Davey: Arizona Public Service: Phoenix Tree Inventory


Arizona Public Service: Phoenix Tree Inventory

Davey Resource Group (DRG) inventoried City of Phoenix street trees along Arizona Public Service¡¦s right-of-way. Using this data, APS intends to assist the city forester with removal and maintenance decisions.

From January to June 2005, a DRG utility forester used a pen-based computer and our ROWKeeper„· Work Planning Software to record data including species, planter type, irrigation, line build, and proximity to the right-of-way. About 17,000 trees were inventoried with basemap data from APS¡¦ geographic information system (GIS). Specific consideration was given to sites near sound walls or cutouts that are too small to support large species trees. Trees were noted relative to the electric system components (i.e. poles and overhead lines) and property parcel boundaries.

Once data collection was completed, DRG worked with the City of Phoenix to add aerial photo imagery and convert the tree data. To facilitate joint tree maintenance operations and communication, APS provided street tree data to the city for reference in its GIS.

For more information, contact Scot Sanders at (831) 254-2374, or call (800) 966-2021.