Section 1	Identification Information
Originator	Minnesota Interagency Information Cooperative
Title	Common Forest Inventory (CCSA - Common Cooperative Stand Assessment)
Abstract	This ARC/INFO region covergae contains digital forest C.S.A. inventory data obtained from public agencies including the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Divsion of Forestry, the Superior and Chippewa National Forests, and county land departments. The data describes individual forest stands that are manged by the agencies mentioned above. The data was originally photo-interpreted. Many stands have been field measured. Each agency has translated their detailed data to this, more general, format. The common format contains the common elements found in the 3 public agencies (county, state, federal) CSA databases.
Purpose	To provide a more complete picture of Minnesota's public forest lands for management over ownership boundaries.
Time Period of Content Date	2001
Currentness Reference	Original data source depends on each agency. The date in 'time period of content' represents the year the data was converted to the IIC common format.
Progress	In work
Maintenance and Update Frequency	As needed
Spatial Extent of Data	All counties in Minnesota
Bounding Coordinates
Place Keywords	Minnesota, Public Lands
Theme Keywords	Forest Inventory, Cooperative Stand Assessment, CSA, Interagency Information Cooperative, IIC, Common Format, CCSA
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
Access Constraints	In order to obtain this data, all the terms listed at the download site: deli.dnr.state.mn.us, must be ageed upon.
Use Constraints	In order to obtain this data, all the terms listed at the download site: deli.dnr.state.mn.us, must be ageed upon.
Contact Person Information	Chad Skally, GIS Specialist Minnesota Interagency Information Cooperative 500 Lafayette Box 44 St.Paul, MN 55155-4044 Phone: 651-296-0757 FAX: 651-296-5954 E-mail: chad.skally@dnr.state.mn.us
Browse Graphic File Name	none available
Browse Graphic File Description
Associated Data Sets	Detailed forest inventory data (CSA) provided by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Divsion of Forestry, the Forest Service, and most County Land Departments.
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Attribute Accuracy	Refer to metadata from original CSA databases.
Logical Consistency	There are many errors in the location of township and forest stand boundaries, both between and within public agencies. This causes gaps and overlaps in polygons to occur between section and township lines.
Completeness	This CCSA data has been translated from the MNDNR, Superior and Chippewa National Forests, and most county land departments data (only clearwater, carlton, and beltrami county land departments data are missing).
Horizontal Positional Accuracy	Unknown, around 50 meters
Vertical Positional Accuracy	Not Applicable
Lineage	Refer to metadata from original CSA databases.
Source Scale Denominator	15840
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Native Data Set Environment	ARC/INFO
Geographic Reference for Tabular Data	Regions based on ownsership (ccsafs = federal, ccsast = state, ccsaco = county) within each region polygons contain individual stand-id's.
Spatial Object Type	Vector
Vendor Specific Object Types	Regions, Polygons, Arcs, Nodes, Label Points
Tiling Scheme	county
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Horizontal Coordinate Scheme	UTM
Ellipsoid	GRS80
Horizontal Datum	NAD83
Horizontal Units	Meters
Distance Resolution	Unknown
Altitude Datum	Not applicable
Depth Datum	Not applicable
UTM Zone Number	15
Coordinate Offsets or Adjustments	None
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Entity and Attribute Overview	Each polygon contains a stand-id which is a concatination of selected elements of the original CSA data, as chosen by the provider (public agency). The common format contains the following attributes for each stand Cover_Type: Forest cover type classification code. Cover_Size: Size class classification code based on DBH of trees. Stocking: Indication of growing space mostly based on sapling size and BA. Age: Age of the stand at the time the data was converted to the common format. Measure_Yr: The year the stand data was collected. Site_Index: The site index as collected in each of the inventories. Site_Spp: Site species used to measure the site index. Admin: Agency who mangaes the stand. Recon: How the stand data was collected (ground or photo). Stand_ID: The Administrators unique stand-id. Also where available information on understory, 2nd, and 3rd species, and ground cover.
Entity and Attribute Detailed Citation	The detailed attribute information can be found at the web site www.iic.state.mn.us, or deli.state.mn.us.
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Publisher	Minnesota Interagency Information Cooperative
Publication Date	Periodically revised
Contact Person Information	Chad Skally, GIS Specialist Minnesota Interagency Information Cooperative 500 Lafayette Road, Box 44 St.Paul, MN 55155-4044 Phone: 651-296-0757 FAX: 651-296-5954 E-mail: chad.skally@dnr.state.mn.us
Distributor's Data Set Identifier
Distribution Liability	In order to use this data, all the terms listed at the download site: deli.dnr.state.mn.us, must be ageed upon.
Transfer Format Name	PkZip / Arc Export
Transfer Format Version Number	7.x
Transfer Size	Varies with each county.
Ordering Instructions	Go to distribution web site.
Online Linkage	Click here to download data. (See Ordering Instructions above for details.) By clicking here, you agree to the notice in "Distribution Liability" above.
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Metadata Date	07/2001
Contact Person Information	Chad Skally, GIS Specialist Minnesota Interagency Information Cooperative 500 Lafayette Road, Box 44 St.Paul, MN 55155-4044 Phone: 651-296-0757 FAX: 651-296-5954 E-mail: chad.skally@dnr.state.mn.us
Metadata Standard Name	Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines
Metadata Standard Version	1.2
Metadata Standard Online Linkage	http://www.gis.state.mn.us/stds/metadata.htm

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