John A. Young 2016 Vector Digital Data Set (Polygon) ScienceBase U.S. Geological Survey http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F76D5R2H The data contained in this file is one of several datasets produced in support of the project entitled “Classification and Mapping of Cave and Karst Resources” for the region encompassing the Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC). The results of this project are divided into a series of geospatial information layers (shapefiles and raster data). The files provide a comprehensive overview of data availability on obligate cave-dwelling fauna and bat ranges useful for examining relationships between environmental factors and biological diversity and distribution within karst areas of the Appalachian LCC. The 20Km spacing vector grid was developed as a basemap to summarize and represent the generalized location and richness of obligate cave dwelling fauna within the Appalachian LCC study area. Source for karst percentage: Weary, D. J., and Doctor, D. H. (2014) Karst in the United States: A digital map compilation and database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014–1156, 23 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141156. Source for Ecoregions: https://archive.epa.gov/wed/ecoregions/web/html/level_iii_iv-2.html Source for Number of Caves per grid cell: Proprietary information from various private cave conservancy groups 20140926 observed Complete Not planned -89.927608068 -73.114734943 44.470538938 30.974795866 None grid Appalachian LCC boundary USGS Metadata Identifier USGS:577579a9e4b07dd077c70df1 Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative region none John A Young US Geological Survey mailing and physical

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Kearneysville WV 25430 USA 304-724-4469 jyoung@usgs.gov USGS, Dan Doctor, John Young Environment as of Metadata Creation: Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.3.1 (Build 4959) Service Pack N/A (Build N/A) No formal attribute accuracy tests were conducted. No formal logical accuracy tests were conducted. Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details. A formal accuracy assessment of the horizontal positional information in the data set has not been conducted. A formal accuracy assessment of the vertical positional information in the data set has either not been conducted, or is not applicable. US FWS 20100415 Vector Digital Data Set USA U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service http://www.fws.gov/GIS/data/national/FWS_LCC.zip Digital and/or Hardcopy Resources 20100415 20100415 20100416 publication date LCC boundary Used to clip polygons to Appalachian LCC study area boundary Used XTools version 12, "Create Fishnet" command to create vector grid encompassing the Appalachian LCC boundary, with 20Km x 20Km grid cells. 20140617 Buffered Appalchian LCC boundary to 1km, selected 20Km grid cells within buffered boundary, removed the rest. 20140617 Vector G-polygon 1757 NAD 1983 Albers (ESRI Full Name: NAD_1983_Albers) 29.5 45.5 -96.0 23.0 0.0 0.0 coordinate pair 0.6096 0.6096 METERS D_North_American_1983 GRS_1980 6378137.0 298.257222101 Attribute Table Table containing attribute information associated with the data set. Producer defined Y_INDEX Identifier for grid row (Y) Xtools version 12 0 66 count X_INDEX Identifier for grid column (X) XTools version 12 1 64 count GRID_ID Unique grid cell ID Generated by XTools version 12 1 1757 KPCT_20KM Percentage of Karst geology, majority in grid cell Overlay with Karst bedrock geology map of Weary and Doctor (2014) 0 100 Percentage L3_KEY EPA Ecoregion Level 3, majority of cell Level III Ecoregions of the Conterminous United States (EPA) 45 Piedmont Unknown Producer defined 54 Central Corn Belt Plains Unknown Producer defined 55 Eastern Corn Belt Plains Unknown Producer defined 58 Northeastern Highlands Unknown Producer defined 59 Northeastern Coastal Zone Unknown Producer defined 60 Northern Allegheny Plateau Unknown Producer defined 61 Erie Drift Plain Unknown Producer defined 62 North Central Appalachians Unknown Producer defined 64 Northern Piedmont Unknown Producer defined 65 Southeastern Plains Unknown Producer defined 66 Blue Ridge Unknown Producer defined 67 Ridge and Valley Unknown Producer defined 68 Southwestern Appalachians Unknown Producer defined 69 Central Appalachians Unknown Producer defined 70 Western Allegheny Plateau Unknown Producer defined 71 Interior Plateau Unknown Producer defined 72 Interior River Valleys and Hills Unknown Producer defined 74 Mississippi Valley Loess Plains Unknown Producer defined 83 Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands Unknown Producer defined Reg_relief Regional relief type, majority of cell Derived from regional DEM mountains Areas of mountainous terrain in the Appalachian LCC region Producer defined plateaus Areas of dissected plateua regional relief in Appalachian LCC Producer defined NumCaves Number of Caves Count of number of caves in each cell from proprietary datasets 0 708 Count ScienceBase Team U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase mailing and physical

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