Land Ownership

Weighting

Bureau of Indian affairs

10

Bureau of Land Management

Forest Reserve, National Conservation Area

1

National Monument, Wilderness

1

National Recreation Area

5

Public Domain Land

10

Bureau of Reclamation

10

Central Intelligence Agency

5

Department of Defense

5

Department of Energy

5

Department of Justice

5

Department of Transportation

U.S. Coast Guard

5

All others

1

Forest Service

National Monument, National Scenic Area

1

Wilderness

1

National Forest, National Grassland

5

National Recreation Area

5

Purchase Unit Block FS

10

Fish and Wildlife Service

1

General Services Administration

5

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

5

National Park Service NPS

National Recreation Area

5

All others

1

Private lands

10

United States Department of Agriculture

10

Land Cover

Bare rock/sand/clay

1

Commerical/industrial/transporation

1

Deciduous forest

4

Evergreen forest

4

Fallow

5

Grasslands/herbivorous

10

Herbaceous wetlands

3

High intensity residential

1

Ice/snow

0

Low intensity residential

1

Mixed forest

4

Open water

0

Orchards/vineyards/other

3

Pasture/hay

5

Quarries/strip mines/gravel pits

0

Row crops

5

Shrublands

8

Small grains

5

Transitional

5

Urban recreational grasses

1

Woody wetlands

6

Topographic Position

Broad open slopes in flat areas

7

Deep narrow canyons, V-shape river valleys

7

Flat ridge tops, mesa tops

3

Lateral midslope drainages, local valleys in plains

5

Lateral midslope ridges/divides, local ridges/hills in plains

3

Local hills/ridges in broad valleys

5

Mountain tops, high ridge tops

1

Plains

10

Upland incised drainages, stream headwaters

3

U-shape valleys

7

Slope (percent grade)

0–30

10

30–40

8

40–50

4

50–60

3

60–90

2

90–999

1

Proximity To Water

< 90 meters

10

< 400 meters

5

> 400 meters

1