Rocky Mountain National Park, Boundary Line - Public for Open DataNational Park Service Open DataIRMA Data Store Reference

The Digital Geologic-GIS Map of Rocky Mountain National Park and Vicinity, Colorado is composed of GIS data layers and GIS tables, and is available in the following GRI-supported GIS data formats: 1.) an ESRI file geodatabase (romo_geology.gdb), a 2.) Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) geopackage, and 3.) 2.2 KMZ/KML file for use in Google Earth, however, this format version of the map is limited in data layers presented and in access to GRI ancillary table information. The file geodatabase format is supported with a 1.) ArcGIS Pro 3.X map file (.mapx) file (romo_geology.mapx) and individual Pro 3.X layer (.lyrx) files (for each GIS data layer). The OGC geopackage is supported with a QGIS project (.qgz) file. Upon request, the GIS data is also available in ESRI shapefile format. Contact Stephanie O'Meara (see contact information below) to acquire the GIS data in these GIS data formats. In addition to the GIS data and supporting GIS files, three additional files comprise a GRI digital geologic-GIS dataset or map: 1.) a readme file (romo_geology_gis_readme.pdf), 2.) the GRI ancillary map information document (.pdf) file (romo_geology.pdf) which contains geologic unit descriptions, as well as other ancillary map information and graphics from the source map(s) used by the GRI in the production of the GRI digital geologic-GIS data for the park, and 3.) a user-friendly FAQ PDF version of the metadata (romo_geology_metadata_faq.pdf). Please read the romo_geology_gis_readme.pdf for information pertaining to the proper extraction of the GIS data and other map files. Google Earth software is available for free at: https://www.google.com/earth/versions/. QGIS software is available for free at: https://www.qgis.org/en/site/. Users are encouraged to only use the Google Earth data for basic visualization, and to use the GIS data for any type of data analysis or investigation. The data were completed as a component of the Geologic Resources Inventory (GRI) program, a National Park Service (NPS) Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Division funded program that is administered by the NPS Geologic Resources Division (GRD). For a complete listing of GRI products visit the GRI publications webpage: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/geology/geologic-resources-inventory-products.htm. For more information about the Geologic Resources Inventory Program visit the GRI webpage: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/geology/gri.htm. At the bottom of that webpage is a "Contact Us" link if you need additional information. You may also directly contact the program coordinator, Jason Kenworthy (jason_kenworthy@nps.gov). Source geologic maps and data used to complete this GRI digital dataset were provided by the following: U.S. Geological Survey. Detailed information concerning the sources used and their contribution the GRI product are listed in the Source Citation section(s) of this metadata record (romo_geology_metadata.txt or romo_geology_metadata_faq.pdf). Users of this data are cautioned about the locational accuracy of features within this dataset. Based on the source map scale of 1:50,000 and United States National Map Accuracy Standards features are within (horizontally) 25.4 meters or 83.3 feet of their actual location as presented by this dataset. Users of this data should thus not assume the location of features is exactly where they are portrayed in Google Earth, ArcGIS Pro, QGIS or other software used to display this dataset. All GIS and ancillary tables were produced as per the NPS GRI Geology-GIS Geodatabase Data Model v. 2.3. (available at: https://www.nps.gov/articles/gri-geodatabase-model.htm).

Rocky Mountain National Park, Boundary Polygon - Public for Open DataNational Park Service Open DataIRMA Data Store Reference

This dataset depicts those areas of Rocky Mountain National Park that were designated as wilderness pursuant to Public Law 111-11, Title I, Subtitle N., dated March 30, 2009. This dataset also depicts the portion of Indian Peaks Wilderness that was transferred to Rocky Mountain National Park pursuant to Public Law 96-560, Title I, Sec. 111, dated December 22, 1980. This dataset was used to create the maps entitled: * 'Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness', numbered 121-101,335A and dated Jan. 2010; * 'Rocky Mountain National Park East Shore Trail Alignment', numbered 121-101,337A and dated Jan. 2010. This dataset was used to create the maps within the document entitled: * 'Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Boundary Descriptions', numbered 121-101,336A, and dated Jan. 2010. Pursuant to Public Law No: 111-11, two maps and a detailed boundary description document were prepared for the Secretary of the Interior, for his inspection and approval, and for submission to the Committee of Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives. The finalized map and wilderness boundary descriptions were prepared 'as soon as practicable' after P.L. 111-11 was published. The detailed descriptions of the wilderness boundary underwent a thorough in-Park review to check for language consistency and clarity before being submitted to the Secretary. This finalized GIS dataset and the detailed descriptions of the wilderness boundary were made available as public _domain data after being submitted to the Secretary and the aforementioned Congressional Committees in April 2010. This dataset depicts that approximately 95% of Rocky Mountain National Park has been designated as wilderness. The legislation stated that "approximately 249,339 acres of land in the Park, as generally depicted on the map" were designated as wilderness. After the final configuration of the East Shore Trail Alignment was established, this finalized dataset depicts 249,125 acres designated as wilderness in 2009. Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness: 249,125 acres Existing Indian Peaks Wilderness within RMNP: 2,960 acres --------------------------- TOTAL Wilderness within RMNP: 252,085 acres Percent of RMNP that is Wilderness: 94.8% The official and legal TOTAL acreage figure for Rocky Mountain National Park is 265,828.41 acres. This has been determined by summing up all the legal descriptions of all the parcels that make up Rocky Mountain National Park. This figure varies slightly (less than one half of one percent) from the figure calculated for this data by the GIS software. Use the official acreage of 265,828.41 acres in any documents referencing the size of Rocky Mountain National Park.

