Description: These data were collected for multiple purposes. First, they were gathered in support of conducting a condition assessment of fluvial waterbodies throughout the United States in support of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan (NFHAP). Second, these data were intended to be made available to NFHAP Partnerships as well as other users interested in acquiring consistently-organized information available characterizing river systems over larger regions. This work was supported by local, state, and federal partners of NFHAP, including the U.S. Geological Survey.Because the condition assessment was conducted over such a large geographic region, a landscape approach was adopted for assessment which it assumed that anthropogenic disturbances as well as natural characteristics in the watersheds affect a given unit of habitat which in turn would affect fishes. It was necessary to use a landscape approach because landscape data are available for every location in of the United States whereas local measures of habitat or biological indicators of habitat condition are only available at a very small percentage of locations around the country.These data from the state of Kansas were downloaded from the National Fish Habitat Partnership Data Viewer: http://ecosystems.usgs.gov/fishhabitat/The NFHAP map viewer allows for the visualization of the primary results reported in “Through a Fish’s Eye: The Status of Fish Habitats in the United States 2010” at various spatial scales. An understanding of the procedures and methodology used to generate these results is a prerequisite to effectively using the data presented in this viewer.Other datasets, not produced by the Science and Data Team, have been included for informational purposes. Please see the metadata link for each of these ancillary layers for additional information. For access to complete NFHAP Inland Assessment Metadata go to:http://mercury.ornl.gov/clearinghouse/send/xsltText2?fileURL=d:\mercury_instances\usgs\csas\harvested\www1.usgs.gov_metadata_mdata_MISC_NFHAPHumanDisturbance.xml&full_datasource=Metadata%20Clearinghouse%20Principal%20Node&full_queryString=%20text%20:%20NFHAP&ds_id=Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) compliant metadata for the inland assessment is viewable, via the USGS Core Science Metadata Clearinghouse,
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Description: The proportion of major land cover types within each HUC10 region were summarized and added to the attribute table. Land cover proportions were derived from the 2005 Level IV Kansas Land Cover map using the Tabulate Areas function (30 meter cell) in ArcGIS10.0.
Copyright Text: Geoprocessing performed by Michael Houts, Kansas Biological Survey.
When you use this data, we request that you acknowledge the Kansas Biological Survey as appropriate.
Description: The proportion of major land cover types within each Township was summarized and added to the attribute table. Land cover proportions were derived from the 2005 Level IV Kansas Land Cover map using the Tabulate Areas function (30 meter cell) in ArcGIS10.0. Land cover classifications used: urban, crop land, warm-season grassland, cool-season grassland, wetland, woodland, and water. Geoprocessing performed by Michael Houts,
Copyright Text: When you use this data, we request that you acknowledge the Kansas Biological Survey as appropriate.