Fresno County Important Farmland
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- Originator:
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California Department of Conservation, Division of Land Resource Protection, Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program
- Publication_Date: Even numbered years, starting in 1984.
- Title: Fresno County Important Farmland
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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Established in 1982, Government Code Section 65570 mandates FMMP to biennially report on the conversion of farmland and grazing land, and to provide maps and data to local government and the public.
- Purpose:
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The Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program (FMMP) provides data to decision makers for use in planning for the present and future use of California's agricultural land resources. The data is a current inventory of agricultural resources. This data is for general planning purposes and has a minimum mapping unit of ten acres.
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Even numbered years, starting in 1984. The central/eastern Fresno area has been mapped since 1984, and the western portion of the county was added in 2000 upon completion of the NRCS soil survey for that area (CA653).
- Currentness_Reference: ground condition
- Status:
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- Progress: In work
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Biennial
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -120.928559
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -118.344442
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.590163
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.895923
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Theme_Keyword: Farmland
- Theme_Keyword: California Farmland
- Theme_Keyword: Farmland Monitoring
- Theme_Keyword: Urbanization
- Theme_Keyword: Land Use
- Theme_Keyword: Agriculture
- Theme_Keyword: Conservation
- Theme_Keyword: Prime Farmland
- Theme_Keyword: FMMP
- Theme_Keyword: Important Farmland
- Theme_Keyword: Fresno
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword: San Joaquin Valley
- Place_Keyword: Fresno
- Access_Constraints: None
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This data does not reflect general plan or zoning designations, city limit lines, changing economic or market conditions, or other factors which may be taken into consideration when land use policies are determined. This data is not designed to be used for parcel specific planning purposes due to its scale and the size of the minimum mapping unit (10 acres). The Department of Conservation makes no warranties as to the suitability of this data for any particular purpose.
- Point_of_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization:
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California Department of Conservation, Division of Land Resource Protection, Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program
- Contact_Position: Staff
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 801 K Street MS 18-01
- City: Sacramento
- State_or_Province: California
- Postal_Code: 95814-3528
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 916-324-0859
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 916-327-3430
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fmmp@conservation.ca.gov
- Hours_of_Service: 8am to 5pm PST
- Data_Set_Credit:
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A citation for the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program on any map products, graphic media, or data analyses based on the data is appreciated.
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Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800
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- Logical_Consistency_Report:
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The Important Farmland survey area is based on Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) modern soil surveys covering most non-governmental lands in California; 49 counties are fully or partially surveyed at this time. Soil surveys specific to National Forests or other government land units are not surveyed. Beginning in 2000, SSURGO digital soil information was incorporated into the Fresno County Important Farmland data. Data subsequent to 2000 may have acreage and soil line differences due to incorporation of newer NRCS-SSURGO editions.
Prior to the availability of SSURGO, soil information was hand-transferred from the paper soil surveys. Older versions of the data have not been modified. The land use minimum mapping unit of ten acres has not changed, but digital soil units of down to one acre occur in the SSURGO-enhanced Important Farmland data. Due to the interaction of land use and soil components of the data, incorporation of SSURGO may also result in units of less than ten acres for categories such as Other Land (or Nonagricultural and Natural Vegetation). For more information on SSURGO, contact the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service: <http://www.nrcs.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/soils/survey/geo/>
Total Area Inventoried changed in 2008 due to a legal boundary change in which land was transferred from Fresno to Merced counties. This change, a net decrease of 4,198 acres, was effective January 2008.
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CA653 (Western part of Fresno County); CA654 (Eastern Fresno area).
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- Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
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- SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: Varies by Year
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- Planar:
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- Map_Projection:
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- Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area
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- Standard_Parallel: 34.000000
- Standard_Parallel: 40.500000
- Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -120.000000
- Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000
- False_Easting: 0.000000
- False_Northing: -4000000.000000
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- Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
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- Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000512
- Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000512
- Planar_Distance_Units: meters
- Geodetic_Model:
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- Update years 1984 to 2012
- Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
- Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
- Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.400000
- Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.978698
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- Update years 2014 and beyond
- Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
- Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980
- Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
- Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio:
298.257222
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- Detailed_Description:
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- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: Important Farmland Categories
- Entity_Type_Definition:
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Technical ratings of the soils and current land use information are combined to determine the appropriate map category.
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program
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- Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
- Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
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- Unrepresentable_Domain:
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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
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- Attribute_Label: Shape
- Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: POLYGON_TY
- Attribute_Definition:
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Identifies the mapping categories used by the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
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Definitions were developed by the USDA-NRCS as part of their nationwide Land Inventory and Monitoring (LIM) system.
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Prime Farmland (P)
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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Irrigated land with the best combination of physical and chemical features able to sustain long term production of agricultural crops. This land has the soil quality, growing season, and moisture supply needed to produce sustained high yields. Land must have been used for production of irrigated crops at some time during the four years prior to the mapping date.