The Geologic Units and Contacts of Rocky Mountain National Park and Vicinity, Colorado data (ROMOGLG) consists of area (polygon) geologic units and the contacts/map boundary that defines those areas (polygons). The data was completed as a component of the Geologic Resources Evaluation (GRE), a co-operative program between the Natural Resources Information Division (NRID) Inventory and Monitoring Program (IM) and the Geologic Resources Division (GRD) of the National Park Service (NPS). The spatial data (coverage/theme) and some attribution was produced from an AUTOCAD v. 14 drawing file (.DWG file; ROMO-UTM.DWG, NAD27, UTM Zone 13N). The data was converted to an ArcInfo coverage. The coverage/theme (ROMOGLG) was attributed as per the NPS GIS-Geology Data Model. An indexed ArcInfo .E00 (export) coverage file and an ArcView 3.X .SHP theme were then also created. The coverage/theme extent includes all of Rocky Mountain National Park, defined by the November, 1 2000 boundary, as well as adjacent land. The coverage/theme is in NAD83, UTM Zone 13N 'projection'.

The original dataset, ""Current Administrative Boundaries of National Park System Units 04/24/2014", contained all current National Park Service unit boundaries as of 04/24/2014.This dataset is a subset consisting of Rocky Mountain National Park. This dataset was projected to UTM 13N, NAD83 after it was extracted from the nationwide dataset.An area of ROMO informally referred to as the Lumpy Ridge Enclave was "cut" from the WASO data, as these private properties have never been included within the Park boundary by any legislation.

This data set was developed in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and meets the standards and specifications on the National Park Service Soil Inventory and Monitoring Program, and is intended to serve as the official database for all agency applications regarding our soils resources. This data set is a digital soil survey and generally is the most detailed level of soil geographic data developed by the National Cooperative Soil Survey. The information was prepared by digitizing maps, by compiling information onto a planimetric correct base and digitizing, or by revising digitized maps using remotely sensed and other information. This data set consists of georeferenced digital map data and computerized attribute data. The map data are in a soil survey area extent format and include a detailed, field verified inventory of soils and miscellaneous areas that normally occur in a repeatable pattern on the landscape and that can be cartographically shown at the scale mapped. A special soil features layer (point and line features) is optional. This layer displays the location of features too small to delineate at the mapping scale, but they are large enough and contrasting enough to significantly influence use and management. The soil map units are linked to attributes in the National Soil Information System relational database, which gives the proportionate extent of the component soils and their properties.

The files linked to this reference are the geospatial data created as part of the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit. Current format is ArcGIS file geodatabase but older formats may exist as shapefiles. To produce the digital map, we used a combination of 2001 1:12,000-scale true color aerial photography, 2001 1:40,000-scale true color ortho-rectified imagery reproduced at 1:12,000-scale, and 3 years of ground-truthing to interpret the complex patterns of vegetation and landuse at ROMO. In the end, 46 map units were developed and directly cross-walked or matched to corresponding plant associations and land-use classes. All of the interpreted and remotely sensed data were converted to Geographic Information System (GIS) databases using ArcInfo© software. Draft maps created from the vegetation classification were field-tested and revised before independent ecologists conducted an assessment of the map’s accuracy during 2004.

This subset contains data for rocky mountain national park. We will slowly build out the repo with time but for now it contains NED data 1 arc-second (30m) that covers the park boundary. Data were downloaded from the National Map.

