Research Data Sets

The following links will download for the user WinZip compressed shape files. These shape files can then be used within Arc/Info and ArcView at the user’s discretion. Each layer is represented by a different set of shape files (i.e. roads, water bodies, etc…).

Arc/Info and ArcView Shape Files

Bird Sampling Points

Updated 3/1/2005

ArcView files showing the locations of the long-term bird point count stations.

Download Bird Sampling Plots

MO Prairie Foundation’s Prairie Fork Property

Updated 3/1/2005

ArcView files showing the boundary of MO Prairie Foundation’s Prairie Fork property.

Download MPA Boundary

Prairie Fork Boundary

Updated 3/1/2005

ArcView files of the boundary of Prairie Fork Conservation Area.

Download PFCA Boundary

Prairie Fork Covertypes

Updated 3/1/2005

ArcView files showing Prairie Fork’s habitats and covertypes.

Download Prairie Fork Covertypes

Prairie Fork Ponds

Updated 3/1/2005

ArcView files showing Prairie Fork ponds.

Download Prairie Fork's Ponds

Prairie Fork Trails

Updated 3/1/2005

ArcView files showing Prairie Fork trails.

Download Prairie Fork Trails

Quail Call Count Stations

Updated 3/1/2005

ArcView files showing the location of Fall Quail Call Count listening stations.

Download Quail Points

Vegetation Sampling Plots

Updated 3/1/2005

ArcView files showing the long-term vegetation monitoring plots on Prairie Fork.

Download Vegetation Points

Data Sets

These links will download for the user some raw data that has been collected for the Prairie Fork Conservation Area in the year 1997. To view the data, the user must have access to the indicated software or be able to import the file into a similar program that is able to read the file format.

Prairie Fork Conservation Area Plan 2015-2024

Download 2015 Area Plan

Prairie Fork Conservation Area Management Plan

Updated 10/21/2005

The Prairie Fork Conservation Area Plan was written in 1998 by the Missouri Department of Conservation Staff and is intended to guide the overall management of Prairie Fork CA. Anyone interested in reviewing the Plan can download the document. The Plan is scheduled to be reviewed and revised by MDC staff every ten years. The current Plan will be revised in 2008.

Download PFCA Management Plan

Avian Species Count Summary by Point – Updated 4/28/1999

Grid Vegetation Data – Updated 9/22/2004

Point Vegetation Data – Updated 4/28/1999

Raw Grid Vegetation Data – Updated 9/22/2004

Raw Point Vegetation Data – Updated 9/22/2004

Small Mammal Data – Updated 9/22/2004

All Updated Data-Sets in Microsoft Excel