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Database of Riparian Floodplain Boundaries for the San Carlos and Gila Rivers on the San Carlos Apache Reservation and Upper Gila River Watershed (1935 - 2021)

Dates

Date Collected
2023-05-04
Start Date
1935
End Date
2019
Publication Date

Citation

Petrakis, R.E., Norman, L.M., and Middleton, B.R., 2023, Database of Riparian Floodplain Boundaries for the San Carlos and Gila Rivers on the San Carlos Apache Reservation and Upper Gila River Watershed (1935 - 2021): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9MQN1LO.

Summary

We developed this spatial database of historic and current floodplains to analyze trends in vegetation conditions, identify areas more at risk of degradation, and assess the relationship between riparian vegetation dynamics and climate conditions.Our study area is the riparian areas along the San Carlos River and Gila River within the San Carlos Apache Reservation and the Upper Gila River Level-4 Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) watershed. The product was developed by digitizing the active channel and primary riparian floodplain using historic 1935 aerial imagery (Arizona State University GeoData, 2021) and National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) aerial imagery from 2019 (U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2021). This data was used in [...]

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Contacts

Originator :
Roy E Petrakis, Laura M Norman, Barry R Middleton
Point of Contact :
Roy E Petrakis
Process Contact :
Roy E Petrakis
Metadata Contact :
Roy E Petrakis
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Funding Agency :
Southwest CASC
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
USGS Mission Area :
Core Science Systems
SDC Data Owner :
Climate Adaptation Science Centers

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Database_of_RiparianFloodplainBoundaries_ParentRelease.xml
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Purpose

This data release is comprised of a series of shapefiles that show the extent of the riparian floodplain and active channels for the San Carlos River and Gila River for both 1935 and 2019 as well as the delineation of the floodplain for various reaches of the Gila River and San Carlos across the entire Upper Gila River Level-4-HUC.

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  • National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers
  • Southwest CASC

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Provenance

The initial title for this dataset was too similar to other data releases and modified to minimize confusion. After consulting with the dataset creators, Michiko Beauchamp revised the title on February 8, 2024. The initial title was ‘Mapping Riparian Vegetation Response to Climate Change on the San Carlos Apache Reservation and Upper Gila River Watershed to Inform Restoration Priorities: 1935 to Present - Database of Riparian Floodplain Boundaries for the San Carlos and Gila Rivers’.

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