USGS National Boundary Dataset (NBD) for Maine 20140401 State or Territory Shapefile

Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
Geospatial data is comprised of government boundaries.
Citation
Title USGS National Boundary Dataset (NBD) for Maine 20140401 State or Territory Shapefile
publication  Date   2014-04-01
presentationForm  mapDigital
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey
Contact information
Address
, Reston, VA
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey, National Geospatial Technical Operations Center
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL: ftp://rockyftp.cr.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/GovtUnit/Shape/GOVTUNIT_23_Maine_GU_STATEORTERRITORY.zip
Topic Category:  boundaries
Keywords:
Theme keywords (theme):
political and administrative boundaries
legal land descriptions
land use maps
zoning maps
cadastral surveys
land ownership
geographic names
boundary
Public Land Survey System
U.S. National Grid
County or Equivalent
Incorporated Place
Jurisdictional
Minor Civil Division
Native American Area
PLSS First Division
PLSS Special Survey
PLSS Township
Reserve
State or Territory
Unincorporated Place
thesaurus name >
Title None
Theme keywords (theme):
Downloadable Data
thesaurus name >
Title The National Map Type Thesaurus
Theme keywords (theme):
Boundaries
thesaurus name >
Title The National Map Theme Thesaurus
Theme keywords (theme):
National Boundary Dataset (NBD)
thesaurus name >
Title The National Map Collection Thesaurus
Theme keywords (theme):
State
thesaurus name >
Title The National Map Product Extent Thesaurus
Theme keywords (theme):
Shapefile
thesaurus name >
Title The National Map Product Format Thesaurus
Location keywords:
US
US-ME
thesaurus name >
Title The National Map Place Thesaurus
Theme keywords (theme):
Survey
thesaurus name >
Title Activity > Observation
publication  Date   2016-11-14
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced at Mon Nov 14 02:28:19 UTC 2016
Theme keywords (theme):
USGS
thesaurus name >
Title Organization > GOVERNMENT AGENCIES-U.S. FEDERAL AGENCIES
publication  Date   2016-11-14
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced at Mon Nov 14 02:28:19 UTC 2016
Theme keywords (theme):
U.S. Geological Survey
National Geospatial Technical Operations Center
thesaurus name >
Title Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Corporate Names
publication  Date   2016-11-14
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced at Mon Nov 14 02:28:19 UTC 2016
Theme keywords (theme):
Geography
thesaurus name >
Title Science Domain > Earth Science
publication  Date   2016-11-14
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced at Mon Nov 14 02:28:19 UTC 2016
purpose:
It is a general purpose layer for users who are not GIS experts. The geospatial data in this map are from selected National Map data holdings and other government sources.
Browse image (thumbnail):
thumbnail file name:  ...
file type: JPEG
thumbnail file description:  Thumbnail JPG image
Resource language:  eng; USA
Resource progress code:  completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  irregular
Constraints on resource usage:
Constraints
Use limitation statement:
No liability for content or accuracy is presumed by USGS for data.
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
use constraint:  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Use Constraints: None. However, users should be aware that temporal changes may have occurred since this data set was collected and that some parts of this data may no longer represent actual surface conditions. Users should not use this data for critical applications without a full awareness of its limitations. Acknowledgment of the U.S. Geological Survey would be appreciated for products derived from these data.
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
Access Constraints  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Access Constraints: None
Spatial representation type code:  vector
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -71.0839240001039
eastBoundLongitude  -66.8854440003708
northBoundLatitude  47.4598540002911
southBoundLatitude  42.9171260000507
Temporal Extent
1952-01-01 2014-02-18
Additional information on resource:
This data set is comprised of government boundaries.; {"gdaId" : 6048287}
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Vector spatial representation information

Geometric Objects
geometric Object Type  VOID POLYGON COMPOSED OF RINGS
geometric Object Count  1012
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Grid spatial representation

number of grid dimensions: 2
Grid axis property:
Grid Dimension
Dimension Name:  column
Dimension Size 
Grid Dimension
Dimension Name:  row
Dimension Size 
transformation parameter availability:  false
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Coverage description

Type of coverage content 
Cell value attribute description:  
Band
descriptor Feature geometry.
sequence Identifier
name Shape
Band
descriptor Internal feature or event number.
sequence Identifier
name OBJECTID
Band
descriptor A 40-character globally unique ID (GUID) value that uniquely identifies the occurrence of each feature or event in The National Map.
sequence Identifier
name Permanent_Identifier
Band
descriptor Identifier of the feature or event in the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_FeatureID
Band
descriptor Identifier of the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_DatasetID
Band
descriptor Brief narrative of the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_DataDesc
Band
descriptor Name of the organization or individual that developed the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_Originator
Band
descriptor A code from Executive Order 12958-Classified National Security Information (EO12958) used to describe the highest classification of a United States document (e.g., confidential, secret, top secret, no markings).
sequence Identifier
name Data_Security
Band
descriptor Data access and use constraints.
sequence Identifier
name Distribution_Policy
Band
descriptor Date and time feature or event was loaded into the database. Timestamp indicating when the feature or event was last edited.
sequence Identifier
name LoadDate
Band
descriptor Official name of the feature.
sequence Identifier
name Name
Band
descriptor The type of organization with administrative responsibility for a feature.
sequence Identifier
name AdminType
Band
descriptor A five-digit numeric place code used to identify legal and statistical entities for county subdivisions, places, and American Indian areas/Alaska Native areas/Hawaiian home lands. The Census Code is the same as the former Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 55-3 Place Code, which was withdrawn by NIST in 2005 and replaced with the Geographic Names Information System feature identifier code (GNIS ID).
sequence Identifier
name CensusCode
Long Wavelength  99999
Short Wavelength  00001
units
Band
descriptor Indicates whether or not the featuret is the capital city.
sequence Identifier
name IsCapitalCity
Band
descriptor Indicates whether or not the boundary point is the county seat.
sequence Identifier
name IsCountySeat
Band
descriptor A permanent, unique number assigned by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) to a geographic feature name for the sole purpose of uniquely identifying that name application as a record in any information system database, dataset, file, or document
sequence Identifier
name GNIS_ID
Long Wavelength  9,999,999,999
Short Wavelength  1
units
Band
descriptor The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) assigned proper name, specific term, or expression by which a particular geographic entity is known.
sequence Identifier
name GNIS_Name
Band
descriptor Area of feature in square kilometers. Calculated when feature in Albers Equal Area projection.
sequence Identifier
name AreaSqKm
Band
descriptor Length of the feature, which may differ from the field measured length due to differences in calculation. Units are map units.
sequence Identifier
name Shape_Length
Band
descriptor Area of feature in map units squared.
sequence Identifier
name Shape_Area
Band
descriptor The name of the country.
sequence Identifier
name Country_Name
Band
descriptor Population estimate for the feature.
sequence Identifier
name Population
Band
descriptor A two-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Insular Areas of the United States.
sequence Identifier
name State_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the state.
