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NMFS Office Of Protected Resources, 2024: Steelhead Central California coast DPS critical habitat for use in ESA/FIFRA consultations, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/72835.

Item Identification

Title: Steelhead Central California coast DPS critical habitat for use in ESA/FIFRA consultations
Publication Date: 2024-07-01
Abstract:

These data represent critical habitat designated (September 2, 2005, 70 FR 52488) under the Endangered Species Act for the Central California Coast steelhead DPS.Critical habitat includes the stream channels within the designated stream reaches, and includes a lateral extent as defined by the ordinary high-water line (33 CFR 329.11). In areas where the ordinary high-water line has not been defined, the lateral extent will be defined by the bankfull elevation. Bankfull elevation is the level at which water begins to leave the channel and move into the floodplain and is reached at a discharge which generally has a recurrence interval of 1 to 2 years on the annual flood series. Critical habitat in estuaries is defined by the perimeter of the water body as displayed on standard 1:24,000 scale topographic maps or the elevation of extreme high water, whichever is greater.See the final rule (70 FR 52488) for descriptions of areas excluded from this critical habitat designation. Economic exclusions were clipped out of the data. Military areas ineligible for designation due to qualifying Integrated Natural Resources Management Plans (INRMPs) and excluded Indian lands were not clipped out of the data.

Purpose:

This spatial data file was modified from NMFS’s “agency-official” species critical habitat data to aid in the ESA/FIFRA section 7 pesticide consultation process. For example, existing data were adapted to incorporate associated watersheds where applicable, based on the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset HUC-12 data (https://www.usgs.gov/national-hydrography/watershed-boundary-dataset). The modifications to the NMFS critical habitat spatial data make the data more compatible for future analyses with EPA’s Use Data Layers (UDLs). The following “Description” is from the original, “agency-official” data that was used to make this HUC-based map. Most of the metadata record for this species matches the “agency-official” record; however, NMFS added a new "Citation", "File Identifier", “Credits”, “Point of Contact”, and “Lineage Process Step” that are unique to this HUC-based critical habitat data.

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
ISO 19115 Topic Category
biota
ISO 19115 Topic Category
inlandWaters
UNCONTROLLED
None critical habitat
None steelhead

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None California
None Napa River
None Russian River
None San Lorenzo River

Physical Location

City: Portland
State/Province: OR

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Maintenance Frequency: As Needed
Data Presentation Form: Map (digital)
Data Set Credit: CREDIT: NOAA Fisheries. 2024. Species Critical Habitats for ESA/FIFRA Consultations Geodatabase. Silver Spring, MD: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Office of Protected Resources (OPR). This HUC-based critical habitat dataset for ESA/FIFRA section 7 pesticide consultations is courtesy of National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Office of Protected Resources (OPR): Ryan DeWitt and Karrin Goodman. The original data is courtesy of National Marine Fisheries Service, West Coast Region. ORIGINATORS: Southwest Region, National Marine Fisheries Service; NMFS Office Of Protected Resources;

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 1340065
Date Effective From: 2024-06-17
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Goodman, Karrin
Email Address: karrin.goodman@noaa.gov
Phone: ‪(301) 427-8435‬

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 1340166
Date Effective From: 2024-06-17
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Goodman, Karrin
Email Address: karrin.goodman@noaa.gov
Phone: ‪(301) 427-8435‬

Point of Contact

CC ID: 1340066
Date Effective From: 2024-06-17
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Goodman, Karrin
Email Address: karrin.goodman@noaa.gov
Phone: ‪(301) 427-8435‬

Point of Contact

CC ID: 1340067
Date Effective From: 2024-06-17
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): DeWitt, Ryan
Email Address: ryan.dewitt@noaa.gov
Phone: (360) 358-2955

Point of Contact

CC ID: 1337555
Date Effective From: 2023-11-09
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Dunn, Shanna
Email Address: shanna.dunn@noaa.gov

