Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Federal Forest Inventory and Analysis Data for the Northeast: Northeast Forest Cover

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Metadata Provider

  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

Abstract

    A summary of the latest USDA Forest Inventory and Analysis data for the Northeast. The network of randomly distributed inventory plots are designed to capture broad temporal changes in the condition of the nation’s forest resource. Spatial coverages of species distribution, extent of forest cover and biomass compliment the yearly data summaries to capture an unbiased estimated of the northeastern forests.

People

  • Matthias Nevins: Content Provider

Keywords

  • forest cover, northeast,

Organizations

  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service : lead

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    Data Table

    • Title: Northeast Forest Cover
    • Start Date: 1983-01-01
    • Description: The percent forest cover for the Northeast, as estimated through the FIA program using the estimated forestland area (acres) divided by the estimated sampled area (acres), multiplied by 100%.

    • Purpose:

    • Condensed Title: Z1384_2800_WI0HGW

    • Object Name: VMC.1384.2800

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (2021) Northeast Forest Cover. Linked. Available online at: https://apps.fs.usda.gov/Evalidator/evalidator.jsp

    • Online Distribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/federal-forest-inventory-analysis-data-northeast/dataset/northeast-forest-cover

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: Accessible_forest
      • Label: Accessible_forest
      • Storage Type: int
      Attribute Name: Census_water
      • Label: Census_water
      • Storage Type: int
      Attribute Name: ForestCover
      • Label: ForestCover
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: ForestCoverPercent
      • Label: ForestCoverPercent
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: Noncensus_water
      • Label: Noncensus_water
      • Storage Type: int
      Attribute Name: Nonforest
      • Label: Nonforest
      • Storage Type: int
      Attribute Name: Region
      • Label: Region
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: State
      • Label: State
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Total
      • Label: Total
      • Storage Type: int
      Attribute Name: Year
      • Label: Year
      • Storage Type: int

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    Sampling Equipment

    • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

    Site Characteristics

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