sequence Identifier
name State_Name
Band
descriptor A three-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Insular Areas.
sequence Identifier
name County_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the county.
sequence Identifier
name County_Name
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies counties and equivalent entities in the United States, Its possessions, and Associated states. The first two digits are the numeric code for a US State and the last three digits are the numeric code for a county within the state or possession.
sequence Identifier
name StCo_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies populated places, primary county divisions, and other locational entities within a state. The codes are assigned based on the alphabetic sequence of the entity names within a state. The Place FIPS Code values used in this model are the values reported by US Census.
sequence Identifier
name Place_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the place in which the feature is located.
sequence Identifier
name Place_Name
Band
descriptor This is a unique identifier for the first division that is built by appending the first division elements on the Township identifier.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVID
Band
descriptor This is the number, letter or designator for the first division of the PLSS Township.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVNO
Band
descriptor This is a code to indicate whether the first division is a duplicated area or identifier.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVDUP
Band
descriptor This is the type of first division and is commonly the section but may be a lot, parcel, tract or other division.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVTYP
Band
descriptor This is the first division type as a text field.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVTXT
Band
descriptor Concatenation of the state, principal meridian, township, range, and duplicate code that forms a unique ID for the PLSS Township.
sequence Identifier
name PLSSID
Band
descriptor This is the label for the first division that is used for cartographic of web display purposes.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVLAB
Band
descriptor Code for the type of special survey.
sequence Identifier
name SURVTYP
Band
descriptor Special survey type code text description.
sequence Identifier
name SURVTYPTXT
Band
descriptor The number of the special survey.
sequence Identifier
name SURVNO
Band
descriptor Special survey suffix designation that makes the identification of the area unique.
sequence Identifier
name SURVSUF
Band
descriptor Notes about the polygon feature that are important for using or understanding the feature.
sequence Identifier
name SURVNOTE
Band
descriptor Area of the feature in acres. The survey note needs to be consulted to determine the type of acres (approximate, official etc).
sequence Identifier
name ACRES
Band
descriptor Label that is used for cartographic output or web display.
sequence Identifier
name SURVLAB
Band
descriptor Survey revision date.
sequence Identifier
name REVISEDDATE
Band
descriptor State abbreviation code two letter postal code.
sequence Identifier
name STATEABBR
Band
descriptor Principal meridian code from the BLM PM Code list.
sequence Identifier
name PRINMERCD
Band
descriptor Principal meridian name as a text.
sequence Identifier
name PRINMER
Band
descriptor Township number. The Township Number indicates the number of rows of townships, north or south from a Public Land Survey System Origin.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPNO
Band
descriptor Township fraction. Township Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPFRAC
Band
descriptor Township direction. The direction of a row of Townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially North and South in the West but may be East and West in Ohio.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPDIR
Band
descriptor Range number. The Range Number indicates the number of columns of townships, east or west from a Public Land Survey System Origin.
sequence Identifier
name RANGENO
Band
descriptor Range fraction. Range Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
sequence Identifier
name RANGEFRAC
Band
descriptor Range direction. The direction of a column of townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially East or West in the west but may be north or south in Ohio.
sequence Identifier
name RANGEDIR
Band
descriptor If there are multiple townships in a Public Land Survey System Origin, State and Survey Name, the Township Duplicate Status is used to establish uniqueness. When more than one Public Land Survey System Township has the same Township and Range numbers and directions and fractions, and are in the same State, this attribute is used to distinguish among duplicate values.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPDPCD
Band
descriptor Data steward for the polygon.
sequence Identifier
name STEWARD
Band
descriptor Township label that is used for cartographic output or web display.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPLAB
Band
descriptor Survey name.
sequence Identifier
name SRVNAME
Band
descriptor Section survey name.
sequence Identifier
name SECSRVNAME
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies populated places, primary county divisions, and other locational entities within a state. The codes are assigned based on the alphabetic sequence of the entity names within a state. The FIPS 55 codes are state-based. Native American Areas in more than one state will have multiple FIPS 55 codes; that is, a different FIPS 55 code for each state portion of the Native American Area entity.
sequence Identifier
name NativeAmericanArea_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The owner or managing agency.
sequence Identifier
name OwnerOrManagingAgency
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Coverage description

Type of coverage content 
Cell value attribute description:  
Band
descriptor Feature geometry.
sequence Identifier
name Shape
Band
descriptor Internal feature or event number.
sequence Identifier
name OBJECTID
Band
descriptor A 40-character globally unique ID (GUID) value that uniquely identifies the occurrence of each feature or event in The National Map.
sequence Identifier
name Permanent_Identifier
Band
descriptor Identifier of the feature or event in the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_FeatureID
Band
descriptor Identifier of the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_DatasetID
Band
descriptor Brief narrative of the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_DataDesc
Band
descriptor Name of the organization or individual that developed the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_Originator
Band
descriptor A code from Executive Order 12958-Classified National Security Information (EO12958) used to describe the highest classification of a United States document (e.g., confidential, secret, top secret, no markings).
sequence Identifier
name Data_Security
Band
descriptor Data access and use constraints.
sequence Identifier
name Distribution_Policy
Band
descriptor Date and time feature or event was loaded into the database. Timestamp indicating when the feature or event was last edited.
sequence Identifier
name LoadDate
Band
descriptor Official name of the feature.
sequence Identifier
name Name
Band
descriptor The type of organization with administrative responsibility for a feature.
sequence Identifier
name AdminType
Band
descriptor A five-digit numeric place code used to identify legal and statistical entities for county subdivisions, places, and American Indian areas/Alaska Native areas/Hawaiian home lands. The Census Code is the same as the former Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 55-3 Place Code, which was withdrawn by NIST in 2005 and replaced with the Geographic Names Information System feature identifier code (GNIS ID).
sequence Identifier
name CensusCode
Long Wavelength  99999
Short Wavelength  00001
units
Band
descriptor Indicates whether or not the featuret is the capital city.
sequence Identifier
name IsCapitalCity
Band
descriptor Indicates whether or not the boundary point is the county seat.
sequence Identifier
name IsCountySeat
Band
descriptor A permanent, unique number assigned by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) to a geographic feature name for the sole purpose of uniquely identifying that name application as a record in any information system database, dataset, file, or document
sequence Identifier
name GNIS_ID
Long Wavelength  9,999,999,999
Short Wavelength  1
units
Band
descriptor The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) assigned proper name, specific term, or expression by which a particular geographic entity is known.
sequence Identifier
name GNIS_Name
Band
descriptor Area of feature in square kilometers. Calculated when feature in Albers Equal Area projection.
sequence Identifier
name AreaSqKm
Band
descriptor Length of the feature, which may differ from the field measured length due to differences in calculation. Units are map units.
sequence Identifier
name Shape_Length
Band
descriptor Area of feature in map units squared.
sequence Identifier
name Shape_Area
Band
descriptor The name of the country.
sequence Identifier
name Country_Name
Band
descriptor Population estimate for the feature.
sequence Identifier
name Population
Band
descriptor A two-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Insular Areas of the United States.
