Compilation and Assessment of Resource Values and Hazards to Inform Transportation and Associated Land-use Planning

Management of transportation networks is affected by, and has effects on, natural and cultural resources through direct and indirect interactions. Until recently, the availability of such spatially explicit information has been limited; however, the data released here to the public will prove valuable for comparing existing networks and planning options with respect to potential impact to, or from, environmental factors across broad areas, for example, States and Agency Planning Regions. Integrated network and resource analyses can provide insights into potential construction and maintenance costs as well as safety risks and environmental impacts during project planning and assessment. A cooperative project was...

Types: Citation; Tags: Aquatic Resources, Aspect, CONUS, Conservation Areas, Continental United States, All tags... Critical Habitat, Cultural Resources, Digital Elevation Model, Earthquake Potential, Eastness, Environmental Risk, Fire, Flood Hazards, Hazards Potential, Integrated Landscape Condition, Karst Potential, Landscape Condition, Landslide Potential, Natural Lands, Northness, Ponding and Wetland Potential, Rare and Protected Ecosystems, Slope, Social Designations, Species Diversity, Substrate Limitations, Terrain Ruggedness, Terrestrial Resources, Topographic Position Index, Water Quality, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, elevation, environment, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, structure, transportation, Fewer tags

Land-use Conditions

These data were generated for a cooperative project created by an agreement between the Federal Lands and Highways, Central Federal Lands Division (FLH-CFL) and the USGS Fort Collins Science Center (Colorado; https://www.fort.usgs.gov/) to facilitate development of spatially explicit natural resources and socioeconomic information for utilization during comprehensive transportation planning efforts. Federal Lands Highways (FLH) is the federal agency that helps guide and support transportation planning at national, regional, and state levels, including providing funding, information, and tools to state transportation planners. FLH is currently undertaking a series of pilot studies aimed at improving the availability,...

Tags: CONUS, Contiguous United States, Integrated Landscape Condition, Land-use Condition Metric, Lower 48 States, All tags... Natural Areas, Protected Rare Ecosystems, Protected Rare Lands, Rare Ecosystems, United States, biota, environment, geoscientificInformation, transportation, Fewer tags