Campsite condition data for the Miller Peak Wilderness

This data publication contains baseline (2008) campsite conditions for all 44 campsites found along all trails other than the Sunnyside Canyon Trail in the Miller Peak Wilderness in Arizona. Measurements include basic campsite information such as groundcover disturbance, impact to standing trees and roots, and size of disturbed area. If campsites had more than minimal disturbance, other measurements were taken such as vegetation type, soils, dominant species, landform, distance to trail, distance to water, number of fire rings, tree damage, and other standard campsite data.
The purpose of the study is to provide information on baseline campsite conditions for campsites in the Miller Peak Wilderness, Arizona. As more data are collected over the years, it will be possible to quantify change in the number, distribution and condition of campsites.
These data were originally made available on the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute site: http://leopold.wilderness.net. The data were converted from XLS to XLSX files in May 2012, metadata created, data packaged into 1 zip file, and made available via the Forest Service Research Data Archive. Original metadata date was 06/29/2012. Minor metadata updates on 12/23/2014. Minor metadata updates on 12/08/2016.