sequence Identifier
name State_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the state.
sequence Identifier
name State_Name
Band
descriptor A three-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Insular Areas.
sequence Identifier
name County_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the county.
sequence Identifier
name County_Name
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies counties and equivalent entities in the United States, Its possessions, and Associated states. The first two digits are the numeric code for a US State and the last three digits are the numeric code for a county within the state or possession.
sequence Identifier
name StCo_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies populated places, primary county divisions, and other locational entities within a state. The codes are assigned based on the alphabetic sequence of the entity names within a state. The Place FIPS Code values used in this model are the values reported by US Census.
sequence Identifier
name Place_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the place in which the feature is located.
sequence Identifier
name Place_Name
Band
descriptor This is a unique identifier for the first division that is built by appending the first division elements on the Township identifier.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVID
Band
descriptor This is the number, letter or designator for the first division of the PLSS Township.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVNO
Band
descriptor This is a code to indicate whether the first division is a duplicated area or identifier.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVDUP
Band
descriptor This is the type of first division and is commonly the section but may be a lot, parcel, tract or other division.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVTYP
Band
descriptor This is the first division type as a text field.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVTXT
Band
descriptor Concatenation of the state, principal meridian, township, range, and duplicate code that forms a unique ID for the PLSS Township.
sequence Identifier
name PLSSID
Band
descriptor This is the label for the first division that is used for cartographic of web display purposes.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVLAB
Band
descriptor Code for the type of special survey.
sequence Identifier
name SURVTYP
Band
descriptor Special survey type code text description.
sequence Identifier
name SURVTYPTXT
Band
descriptor The number of the special survey.
sequence Identifier
name SURVNO
Band
descriptor Special survey suffix designation that makes the identification of the area unique.
sequence Identifier
name SURVSUF
Band
descriptor Notes about the polygon feature that are important for using or understanding the feature.
sequence Identifier
name SURVNOTE
Band
descriptor Area of the feature in acres. The survey note needs to be consulted to determine the type of acres (approximate, official etc).
sequence Identifier
name ACRES
Band
descriptor Label that is used for cartographic output or web display.
sequence Identifier
name SURVLAB
Band
descriptor Survey revision date.
sequence Identifier
name REVISEDDATE
Band
descriptor State abbreviation code two letter postal code.
sequence Identifier
name STATEABBR
Band
descriptor Principal meridian code from the BLM PM Code list.
sequence Identifier
name PRINMERCD
Band
descriptor Principal meridian name as a text.
sequence Identifier
name PRINMER
Band
descriptor Township number. The Township Number indicates the number of rows of townships, north or south from a Public Land Survey System Origin.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPNO
Band
descriptor Township fraction. Township Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPFRAC
Band
descriptor Township direction. The direction of a row of Townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially North and South in the West but may be East and West in Ohio.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPDIR
Band
descriptor Range number. The Range Number indicates the number of columns of townships, east or west from a Public Land Survey System Origin.
sequence Identifier
name RANGENO
Band
descriptor Range fraction. Range Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
sequence Identifier
name RANGEFRAC
Band
descriptor Range direction. The direction of a column of townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially East or West in the west but may be north or south in Ohio.
sequence Identifier
name RANGEDIR
Band
descriptor If there are multiple townships in a Public Land Survey System Origin, State and Survey Name, the Township Duplicate Status is used to establish uniqueness. When more than one Public Land Survey System Township has the same Township and Range numbers and directions and fractions, and are in the same State, this attribute is used to distinguish among duplicate values.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPDPCD
Band
descriptor Data steward for the polygon.
sequence Identifier
name STEWARD
Band
descriptor Township label that is used for cartographic output or web display.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPLAB
Band
descriptor Survey name.
sequence Identifier
name SRVNAME
Band
descriptor Section survey name.
sequence Identifier
name SECSRVNAME
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies populated places, primary county divisions, and other locational entities within a state. The codes are assigned based on the alphabetic sequence of the entity names within a state. The FIPS 55 codes are state-based. Native American Areas in more than one state will have multiple FIPS 55 codes; that is, a different FIPS 55 code for each state portion of the Native American Area entity.
sequence Identifier
name NativeAmericanArea_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The owner or managing agency.
sequence Identifier
name OwnerOrManagingAgency
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Coverage description

Type of coverage content 
Cell value attribute description:  
Band
descriptor Feature geometry.
sequence Identifier
name Shape
Band
descriptor Internal feature or event number.
sequence Identifier
name OBJECTID
Band
descriptor A 40-character globally unique ID (GUID) value that uniquely identifies the occurrence of each feature or event in The National Map.
sequence Identifier
name Permanent_Identifier
Band
descriptor Identifier of the feature or event in the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_FeatureID
Band
descriptor Identifier of the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_DatasetID
Band
descriptor Brief narrative of the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_DataDesc
Band
descriptor Name of the organization or individual that developed the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_Originator
Band
descriptor A code from Executive Order 12958-Classified National Security Information (EO12958) used to describe the highest classification of a United States document (e.g., confidential, secret, top secret, no markings).
sequence Identifier
name Data_Security
Band
descriptor Data access and use constraints.
sequence Identifier
name Distribution_Policy
Band
descriptor Date and time feature or event was loaded into the database. Timestamp indicating when the feature or event was last edited.
sequence Identifier
name LoadDate
Band
descriptor Official name of the feature.
sequence Identifier
name Name
Band
descriptor The type of organization with administrative responsibility for a feature.
sequence Identifier
name AdminType
Band
descriptor A five-digit numeric place code used to identify legal and statistical entities for county subdivisions, places, and American Indian areas/Alaska Native areas/Hawaiian home lands. The Census Code is the same as the former Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 55-3 Place Code, which was withdrawn by NIST in 2005 and replaced with the Geographic Names Information System feature identifier code (GNIS ID).
sequence Identifier
name CensusCode
Long Wavelength  99999
Short Wavelength  00001
units
Band
descriptor Indicates whether or not the featuret is the capital city.
sequence Identifier
name IsCapitalCity
Band
descriptor Indicates whether or not the boundary point is the county seat.
sequence Identifier
name IsCountySeat
Band
descriptor A permanent, unique number assigned by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) to a geographic feature name for the sole purpose of uniquely identifying that name application as a record in any information system database, dataset, file, or document
sequence Identifier
name GNIS_ID
Long Wavelength  9,999,999,999
Short Wavelength  1
units
Band
descriptor The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) assigned proper name, specific term, or expression by which a particular geographic entity is known.
sequence Identifier
name GNIS_Name
Band
descriptor Area of feature in square kilometers. Calculated when feature in Albers Equal Area projection.
sequence Identifier
name AreaSqKm
Band
descriptor Length of the feature, which may differ from the field measured length due to differences in calculation. Units are map units.
sequence Identifier
name Shape_Length
Band
descriptor Area of feature in map units squared.
sequence Identifier
name Shape_Area
Band
descriptor The name of the country.
sequence Identifier
name Country_Name
Band
descriptor Population estimate for the feature.
