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Resource Abstract:
- description: America's private forests provide a vast array of public goods and services, including abundant, clean surface
water. Forest loss and development can affect water quality and quantity when forests are removed and impervious surfaces,
such as paved roads, spread across the landscape. We rank watersheds across the conterminous United States according to the
contributions of private forest land to surface drinking water and by threats to surface water from increased housing density.
Private forest land contributions to drinking water are greatest in the East but are also important in Western watersheds.
Development pressures on these contributions are concentrated in the Eastern United States but are also found in the North-Central
region, parts of the West and Southwest, and the Pacific Northwest; nationwide, more than 55 million acres of rural private
forest land are projected to experience a substantial increase in housing density from 2000 to 2030. Planners, communities,
and private landowners can use a range of strategies to maintain freshwater ecosystems, including designing housing and roads
to minimize impacts on water quality, managing home sites to protect water resources, and using payment schemes and management
partnerships to invest in forest stewardship on public and private lands.This data is based on the digital hydrologic unit
boundary layer to the Subwatershed (12-digit) 6th level for the continental United States. To focus this analysis on watersheds
with private forests, only watersheds with at least 10% forested land and more than 50 acres of private forest were analyzed.
All other watersheds were labeled ?Insufficient private forest for this analysis'and coded -99999 in the data table.
This dataset updates forest and development statistics reported in the the 2011 Forests to Faucet analysis using 2006 National
Land Cover Database for the Conterminous United States, Grid Values=41,42,43,95. and Theobald, Dr. David M. 10 March 2008.
bhc2000 and bhc2030 (Housing density for the coterminous US in 2000 and 2030, respectively.) Field Descriptions:HUC_12: Twelve
Digit Hydrologic Unit Code: This field provides a unique 12-digit code for each subwatershed.HU_12_DS: Sixth Level Downstream
Hydrologic Unit Code: This field was populated with the 12-digit code of the 6th level hydrologic unit that is receiving the
majority of the flow from the subwatershed.IMP1: Index of surface drinking water importance (Appendix Map). This field is
from the 2011 Forests to Faucet analysis and has not been updated for this analysis.HDCHG_AC: Acres of housing density change
on private forest in the subwatershed. HDCHG_PER: Percent of the watershed to experience housing density change on private
forest. IMP_HD_PFOR: Index Private Forest importance to Surface Drinking Water with Development Pressure - identifies private
forested areas important for surface drinking water that are likely to be affected by future increases in housing density,
Ptle_IMP_HD: Private Forest importance to Surface Drinking Water with Development Pressure (Figure 7), percentile. Ptle_HDCHG:
Percentage of each subwatershed to Experience an increase in House Density in Private Forest (Figure 6), percentile. FOR_AC:
Acres forest (2006) in the subwatershed. PFOR_AC: Acres private forest (2006) in the subwatershed. PFOR_PER: Percent of the
subwatershed that is private forest. HU12_AC: Acreage of the subwatershedFOR_PER: Percent of the subwatershed that is forest.
PFOR_IMP: Index of Private Forest Importance to Surface Drinking Water. .Ptle_PFIMP: Private forest importance to surface
drinking water(Figure 4), percentile. TOP100: Top 100 subwatersheds. 50 from the East, 50 from the west (using the Mississippi
River as the divide. <a href="https://data.fs.usda.gov/geodata/edw/edw_resources/meta/S_USA.FORESTSONTHEEDGE.xml"
target="_blank">Metadata</a>; abstract: America's private forests provide a vast array of public goods
and services, including abundant, clean surface water. Forest loss and development can affect water quality and quantity when
forests are removed and impervious surfaces, such as paved roads, spread across the landscape. We rank watersheds across the
conterminous United States according to the contributions of private forest land to surface drinking water and by threats
to surface water from increased housing density. Private forest land contributions to drinking water are greatest in the East
but are also important in Western watersheds. Development pressures on these contributions are concentrated in the Eastern
United States but are also found in the North-Central region, parts of the West and Southwest, and the Pacific Northwest;
nationwide, more than 55 million acres of rural private forest land are projected to experience a substantial increase in
housing density from 2000 to 2030. Planners, communities, and private landowners can use a range of strategies to maintain
freshwater ecosystems, including designing housing and roads to minimize impacts on water quality, managing home sites to
protect water resources, and using payment schemes and management partnerships to invest in forest stewardship on public and
private lands.This data is based on the digital hydrologic unit boundary layer to the Subwatershed (12-digit) 6th level for
the continental United States. To focus this analysis on watersheds with private forests, only watersheds with at least 10%
forested land and more than 50 acres of private forest were analyzed. All other watersheds were labeled ?Insufficient private
forest for this analysis'and coded -99999 in the data table. This dataset updates forest and development statistics reported
in the the 2011 Forests to Faucet analysis using 2006 National Land Cover Database for the Conterminous United States, Grid
Values=41,42,43,95. and Theobald, Dr. David M. 10 March 2008. bhc2000 and bhc2030 (Housing density for the coterminous US
in 2000 and 2030, respectively.) Field Descriptions:HUC_12: Twelve Digit Hydrologic Unit Code: This field provides a unique
12-digit code for each subwatershed.HU_12_DS: Sixth Level Downstream Hydrologic Unit Code: This field was populated with the
12-digit code of the 6th level hydrologic unit that is receiving the majority of the flow from the subwatershed.IMP1: Index
of surface drinking water importance (Appendix Map). This field is from the 2011 Forests to Faucet analysis and has not been
updated for this analysis.HDCHG_AC: Acres of housing density change on private forest in the subwatershed. HDCHG_PER: Percent
of the watershed to experience housing density change on private forest. IMP_HD_PFOR: Index Private Forest importance to Surface
Drinking Water with Development Pressure - identifies private forested areas important for surface drinking water that are
likely to be affected by future increases in housing density, Ptle_IMP_HD: Private Forest importance to Surface Drinking Water
with Development Pressure (Figure 7), percentile. Ptle_HDCHG: Percentage of each subwatershed to Experience an increase in
House Density in Private Forest (Figure 6), percentile. FOR_AC: Acres forest (2006) in the subwatershed. PFOR_AC: Acres private
forest (2006) in the subwatershed. PFOR_PER: Percent of the subwatershed that is private forest. HU12_AC: Acreage of the subwatershedFOR_PER:
Percent of the subwatershed that is forest. PFOR_IMP: Index of Private Forest Importance to Surface Drinking Water. .Ptle_PFIMP:
Private forest importance to surface drinking water(Figure 4), percentile. TOP100: Top 100 subwatersheds. 50 from the East,
50 from the west (using the Mississippi River as the divide. <a href="https://data.fs.usda.gov/geodata/edw/edw_resources/meta/S_USA.FORESTSONTHEEDGE.xml"
target="_blank">Metadata</a>
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- Title Surface Drinking Water Importance - Forests on the Edge (Feature Layer).
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2018-03-29T23:11:35.612634
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