Extents

Currentness Reference: Publication Date

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 1337558
W° Bound: -123.342127
E° Bound: -121.63008
N° Bound: 39.364251
S° Bound: 36.953475

Extent Group 2

Extent Group 2 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 1337560
W° Bound: -123.342127
E° Bound: -121.63008
N° Bound: 39.364251
S° Bound: 36.953475

Extent Group 3

Extent Group 3 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 1337562
W° Bound: -123.342127
E° Bound: -121.63008
N° Bound: 39.364251
S° Bound: 36.953475

Extent Group 4

Extent Group 4 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 1337564
W° Bound: -123.387663
E° Bound: -121.624172
N° Bound: 39.386783
S° Bound: 36.89849

Spatial Information

Reference Systems

Reference System 1

CC ID: 1337552

Coordinate Reference System

CRS Type: Geographic 2D
EPSG Code: EPSG:4326
EPSG Name: WGS 84
See Full Coordinate Reference System Information

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Use Constraints:

These data are not the official legal definition of critical habitat. The Code of Federal Regulations (50 CFR 226.211) is the source for the legal definition of the critical habitat designation.

Technical Environment

Description:

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 10.0 (Build 19045) ; Esri ArcGIS 12.6.0.24783

Data Quality

Completeness Report:

Endangered Species Act critical habitat spatial data clarificationsClarifications only apply to this feature class.

Military areas ineligible for designation (qualifying INRMP): yes (not clipped)

Military areas excluded due to national security impacts: none

Indian lands excluded: yes (not clipped)

Economic exclusions: yes (clipped out)

Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) exclusions: none

Unoccupied areas designated: none

Federal Register final rule page:

September 2, 2005, 70 FR 52529

For additional information and maps:

NMFS. 2005. Designation of Critical Habitat for 7 Salmon and Steelhead ESUs in California - Final ESA Section 4(b)(2) Report. NMFS Southwest Region Report. August 2005. 77 pp.2021-05-24T00:00:00Conformance Check2021-05-24T00:00:00Clarifications only apply to this feature class.

Military areas ineligible for designation (qualifying INRMP): yes (not clipped)

Military areas excluded due to national security impacts: none

Indian lands excluded: yes (not clipped)

Economic exclusions: yes (clipped out)

Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) exclusions: none

Unoccupied areas designated: none

Federal Register final rule page:

September 2, 2005, 70 FR 52529

For additional information and maps:

NMFS. 2005. Designation of Critical Habitat for 7 Salmon and Steelhead ESUs in California - Final ESA Section 4(b)(2) Report. NMFS Southwest Region Report. August 2005. 77 pp.1

Lineage

Sources

CDFG and PSMFC 1:100,000 scale stream routed hydrography

CC ID: 1337546
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC)
Source Contribution:

The linework for this layer is based on 1:100,000 scale stream routed hydrography.

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 1337547
Description:

Data creation process 2005.

ccc_steelhead_ch_06_2005.shp

Stream segments were identified and assigned attributes by Southwest Region (SWR) biologists using 1:100,000 hydrography data and other basemap information on hard copy maps. SWR biologists divided the routed hydrography into stream segments using the best available information to represent local steelhead distribution and habitat. The segments' upper and lower extents were manually marked onto the basemaps by the biologists. This information was then visually interpreted from the paper maps and entered into a digital format using the "Route Tools" extension provided by CDFG. The resulting event table was then used with the CDFG routed hydrography as the route reference to create routed events based on the biologists' segment determinations. The table containing the accompanying segment attribute information was joined using 'GIS_Link' as the related field, and the shapefile 'CCC_Steelhead_Draft_2004' was created from the routed events. To minimize errors that may have occurred during the process, the completed digital file was compared against the marked maps for consistency. The biologists also reviewed the completed digital file to ensure attribute information was associated with the correct stream segments.

