Slopes: Pennsylvania

Author(s):: Natural Lands Trust with input data from PA DEP.
Description:: This raster dataset has been created using the 'National Elevation Dataset (NED)' for each county in the study area as originated by the US Geological Survey. Conservation values were determined by experts gathered by the United Stated Forest Service Pennsylvania Highlands Study. Slopes 15% - 25% were assigned a value of 2 and slopes greater then 25% were assigned a value of 4. Conservation values were determined by experts gathered by Natural Lands Trust through SmartConservation. This data set is one of several that have been combined to create an overall terrestrial resources conservation value raster for the expanded piedmont ecoregion. Therefore the values were determined as a relative rank, comparable in value only to the other input terrestrial resources data. Conservation value ranges from 1 - 10 with 10 being the highest value.
Collection:: Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA)
Place(s):: Pennsylvania, United States
Subject(s):: Imagery and Base Maps and Environment
Year:: 2006
Held by:: Penn State
More details at: http://www.pasda.psu.edu/uci/DataSummary.aspx?dataset=545