Malta / Round Lake – Year of Forest Cutting 🗺️
About Malta / Round Lake - Year of Forest Cutting ....
With the development of rapidly growing Saratoga Exurbs and construction of the state-subsidized Luther Forest Chip Fabrication plant, there has been significant tree cutting in recent years in area around Malta and Round Lake.
Helpful Hint: While I suggest you look on blog for a downloadable PDF Map, you should be able to print or save this map by clicking the print button on the map above.
Data Sources
Road Trip to Coal Country by Nate Matthews - You can download the KMZ File used in creation of this map.
OpenStreetMap - Map data: © OpenStreetMap, SRTM | Map style: © OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA). XYZ Tiles: https://{s}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
NLCD Forest Date of Disturbance (Post-1988) - Multi-resolution Land Characteristics Consortium. WMS Service: https://www.mrlc.gov/geoserver/ows?SERVICE=WMS, Layer: NLCD_01-19_Land_Cover_Change_First_Disturbance_Date
Municipalities - US Census Bureau TIGER/Line. WMS Service: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/services/TIGERweb/tigerWMS_Census2020/MapServer/WMSServer, Layer: County Subdivisions,Counties
3DEP Elevation Hillshade. LIDAR and legacy USGS DRG Topo Derived hillshades used as a background. DEM - WMS Service: https://elevation.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/services/3DEPElevation/ImageServer/WMSServer, Layer: 3DEPElevation:Hillshade Gray
Full List of WMS and ArcMap Services - CSV Spreadsheet with all web map services currently used on the blog.
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