City of Bellingham 20090116 vector digital data Bellingham, WA City of Bellingham, Planning Department http://www.cob.org/services/maps/index.aspx http://www.cob.org Wetlands_1992_Inventory is a polygon featureclass with contains wetland boundaries mapped during a 1992 City of Bellingham reconnaissance survey. The area of coverage includes the geographic extent of the City Limits of Bellingham in 1992 (Generally south of Bakerview Rd). Attributes include wetland ID, classification code, classification, and type. The purpose of the wetland inventory is to identify the general location and character of the wetlands with the City of Bellingham. The inventory is for orientation purposes only and is not intended to represent jurisdictional wetland boundaries. Site specific wetland studies will be required to identify the precise location of the wetland boundaries. The intent of this inventory is to allow the City of Bellingham to incorporate identified wetlands into its planning and/or permitting processes. In 1992, the City of Bellingham hired a wetland inventory team, and Shapiro & Associates, Inc. staff developed a training workshop to ensure the inventory was conducted in a consistent manner. Field technicians reviewed existing wetland and soils inventories, and interpreted aerial photographs. Both color infrared (1" = 2,000') and black and white orthophotographs (1" = 200') were used. Through field surveys, data was collected from over 300 potential wetland areas to determine whether each site met the criteria to be identifited as a wetland based on vegetation, soils, and hydrology. If an area was designated as a wetland, the team determined physical and biological characteristics (habitiat, hydrology, land use, and cultural/aesthetics). A final report was then prepared detailing the methods and the results of the field work, and maps were prepared depicting the wetlands found within the project area. 19920101 Publication date Complete None Planned -122.520594 -122.405996 48.796003 48.690360 ISO 19115 Topic Category environment COB Environment Surface Water EPA GIS Keyword Thesaurus Environment Estuary Surface Water None City of Bellingham United States Washington Whatcom County None. None. Data are considered current to the date of the original source material. Please check sources, scale, accuracy, currentness and other available information. Please confirm that you are using the most recent copy of both data and metadata. City of Bellingham Planning GIS Staff Planning GIS Staff mailing and physical address

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Bellingham WA 98225 360-778-8300 360 778-8302 gishelp@cob.org http://www.cob.org/services/maps/index.aspx COB Metadata Implementation No Confidentiality Standard Technical Controls Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.2.1350 Tests for integrity have not been performed. Features represented have not been tested for completeness Data were collected using methods that are accurate to within 101-200 meters (EPA National Geospatial Data Policy [NGDP] Accuracy Tier 5). For more information, please see EPA's NGDP at http://epa.gov/geospatial/policies.html) Metadata created. 20090216 Dataset copied. 20090204 Metadata imported. 20100128 Lambert Conformal Conic 47.500000 48.733333 -120.833333 47.000000 1640416.666667 0.000000 coordinate pair 0.000195 0.000195 survey feet North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137.000000 298.257222 1.000000 Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates COBGIS.Wetlands_1992_Inventory 1992 Wetland Inventory Polygons COB WETLAND-ID Wetland ID comprised of a 2-letter abbreviation for the relevant drainage basin (i.e. "WH" for Whatcom Creek), and a sequential number identifying each specific wetland. COB WETLAND-ID WETLAND92_CLASS_CODE A series of letter and number codes has been developed to adapt the national wetland classification system to map form. These alpha-numeric codes correspond to the classification nomenclature that best describes the habitat. US Fish and Wildlife Service WETLAND92_CLASS_CODE WETLAND92_CLASSIFICATION Wetland classification nomenclature that best describes the habitat. US Fish and Wildlife Service WETLAND92_CLASSIFICATION WETLAND92_TYPE Generalized common description of wetland classification. For instance "PALUSTRIN EMERGENT (REED CANARY GRASS)" becomes "FRESHWATER MARSH" US Fish and Wildlife Service WETLAND92_TYPE Attributes include wetland ID, classification code, classification, and type. Citation 1: document the source materials or citation information within this element City of Bellingham Planning GIS Staff Planning GIS Staff mailing and physical address

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Bellingham WA 98225 360-778-8300 360 778-8302 gishelp@cob.org http://www.cob.org/services/maps/index.aspx Live Data and Maps The City of Bellingham has developed these data and maps for its own use and no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data to evaluate data set limitations, restrictions, or intended use. The City of Bellingham shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. The risk or liability resulting from the use of this product is entirely assumed by the user. 20090204 20110204 City of Bellingham Planning GIS Staff Planning GIS Staff mailing and physical address

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