sequence Identifier
name Population
Band
descriptor A two-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Insular Areas of the United States.
sequence Identifier
name State_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the state.
sequence Identifier
name State_Name
Band
descriptor A three-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Insular Areas.
sequence Identifier
name County_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the county.
sequence Identifier
name County_Name
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies counties and equivalent entities in the United States, Its possessions, and Associated states. The first two digits are the numeric code for a US State and the last three digits are the numeric code for a county within the state or possession.
sequence Identifier
name StCo_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies populated places, primary county divisions, and other locational entities within a state. The codes are assigned based on the alphabetic sequence of the entity names within a state. The Place FIPS Code values used in this model are the values reported by US Census.
sequence Identifier
name Place_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the place in which the feature is located.
sequence Identifier
name Place_Name
Band
descriptor This is a unique identifier for the first division that is built by appending the first division elements on the Township identifier.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVID
Band
descriptor This is the number, letter or designator for the first division of the PLSS Township.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVNO
Band
descriptor This is a code to indicate whether the first division is a duplicated area or identifier.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVDUP
Band
descriptor This is the type of first division and is commonly the section but may be a lot, parcel, tract or other division.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVTYP
Band
descriptor This is the first division type as a text field.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVTXT
Band
descriptor Concatenation of the state, principal meridian, township, range, and duplicate code that forms a unique ID for the PLSS Township.
sequence Identifier
name PLSSID
Band
descriptor This is the label for the first division that is used for cartographic of web display purposes.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVLAB
Band
descriptor Code for the type of special survey.
sequence Identifier
name SURVTYP
Band
descriptor Special survey type code text description.
sequence Identifier
name SURVTYPTXT
Band
descriptor The number of the special survey.
sequence Identifier
name SURVNO
Band
descriptor Special survey suffix designation that makes the identification of the area unique.
sequence Identifier
name SURVSUF
Band
descriptor Notes about the polygon feature that are important for using or understanding the feature.
sequence Identifier
name SURVNOTE
Band
descriptor Area of the feature in acres. The survey note needs to be consulted to determine the type of acres (approximate, official etc).
sequence Identifier
name ACRES
Band
descriptor Label that is used for cartographic output or web display.
sequence Identifier
name SURVLAB
Band
descriptor Survey revision date.
sequence Identifier
name REVISEDDATE
Band
descriptor State abbreviation code two letter postal code.
sequence Identifier
name STATEABBR
Band
descriptor Principal meridian code from the BLM PM Code list.
sequence Identifier
name PRINMERCD
Band
descriptor Principal meridian name as a text.
sequence Identifier
name PRINMER
Band
descriptor Township number. The Township Number indicates the number of rows of townships, north or south from a Public Land Survey System Origin.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPNO
Band
descriptor Township fraction. Township Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPFRAC
Band
descriptor Township direction. The direction of a row of Townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially North and South in the West but may be East and West in Ohio.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPDIR
Band
descriptor Range number. The Range Number indicates the number of columns of townships, east or west from a Public Land Survey System Origin.
sequence Identifier
name RANGENO
Band
descriptor Range fraction. Range Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
sequence Identifier
name RANGEFRAC
Band
descriptor Range direction. The direction of a column of townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially East or West in the west but may be north or south in Ohio.
sequence Identifier
name RANGEDIR
Band
descriptor If there are multiple townships in a Public Land Survey System Origin, State and Survey Name, the Township Duplicate Status is used to establish uniqueness. When more than one Public Land Survey System Township has the same Township and Range numbers and directions and fractions, and are in the same State, this attribute is used to distinguish among duplicate values.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPDPCD
Band
descriptor Data steward for the polygon.
sequence Identifier
name STEWARD
Band
descriptor Township label that is used for cartographic output or web display.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPLAB
Band
descriptor Survey name.
sequence Identifier
name SRVNAME
Band
descriptor Section survey name.
sequence Identifier
name SECSRVNAME
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies populated places, primary county divisions, and other locational entities within a state. The codes are assigned based on the alphabetic sequence of the entity names within a state. The FIPS 55 codes are state-based. Native American Areas in more than one state will have multiple FIPS 55 codes; that is, a different FIPS 55 code for each state portion of the Native American Area entity.
sequence Identifier
name NativeAmericanArea_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The owner or managing agency.
sequence Identifier
name OwnerOrManagingAgency
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Coverage description

Type of coverage content 
Cell value attribute description:  
Band
descriptor Feature geometry.
sequence Identifier
name Shape
Band
descriptor Internal feature or event number.
sequence Identifier
name OBJECTID
Band
descriptor A 40-character globally unique ID (GUID) value that uniquely identifies the occurrence of each feature or event in The National Map.
sequence Identifier
name Permanent_Identifier
Band
descriptor Identifier of the feature or event in the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_FeatureID
Band
descriptor Identifier of the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_DatasetID
Band
descriptor Brief narrative of the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_DataDesc
Band
descriptor Name of the organization or individual that developed the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_Originator
Band
descriptor A code from Executive Order 12958-Classified National Security Information (EO12958) used to describe the highest classification of a United States document (e.g., confidential, secret, top secret, no markings).
sequence Identifier
name Data_Security
Band
descriptor Data access and use constraints.
sequence Identifier
name Distribution_Policy
Band
descriptor Date and time feature or event was loaded into the database. Timestamp indicating when the feature or event was last edited.
sequence Identifier
name LoadDate
Band
descriptor Official name of the feature.
sequence Identifier
name Name
Band
descriptor The type of organization with administrative responsibility for a feature.
sequence Identifier
name AdminType
Band
descriptor A five-digit numeric place code used to identify legal and statistical entities for county subdivisions, places, and American Indian areas/Alaska Native areas/Hawaiian home lands. The Census Code is the same as the former Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 55-3 Place Code, which was withdrawn by NIST in 2005 and replaced with the Geographic Names Information System feature identifier code (GNIS ID).
sequence Identifier
name CensusCode
Long Wavelength  99999
Short Wavelength  00001
units
Band
descriptor Indicates whether or not the featuret is the capital city.
sequence Identifier
name IsCapitalCity
Band
descriptor Indicates whether or not the boundary point is the county seat.
sequence Identifier
name IsCountySeat
Band
descriptor A permanent, unique number assigned by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) to a geographic feature name for the sole purpose of uniquely identifying that name application as a record in any information system database, dataset, file, or document
sequence Identifier
name GNIS_ID
Long Wavelength  9,999,999,999
Short Wavelength  1
units
Band
descriptor The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) assigned proper name, specific term, or expression by which a particular geographic entity is known.
sequence Identifier
name GNIS_Name
Band
descriptor Area of feature in square kilometers. Calculated when feature in Albers Equal Area projection.
sequence Identifier
name AreaSqKm
Band
descriptor Length of the feature, which may differ from the field measured length due to differences in calculation. Units are map units.
sequence Identifier
name Shape_Length
Band
descriptor Area of feature in map units squared.
