State Biodiversity Database Survey
Contact: Ian Butler (OK Nat Heritage Invent)
Organization: OK Biological Survey
State: OK
NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION (Who filled out survey?)
NAME Ian Butler
TITLE OK Nat Heritage Invent
AGENCY/ORGANIZATION OK Biological Survey
ADDRESS111 E Chesapeake St
CITY, STATE, ZIP Norman, OK 73019-0543
TELEPHONE AND FACSIMILEPhone: (405)325-7599
     Fax: (405)325-7702
EMAIL/FTP/WWW ibutler@uoknor.edu
  
ORIGINATOR (Owner/Agency) Oklahoma Natural Heritage Inventory.
DATABASE NAME Element Occurrence Database
DATABASE ACRONYMS 
DATABASE ABSTRACT (A brief summary of the data set):
Location coordinates and attribute data for rare species of animals, plants, and ecologically significant communities in Oklahoma. Database frequently updated. UTM coordinate system. Attributes include observation dates, public land survey coordinates, county of occurrence, source citation, limited population data.
PURPOSE OF THE DATABASE:
ONHI is mandated by legislation to provide information about Oklahoma's biological diversity to the state's citizens, governments, and the private sector. Data is provided for resource management, environmental review, and conservation planning, and research.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (Agency Mandate, etc.):
Oklahoma Natural Heritage Inventory, Norman, OK. Natural Heritage Spatial Data System: Element Occurrence Database.
DATE RANGE OF RECORDS:1904 - Present, 1996
IS DATA CONTINUOUS? (Yes or No): Yes
EXPLAIN GAPS IN THE DATA: 
 
 
HOW OFTEN IS THE INFORMATION UPDATED?
Continually Updated
WHEN WAS THE LAST UPDATE?:  
COMMENTS ON UPDATE STATUS: 
 
 
SPATIAL DOMAIN OF DATA SET
(Lat/Long coordinates, State/Region, etc.):		 
Oklahoma--
West Coordinate: -103.00
East Coordinate: -94.20
North Coordinate: 37.00
South Coordinate: 33.41
 
BIODIVERSITY KEYWORDS:
THEME SPECIES TYPE
Species Distribution Mammals Surveys
Population Levels/Density Fish Summary Data
Habitat Associations Birds Museum Collections
  Reptiles  
  Amphibians  
  Plants  
  Terrestrial Invertebrates  
Other; see comments Aquatic Invertebrates  
PLACE KEYWORDS
(Words/Phrases describing database extent & location):
  Oklahoma  
DATASET CONSTRAINTS: ACCESS TO THE DATABASE
Other; see comments
COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET ACCESS CONSTRAINTS:
Coordinate resolution subject to generalizing to protect sensitive locations, and confidentiality of ownership. Data currently not on-line. Subsets of these data with coordinates are available upon receipt of a written (letter, fax, or e-mail) request. ONHI reserves the right to withhold or modify site coordinates to protect sensitive areas or ownership identity.
No fees are charged for text products, unless a significant amount of work is required by staff to fulfill the request. Call about map products.
DATASET CONSTRAINTS: USE OF THE DATABASE:
Distribution
Other; see comments
COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET USE CONSTRAINTS:
The data represents the results of data collection, compilation and processing by the Oklahoma Natural Heritage Inventory. As such, these data are only valid for specific project, content, time, and accuracy specifications. No warrantee, implied or expressed about the accuracy of the data is intended by ONHI.
DATA ACCURACY:
DATA QUALITY INFORMATION (How accurate is the information?):
 
QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES USED:
 
ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY, LOGICAL CONSISTENCY, COMPLETENESS & LINEAGE:
 
DATA REFERENCING: SPATIAL DATA ORGANIZATION & REFERENCING:
DATA SET GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE INFORMATION (Is it geographically referenced?):
YES, point/location information
COMMENTS REGARDING DATA REFERENCING:
Point locations for rare species and natural communites.
ENTITY AND ATTRIBUTES (What species/system/attributes measured):
Entity types: point locations for rare species and natural communities. More than one rare species or natural community may co-occur at any site, so locations may not be unique. Attribute data focus on documenting identity, location, and documentation of the species or community occurrence. Public ownership and protection status is attributed through Managed Area codes.
DATA DISTRIBUTION - CONTACT INFORMATION: (How to obtain the data set):
Ian Butler, Biological Data Coordinator
OK Natural Heritage Inventory
111 East Chesapeake Street
Norman, OK 73019-0543
Phone:( 405)325-7599 Fax:( 405)325-7702
Email/FTP/WWW Address: ibutler@uoknor.edu
CURRENT DATABASE FORM AVAILABLE (media, digital, non-digital, etc.):
Other; see comments.
COMMENTS REGARDING DATABASE CURRENT FORM:
Non-digital form: Information from the database is provided on request. Data is typically provided in tabular or narrative form.
Digital form: Diskette, 8 mm tape, FTP.
Digital transfer form: ARCE, ASCII, GRASS; some ability to prepare ArcView formats.
DATABASE SIZE (Megabytes, etc.):
 
ADDITIONAL METADATA AVAILABLE FOR DATA SET:
FGDC compliant metadata files
Other; see comments
COMMENTS REGARDING METADATA:
Other:
Metadata date: 19960507
Metadata Future Review Date: 199705
Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version: June 8, 1994