Maps and Metadata
A total of 13 thematic maps were created for the watershed atlas. General descriptions with the original metadata sources are posted below.

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Wetlands
Wetlands, coho, crane, and caribou habitat. Western peninsula and Seward from KWF wetlands and remainder of peninsula from USFWS NWI. Crosswalked wetland types.
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Land Use
Land use from KPB’s GIS parcel data and attributed by the Tax Assessing Office. Filled in eastern peninsula in Chugach National Forest as vacant.
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Land Cover
Land cover for western peninsula from KPB’s Spruce Bark Beetle Mitigation Program. Eastern peninsula and across Kachemak Bay from KNWR vegetation.
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Spruce Bark Beetle Infestation
SBB infestation from KPB’s Spruce Bark Beetle Mitigation Program. Survey year taken from this dataset but where not available from the USFS/State and Private Forestry and USGS Alaska Geographic Science Office forest damage annual survey from 1989-2007.
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Wildfires
Wildfires from 1708-2004 from KPB’s Spruce Bark Beetle Mitigation Program. Wildfires from 2005-2009 from the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center (AICC).
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Logging
Logging from 1974-2006 from USFS/State and Private Forestry and USGS timber harvest record.
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Land Ownership
Land ownership from KPB’s GIS parcel data and attributed by the Tax Assessing Office. Filled in eastern peninsula in Chugach National Forest as federal.
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Soil Drainage
Soil drainage data from NRCS Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) Database for the eastern portion of the peninsula and the State Soil Geographic (STATSGO) Database for the remainder.
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Stream Crossings
Stream crossings surveys from 2001-2004 from ADF&G Sport Fish Division and from 2005-2009 from KWF.
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Invasives
Invasive plant and northern pike species. Plants from USFS, NPS, BLM, UAA, and USGS Alaska Exotic Plants Information Clearinghouse (AKEPIC) database. Infested Northern pike lakes and streams from ADF&G Sport Fish Division.
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Hydrology
Rivers, streams, lakes, salmon habitat, and watershed area metrics.
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Footprints
Roads, trails, seismic lines, pipelines, well pads, landfills, and gravel pits.
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Imperviousness
Percentage impervious surface from the Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium National Land Cover Database.
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Base layers
These layers appear in every map.
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