sequence Identifier
name Shape_Area
Band
descriptor The name of the country.
sequence Identifier
name Country_Name
Band
descriptor Population estimate for the feature.
sequence Identifier
name Population
Band
descriptor A two-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Insular Areas of the United States.
sequence Identifier
name State_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the state.
sequence Identifier
name State_Name
Band
descriptor A three-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Insular Areas.
sequence Identifier
name County_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the county.
sequence Identifier
name County_Name
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies counties and equivalent entities in the United States, Its possessions, and Associated states. The first two digits are the numeric code for a US State and the last three digits are the numeric code for a county within the state or possession.
sequence Identifier
name StCo_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies populated places, primary county divisions, and other locational entities within a state. The codes are assigned based on the alphabetic sequence of the entity names within a state. The Place FIPS Code values used in this model are the values reported by US Census.
sequence Identifier
name Place_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the place in which the feature is located.
sequence Identifier
name Place_Name
Band
descriptor This is a unique identifier for the first division that is built by appending the first division elements on the Township identifier.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVID
Band
descriptor This is the number, letter or designator for the first division of the PLSS Township.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVNO
Band
descriptor This is a code to indicate whether the first division is a duplicated area or identifier.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVDUP
Band
descriptor This is the type of first division and is commonly the section but may be a lot, parcel, tract or other division.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVTYP
Band
descriptor This is the first division type as a text field.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVTXT
Band
descriptor Concatenation of the state, principal meridian, township, range, and duplicate code that forms a unique ID for the PLSS Township.
sequence Identifier
name PLSSID
Band
descriptor This is the label for the first division that is used for cartographic of web display purposes.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVLAB
Band
descriptor Code for the type of special survey.
sequence Identifier
name SURVTYP
Band
descriptor Special survey type code text description.
sequence Identifier
name SURVTYPTXT
Band
descriptor The number of the special survey.
sequence Identifier
name SURVNO
Band
descriptor Special survey suffix designation that makes the identification of the area unique.
sequence Identifier
name SURVSUF
Band
descriptor Notes about the polygon feature that are important for using or understanding the feature.
sequence Identifier
name SURVNOTE
Band
descriptor Area of the feature in acres. The survey note needs to be consulted to determine the type of acres (approximate, official etc).
sequence Identifier
name ACRES
Band
descriptor Label that is used for cartographic output or web display.
sequence Identifier
name SURVLAB
Band
descriptor Survey revision date.
sequence Identifier
name REVISEDDATE
Band
descriptor State abbreviation code two letter postal code.
sequence Identifier
name STATEABBR
Band
descriptor Principal meridian code from the BLM PM Code list.
sequence Identifier
name PRINMERCD
Band
descriptor Principal meridian name as a text.
sequence Identifier
name PRINMER
Band
descriptor Township number. The Township Number indicates the number of rows of townships, north or south from a Public Land Survey System Origin.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPNO
Band
descriptor Township fraction. Township Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPFRAC
Band
descriptor Township direction. The direction of a row of Townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially North and South in the West but may be East and West in Ohio.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPDIR
Band
descriptor Range number. The Range Number indicates the number of columns of townships, east or west from a Public Land Survey System Origin.
sequence Identifier
name RANGENO
Band
descriptor Range fraction. Range Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
sequence Identifier
name RANGEFRAC
Band
descriptor Range direction. The direction of a column of townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially East or West in the west but may be north or south in Ohio.
sequence Identifier
name RANGEDIR
Band
descriptor If there are multiple townships in a Public Land Survey System Origin, State and Survey Name, the Township Duplicate Status is used to establish uniqueness. When more than one Public Land Survey System Township has the same Township and Range numbers and directions and fractions, and are in the same State, this attribute is used to distinguish among duplicate values.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPDPCD
Band
descriptor Data steward for the polygon.
sequence Identifier
name STEWARD
Band
descriptor Township label that is used for cartographic output or web display.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPLAB
Band
descriptor Survey name.
sequence Identifier
name SRVNAME
Band
descriptor Section survey name.
sequence Identifier
name SECSRVNAME
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies populated places, primary county divisions, and other locational entities within a state. The codes are assigned based on the alphabetic sequence of the entity names within a state. The FIPS 55 codes are state-based. Native American Areas in more than one state will have multiple FIPS 55 codes; that is, a different FIPS 55 code for each state portion of the Native American Area entity.
sequence Identifier
name NativeAmericanArea_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The owner or managing agency.
sequence Identifier
name OwnerOrManagingAgency
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Coverage description

Type of coverage content 
Cell value attribute description:  
Band
descriptor Feature geometry.
sequence Identifier
name Shape
Band
descriptor Internal feature or event number.
sequence Identifier
name OBJECTID
Band
descriptor A 40-character globally unique ID (GUID) value that uniquely identifies the occurrence of each feature or event in The National Map.
sequence Identifier
name Permanent_Identifier
Band
descriptor Identifier of the feature or event in the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_FeatureID
Band
descriptor Identifier of the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_DatasetID
Band
descriptor Brief narrative of the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_DataDesc
Band
descriptor Name of the organization or individual that developed the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_Originator
Band
descriptor A code from Executive Order 12958-Classified National Security Information (EO12958) used to describe the highest classification of a United States document (e.g., confidential, secret, top secret, no markings).
sequence Identifier
name Data_Security
Band
descriptor Data access and use constraints.
sequence Identifier
name Distribution_Policy
Band
descriptor Date and time feature or event was loaded into the database. Timestamp indicating when the feature or event was last edited.
sequence Identifier
name LoadDate
Band
descriptor Official name of the feature.
sequence Identifier
name Name
Band
descriptor The type of organization with administrative responsibility for a feature.
sequence Identifier
name AdminType
Band
descriptor A five-digit numeric place code used to identify legal and statistical entities for county subdivisions, places, and American Indian areas/Alaska Native areas/Hawaiian home lands. The Census Code is the same as the former Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 55-3 Place Code, which was withdrawn by NIST in 2005 and replaced with the Geographic Names Information System feature identifier code (GNIS ID).
sequence Identifier
name CensusCode
Long Wavelength  99999
Short Wavelength  00001
units
Band
descriptor Indicates whether or not the featuret is the capital city.
sequence Identifier
name IsCapitalCity
Band
descriptor Indicates whether or not the boundary point is the county seat.
sequence Identifier
name IsCountySeat
Band
descriptor A permanent, unique number assigned by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) to a geographic feature name for the sole purpose of uniquely identifying that name application as a record in any information system database, dataset, file, or document
sequence Identifier
name GNIS_ID
Long Wavelength  9,999,999,999
Short Wavelength  1
units
Band
descriptor The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) assigned proper name, specific term, or expression by which a particular geographic entity is known.
sequence Identifier
name GNIS_Name
Band
descriptor Area of feature in square kilometers. Calculated when feature in Albers Equal Area projection.
sequence Identifier
name AreaSqKm
Band
descriptor Length of the feature, which may differ from the field measured length due to differences in calculation. Units are map units.
