# Index of Relative Ecosystem Resilience and Resistance across Sage-Grouse Management Zones

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### Identification Information:

  Citation:
    Citation Information:
      Publication Date: 06/05/2014
      Title:
      Index of Relative Ecosystem Resilience and Resistance across Sage-Grouse Management Zones
      Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data
  Description:
    Abstract:
      Emerging applications of ecosystem resilience and resistance concepts in sagebrush ecosystems allow managers to better predict and mitigate impacts of wildfire and invasive annual grasses. Soil temperature and moisture strongly influence the kind and amount of vegetation, and consequently, are closely tied to sagebrush ecosystem resilience and resistance (Chambers et al. 2014, 2016). Soil taxonomic temperature and moisture regimes can be used as indicators of resilience and resistance at landscape scales to depict environmental gradients in sagebrush ecosystems that range from cold/cool-moist sites to warm-dry sites. We aggregated soil survey spatial and tabular data to facilitate broad-scale analyses of resilience and resistance across the range of sage-grouse (Maestas et al. 2016). Soils data were derived from two primary sources available through the National Cooperative Soil Survey: 1) completed and interim soil surveys available through the Soil Survey Geographic Database (SSURGO; Soil Survey Staff 2014a), and 2) the State Soils Geographic Database (STATSGO2; Soil Survey Staff 2014b). SSURGO and STATSGO2 data for this product were obtained from the Geospatial Data Gateway (https://gdg.sc.egov.usda.gov/) in October 2013. Corrections were made to some soil moisture subclass data in Wyoming and northwestern Colorado in April 2016, based on information provided by local soil scientists with the USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service. Outputs include geodatabases that combine key soils data across sage-grouse management zones which have been made available to assist conservation planning. We also generated a simplified index of relative resilience and resistance by assigning each soil temperature and moisture regime/moisture subclass to one of three categories (high, moderate, and low) based on expert opinion. Users are encouraged to field verify soils when planning onsite projects.
    Purpose:
      These data portray soil temperature and moisture regimes and reslience and resistance class ratings across the greater sage-grouse management zones. The data were derived primarily from Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) data. In areas where SSURGO data were not available, the Digital General Soil Map of the United States (STATSGO2) data were used..
  Spatial Domain:
    Description of Geographic Extent:
    Bounding Coordinates:
      West Bounding Coordinate: -127.993351
      East Bounding Coordinate: -101.569488
      North Bounding Coordinate: 51.432757
      South Bounding Coordinate: 33.920243
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme Keyword Thesaurus: None
      Theme Keyword: Resistance and Resilience
    Theme:
      Theme Keyword Thesaurus: None
      Theme Keyword: Soil moisture and temperature regimes
    Theme:
      Theme Keyword Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories
      Theme Keyword: environment
  Access Constraints: None
  Use Constraints:
    The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, should be acknowledged as the data source in products derived from these data.This dataset is not designed for use as a primary regulatory tool in permitting or siting decisions, but may be used as a reference source. This is public information and may be interpreted by organizations, agencies, units of government, or others based on needs; however, they are responsible for the appropriate application. Federal, State, or local regulatory bodies are not to reassign to the Natural Resources Conservation Service any authority for the decisions that they make. The Natural Resources Conservation Service will not perform any evaluations of these maps for purposes related solely to State or local regulatory programs. Digital data files are periodically updated. Files are dated, and users are responsible for obtaining the latest version of the data
  Point of Contact:
    Contact Information:
      Contact Organization Primary:
        Contact Organization: USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service
        Contact Person: Steven B. Campbell
      Contact Position: Soil Scientist
      Contact Address:
        Address Type: physical
        Address: 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd, Suite 801
        City: Portland
        State or Province: Oregon
        Postal Code: 97232
        Country: US
      Contact Voice Telephone: 503-273-2421
      Contact Electronic Mail Address: steve.campbell@por.usda.gov
  Data Set Credit:
    Maestas, J.D., S.B. Campbell, J.C. Chambers, M. Pellant, R.F. Miller. 2016. Tapping Soil Survey Information for Rapid Assessment of Sagebrush Ecosystem Resilience and Resistance. Rangelands 38(3):120-128. doi:10.1016/j.rala.2016.02.002 Chambers, J.C., Pyke, D.A., Maestas, J.D., Pellant, M., Boyd, C.S., Campbell, S.B., Espinosa, S., Havlina, D., Mayer, K., Wuenschel, A. 2014. Using resistance and resilience concepts to reduce impacts of annual grasses and altered fire regimes on the sagebrush ecosystem and sage-grouse–A strategic multi-scale approach. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-326. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Chambers, J.C., Beck, J.L., Campbell, S., Carlson, J., Christiansen, T.J., Clause, K.J., Dinkins, J.B., Doherty, K.E., Griffin, K.A., Havlina, D.W., Henke, K.F., Hennig, J.D., Kurth, L.L., Maestas, J.D., Manning, M., Mayer, K.E., Mealor, B.A., McCarthy, C., Perea, M.A, Pyke, D.A. 2016. Using resilience and resistance concepts to manage threats to sagebrush ecosystems, Gunnison sage-grouse, and greater sage-grouse in their eastern range: a strategic multi-scale approach. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-XXX. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Soil Survey Staff. 2014a. Gridded Soil Survey Geographic (gSSURGO) Database. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. Available online at https://gdg.sc.egov.usda.gov/. Soil Survey Staff. 2014b. U.S. General Soil Map (STATSGO2) Database. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. Available online at http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/.
  Native Data Set Environment:
    Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.2.1.3497

