Series of aerial images over Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge, acquired November 1941

Description

This data set includes 31 georeferenced versions of original black and white aerial photographs acquired in digital form from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) for Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge. These photo in this collection, from 1941, is one of the earliest know for this area and were part of the USDA's Agricultural Adjustment Administration's effort to capture the extent and condition of farmland across the US. Individual frames were referenced to the 2009 NAIP color imagery with ArcMap 10.0. The resolution of the image is 0.8 meters. This image should be used for resource-level interpretation only.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
57 31 frames from 1941, Monte Vista NWR (1B and 2B) https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/100930?Reference=60674
57 Mosaicked image of 20 images of Monte Vista NWR from 1941 https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/100931?Reference=60674

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  • colorado
  • ecosystems
  • biota
  • refuge-boundaries
  • aerial-photo
  • hydrologic-basins

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