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    • Land cover rasters (raw data) - Selawik National Wildlife Refuge

    Metadata Updated: October 23, 2025

    This geodatabase contains three (3) rasters, two (2) of which represent landcover for Selawik National Wildlife Refuge and surrounding areas. The third raster contains plot-based ground characteristics for pixels classified with high confidence. The two landcover rasters contain attribute information for soils, vegetation, and ecotypes; and differ slightly in their classifications because one encompasses a broader geographic area (lc_arcn), and therefore some classes are more generalized than in the other (lc_nokose).

    The classification of local-scale ecosystems (ecotypes) combines physiography (e.g., riverine, coastal), topography (DEM), geology and vegetation from the landcover spectral database derived from the satellite image processing. These layers are used to model ecotypes in a way that best partitions geomorphic, hydrologic, pedologic, and vegetative characteristics.

    Map projection: Albers Alaska, NAD 83, meters.

    NOTE The lc_nokose raster was used for the landcover classifications in the final report, as it is more specific to Selawik National Wildlife Refuge than the other landcover raster (lc_arcn), which includes some surrounding National Park Service lands and differs slightly in its classifications at the pixel level.

    PDF maps are provided here for reference to help visualize what the data look like before downloading. Full resolution maps can be viewed in the final report (ServCat #49603).

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date September 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date October 23, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DOI FWS DCAT-US

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date October 23, 2025
    Publisher U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
    Maintainer
    Identifier http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/fws-servcat-83702
    Data First Published 2009-11-01T00:00:00Z
    Data Last Modified 2009-11-01T00:00:00Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 010:18
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    Harvest Source Title DOI FWS DCAT-US
    Homepage URL https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/Reference/Profile/83702
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -161.88533,65.9857,-156.446075,67.0175552
    Program Code 010:094, 010:028
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 3d5f0e6abc9861e0d119ff570b5eaa0cb049695135330403b507179494ba9020
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