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### Spatial Data Organization Information:

  ### Direct Spatial Reference Method:

  Vector

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### Spatial Reference Information:

  Horizontal Coordinate System Definition:
    Planar:
      Map Projection:
        Map Projection Name: USA Contiguous Albers Equal Area Conic USGS version
        Albers Conical Equal Area:
          Standard Parallel: 29.5
          Standard Parallel: 45.5
          Longitude of Central Meridian: -96.0
          Latitude of Projection Origin: 23.0
          False Easting: 0.0
          False Northing: 0.0
      Planar Coordinate Information:
        Planar Coordinate Encoding Method: coordinate pair
        Coordinate Representation:
          Abscissa Resolution: 0.0000000037527980722984474
          Ordinate Resolution: 0.0000000037527980722984474
        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

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### Entity and Attribute Information:

  Detailed Description:
    Entity Type:
      Entity Type Label: SGMZ_all_soil_moist_temp_RR_class
      Entity Type Definition:
        Raster Grid Table
      Entity Type Definition Source:
        AW
    Attribute:
      Attribute Label: OBJECTID
      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: Value
      Attribute Definition:
        Meaningless number used in constructing the dasaset
      Attribute Definition Source:
        AW
      Attribute Domain Values:
        Unrepresentable Domain:
          Meanlingless somewhat sequential group of numbers
    Attribute:
      Attribute Label: Count
      Attribute Definition:
        Count of raster cells belonging to each soil moisture temperature regime
      Attribute Definition Source:
        AW
      Attribute Domain Values:
        Range Domain:
          Range Domain Minimum: 1
          Range Domain Maximum: 306147
    Attribute:
      Attribute Label: MUKEY
      Attribute Definition:
        National unique soil map unit identifier
      Attribute Definition Source:
        SSURGO and STATSGO2
      Attribute Domain Values:
        Range Domain:
          Range Domain Minimum: 0
          Range Domain Maximum: 500000000
    Attribute:
      Attribute Label: Data_Source
      Attribute Definition:
        Indicates if data were derived from the gSSURGO data, draft Oregon or Utah SSURGO data, or the STATSGO2 data
      Attribute Definition Source:
        AW
      Attribute Domain Values:
        Enumerated Domain:
          Enumerated Domain Value: gSSURGO
          Enumerated Domain Value Definition:
            NRCS gridded SSURGO Data
          Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source:
            AW
        Enumerated Domain:
          Enumerated Domain Value: STATSGO2
          Enumerated Domain Value Definition:
            NRCS STATSGO2 Data
          Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source:
            NRCS
        Enumerated Domain:
          Enumerated Domain Value: UTAH SSURGO DRAFT
          Enumerated Domain Value Definition:
            draft NRCS SSURGO survey
          Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source:
            AW
        Enumerated Domain:
          Enumerated Domain Value: OREGON SSURGO DRAFT
          Enumerated Domain Value Definition:
            draft NRCS SSURGO Survey
          Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source:
            AW
    Attribute:
      Attribute Label: areasymbol
      Attribute Definition:
        soil survey area symbol
