Albemarle-Pamlico Sounds
Significant Aquatic Endangered Species Habitats
Type: Extent of
habitat (i.e., area of habitat and whether there has been a decline).
Category: Submerged
Cost: Information not provided.
Description: The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission in cooperation
with the North Carolina Center for Geographic Information and Analysis developed
a digital Significant Aquatic Endangered Species Habitats data layer to enhance
planning, siting, and impact analysis in areas proposed by NC WRC as being critical
due to the presence of endangered or threatened aquatic species populations
and the tributaries and headwaters of their habitats for statewide NC.
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission provides data as field notes.
Significant Aquatic Endangered Species Habitats (stream features) are identified
on a computer screen by a WRC representative. Identified hydrographic features
are copied by a CGIA analyst to another coverage with all attributes maintained.
Other layers of information are overlaid onto the hydrographic linework to check
identified locations.
Outcome: Arc coverage depicting the extent of endangered or threatened
aquatic species populations and the tributaries and headwaters of their habitats
as identified by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. The arc attribute
table (AAT) has data including linear feature identifiers, length of linear
feature in meters, two internal identification numbers, and seven attributes
that were taken directly from the Hydrography 1:100,000- scale data layer. These
include DLG standard codes for hydrographic features, DEM stream classification
numbers and name, the name of the river basin in which the stream is found,
and a CGIA feature maintenance code.
Contact: John Alderman, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission,
512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27604-1148, (919) 542-5331
Citation: http://www.cgia.state.nc.us/cgdb/saeshf.html
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