Wisconsin State Forests Continuous Forest Inventory VOLUME I: FIELD DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES FOR PHASE 2 PLOTS Version 2.0 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry OCTOBER 2007 Note to User: Wisconsin State Forests, Continuous Forest Inventory (WisCFI), Version 2.0 is adapted from the USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Northern Region (NRS) field guide version 4.0. NRS FIA version 4.0 is based on the FIA National Core Field Guide, Version 4.0 . All data elements are FIA national unless indicated as follows: • National data elements that end in “+N” (e.g., x.x+N) have added values/codes. Any additional regional text for a national 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. • All state specific regional data elements end in “N-XX” (e.g., x.xN-ME). The text for state data element is not hi-lighted. • National data elements or procedures with light gray text are not applicable in the North. • 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 note: National and regional FIA data elements formatted as hidden, strikethrough text are not applicable for WisCFI.] INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................... 8 FIELD GUIDE LAYOUT................................................................................................................................ 8 UNITS OF MEASURE .................................................................................................................................. 9 0.0 GENERAL DESCRIPTION .......................................................................................................... 10 0.1 PLOT SETUP............................................................................................................................... 12 0.2 PLOT INTEGRITY........................................................................................................................ 12 1.0 PLOT LEVEL DATA .................................................................................................................... 13 1.0.1N CYCLE [CYCL] .............................................................................................................. 13 1.0.2N SUB-CYCLE [SUBC] ..................................................................................................... 13 1.1 STATE [ST].................................................................................................................................. 13 1.1.1N UNIT [UNIT] ................................................................................................................... 13 1.1.2N-WisCFI STATE FOREST PROPERTY CODE [STFORPROP] .................................................. 14 1.2 COUNTY [CNTY] ......................................................................................................................... 14 1.3 PLOT NUMBER [PLT#]............................................................................................................... 14 1.4 PLOT STATUS [STAT]................................................................................................................ 14 1.5 PLOT NONSAMPLED REASON [REAS] ................................................................................... 14 1.6 SUBPLOTS EXAMINED [EXAM]................................................................................................ 15 1.7+N SAMPLE KIND [SK].................................................................................................................... 15 1.7.1N PHASE ........................................................................................................................... 16 1.8 PREVIOUS PLOT NUMBER ....................................................................................................... 16 1.9+N+WisCFI FIELD GUIDE VERSION............................................................................................... 16 1.10 CURRENT and PREVIOUS DATE .............................................................................................. 17 1.10.1+N YEAR [YEAR] ............................................................................................................... 17 1.10.2 MONTH [MONT] ........................................................................................................... 17 1.10.3 DAY [DAY] .................................................................................................................... 17 1.10.4N PREVIOUS YEAR......................................................................................................... 17 1.10.5N PREVIOUS MONTH...................................................................................................... 17 1.11 DECLINATION (CORE OPTIONAL) ............................................................................................ 18 1.12 HORIZONTAL DISTANCE TO IMPROVED ROAD [RDIS] ......................................................... 18 1.13 WATER ON PLOT [WTYP] .......................................................................................................... 18 1.14 QA STATUS [QAST].................................................................................................................... 19 1.15 CREW NUMBER [CRW1, CRW2, CRW3, CRW4, CRW5].......................................................... 19 1.15.1N CRUISER [CRUI] ........................................................................................................... 19 1.15.2N TALLIER [TALL] ............................................................................................................ 19 1.15.3N ONE OR TWO PERSON PLOT [CRSZ] ........................................................................ 20 1.15.4N PLOT SEASON [SEAS] ................................................................................................. 20 1.15.5N TRAINING PLOT [TRAN] .............................................................................................. 20 1.16 GPS Coordinates ........................................................................................................................ 20 1.16.1 GPS Unit Settings, Datum, and COORDINATE SYSTEM............................................. 20 1.16.2 Collecting Readings ....................................................................................................... 21 1.16.3 GPS UNIT [UNIT] ........................................................................................................... 21 1.16.4 GPS SERIAL NUMBER [GPS#] .................................................................................... 21 1.16.5 GPS DATUM .................................................................................................................. 22 1.16.6 COORDINATE SYSTEM................................................................................................ 22 1.16.7 Latitude........................................................................................................................... 22 1.16.7.1 LATITUDE DEGREES ........................................................................................ 23 1.16.7.2 LATITUDE MINUTES.......................................................................................... 23 1.16.7.3 LATITUDE SECONDS........................................................................................ 23 1.16.8 Longitude........................................................................................................................ 23 1.16.8.1 LONGITUDE DEGREES.....................................................................................24 1.16.8.2 LONGITUDE MINUTES...................................................................................... 24 Wisconsin State Forests Continuous Forest Inventory Field Guide version 2.0 October, 2007 1.16.8.3 LONGITUDE SECONDS .................................................................................... 24 1.16.9 UTM ZONE..................................................................................................................... 24 1.16.10 EASTING (X) UTM........................................................................................................ 24 1.16.11 NORTHING (Y) UTM..................................................................................................... 24 1.16.12 Correction for "Offset" Location..................................................................................... 24 1.16.13 AZIMUTH TO PLOT CENTER [AZM] ........................................................................... 24 1.16.14 DISTANCE TO PLOT CENTER [DIST] ........................................................................ 25 1.16.15+N GPS ELEVATION [ELEV] ............................................................................................. 25 1.16.16 GPS ERROR [ERRS] ................................................................................................... 25 1.16.16.1N GPS PDOP [PDOP] ............................................................................................ 25 1.16.17 NUMBER OF READINGS [READ] ............................................................................... 26 1.16.18 GPS FILENAME (CORE OPTIONAL)..........................................................................