sequence Identifier
name Shape_Length
Band
descriptor Area of feature in map units squared.
sequence Identifier
name Shape_Area
Band
descriptor The name of the country.
sequence Identifier
name Country_Name
Band
descriptor Population estimate for the feature.
sequence Identifier
name Population
Band
descriptor A two-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Insular Areas of the United States.
sequence Identifier
name State_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the state.
sequence Identifier
name State_Name
Band
descriptor A three-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Insular Areas.
sequence Identifier
name County_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the county.
sequence Identifier
name County_Name
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies counties and equivalent entities in the United States, Its possessions, and Associated states. The first two digits are the numeric code for a US State and the last three digits are the numeric code for a county within the state or possession.
sequence Identifier
name StCo_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies populated places, primary county divisions, and other locational entities within a state. The codes are assigned based on the alphabetic sequence of the entity names within a state. The Place FIPS Code values used in this model are the values reported by US Census.
sequence Identifier
name Place_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the place in which the feature is located.
sequence Identifier
name Place_Name
Band
descriptor This is a unique identifier for the first division that is built by appending the first division elements on the Township identifier.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVID
Band
descriptor This is the number, letter or designator for the first division of the PLSS Township.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVNO
Band
descriptor This is a code to indicate whether the first division is a duplicated area or identifier.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVDUP
Band
descriptor This is the type of first division and is commonly the section but may be a lot, parcel, tract or other division.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVTYP
Band
descriptor This is the first division type as a text field.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVTXT
Band
descriptor Concatenation of the state, principal meridian, township, range, and duplicate code that forms a unique ID for the PLSS Township.
sequence Identifier
name PLSSID
Band
descriptor This is the label for the first division that is used for cartographic of web display purposes.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVLAB
Band
descriptor Code for the type of special survey.
sequence Identifier
name SURVTYP
Band
descriptor Special survey type code text description.
sequence Identifier
name SURVTYPTXT
Band
descriptor The number of the special survey.
sequence Identifier
name SURVNO
Band
descriptor Special survey suffix designation that makes the identification of the area unique.
sequence Identifier
name SURVSUF
Band
descriptor Notes about the polygon feature that are important for using or understanding the feature.
sequence Identifier
name SURVNOTE
Band
descriptor Area of the feature in acres. The survey note needs to be consulted to determine the type of acres (approximate, official etc).
sequence Identifier
name ACRES
Band
descriptor Label that is used for cartographic output or web display.
sequence Identifier
name SURVLAB
Band
descriptor Survey revision date.
sequence Identifier
name REVISEDDATE
Band
descriptor State abbreviation code two letter postal code.
sequence Identifier
name STATEABBR
Band
descriptor Principal meridian code from the BLM PM Code list.
sequence Identifier
name PRINMERCD
Band
descriptor Principal meridian name as a text.
sequence Identifier
name PRINMER
Band
descriptor Township number. The Township Number indicates the number of rows of townships, north or south from a Public Land Survey System Origin.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPNO
Band
descriptor Township fraction. Township Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPFRAC
Band
descriptor Township direction. The direction of a row of Townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially North and South in the West but may be East and West in Ohio.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPDIR
Band
descriptor Range number. The Range Number indicates the number of columns of townships, east or west from a Public Land Survey System Origin.
sequence Identifier
name RANGENO
Band
descriptor Range fraction. Range Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
sequence Identifier
name RANGEFRAC
Band
descriptor Range direction. The direction of a column of townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially East or West in the west but may be north or south in Ohio.
sequence Identifier
name RANGEDIR
Band
descriptor If there are multiple townships in a Public Land Survey System Origin, State and Survey Name, the Township Duplicate Status is used to establish uniqueness. When more than one Public Land Survey System Township has the same Township and Range numbers and directions and fractions, and are in the same State, this attribute is used to distinguish among duplicate values.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPDPCD
Band
descriptor Data steward for the polygon.
sequence Identifier
name STEWARD
Band
descriptor Township label that is used for cartographic output or web display.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPLAB
Band
descriptor Survey name.
sequence Identifier
name SRVNAME
Band
descriptor Section survey name.
sequence Identifier
name SECSRVNAME
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies populated places, primary county divisions, and other locational entities within a state. The codes are assigned based on the alphabetic sequence of the entity names within a state. The FIPS 55 codes are state-based. Native American Areas in more than one state will have multiple FIPS 55 codes; that is, a different FIPS 55 code for each state portion of the Native American Area entity.
sequence Identifier
name NativeAmericanArea_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The owner or managing agency.
sequence Identifier
name OwnerOrManagingAgency
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Coverage description

Type of coverage content 
Cell value attribute description:  
Band
descriptor Feature geometry.
sequence Identifier
name Shape
Band
descriptor Internal feature or event number.
sequence Identifier
name OBJECTID
Band
descriptor A 40-character globally unique ID (GUID) value that uniquely identifies the occurrence of each feature or event in The National Map.
sequence Identifier
name Permanent_Identifier
Band
descriptor Identifier of the feature or event in the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_FeatureID
Band
descriptor Identifier of the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_DatasetID
Band
descriptor Brief narrative of the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_DataDesc
Band
descriptor Name of the organization or individual that developed the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_Originator
Band
descriptor A code from Executive Order 12958-Classified National Security Information (EO12958) used to describe the highest classification of a United States document (e.g., confidential, secret, top secret, no markings).
sequence Identifier
name Data_Security
Band
descriptor Data access and use constraints.
sequence Identifier
name Distribution_Policy
Band
descriptor Date and time feature or event was loaded into the database. Timestamp indicating when the feature or event was last edited.
sequence Identifier
name LoadDate
Band
descriptor Official name of the feature.
sequence Identifier
name Name
Band
descriptor The type of organization with administrative responsibility for a feature.
sequence Identifier
name AdminType
Band
descriptor A five-digit numeric place code used to identify legal and statistical entities for county subdivisions, places, and American Indian areas/Alaska Native areas/Hawaiian home lands. The Census Code is the same as the former Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 55-3 Place Code, which was withdrawn by NIST in 2005 and replaced with the Geographic Names Information System feature identifier code (GNIS ID).
sequence Identifier
name CensusCode
Long Wavelength  99999
Short Wavelength  00001
units
Band
descriptor Indicates whether or not the featuret is the capital city.
sequence Identifier
name IsCapitalCity
Band
descriptor Indicates whether or not the boundary point is the county seat.
sequence Identifier
name IsCountySeat
Band
descriptor A permanent, unique number assigned by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) to a geographic feature name for the sole purpose of uniquely identifying that name application as a record in any information system database, dataset, file, or document
sequence Identifier
name GNIS_ID
Long Wavelength  9,999,999,999
Short Wavelength  1
units
Band
descriptor The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) assigned proper name, specific term, or expression by which a particular geographic entity is known.
sequence Identifier
name GNIS_Name
Band
descriptor Area of feature in square kilometers. Calculated when feature in Albers Equal Area projection.
