Introduction
Location Map
Base Map
Database Schema
Conventions
GIS Analyses
Flowchart
GIS Concepts
Results
Conclusion
References

Conventions

Conventions

Landscape Data

FRFNET_trees.shp- Shapefile of all the utm coordinates of live trees and remnant material within all Front Range study plots

HA_Boundary.shp- Shapefile of the exterior boundaries of Hall Ranch.

HA_DEM.img- Digital elevation model of Hall Ranch.

HA_HE_Boundary.shp- Shapefile of Hall and Heil Valley Ranch boundaries.

HA_HE_Streams_clip.shp- Shapefile of streams clipped to Hall and Heil Valley Ranch boundaries.

HA_Streams_clip.shp- Shapefile of streams clipped to Hall Ranch boundaries.

HA_StudyPlots.shp- Shapefile of study plots within the Hall Ranch Boundaries.

hallheilshaded.img- Hillshaded digital elevation model of Hall and Heil Valley Ranchees

HallHeilRdsFinal.shp- Shapefile of roads within the Hall and Heil Valley Ranch boundaries.

HE_Boundary.shp- Shapefile of the exterior boundaries of Heil Valley Ranch.

he_DEM- Digital elevation model of Heil Valley Ranch.

HE_Streams_clip.shp- Shapefile of streams clipped to Heil Valley Ranch boundaries.

HE_StudyPlots.shp- Shapefile of study plots within the Heil Valley Ranch boundaries.

OS_COUNTY_OPEN_SPACE.shp- Shapefile of all Boulder County Open Space boundaries.

StudyPlots_Clip.shp- Shapefile of study plots clipped to Hall and Heil Valley Ranch boundaries.

Density Analysis

Plot_HA##.shp- Shapefile of Hall Ranch study plots with fire years.

Plot_HE##.shp- Shapfile of Heil Valley Ranch study plots with fire years.

ha##_density- Raster dataset of kernel density of recorded fire years.

he##_density- Raster dataset of kernel density of recorded fire years.

Canopy Area Analysis

HA_Boundary.shp- Shapefile of the exterior boundaries of Hall Ranch.

HA_HE_Boundary.shp- Shapefile of Hall and Heil Valley Ranch boundaries.

HA_HE_oldbuff.shp- Shapefile created using Clip tool using the HA_HE_Boundary and old_treebufffinal shapefiles

ha_he_oldarea.shp- Shapefile created using Calculate Areas tool using HA_HE_oldbuff.shp

HA_HE_youngbuff.shp- Shapefile created using Clip tool using the HA_HE_Boundary and young_trbufffinal shapefiles

ha_he_youngarea.shp- Shapefile created using Calculate Areas tool using HA_HE_youngbuff.shp

hall_oldbuff.shp- Shapefile created using Clip tool using the HA_Boundary and old_treebufffinal shapefiles

hall_oldcanopyarea.shp- Shapefile created using Calculate Areas tool using hall_oldbuff.shp

hall_youngbuff.shp- Shapefile created using Clip tool using the HA_Boundary and young_trbufffinal shapefiles

hall_youngcanopyarea.shp- Shapefile created using Calculate Areas tool using hall_youngbuff.shp

HE_Boundary.shp- Shapefile of the exterior boundaries of Heil Valley Ranch.

heil_oldbuff.shp- Shapefile created using Clip tool using the HE_Boundary and old_treebufffinal shapefiles

heil_oldcanopyarea.shp- Shapefil created using Calculate Areas tool using heil_oldbuff.shp

heil_youngbuff.shp- Shapefile created using Clip tool using the HE_Boundary and young_trbufffinal shapefiles

heil_youngcanopyarea.shp- Shapefile created using Calculate Areas tool using heil_youngbuff.shp

FRFNET_trees.shp- Shapefile of all utm coordinates for live trees and remnant material within all Front Range study plots

old_treebufffinal.shp- Shapefile created using the Buffer tool dissolve typer "all" on the old_tree_final.shp

old_tree_final.shp- Shapefile created by using 'Select by Attribute' to isolate only trees and remnant material with establishment dates earlier than 1860

young_tree.shp- Shapefile created by using 'Select by Attribute' to isolate only trees and remnant material with establishment datees after 1860

young_trbufffinal.shp- Shapefile created by using the Buffer tool dissolve type "all" on the young_tree.shp

Cost Analysis

cost_backlin.img- Raster dataset calculated using the Cost Distance tool with the costsurfacefinal.img and HallHeilRdsFinal.shp

costsurfacefinal.img- Raster dataset calculated using Raster Calculator tool summing the roadscost, slope_reclass, and smdistrclass shapefiles

distfromroad.img- Raster dataset developed performing Euclidean Distance tool on HallHeilRdsFinal.shp

disttostream.img- Raster dataset developed performing Euclidean Distance tool on HA_HE_Streams_clip.shp

HallHeilRdsFinal.shp- Shapefile of roads within the Hall and Heil Valley Ranch boundaries.

HallHeilDEM.img- Digital elevation model of Hall and Heil Valley Ranches

hallheil_slope.img- Raster dataset developed after performing slope tool using HallHeilDEM

HA_HE_Streams_clip.shp- Shapefile of streams clipped to Hall and Heil Valley Ranch boundaries.

roadscost.img- Raster dataset developed by using the reclassify tool on the distfromroad.shp

smdistrclass.img- Raster dataset developed by using the reclassify tool on the disttostream.shp

slope_reclass.img- Raster dataset developed by using the reclassify tool on the hallheil_slope.img