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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

vegetation, field inventory and monitoring, biogeography, plot sampling, land use and land cover, field sampling, field methods, plants (organisms), remediation, soil resources, atmospheric and climatic processes

ISO 19115 Topic Category

biota, environment, geoscientificInformation, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Other Subject Keywords

line point intercept measurement, plant community recovery, climate, time periods, field observations, AIM reference plots, soil cover, data release, species cover, reclaimed oil and gas well sites, percent cover, Assessment Inventory and Monitoring (AIM)

Place Keywords

Four Corners Region, Colorado, Colorado Plateau, New Mexico, Arizona and New Mexico Plateau, Utah

Vegetation and soil cover from 134 reclaimed oil and gas well pads and 583 AIM reference plots in the Southwestern United States

These data were compiled to assess the recovery of vegetation on reclaimed oil and gas sites. Objective(s) of our study were to assess patterns in reclamation outcomes relative to 1) soil attributes, climate, and time since 39 reclamation and 2) plant and soil reference benchmarks. These data represent observations of vegetation and soil cover from 134 reclaimed oil and gas well pads and 583 AIM reference plots. These data were collected on lands impacted by oil and gas development on the Colorado Plateau as well as Arizona and New Mexico Plateau of New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. Data was collected from July- September of 2020 and May-September of 2021. These data were collected by Assessment Inventory and Monitoring (AIM) certified field crews using field observations and AIM methods. These data can be used to estimate plant community recovery on reclaimed oil and gas pads.

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Author(s) Randi C Lupardus, Michael C Duniway orcid
Publication Date 2023-08-28
Beginning Date of Data 2020
Ending Date of Data 2021
Data Contact
Michael C Duniway
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P94V65T8
Citation Lupardus, R.C., and Duniway, M.C., 2023, Vegetation and soil cover from 134 reclaimed oil and gas well pads and 583 AIM reference plots in the Southwestern United States: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P94V65T8.
Metadata Contact
Michael C Duniway
Metadata Date 2023-08-28
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