    Attribute:
      Attribute Label: areaname
      Attribute Definition:
        soil survey area name
    Attribute:
      Attribute Label: musym
      Attribute Definition:
        mapunit symbol
    Attribute:
      Attribute Label: muname
      Attribute Definition:
        mapunit name
    Attribute:
      Attribute Label: SumOfcomppct_r
      Attribute Definition:
        sum of component percentages for those components representing the mapunit dominant condition for the combination of temperature regime, moisture regime, and moisture subclass. The higher the value, the greater is the dominance of the combination of temperature regime, moisture regime, and moisture subclass
    Attribute:
      Attribute Label: temp_regime
      Attribute Definition:
        dominant condition taxonomic temperature regime
    Attribute:
      Attribute Label: moisture_subclass
      Attribute Definition:
        dominant condition taxonomic moisture subclass
    Attribute:
      Attribute Label: moisture_regime
      Attribute Definition:
        dominant condition taxonomic moisture regime
    Attribute:
      Attribute Label: temp_moist_regime
      Attribute Definition:
        concatenation of the dominant condition temperature and moisture regime
      Attribute Definition Source:
        Keys to Soil Taxonomy, http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/soils/survey/class/ (Accessed April 2016)
    Attribute:
      Attribute Label: moist_regime_subclass
      Attribute Definition:
        concatenation of the dominant condition moisture regime and moisture subclass. For example “Aridic bordering on Xeric” would indicate an “aridic” moisture regime and “xeric” moisture subclass.
    Attribute:
      Attribute Label: temp_moist_regime_subclass
      Attribute Definition:
        concatenation of the dominant condition temperature regime, moisture regime, and moisture subclass. For example, “Frigid/Ustic-Typic” would indicate a “frigid” temperature regime, “ustic” moisture regime, and “typic” moisture subclass (central concept of the ustic moisture regime)
      Attribute Definition Source:
        Keys to Soil Taxonomy, http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/soils/survey/class/ (Accessed April 2016)
    Attribute:
      Attribute Label: common_name
      Attribute Definition:
        common name assigned to the "temp_moist_regime_subclass" field
    Attribute:
      Attribute Label: RR_class
      Attribute Definition:
        Resilence and Resistance Class numerical value
    Attribute:
      Attribute Label: RR_class_name
      Attribute Definition:
        Resilience and Resistance Class narrative name.

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### Metadata Reference Information:

  Metadata Date: 05/18/2014
  Metadata Contact:
    Contact Information:
      Contact Organization Primary:
        Contact Organization: USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service
        Contact Person: Steven B. Campbell
      Contact Position: Soil Scientist
      Contact Address:
        Address Type: physical
        Address: 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd, Suite 801
        City: Portland
        State or Province: Oregon
        Postal Code: 97232
        Country: US
      Contact Voice Telephone: 503-273-2421
      Contact Electronic Mail Address: steve.campbell@por.usda.gov
  Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
  Metadata Standard Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
  Metadata Time Convention: local time

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