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Agricultural Land Use 2013

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Summary

To assess agricultural activity and land use in King County.

Description

Agricultural Land Uses identified through aerial photography and confirmed in some areas with field verification.

Complete coverage within the Agricultural Production Districts and on Vashon-Maury Island; partial coverage in rural areas.

Notes: 1.

Depending upon the use of rotation and presence of activity, some parcels categorized as Managed or Unmanaged Grassland could be categorized as Livestock/Forage.

Attempts were made to determine if any grassland fields were previously used or looked as if they were being kept up for future use (i.e. well-managed fencing, electrical tape).

When a parcel had multiple land types it was divided into multiple records to indicate these uses.

This was not done for buildings on an agriculturally-used parcel (such as a house on a livestock property) or when the other land type was insignificant (such as some trees on a property).

Layer information

Layer Name	ag_landuse2013_area
Subject Category	Natural Resources
Title	Agricultural Land Use 2013
Feature Count	25445
Feature Type	Polygon
Next Update	None planned
Spatial reference	EPSG:2926
Control ID	2488
Place Keywords	Pacific NW, King County, WA, Washington State
Theme Keywords	Agriculture, Natural Resources, Farming, Land Use, Environmental, Natres, Farming, Environment
Supplemental Information	None

Attribute information

OBJECTID From Esri	Description Internal feature number. Domain Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
PIN From King County	Description 10 digit Parcel Identification Number Domain Not Found
APD From King County	Description Agricultural Production District Domain Enumclaw Plateau, Lower Green, Sammamish, Snoqualmie, Upper Green
LUcode2013 From King County	Description Unique values to identify land uses, created for ease of coding. Domain 1 - Livestock, Forage 10 - Too Wet to Farm 11 - Topsoil Production 12 - Marsh or Wetland 13 - Other (roads, residential, water bodies, buffers, etc.) 1a - Managed Field, Grassland 1b - Corn (Field) 20 - Horse 3 - Market Crops (Produce) 4 - Unmanaged Grassland 5 - Nursery 6 - Tree Farm 6a - Orchard 6b - Unmanaged Orchard 6c - Grapes 7 - Sod Farm 8 - Forested 9 - Developed Recreation
LUdesc2013 From King County	Description Land Use Description Domain Corn (Field) - Stand alone corn field use for grain or silage (vegetable corn included in Market Crops/Produce). Recorded as Livestock/Forage in 2009 survey. Forested - Presence of forest, typically continuous multi-parcel tracts of trees; small, isolated groves not included Grapes - Presence of grapes Horse - Horses present Livestock, Forage - Livestock present on the field, visible animal waste, presence of hay bales, visible tire tracks from cutting, baling or chopping, manure spreading Managed Field, Grassland - Grassland or field where there are no signs of livestock/forage but is being cut at agronomic stubble heights (<3 inches) Market Crops (Produce) - Flower and vegetable gardens (must be larger than only self-sustaining) Marsh or Wetland - Marsh or Wetland either containing or adjacent to a Sensitive Areas Ordinance Wetland Nursery - Presence of a nursery Orchard - Presence of at least 8 orchard trees Other (roads, residential, water bodies, buffers, etc.) - Roads, rivers and lakes, buildings, any lawn or grass cut too short to be used for grazing, houses, mining or construction, non-tillable surfaces, non-agriculture parcels that are not covered by other categories Sod Farm - Presence of sod farm Developed Recreation - Presence of ball fields (baseball, soccer, etc.), parks, golf courses, grassland preserves that can be used for recreational hiking, sports complexes, campgrounds Too Wet to Farm - Not currently being farmed, and presence of standing water visible from road or in aerial photos in both wet and dry seasons, or year-round open water. Topsoil Production - Topsoil Production Tree Farm - Presence of a tree farm (e.g. poplar plantation) Unmanaged Grassland - Grassland or field where there are no signs of livestock/forage that is not being cut for length Unmanaged Orchard - Presence of orchard trees that show no signs of being harvested, pruned, fruit falling to the ground; collection must be visible on aerial photos
Notes From King County	Description Not Found Domain Not Found
GIS_Acres From King County	Description Acres calculated from GIS Domain 5.6e-07 to 525.8909622 by
Shape From King County	Description Feature geometry. Domain Coordinates defining the features.
Shape.STArea() From SQL Server	Description Returns the area of a geometry instance in square units, based on the spatial reference identifier (SRID) of the geometry. Domain Double
Shape.STLength() From SQL Server	Description Returns the total length of the elements in a geometry instance. Domain Double

Contact information

Maintained by	DNRP - Water and Land Resources
Primary	Harkeerat Kang Harkeerat.Kang@kingcounty.gov

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