sequence Identifier
name AreaSqKm
Band
descriptor Length of the feature, which may differ from the field measured length due to differences in calculation. Units are map units.
sequence Identifier
name Shape_Length
Band
descriptor Area of feature in map units squared.
sequence Identifier
name Shape_Area
Band
descriptor The name of the country.
sequence Identifier
name Country_Name
Band
descriptor Population estimate for the feature.
sequence Identifier
name Population
Band
descriptor A two-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Insular Areas of the United States.
sequence Identifier
name State_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the state.
sequence Identifier
name State_Name
Band
descriptor A three-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Insular Areas.
sequence Identifier
name County_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the county.
sequence Identifier
name County_Name
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies counties and equivalent entities in the United States, Its possessions, and Associated states. The first two digits are the numeric code for a US State and the last three digits are the numeric code for a county within the state or possession.
sequence Identifier
name StCo_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies populated places, primary county divisions, and other locational entities within a state. The codes are assigned based on the alphabetic sequence of the entity names within a state. The Place FIPS Code values used in this model are the values reported by US Census.
sequence Identifier
name Place_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the place in which the feature is located.
sequence Identifier
name Place_Name
Band
descriptor This is a unique identifier for the first division that is built by appending the first division elements on the Township identifier.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVID
Band
descriptor This is the number, letter or designator for the first division of the PLSS Township.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVNO
Band
descriptor This is a code to indicate whether the first division is a duplicated area or identifier.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVDUP
Band
descriptor This is the type of first division and is commonly the section but may be a lot, parcel, tract or other division.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVTYP
Band
descriptor This is the first division type as a text field.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVTXT
Band
descriptor Concatenation of the state, principal meridian, township, range, and duplicate code that forms a unique ID for the PLSS Township.
sequence Identifier
name PLSSID
Band
descriptor This is the label for the first division that is used for cartographic of web display purposes.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVLAB
Band
descriptor Code for the type of special survey.
sequence Identifier
name SURVTYP
Band
descriptor Special survey type code text description.
sequence Identifier
name SURVTYPTXT
Band
descriptor The number of the special survey.
sequence Identifier
name SURVNO
Band
descriptor Special survey suffix designation that makes the identification of the area unique.
sequence Identifier
name SURVSUF
Band
descriptor Notes about the polygon feature that are important for using or understanding the feature.
sequence Identifier
name SURVNOTE
Band
descriptor Area of the feature in acres. The survey note needs to be consulted to determine the type of acres (approximate, official etc).
sequence Identifier
name ACRES
Band
descriptor Label that is used for cartographic output or web display.
sequence Identifier
name SURVLAB
Band
descriptor Survey revision date.
sequence Identifier
name REVISEDDATE
Band
descriptor State abbreviation code two letter postal code.
sequence Identifier
name STATEABBR
Band
descriptor Principal meridian code from the BLM PM Code list.
sequence Identifier
name PRINMERCD
Band
descriptor Principal meridian name as a text.
sequence Identifier
name PRINMER
Band
descriptor Township number. The Township Number indicates the number of rows of townships, north or south from a Public Land Survey System Origin.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPNO
Band
descriptor Township fraction. Township Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPFRAC
Band
descriptor Township direction. The direction of a row of Townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially North and South in the West but may be East and West in Ohio.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPDIR
Band
descriptor Range number. The Range Number indicates the number of columns of townships, east or west from a Public Land Survey System Origin.
sequence Identifier
name RANGENO
Band
descriptor Range fraction. Range Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
sequence Identifier
name RANGEFRAC
Band
descriptor Range direction. The direction of a column of townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially East or West in the west but may be north or south in Ohio.
sequence Identifier
name RANGEDIR
Band
descriptor If there are multiple townships in a Public Land Survey System Origin, State and Survey Name, the Township Duplicate Status is used to establish uniqueness. When more than one Public Land Survey System Township has the same Township and Range numbers and directions and fractions, and are in the same State, this attribute is used to distinguish among duplicate values.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPDPCD
Band
descriptor Data steward for the polygon.
sequence Identifier
name STEWARD
Band
descriptor Township label that is used for cartographic output or web display.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPLAB
Band
descriptor Survey name.
sequence Identifier
name SRVNAME
Band
descriptor Section survey name.
sequence Identifier
name SECSRVNAME
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies populated places, primary county divisions, and other locational entities within a state. The codes are assigned based on the alphabetic sequence of the entity names within a state. The FIPS 55 codes are state-based. Native American Areas in more than one state will have multiple FIPS 55 codes; that is, a different FIPS 55 code for each state portion of the Native American Area entity.
sequence Identifier
name NativeAmericanArea_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The owner or managing agency.
sequence Identifier
name OwnerOrManagingAgency
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Coverage description

Type of coverage content 
Cell value attribute description:  
Band
descriptor Feature geometry.
sequence Identifier
name Shape
Band
descriptor Internal feature or event number.
sequence Identifier
name OBJECTID
Band
descriptor A 40-character globally unique ID (GUID) value that uniquely identifies the occurrence of each feature or event in The National Map.
sequence Identifier
name Permanent_Identifier
Band
descriptor Identifier of the feature or event in the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_FeatureID
Band
descriptor Identifier of the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_DatasetID
Band
descriptor Brief narrative of the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_DataDesc
Band
descriptor Name of the organization or individual that developed the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_Originator
Band
descriptor A code from Executive Order 12958-Classified National Security Information (EO12958) used to describe the highest classification of a United States document (e.g., confidential, secret, top secret, no markings).
sequence Identifier
name Data_Security
Band
descriptor Data access and use constraints.
sequence Identifier
name Distribution_Policy
Band
descriptor Date and time feature or event was loaded into the database. Timestamp indicating when the feature or event was last edited.
sequence Identifier
name LoadDate
Band
descriptor Official name of the feature.
sequence Identifier
name Name
Band
descriptor The type of organization with administrative responsibility for a feature.
sequence Identifier
name AdminType
Band
descriptor A five-digit numeric place code used to identify legal and statistical entities for county subdivisions, places, and American Indian areas/Alaska Native areas/Hawaiian home lands. The Census Code is the same as the former Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 55-3 Place Code, which was withdrawn by NIST in 2005 and replaced with the Geographic Names Information System feature identifier code (GNIS ID).
sequence Identifier
name CensusCode
Long Wavelength  99999
Short Wavelength  00001
units
Band
descriptor Indicates whether or not the featuret is the capital city.
sequence Identifier
name IsCapitalCity
Band
descriptor Indicates whether or not the boundary point is the county seat.
sequence Identifier
name IsCountySeat
Band
descriptor A permanent, unique number assigned by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) to a geographic feature name for the sole purpose of uniquely identifying that name application as a record in any information system database, dataset, file, or document
sequence Identifier
name GNIS_ID
Long Wavelength  9,999,999,999
Short Wavelength  1
units
Band
descriptor The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) assigned proper name, specific term, or expression by which a particular geographic entity is known.
sequence Identifier
name GNIS_Name
Band
descriptor Area of feature in square kilometers. Calculated when feature in Albers Equal Area projection.
