by distributing data generated by either CCI or public agencies which offer data without restriction or charge. CCI assumes no responsibility for data accuracy or precision, metadata completeness or correctness for digital information. CCI assumes no liability for misuse of any data which may arise as a result of any alteration, conversion, or combination with other data sources. As well, the timeliness and scale of these products must be considered when evaluating appropriate use.
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