This data set was collected as part of a study to determine the effects of environmental
conditions on the type of forest tree cover. There are a total of 581,102
records each with 55 columns of data. 40 of the columns were binary columns
to designate the type of soil present at each site and 4 of the columns were binary
columns to designate the location where the data were collected. The final
attributes selected for the analysis were the other 11 columns which consisted
of: elevation, aspect (in degrees), slope, horizontal distance to hydrology, vertical
distance to hydrology, horizontal distance to roadways, shade at 9AM, shade at
12PM, shade at 3PM, horizontal distance to fire breakout points, and the cover
type designation.