Biologists rated each Calwater (California Watershed Map) Hydrologic Sub-area (HSA) based on occupancy and habitat quanitity and quality information found in the steelhead distribution shapefile (CCC_Steelhead_Draft_2004). These biological ratings were compared against economic values given to each HSA. Based on whether selected criteria were met, an HSA was determined to be included or excluded from critical habitat. All stream segments were then coded to reflect their HSA's designation. The only exceptions to this occured when a stream segment was valued as a migration corridor (the segment would be included as critical habitat even if the HSA was excluded) or if there were other overriding biological considerations.

Those segments coded as critical habitat were then extracted from the distribution shapfile and placed in the resulting 'CCC_Steelhead_Proposed_Critical_habitat' file. Public comments were received following draft publication of the critical habitat proposed rule in December 2004. These comments were incorporated into the data set and the final critical habitat file 'CCC_Steelhead_CH_06_2005' was created.

Data layers from the following were used during this process:

California Geospatial Information Data Library, State Coastal Conservancy, California Department of Forestry, US Geological Survey

Process Date/Time: 2005-08-15 00:00:00

Process Step 2

CC ID: 1337548
Description:

ccc_steelhead_ch_06_2005.shp (California_Teale_Albers_NAD83) geographic transformation not necessary, unprojected -> STCCC_ch.shp (GCS_North_American_1983 wkid 4269).

Geometry was not edited, attributes were not edited, metadata was edited.

Process Date/Time: 2019-07-17 00:00:00

Process Step 3

CC ID: 1337549
Description:

The 2019 version STCCC_ch.shp (GCS_North_American_1983 wkid 4269) was converted into the standardized feature class Steelhead_CentralCaliforniaCoastDPS_20050902 (GCS_WGS_84 wkid 4326) using the National Critical Habitat Geodatabase processing protocol.

During standardization, geometry was edited (features deleted). Attributes were edited. Metadata was edited and populated using the final rule/CFR and the source ccc_steelhead_ch_06_2005.shp (California_Teale_Albers_NAD83).

Migrated fields: "STREAM" into "UNIT" (edited stream/river names to standardize text), "SPAWNHAB" + "REARHAB" + "MIGRAHAB" (populated headers when values were = "Yes") into "NOTES" (values = spawning, rearing, migration)

Dropped fields: FID, EVENTID, LLID, BEGFT, ENDFT, COMMENTS, GIS_LINK, ESU, BASIN, WATERSHD, SEGMENT, STAFF, DATE_, PRESENCE, QUALSPWN, QUALREAR, ADULTHLD, QUALMIGR, ESTUAHAB, QUALESTU

Notes on geometry edits. The San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay lines were not described in the final rule/CFR text (there were bay lines in final rule maps pg 52569 unit 2203, pg 52570 unti 2205, pg 52571 unit 2206, but the rule states that the maps are for general reference only and are not the designation), deleted 8 bay line features from data (and updated metadata thumbnail image). There were tiny segments around the bays (appeared to be errors leftover after economic exclusion clips) that were not described in the final rule/CFR text, deleted 5 tiny features around bay.

Process Date/Time: 2021-04-26 00:00:00

Process Step 4

CC ID: 1337550
Description:

As described above, this species’ HUC-based critical habitat dataset was modified from the line-based species “agency-official” NMFS critical habitat data. This HUC-based critical habitat file represents the HUC-12 watersheds (USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; https://www.usgs.gov/national-hydrography/watershed-boundary-dataset) that intersect with the “agency-official” critical habitat line-based data. The data were reviewed and revised to add any additional HUC-12 watersheds that were determined to have hydrologic connectivity to the critical habitat.

Process Date/Time: 2023-03-30 00:00:00
Process Contact: NMFS Office Of Protected Resources (OPR)
Phone (Voice): 301-713-2332

Child Items

Rubric scores updated every 15m

Rubric Score Type Title
Entity Steelhead_CentralCaliforniaCoastDPS_3654_CH

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 72835
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:72835
Metadata Record Created By: Karrin N Goodman
Metadata Record Created: 2024-06-03 22:51+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: Jeff D Adams
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2024-08-06 10:10+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2024-08-06
Owner Org: OPR
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year