Santa Rita Experimental Range
Long-term Transect and Spatial Data

• Instructions for citation and acknowledgement
  • Users are requested to acknowledge their use of the database in publications, research proposals, websites, and other outlets with the following statement "Data sets were provided by the Santa Rita Experimental Range Digital Database. Funding for the digitization of these data was provided by USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station and the University of Arizona." In addition, where appropriate, users should reference the website and this User's Guide in the literature cited sections of publications. Finally, users are requested to send 2 copies of any publication that cites this Database to: Mitchel McClaran, School of Natural Resources, 325 Biological Sciences East Building, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721.

• Precipitation
  • Precipitation data for 1922-September 2009: Excel file, layout, notes
  • UTM coordinates of rain stations
  • Name history of rain stations
  • Additional daily records for precipitation at 8 small watersheds from 1975 are available from the Agricultural Research Service, Tucson

• Plant Species Names
  • Code translation
  • Sorted by genus
  • Synonymy

• Historical Research Digital Archive
  • Search for and download research documents from work completed between 1916-1954 for 83 study areas.

• Study FSRM 1706-09: A Comparison of Vegetation Responses to Grazing Yearlong,in the Growing Season, and in the Dormant Season on Low-Value Semidesert Grass-Shrub Ranges in Southern Arizona
  • Study plan
  • Publications from FSRM 1706-9
  • Data
    

    Cover data for 1957-1966 and 1970:	Excel file,	layout,	notes
    Production data for 1957-1966 and 1970:	Excel file,	layout,	notes
    Production data for 1967-1969 and 1971:	Excel file,	layout,	notes

  • UTM coordinates of transects
  • Transect soil type and distance from water
  • Plot location changes

• Study FSRM 1706-12: A Comparison of Vegetation and Grazing Capacities on Mesquite-free and Mesquite-infested Semidesert Ranges in Southern Arizona.
  • Study plan
  • Publications from FSRM 1706-12
  • Data
    

    Cover data for 1957-1966:	Excel file,	layout,	notes
    Cover data for 1953-1956 and 1970:	Excel file,	layout,	notes
    Production data for 1957-1966:	Excel file,	layout,	notes
    Production data for 1954-1956 and 1967-1971:	Excel file,	layout,	notes

  • UTM coordinates of transects

• Study FSRM 1706-15: A Demonstration to Determine the Feasibility of Achieving Rotation-Deferred Grazing within a Single Pasture by Controlling Access to Water
  • Study plan
  • Publications from FSRM 1706-15
  • Data
    

    Cover data for 1959-1966:	Excel file,	layout,	notes
    Production data for 1959-1966:	Excel file,	layout,	notes

  • UTM coordinates of transects
  • Transect distance from water

• Study FSRM 1706-25: Benefits of Rest March-October Two Years Out of Three
  • Study plan
  • Corrections to Study plan
  • Publications from FSRM 1706-25
  • Data
    

    Cover data for 1975, 1978, 1981, and 1984:	Excel file,	layout,	notes
    Cover data for 1975 for additional plot locations:	Excel file,	layout,	notes
    Density data for 1972, 1975, 1978, 1981, and 1984:	Excel file,	layout,	notes
    Density data for 1974-1975 for additional plot locations:	Excel file,	layout,	notes
    Production data for 1972-1975:	Excel file,	layout,	notes
    Production data for 1972 for additional plot locations:	Excel file,	layout,	notes

  • UTM coordinates of transects

• On-going Long-Term Measurements
  • Measurement protocols
  • Publications Using Long-term Data
  • Data
    

    Cover data from transects repeatedly measured between 1953-2009:	Excel file,	layout,	notes
    Density data from transects repeatedly measured between 1972-2009:	Excel file,	layout,	notes

  • UTM coordinates of transects

• Livestock Grazing History
  • Grazing history of pastures from 1983/1984 through 2003/2004
  • Grazing history of pastures through 2006/2007
  • Grazing history of pastures through 2007/2008

• Spatial Data (in ArcMap shapefile format, NAD 83 UTM Zone 12)
  
  • Downloading instructions
  • Spatial shapefiles
    

    Boundaries of the SRER:	Shapefile,	metadata
    Boundaries of USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangles:	Shapefile,	metadata
    Corona de Tucson USGS Quad Level 2 DEM:	Raster data,	metadata
    Green Valley USGS Quad Level 2 DEM:	Raster data,	metadata
    Helvetia USGS Quad Level 2 DEM:	Raster data,	metadata
    Sahuarita USGS Quad Level 2 DEM:	Raster data,	metadata
    Mosaic of USGS Level 2 DEM's:	Raster data,	metadata
    Rain station locations:	Shapefile,	metadata
    1996 NRCS Soil Survey:	Shapefile,	metadata,	soil descriptions,
    survey text
    1996 NRCS Ecological Site Survey:	Shapefile,	metadata,	site descriptions,	survey text
    Headquarters buildings locations:	Shapefile,	metadata
    Old pastures:	Shapefile,	metadata
    New pastures:	Shapefile,	metadata
    Roads:	Shapefile,	metadata
    Electric transmission lines:	Shapefile,	metadata
    Dirt and other water tanks:	Shapefile,	metadata
    Metal water rims:	Shapefile,	metadata
    Water wells:	Shapefile,	metatada
    Transect locations for Study FSRM 1706-09:	Shapefile,	metadata
    Transect locations for Study FSRM 1706-12:	Shapefile,	metadata
    Transect locations for Study FSRM 1706-15:	Shapefile,	metadata
    Transect locations for Study FSRM 1706-25:	Shapefile,	metadata
    Transect locations for Long-term Data:	Shapefile,	metadata
    Existing pipelines:	Shapefile,	metadata
    Photo station locations:	Shapefile,	metadata
    Study areas:	Shapefile,	metadata
    Old fences:	Shapefile,	metadata
    New fences:	Shapefile,	metadata
    2005 DOQQ:	tiff file,	metadata
    Water developments:	Shapefile,	metadata

    
    
  • Archived Spatial Data (2001-2008)

• Repeat Photography
  • Description of Repeat Photography Archive
  • UTM coordinates of photo stations

• Annotated Bibliography
  • This database is a digital version of Medina's (1996) compilation of the SRER history and all known publications made between 1903 and 1988 about work completed on the SRER and by SRER researchers. The bibliography can be accessed at http://ag.arizona.edu/SRER/history.
  • The bibliography includes over 450 citations with short annotations about their content. The citations are given in alphabetical order. Four appendices list soils, vertebrates, and plant species known from the SRER, and annotated historical maps.

• Update Log
  • This update log records the date and information regarding revisions made to the database.