UTM Coordinates and Ecological Site Designations for the Ongoing Vegetation Transects
UTM Coordinates and Ecological Site designation for the Ongoing Vegetation Transects are available below for download as Excel Workbook files (*xlsx). Data layouts and notes as Word files (*docx) are also provided.
The file 'lttranutm' available below for download refers to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates of 131 selected transects established on the SRER in USFS Studies FSRM 1706-09, FSRM 1706-12, FSRM 1706-15, and FSRM 1706-25. This file includes a single X and single Y coordinate recorded with a Global Position System (GPS) device at the start or “0” mark at each transect.
Horizontal coordinate system definition: NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_12N is the Projected coordinate system name, and GCS_North_American_1983 is the Geographic coordinate system name. Universal Transverse Mercator Zone is 12N.
See the associated 'lttranutmlayout' and 'lttranutmnotes' files for more information about the data records.
The file 'ecosites_revised' available below for download refers to Ecological Site Descriptions (ESD) on selected long-term transects on the SRER based on determinations made by Dan Robinett (NRCS, retired) during visits to all transects in winter 2009. The revision was performed in November 2017 to account for a change in the assignment of eco-sites for four transects from “sandyloam upland, deep” to “sandyloam upland”. All are within the MLRA 41-3. The selected long-term transects were established in USFS Studies FSRM 1706-09, FSRM 1706-12, FSRM 1706-15, and FSRM 1706-25. The file includes the Ecological Site determination by Robinett, the Major Land Resource Area (MLRA), and any additional notes for each transect.
See the associated 'ecositeslayout' and 'ecositesnotes_revised' files for more information about the data records included in the database.
More information about the Ecological Sites on the SRER is available at Soil Data and Ecological Sites.