Wisconsin State Forests Continuous Forest Inventory VOLUME I: FIELD DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES FOR PHASE 2 PLOTS Version 4.0 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry October 2016 Wisconsin State Forests Continuous Forest Inventory Field Guide, Version 4.0 October 2016 Note to User: Wisconsin State Forests, Continuous Forest Inventory (WisCFI), Version 4.0 is adapted from the USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Northern Region (NRS) field guide version 7.0.1 and NRS FIA version 7.0.1 is based on the National Core Field Guide, Version 7.0. All data elements are national unless indicated as follows: National data elements that end in “+N” (e.g., x.x+N) have had values, codes, or text added, changed, or adjusted from the CORE program. Any additional regional text for a national CORE data element is hi-lighted or shown as a “NRS Note.” All regional data elements end in “N” (e.g., x.xN). The text for a regional data element is not hi-lighted and does not have a corresponding variable in CORE. National CORE data elements or procedures with light gray text are not applicable in the North. NRS electronic file notes: o hyperlink cross-references are included for various sections, figures, and tables. National data elements that end in “+WisCFI” (e.g., x.x+WisCFI) have had values, codes, or text added, changed, or adjusted from the CORE program. Any additional WisCFI text for a national CORE data element is hi-lighted or shown as a “WisCFI Note.” All WisCFI-specific data elements end in “N-WisCFI” (e.g., x.xN-WisCFI). The text for WisCFI elements is not hi-lighted. WisCFI field guide electronic file notes: o National and regional FIA data elements formatted as light gray hidden text are not applicable for WisCFI. 1 Wisconsin State Forests Continuous Forest Inventory Field Guide, Version 4.0 October 2016 INTRODUCTION+WISCFI .......................................................................................................................... 10 Field Guide Layout ................................................................................................................................. 10 Units of Measure .................................................................................................................................... 11 0.0+N+WISCFI GENERAL DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................... 12 0.1+N Plot Setup .................................................................................................................................. 13 0.2 Plot Integrity ................................................................................................................................. 13 1.0 PLOT LEVEL DATA ......................................................................................................................... 16 1.0.1N+WisCFI CYCLE [CYCL] ....................................................................................................... 16 1.0.2N SUB-CYCLE [SUBC] ......................................................................................................... 16 1.1+N+WisCFI STATE [ST] ................................................................................................................... 16 1.1.1N UNIT [UNIT] ....................................................................................................................... 16 1.1.2N-WisCFI STATE FOREST PROPERTY CODE [STFORPROP] ........................................... 17 1.2+N COUNTY [CNTY] ...................................................................................................................... 17 1.3+N PLOT NUMBER [PLT#] ............................................................................................................ 17 1.4+N PLOT STATUS [STAT] ............................................................................................................. 17 1.5+N NONFOREST SAMPLING STATUS......................................................................................... 18 1.6 NONFOREST PLOT STATUS Not Collected in NRS ................................................................. 18 1.7+WisCFI PLOT NONSAMPLED REASON [REAS] ......................................................................... 18 1.8 NONFOREST PLOT NONSAMPLED REASON Not Collected in NRS ...................................... 19 1.9+N SUBPLOTS EXAMINED [EXAM] ............................................................................................. 19 1.10+N+WisCFI SAMPLE KIND [SK] .................................................................................................... 19 1.10.1N PHASE .............................................................................................................................. 20 1.11 PREVIOUS PLOT NUMBER [PRV#] .......................................................................................... 20 1.12+WisCFI FIELD GUIDE VERSION ................................................................................................. 20 1.13+N Current and Previous Date .................................................................................................... 21 1.13.1 YEAR [YEAR] .................................................................................................................... 21 1.13.2 MONTH [MONT] ................................................................................................................ 21 1.13.3 DAY [DAY] ......................................................................................................................... 21 1.13.4N PREVIOUS YEAR [PYEAR] ............................................................................................. 21 1.13.5N PREVIOUS MONTH [PMON] ........................................................................................... 22 1.14 DECLINATION [DECL] (CORE OPTIONAL) Not Collected in NRS ........................................... 22 1.15+N HORIZONTAL DISTANCE TO IMPROVED ROAD [RDIS] .................................................. 22 1.16+N WATER ON PLOT [WTYP] ................................................................................................... 22 1.17 QA STATUS [QAST] ................................................................................................................... 23 1.18 CREW NUMBER [CRW1, CRW2, CRW3, CRW4, CRW5] ........................................................ 23 1.18.1N QA SCORE [QASC] ......................................................................................................... 23 1.18.1.1N QA SCORE CREW NUMBER [QCRW1, QCRW2, QCRW3, QCRW4, QCRW5] .... 24 1.18.2N ONE OR TWO PERSON PLOT [CRSZ] ........................................................................... 24 1.18.3N PLOT SEASON [SEAS] .................................................................................................... 24 1.18.4N TRAINING PLOT [TRAN] ................................................................................................. 25 1.18.5N DENIED ACCESS REASON [DARE] Not Collected in WisCFI ........................................ 25 1.19+N GPS Coordinates .................................................................................................................. 25 1.19.1 GPS Unit Settings, Datum, and Coordinate System ......................................................... 25 1.19.2+N Collecting Readings ........................................................................................................ 25 1.19.3+N GPS UNIT [UNIT] ............................................................................................................ 26 1.19.4 GPS SERIAL NUMBER [GPS#] ........................................................................................ 27 1.19.5+N GPS ENTRY METHOD [METH] ..................................................................................... 27 1.19.6 GPS DATUM [DATM] ........................................................................................................ 27 1.19.7+N COORDINATE SYSTEM [COORS] ................................................................................ 27 1.19.8+N Latitude ............................................................................................................................ 28 1.19.8.1 LATITUDE DEGREES [NDEG] ................................................................................... 28 1.19.8.2 LATITUDE MINUTES [NMIN] ..................................................................................... 28 2 Wisconsin State Forests Continuous Forest Inventory Field Guide, Version 4.0 October 2016 1.19.8.3 LATITUDE SECONDS [NSEC] ................................................................................... 29 1.19.9+N Longitude ......................................................................................................................... 29 1.19.9.1 LONGITUDE DEGREES [WDEG] .............................................................................. 29 1.19.9.2 LONGITUDE MINUTES [WMIN] ................................................................................. 29 1.19.9.3 LONGITUDE SECONDS [WSEC]............................................................................... 30 1.19.10 UTM ZONE [ZONE] Not Collected in NRS ........................................................................ 30 1.19.11 EASTING (X) UTM [EAST] Not Collected in NRS ............................................................. 30 1.19.12 NORTHING (Y) UTM [NORT] Not Collected in NRS