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Farmland of Statewide Importance (S)
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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Irrigated land similar to Prime Farmland that has a good combination of physical and chemical characteristics for the production of agricultural crops. This land has minor shortcomings, such as greater slopes or less ability to store soil moisture than Prime Farmland. Land must have been used for production of irrigated crops at some time during the four years prior to the mapping date.
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Unique Farmland (U)
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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Lesser quality soils used for the production of the state's leading agricultural crops. This land is usually irrigated, but may include non-irrigated orchards or vineyards as found in some climatic zones in California. Land must have been cropped at some time during the four years prior to the mapping date.
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Farmland of Local Importance (L)
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All farmable lands within Fresno County that do not meet the definitions of Prime, Statewide, or Unique. This includes land that is or has been used for irrigated pasture, dryland farming, confined livestock and dairy, poultry facilities, aquaculture and grazing land. The Fresno County Board of Supervisors modified its Farmland of Local Importance definition in 2001, adding the confined animal agriculture component.
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Grazing Land (G)
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Land on which the existing vegetation is suited to the grazing of livestock. This category is used only in California and was developed in cooperation with the California Cattlemen's Association, University of California Cooperative Extension, and other groups interested in the extent of grazing activities.
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Urban and Built-Up Land (D)
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Urban and Built-Up land is occupied by structures with a building density of at least 1 unit to 1.5 acres, or approximately 6 structures to a 10-acre parcel. Common examples include residential, industrial, commercial, institutional facilities, cemeteries, airports, golf courses, sanitary landfills, sewage treatment, and water control structures.
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Other Land (X)
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Land which does not meet the criteria of any other category. Typical uses include low density rural development, heavily forested land, mined land, or government land with restrictions on use. This category was subdivided into R, V, Cl, and nv beginning with the 2004 data. Subsequently, R was subdivided into sAC and R beginning with the 2006 data.
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Water (W)
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Water areas with an extent of at least 40 acres.
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Area not mapped (Z)
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Area which falls outside of the NRCS soil survey. Not mapped by the FMMP.
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Rural Residential Land (R)
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This includes residential areas of one to five structures per ten acres.
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Vacant or Disturbed Land (V)
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This consists of open field areas that do not qualify for an agricultural category, mineral and oil extraction areas, and rural freeway interchanges.
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Confined Animal Agriculture (Cl)
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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This includes aquaculture, dairies, feedlots, and poultry facilities. Confined Animal Agriculture qualifies for Farmland of Local Importance in Fresno County.
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Nonagricultural and Natural Vegetation (nv)
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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This covers heavily wooded, rocky or barren areas, riparian and wetland areas, grassland areas which do not qualify for Grazing Land due to their size or land management restrictions, and small water bodies. Constructed wetlands are also included in this category.
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Semi-Agricultural and Rural Commercial Land (sAC)
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This includes farmsteads, agricultural storage and packing sheds, unpaved parking areas, composting facilities, equine facilities, firewood lots, and campgrounds.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: POLYGON_AC
- Attribute_Definition: The acreage of the polygon feature.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Computer calculated.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: COUNTY_NAM
- Attribute_Definition: County name identified by a three letter abbreviation.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
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County abbreviations are in the text file located at the following url: <ftp://consrv.ca.gov/pub/dlrp/FMMP/county_index.txt>
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
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- Attribute_Label: UPD_YEAR
- Attribute_Definition: The year the data was captured.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: FMMP updates their data biennially.
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- Attribute_Label: SHAPE_LENG
- Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of the polygon feature in meters.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Computer calculated.
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
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- Attribute_Label: SHAPE_AREA
- Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in meters squared.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Computer calculated.
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
- Distribution_Information:
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- Distributor:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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California Department of Conservation, Division of Land Resource Protection, Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program
- Contact_Position: Staff
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 801 K Street MS 18-01
- City: Sacramento
- State_or_Province: California
- Postal_Code: 95814-3528
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 916-324-0859
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 916-327-3430
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fmmp@conservation.ca.gov
- Resource_Description:
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Downloadable Data.
Visit: <ftp://ftp.consrv.ca.gov/pub/dlrp/FMMP/>
- Standard_Order_Process:
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- Digital_Form:
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- Digital_Transfer_Information:
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- Transfer_Size: Varies by County
- Custom_Order_Process:
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For custom products you can contact us at fmmp@conservation.ca.gov or call (916) 324-0859
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- Metadata_Date: 20040513
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California Department of Conservation, Division of Land Resource Protection, Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program
- Contact_Position: Staff
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 801 K. Street MS 18-01
- City: Sacramento
- State_or_Province: California
- Postal_Code: 95814-3528
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 916-324-0859
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 916-327-3430
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fmmp@conservation.ca.gov
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- Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
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