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  Southern Rockies Metric Maps
  HUCs - 10 digit
  U_INDEX Human Land Use
  RHUM0 Stream Corridor
 RHUM30 30 Meter 
  RHUM90 90 Meter
  N_INDEX Natural Land Use
  RNAT0 Stream Corridor
  RNAT30 30 Meter
  RNAT90 90 Meter
  PBAR Barren
  RBAR0 Stream Corridor
  RBAR30 30 Meter
  RBAR90 90 Meter
  PAGT Agriculture
  RAGT0 Stream Corridor
  RAGT30 30 Meter
  RAGT90 90 Meter
  PAGC Cropland
  RAGC0 Stream Corridor
  RAGC30 30 Meter
  RAGC90 90 Meter
  PAGP Pasture
  RAGP0 Stream Corridor
  RAGP30 30 Meter
  RAGP90 90 Meter
  PURB Urban
  RURB0 Stream Corridor
  RURB30 30 Meter
  RURB90 90 Meter
  PWETL Wetland
  RWETL0 Stream Corridor
  RWETL30 30 Meter
  RWETL90
  PFOR Forest
  RFOR0 Stream Corridor
  RFOR30 30 Meter
  RFOR90 90 Meter
  AGTSL5 - Steep Slopes
  STRMLEN Stream Length
  STRMDENS Stream Density
  RDLEN Road Length
  RDLENCINTE Interstates
  RDLENCHIGH Highways
  RDLENCROAD Surface Road
  RDDENS Road Density
  RDDENSCINT Interstates
  RDDENSCHIG Highways
  RDDENSCROA Surface Road
  FNUMBER Forest Patches
  FPATDENS Forest Density
  FLARGEST Largest Forest
  FAVGSIZE Average Forest
  PLGP Proportion of Forest
  MDCP Near Forest Patch
  FEDGE210 Forest Edge
  FCORE210 Forest Interior
  FEA210 Forest Edge/Total
  PFF9 Forest Cell
  PFPTCH9 Watershed/Patch Forest
  PFTRAN9 Watershed/Transitional
  PFEDGE9 Watershed/Edge Forest
  PFPERF9 Watershed/Perforated
  PFINTR9 Watershed/Interior
  REGFAC_COUNT Regulated Facilities
  MINES_COUNT Mines
  COWDENS Cattle Grazing
  POPDENS Population Density

Image of Southern Rockies Percentage of stream corridor buffered to 30 meters classified as
all human land us

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RHUM30 - Percentage of stream corridor buffered to 30 meters classified as all human land use

The percentage of human use land cover 30 meters adjacent to streams is calculated by summing the total number of agricultural, urban and non-natural barren (transitional and mines/quarries) land cover cells underneath stream segments in the watershed and within a one cell buffer (30 meters) and dividing by the stream corridor's total land area (all cells 30 meters adjacent to streams minus those classified as water). Cells inside the buffer zone but outside of the watershed boundary are ignored. This metric can be used to identify areas near streams which may be more susceptible to non-point source pollution, pesticides, excess fertilizer and soil erosion which may result in stream and lake sedimentation or eutrophication.

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