FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS NATIONAL URBAN FIA PLOT FIELD GUIDE FIELD DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES FOR URBAN FIA PLOTS Version 6.0.1 SOUTHERN RESEARCH STATION FOREST SERVICE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE June 2014 National Urban FIA Plot Field Guide, Version 6.0 Southern Research Station Edition June 2014 Contents INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 9 Overview ..................................................................................................................................................... 9 Field Guide Layout ................................................................................................................................... 10 Units of Measure ...................................................................................................................................... 11 0.0 GENERAL DESCRIPTION .............................................................................................................. 13 0.1 Plot Setup ......................................................................................................................................... 14 0.2 Plot Integrity ..................................................................................................................................... 14 0.3 Plot Monumentation ......................................................................................................................... 14 0.3.1 MONUMENT TYPE................................................................................................................... 15 0.3.2 MONUMENT NUMBER ............................................................................................................ 15 0.3.3 SUBPLOT / MICROPLOT NUMBER ........................................................................................ 15 0.3.4 SUBPLOT / MICROPLOT OFFSET POINT ............................................................................. 16 0.3.5 WITNESS OBJECT / SP / RP TYPE ........................................................................................ 16 0.3.6 WITNESS OBJECT / SP / RP SPECIES .................................................................................. 16 0.3.7 OBJECT DESCRIPTION .......................................................................................................... 16 0.3.8 MONUMENT AZIMUTH ............................................................................................................ 17 0.3.9 MONUMENT HORIZONTAL DISTANCE ................................................................................. 17 0.3.10 MONUMENT DBH / DRC ......................................................................................................... 17 0.4 GPS Starting Point Variables ........................................................................................................... 17 0.4.1 GPS UNIT ................................................................................................................................. 18 0.4.2 GPS ENTRY METHOD ............................................................................................................. 18 0.4.3 GPS DATUM ............................................................................................................................. 18 0.4.4 COORDINATE SYSTEM .......................................................................................................... 19 0.4.5 SP/RP LATITUDE DEGREES .................................................................................................. 19 0.4.6 SP/RP LATITUDE MINUTES .................................................................................................... 19 0.4.7 SP/RP LATITUDE SECONDS .................................................................................................. 19 0.4.8 SP/RP LONGITUDE DEGREES ............................................................................................... 19 0.4.9 SP/RP LONGITUDE MINUTES ................................................................................................ 20 0.4.10 SP/RP LONGITUDE SECONDS .............................................................................................. 20 0.4.11 UTM ZONE ............................................................................................................................... 20 0.4.12 EASTING (X) UTM .................................................................................................................... 20 0.4.13 NORTHING (Y) UTM ................................................................................................................ 20 1.0 Plot Level Data ................................................................................................................................. 21 1.0.1 CYCLE ...................................................................................................................................... 21 1.0.2 SUB-CYCLE .............................................................................................................................. 21 1.1 STATE .............................................................................................................................................. 21 1.2 COUNTY .......................................................................................................................................... 21 1.3 PLOT NUMBER ............................................................................................................................... 22 1.4 URBAN PLOT STATUS ................................................................................................................... 22 1.5 URBAN PLOT NONSAMPLED REASON ........................................................................................ 22 1.6 SAMPLE KIND ................................................................................................................................. 23 1.7 PREVIOUS PLOT NUMBER ............................................................................................................ 23 1.8 Current Date ..................................................................................................................................... 23 1.8.1 YEAR ........................................................................................................................................ 23 1.8.2 MONTH ..................................................................................................................................... 23 1.8.3 DAY ........................................................................................................................................... 24 1.9 DECLINATION (URBAN OPTIONAL) ............................................................................................. 24 1.10 QA STATUS ..................................................................................................................................... 24 1.11 CREW NUMBER .............................................................................................................................. 24 1.12 SAFETY ........................................................................................................................................... 25 1.13 SAFETY DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................................. 25 1.14 QA SCORE (URBAN OPTIONAL) .................................................................................................. 25 1.15 QA SCORE CREW NUMBER (URBAN OPTIONAL) ..................................................................... 25 1.16 GPS Coordinates ............................................................................................................................. 26 3 National Urban FIA Plot Field Guide, Version 6.0 Southern Research Station Edition June 2014 1.16.1 GPS Unit Settings, Datum, and Coordinate System ................................................................. 26 1.16.2 Collecting Readings .................................................................................................................. 26 1.16.3 GPS UNIT ................................................................................................................................. 26 1.16.10 UTM ZONE (URBAN OPTIONAL) ........................................................................................... 29 1.16.11 EASTING (X) UTM (URBAN OPTIONAL) ............................................................................... 29 1.16.12 NORTHING (Y) UTM (URBAN OPTIONAL) ............................................................................ 29 1.17 PLOT NOTES ........................................................................................................................... 31 1.18 SRS GPS STATUS .......................................................................................................................... 31 2.0 CONDITION CLASS ........................................................................................................................ 33 2.1 Determination of Condition Class ..................................................................................................... 33 2.1.1 Step 1: Delineate the plot area by URBAN CONDITION CLASS STATUS ............................. 33 2.1.2 Step 2: Further subdivide Accessible Forest Land by 6 delineation variables ........................