This is the AmeriFlux version of the carbon flux data for the site US-xRM NEON Rocky Mountain National Park, CASTNET (RMNP). Site Description - NEON's Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) tower stands 12 km south of Estes Park, Colorado, representing a growing mosaic of urban and exurban areas. While the property is owned by RMNP, it is not contiguous with the core park boundaries. As a mid-elevation site (2,750 m) on the east side of the Continental Divide, the site is aptly situated to investigate the chemical climate (i.e., pollution) generated along the Front Range as well as dust deposition produced and transported from the Great Basin to higher elevations. This is a particularly salient issue given recent estimates which project that an additional two million residents will inhabit the Front Range in twenty years.

These files consist of scanned field notebooks from long-term research and monitoring conducted in the Loch Vale watershed, Rocky Mountain National Park from June 17, 1981, through September 19, 2023. There are 72 individual PDF files. They are accompanied by a spreadsheet that serves as a pointer to the contents of each notebook, including the range of years in each, start and end dates, field observers' names or initials, and whether the field notebook includes notes on specific sample collections or research activities. There is a column noting whether and when there was field equipment maintenance, whether the notebooks include sample sites outside Loch Vale watershed (and where), and names of the notebook scanners, proofreaders, and quality assurance evaluators. A map of the locations of all sample sites within Loch Vale and additional long-term sites in Rocky Mountain National Park is included with the field notebook files. This file is titled "AllSitesMap_fieldnotebooksdata ...

Rocky Mountain National Park, Veg Map - Public for Open DataNational Park Service Open DataIRMA Data Store Reference

This GIS dataset is a GIS version of AGS Map 150, Sheets 1 - 6, as mapped at 1:250,000-scale by Bayrock and Reimchen. Digitizing was originally done by Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA). The data were supplied to AGS by PFRA in individual map sheets, in Arc/Info coverage format. Data were subsequently checked and edge-matched to create a single polygon coverage. Some rubber-sheeting and other edits were done during the checking and correction process.

Researchers at Utah State University studied how to facilitate cross-boundary wetland stewardship, using the greater Rocky Mountain National Park ecosystem as a case study. A total of 22 semi-structured interviews were conducted with federal and state agencies, nonprofits, research organizations, and municipalities, as well as an analysis of these organizations’ wetland policies. Interviews consisted of 22 open-ended questions that inquired about the effects of jurisdictional boundaries on wetland ecological processes and conditions, barriers to cooperative wetland management, and the institutional and social contexts in which cross-boundary stewardship efforts operate. The selection of interviewees was based on purposive sampling of participants that work directly on wetland management within the study area. In addition, snowball sampling was used, in which interviewees identified others with special knowledge or experience related to the study questions. Five interviews were conducted in person for participants that were available during field work in July 2019. The remaining interviews were conducted over the phone from August-October 2019. With the consent of interviewees, the interviews were tape-recorded, and notes taken. Interview duration ranged from 30 to 75 minutes. Interviews and field notes were transcribed verbatim. Data analysis involved generating themes from the data by using a systematic, iterative process to of coding in ATLAS.ti, a qualitative analysis computer software program.

Rocky Mountain National Park, Continental Divide - Public for Open DataNational Park Service Open DataIRMA Data Store Reference

This ArcView shapefile contains a representation of the South Carbon coalfield boundary. This area is part of the National Coal Resource Assessment in the Rocky Mountains and Northern Great Plains Region, and can be viewed in relation to roads, geology, and other relevant themes of this area.

Rocky Mountain National Park, Ranger Districts - Public for Open DataNational Park Service Open DataIRMA Data Store Reference

This shapefile contains a representation of the geology in the Hanna and Carbon Basin area. This shapefile is part of the National Coal Resource Assessment of the Northern Rocky Mountains and Great Plains Region. This shapefile can be shown in relation to other relevant themes of this area.

This dataset accompanies publication "Geologic map of the San Antonio Mountain area, northern New Mexico and southern Colorado". Data presented here include the digital geologic database, 40Ar/39Ar geochronology and major and trace element chemistry from lava flows and an ignimbrite. The geologic database includes spatial feature classes and non-spatial tables that collectively contain the geologic information presented in the map plate. 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic analyses and geochemical data constrain temporal and stratigraphic relations for deposits associated with the Taos Plateau volcanic field, late Oligocene to Miocene basaltic volcanism, and the San Juan Mountains locus of the Southern Rocky Mountains volcanic field along the western margin of the San Luis Basin situated in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado, USA.

This ArcView shapefile contains a polygon representation of the Hanna and Carbon Basins, Wyoming. This shapefile was created as part of the National Coal resource Assessment in the Northern Rocky Mountains and Great Plains Region.