INSTITUTE FOR FISHERIES RESOURCES GIS TECHNICAL WORK GROUP -- GIS METADATA COVERAGE NAME: asc_sheep_wtemps.shp METADATA FILE: asc_sheep_wtemps.shp.txt METADATA FILE DATE: June 22, 2005 METADATA PREPARER: Eli Asarian Institute for Fisheries Resources (IFR) 791 Eighth Street Ste. N Arcata, CA 95521 (707) 822-9428 COVERAGE DESCRIPTION: The shapefile asc_sheep_efish.shp shows locations of temperature monitoring stations in the Sheepscot River watershed. METHODS: Asc_sheep_wtemps.shp was derived from two sources: 1. sheepkm (see below for metadata) 2. A Microsoft Access database of water temperature data maintained by the Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission (ASC). Asc_sheep_wtemps.shp was created by IFR staff from sheepkm by adding SITECODE (a combination of REACHID and RIVERKM) to the attribute table, selecting out only features that were temperature monitoring stations (by linking to the ASC database using the SITECODE field) and then linking to the monitoring station details from the ASC database. For information on the ASC temperature database, contact: Paul M Christman Fisheries Biologist Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission 270 Lyons Rd. Sidney, Me. 04330 phone (207) 547-5326 ----------------------------- Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Gulf of Maine Coastal Program Publication_Date: 10/31/2004 Publication_Time: Unknown Title: sheepkm Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Description: Abstract: The points in this dataset represent 10-meter incremental measures along the centerline of the Sheepscot River and several of its tributaries as measured upstream from a start point in Sheepscot Village at the mouth of Dyer River. These points are part of a system of river centerlines, routes and measures used to locate events relevant to Atlantic salmon. Fish-related events are said to occur at or very near sites coded with a unique identifier for the river or one of its tributaries, and followed by the RiverKilometer distance upstream from the zero point on the mainstem, or of a tributary. A point exists every 10 meters along the centerline, and carries a value denoting its distance in kilometers upstream. For example, the fifteenth point up the mainstem from the start point is coded as 150 meters or 0.15 kilometers upstream. A sitecode for that location is given as "11MAINST0.15". Purpose: This dataset exists to allow for the location of fish-related events along the Sheepscot River as distances upstream on the mainstem and selected tributaries. The RiverKilometer system of which these measures are a part allows a comprehensive non-spatial database of Maine Atlantic salmon data to be linked and queried by spatially repeatable site codes. This system avoids the use of geographic coordinates in site codes since those values differ over time when obtained using a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, and also allows the inclusion of historic locational data gathered based on distances from landmarks. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 11/4/2003 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Irregular Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -69.646880 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -69.289114 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 44.478173 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 44.050612 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: River Kilometer Theme_Keyword: Atlantic salmon habitat Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: Maine Place_Keyword: Sheepscot River Access_Constraints: There are no restrictions on the use of this data, however, secondary distribution must include this documentation, and credit should always be given to the Data source when the data is transferred or printed. Use_Constraints: Users must assume responsibility in determining the utility of this data for their purposes. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Gulf of Maine Coastal Program Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 4R Fundy Road City: Falmouth State_or_Province: ME Postal_Code: 04105 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 207-781-8364 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 207-781-8369 Hours_of_Service: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Data_Set_Credit: Credit should always be given to the data source and/or originator when the data is transferred or printed. Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800 Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: The points of this dataset were derived from stream centerlines digitized primarily with reference to 1:24,000 scale U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) digital topographic map and orthophotograph images and digital streams vector data created in different years, and thus reflect the accuracy of these original datasets. Completeness_Report: The dataset is complete for the streams included in the Sheepscot RiverKilometer system. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The points in this dataset are accurate to within 5 meters when they have been generated based on USGS digital orthophotographs, and to within 10 meters when based on USGS digital topographic map images and digital vector data. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Gulf of Maine Coastal Program Publication_Date: 11/4/2003 Publication_Time: Unknown Title: sheepkm Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Other_Citation_Details: ArcInfo Coverage format, including arc and route features Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Gulf of Maine Coastal Program Publication_Date: 5/28/2004 Title: RiverKilometer Networks Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Source_Scale_Denominator: 1:24,000 Type_of_Source_Media: Computer disk drive Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Contribution: Provides lines and routes from which to generate RiverKilometer point measures. ESRI ArcInfo 8.3 uses the Add Route Event Theme tool to generate one point for each record in a table of measures (sheepkmt.dbf) which is overlain on this established route system of mainstem and tributaries pointing upstream. Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Gulf of Maine Coastal Program Publication_Date: 11/4/2003 Title: sheepkmt.dbf Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Gulf of Maine Coastal Program Publication_Date: 5/28/2004 Publication_Time: Unknown Title: RiverKilometer Networks Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Source_Scale_Denominator: 1:24,000 Type_of_Source_Media: Computer disk drive Source_Contribution: Used by the ESRI ArcInfo 8.3 Add Route Event Theme tool to generate RiverKilometer point measures by providing a table of measures which are overlain as points on lines and routes of the "sheepkm" ArcInfo coverage. The table contains codes to link to the mainstem and each tributary, and FROM and TO values used to measure along established routes for each stream. Process_Step: Process_Description: ESRI's ArcInfo 8.3 Add Route Event Theme tool is used to generate RiverKilometer point measures by providing applying a table of measures (sheepkmt.dbf) which are overlain as points along routes of an ArcInfo coverage (sheepkm; route.distance). The table contains codes (REACHID) to link to the mainstem and each tributary, and FROM and TO values in 10-meter increments used to measure along established routes for each stream. The routes used in this process all point upstream, and carry codes (REACHID) uniquely identifying each stream to link to the data table. A field called RIVERKM is added and calculated in the sheepkm.shp dataset to be the value in kilometers of the distance of each point upstream from the point of origin of its route (REACHID). For example, the fifteenth point upstream along the mainstem from the start point is coded with a FROM value of 150 (meters), and this equates to 0.15 kilometers. Finally, Site codes for locating fish-related events can be established by concatenating the REACHID and RIVERKM fields to arrive at values such as "11MAINST0.15". Process_Date: 11/4/2003 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Gulf of Maine Coastal Program Contact_Voice_Telephone: 207-781-8364 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 207-781-8369 Hours_of_Service: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 14074 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Grid_Coordinate_System: Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator Universal_Transverse_Mercator: UTM_Zone_Number: 19 Transverse_Mercator: Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -69.000000 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000 False_Easting: 500000.000000 False_Northing: 0.000000 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000128 Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000128 Planar_Distance_Units: meters Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: sheepkm Entity_Type_Definition: RiverKilometer points 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: FROM_ Attribute_Definition: Number of meters upstream from origin of stream Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0 - 73920 Attribute: Attribute_Label: TO Attribute_Definition: FROM_ + 10 meters Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 10 - 73930 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Riverkm Attribute_Definition: Distance in Kilometers upstream from origin (FROM_ / 1000) Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0 - 73.92 Attribute: Attribute_Label: REACHID Attribute_Definition: Unique identifier for each stream Attribute_Definition_Source: Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 11MAINST Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sheepscot Mainstem Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 11BENBRO Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sheepscot Ben Brook Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 11CHOATE Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sheepscot Choate Brook Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 11DYERBR Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sheepscot Dyer River Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 11FINNBR Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sheepscot Finn Brook Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 11LOVEJO Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sheepscot Lovejoy Brook Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 11TROUTB Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sheepscot Trout Brook Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 11WESTBR Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sheepscot West Branch Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: The attributes associated with each point provide a unique code to identify the mainstem or tributary for which measurements are intended, and the distance of each point upstream from a stream's origin in meters and kilometers. Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Gulf of Maine Coastal Program Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 4R Fundy Road City: Falmouth State_or_Province: ME Postal_Code: 04105 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 207-781-8364 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 207-781-8369 Hours_of_Service: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Resource_Description: Point Digital Data Distribution_Liability: Users must assume responsibility to determine the usability of this data for their purposes. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Gulf of Maine Coastal Program office, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. Neither the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Gulf of Maine Coastal Program, nor any of its contributors, are liable for misuse of the data, for damage, for transmission of viruses, or for computer contamination through the distribution of these data sets. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: ESRI Shapefile File_Decompression_Technique: no compression applied Transfer_Size: 1.942 megabytes Digital_Transfer_Option: Offline_Option: Offline_Media: CD-ROM Compatibility_Information: Compatible with ArcView 3.x, ArcGIS 8.x and 9.x Ordering_Instructions: Contact person responsible for Atlantic salmon habitat data. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20041015 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Gulf of Maine Coastal Program Contact_Person: Alex Abbott Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 4R Fundy Road City: Falmouth State_or_Province: ME Postal_Code: 04105 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 207-781-8364 Hours_of_Service: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm 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