Santa Clara Valley historical ecology GIS

This dataset represents a reconstruction of the historical landscape patterns, including channel and habitat distribution, of the Santa Clara Valley and adjacent baylands. It integrates GIS data from 4 previous historical ecology studies including:

Coyote Creek Watershed (eastern Santa Clara Valley)
South Santa Clara Valley
Western Santa Clara Valley
T-Sheet mapping

Download GIS Data

ESRI ArcMap 10 file geodatabase (.gdb) format
Historical Habitats, Channels and Distributaries. (15.1 MB)