Riparian Corridors, Summit County, Ohio, 2002

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Davey Resource Group

Publication_Date: 20020311

Title: Riparian Corridors, Summit County, Ohio, 2002

Edition: First

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Kent, Ohio

Publisher: Davey Resource Group

Other_Citation_Details: N/A

Online_Linkage: <http://www.davey.com>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: N/A

Publication_Date: N/A

Title: Summit County Natural Resource Study

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: N/A

Publisher: N/A

Online_Linkage: N/A

Description:

Abstract:

Riparian corridors are the areas bordering water courses. Riparian corridors include the associated floodplain, steep valley slopes, wetlands, and open water areas. The riparian corridor may be very narrow or quite wide, depending on the unique conditions of the area. This differs from the riparian buffer, which is simply a set setback from the water course.

Purpose:

The riparian corridor can be used to determine areas for restoration and preservation. Land within the riparian corridor generally has a greater effect on water quality than land outside of the riparian corridor. Ideally, some land uses could be restricted within the riparian corridor. However, in many areas of the county the riparian corridor is so large that land use restrictions would not be feasible. Best management practices should be closely followed within the riparian corridor. Natural vegetation (preferably forest or wetland) is the most desirable land cover type in these areas.

Supplemental_Information: N/A

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20020311

Ending_Date: 20020801

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.6898

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.3874

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.3519

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.9063

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Riparian Corridor

Theme_Keyword: Hydrology

Theme_Keyword: Floodplain

Theme_Keyword: Steep slopes

Theme_Keyword: Wetlands

Theme_Keyword: Open water

Theme_Keyword: Setback

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Akron

Place_Keyword: Barberton

Place_Keyword: Bath

Place_Keyword: Boston

Place_Keyword: Boston Heights

Place_Keyword: Clinton

Place_Keyword: Copley

Place_Keyword: Coventry

Place_Keyword: Cuyahoga Falls

Place_Keyword: Fairlawn

Place_Keyword: Franklin Township

Place_Keyword: Green

Place_Keyword: Hudson

Place_Keyword: Lakemore

Place_Keyword: Macedonia

Place_Keyword: Mogadore

Place_Keyword: Munroe Falls

Place_Keyword: New Franklin

Place_Keyword: Northfield

Place_Keyword: Northfield Center

Place_Keyword: Norton

Place_Keyword: Peninsula

Place_Keyword: Reminderville

Place_Keyword: Richfield

Place_Keyword: Richfield Village

Place_Keyword: Sagamore Hills

Place_Keyword: Silver Lake

Place_Keyword: Springfield

Place_Keyword: Stow

Place_Keyword: Summit County

Place_Keyword: Tallmadge

Place_Keyword: Twinsburg

Place_Keyword: Twinsburg Township

Access_Constraints: As established by Summit County

Use_Constraints: As established by Summit County

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Davey Resource Group

Contact_Person: Maia Peck

Contact_Position: Project Manager

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 1500 North Mantua St.

City: Kent

State_or_Province: OH

Postal_Code: 44260

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 330-673-9511

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 330-673-5408

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mpeck@davey.com

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (EST)

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Mapped riparian corridors may differ from actual boundaries because of variations in topography and hydrology not shown by the 2-foot contour intervals, grading of landscape, or drainage alterations made during site/road construction. Actual hydrology may also differ from mapped hydrology. The digital hydrology data reflect conditions that were readily apparent during the process of creating the digital orthophotography mapping (dated April 26, 2000) and may not reflect seasonal conditions, watercourses and channels that were not captured in the orthophotograph imagery, or ground-truthed determinations of the presence or absence of water courses, with or without banks. Field verification is essential to determine actual riparian corridors.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

These data are believed to be logically consistent, though no tests were performed.

Completeness_Report:

The extent of the data is dependent on its derivation and from secondary source material.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Unknown

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Unknown

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Davey Resource Group

Publication_Date: 20020801

Title: Riparian Corridors, Summit County, Ohio, 2002

Edition: First

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Kent, Ohio

Publisher: Davey Resource Group

Other_Citation_Details: N/A

Online_Linkage: <http://www.davey.com>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: N/A

Publication_Date: N/A

Title: Summit County Natural Resource Study

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: N/A

Publisher: N/A

Online_Linkage: N/A

Source_Scale_Denominator: Unknown

Type_of_Source_Media: Map

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20020801

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: N/A

Source_Contribution: N/A

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Summit County's digital aerial photography (April 26, 2000) was used to identify these areas. Topographic data (2 foot contour intervals) and stream data were obtained from the Summit County GIS. The digital orthophotos were printed at 1:400 scale. The immediate floodplain and valley slopes were always included in the riparian corridor. Riparian corridors were mapped for all mapped drainageways, except for a few extremely small drainageways that were not continuously mapped (these are mostly in urban areas where small drainageways are culverted or follow storm sewers). Adjacent wetlands, steep slopes, and open water areas were also included. In many areas, it is difficult to discern valley slopes from the natural rolling topography of the area. Most steep slopes were included in the riparian corridor. Riparian corridors were delineated from hard copy maps. The impervious surface data were digitized in ArcView 3.3 to create the wetlands shapefile. Area and perimeter data were calculated using the ArcView "calculate geometry" script. Acreage attribute data were then added to the attributes from the area calculated.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: N/A

Process_Date: 20020311

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: N/A

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Maia Peck

Contact_Organization: Davey Resource Group

Contact_Position: Project Manager

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 1500 North Mantua St.

City: Kent

State_or_Province: OH

Postal_Code: 44260

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 330-673-9511

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 330-673-5408

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mpeck@davey.com

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (EST)

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Dataset copied.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 47

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: State Plane Coordinate System 1983

State_Plane_Coordinate_System:

SPCS_Zone_Identifier: 3401

Lambert_Conformal_Conic:

Standard_Parallel: 40.433333

Standard_Parallel: 41.700000

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -82.500000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 39.666667

False_Easting: 1968500.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: Unknown

Ordinate_Resolution: Unknown

Planar_Distance_Units: Feet

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 80

Semi-major_Axis: 20925604.4720406

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.26

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000

Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: riparian_drg

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: OBJECTID

Attribute_Definition: Area of riparian corridor (square feet)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AREA

Attribute_Definition: Length of perimeter (feet)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PERIMETER

Attribute_Definition: Acreage of riparian corridor

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ACRES

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape.len

Overview_Description:

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Summit County

Contact_Person: Joe Reichlin

Contact_Position: GIS Technical Applications Administrator/Planner

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 175 South Main St./Suite 207

City: Akron

State_or_Province: OH

Postal_Code: 44309

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 330-643-8364

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 330-643-2886

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jreichlin@exec.summitoh.net

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (EST)

Resource_Description: riparian.shp

Distribution_Liability: As established by Summit County

Standard_Order_Process:

Non-digital_Form: As established by Summit County

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 2.120

Fees: As established by Summit County

Ordering_Instructions: As established by Summit County

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20040609

Metadata_Review_Date: 20021010

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Davey Resource Group

Contact_Person: Deborah Sheeler

Contact_Position: GIS Analyst

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and physical address

Address: 1500 North Mantua St.

City: Kent

State_or_Province: OH

Postal_Code: 44260

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 330-673-9511

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 330-673-5408

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dsheeler@davey.com

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (EST)

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile