Kenai Peninsula
Watershed Atlas

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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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