sequence Identifier
name AreaSqKm
Band
descriptor Length of the feature, which may differ from the field measured length due to differences in calculation. Units are map units.
sequence Identifier
name Shape_Length
Band
descriptor Area of feature in map units squared.
sequence Identifier
name Shape_Area
Band
descriptor The name of the country.
sequence Identifier
name Country_Name
Band
descriptor Population estimate for the feature.
sequence Identifier
name Population
Band
descriptor A two-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Insular Areas of the United States.
sequence Identifier
name State_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the state.
sequence Identifier
name State_Name
Band
descriptor A three-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Insular Areas.
sequence Identifier
name County_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the county.
sequence Identifier
name County_Name
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies counties and equivalent entities in the United States, Its possessions, and Associated states. The first two digits are the numeric code for a US State and the last three digits are the numeric code for a county within the state or possession.
sequence Identifier
name StCo_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies populated places, primary county divisions, and other locational entities within a state. The codes are assigned based on the alphabetic sequence of the entity names within a state. The Place FIPS Code values used in this model are the values reported by US Census.
sequence Identifier
name Place_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the place in which the feature is located.
sequence Identifier
name Place_Name
Band
descriptor This is a unique identifier for the first division that is built by appending the first division elements on the Township identifier.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVID
Band
descriptor This is the number, letter or designator for the first division of the PLSS Township.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVNO
Band
descriptor This is a code to indicate whether the first division is a duplicated area or identifier.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVDUP
Band
descriptor This is the type of first division and is commonly the section but may be a lot, parcel, tract or other division.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVTYP
Band
descriptor This is the first division type as a text field.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVTXT
Band
descriptor Concatenation of the state, principal meridian, township, range, and duplicate code that forms a unique ID for the PLSS Township.
sequence Identifier
name PLSSID
Band
descriptor This is the label for the first division that is used for cartographic of web display purposes.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVLAB
Band
descriptor Code for the type of special survey.
sequence Identifier
name SURVTYP
Band
descriptor Special survey type code text description.
sequence Identifier
name SURVTYPTXT
Band
descriptor The number of the special survey.
sequence Identifier
name SURVNO
Band
descriptor Special survey suffix designation that makes the identification of the area unique.
sequence Identifier
name SURVSUF
Band
descriptor Notes about the polygon feature that are important for using or understanding the feature.
sequence Identifier
name SURVNOTE
Band
descriptor Area of the feature in acres. The survey note needs to be consulted to determine the type of acres (approximate, official etc).
sequence Identifier
name ACRES
Band
descriptor Label that is used for cartographic output or web display.
sequence Identifier
name SURVLAB
Band
descriptor Survey revision date.
sequence Identifier
name REVISEDDATE
Band
descriptor State abbreviation code two letter postal code.
sequence Identifier
name STATEABBR
Band
descriptor Principal meridian code from the BLM PM Code list.
sequence Identifier
name PRINMERCD
Band
descriptor Principal meridian name as a text.
sequence Identifier
name PRINMER
Band
descriptor Township number. The Township Number indicates the number of rows of townships, north or south from a Public Land Survey System Origin.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPNO
Band
descriptor Township fraction. Township Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPFRAC
Band
descriptor Township direction. The direction of a row of Townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially North and South in the West but may be East and West in Ohio.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPDIR
Band
descriptor Range number. The Range Number indicates the number of columns of townships, east or west from a Public Land Survey System Origin.
sequence Identifier
name RANGENO
Band
descriptor Range fraction. Range Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
sequence Identifier
name RANGEFRAC
Band
descriptor Range direction. The direction of a column of townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially East or West in the west but may be north or south in Ohio.
sequence Identifier
name RANGEDIR
Band
descriptor If there are multiple townships in a Public Land Survey System Origin, State and Survey Name, the Township Duplicate Status is used to establish uniqueness. When more than one Public Land Survey System Township has the same Township and Range numbers and directions and fractions, and are in the same State, this attribute is used to distinguish among duplicate values.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPDPCD
Band
descriptor Data steward for the polygon.
sequence Identifier
name STEWARD
Band
descriptor Township label that is used for cartographic output or web display.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPLAB
Band
descriptor Survey name.
sequence Identifier
name SRVNAME
Band
descriptor Section survey name.
sequence Identifier
name SECSRVNAME
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies populated places, primary county divisions, and other locational entities within a state. The codes are assigned based on the alphabetic sequence of the entity names within a state. The FIPS 55 codes are state-based. Native American Areas in more than one state will have multiple FIPS 55 codes; that is, a different FIPS 55 code for each state portion of the Native American Area entity.
sequence Identifier
name NativeAmericanArea_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The owner or managing agency.
sequence Identifier
name OwnerOrManagingAgency
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Coverage description

Type of coverage content 
Cell value attribute description:  
Band
descriptor Feature geometry.
sequence Identifier
name Shape
Band
descriptor Internal feature or event number.
sequence Identifier
name OBJECTID
Band
descriptor A 40-character globally unique ID (GUID) value that uniquely identifies the occurrence of each feature or event in The National Map.
sequence Identifier
name Permanent_Identifier
Band
descriptor Identifier of the feature or event in the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_FeatureID
Band
descriptor Identifier of the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_DatasetID
Band
descriptor Brief narrative of the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_DataDesc
Band
descriptor Name of the organization or individual that developed the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_Originator
Band
descriptor A code from Executive Order 12958-Classified National Security Information (EO12958) used to describe the highest classification of a United States document (e.g., confidential, secret, top secret, no markings).
sequence Identifier
name Data_Security
Band
descriptor Data access and use constraints.
sequence Identifier
name Distribution_Policy
Band
descriptor Date and time feature or event was loaded into the database. Timestamp indicating when the feature or event was last edited.
sequence Identifier
name LoadDate
Band
descriptor Official name of the feature.
sequence Identifier
name Name
Band
descriptor The type of organization with administrative responsibility for a feature.
sequence Identifier
name AdminType
Band
descriptor A five-digit numeric place code used to identify legal and statistical entities for county subdivisions, places, and American Indian areas/Alaska Native areas/Hawaiian home lands. The Census Code is the same as the former Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 55-3 Place Code, which was withdrawn by NIST in 2005 and replaced with the Geographic Names Information System feature identifier code (GNIS ID).
sequence Identifier
name CensusCode
Long Wavelength  99999
Short Wavelength  00001
units
Band
descriptor Indicates whether or not the featuret is the capital city.
sequence Identifier
name IsCapitalCity
Band
descriptor Indicates whether or not the boundary point is the county seat.
sequence Identifier
name IsCountySeat
Band
descriptor A permanent, unique number assigned by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) to a geographic feature name for the sole purpose of uniquely identifying that name application as a record in any information system database, dataset, file, or document
sequence Identifier
name GNIS_ID
Long Wavelength  9,999,999,999
Short Wavelength  1
units
Band
descriptor The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) assigned proper name, specific term, or expression by which a particular geographic entity is known.
sequence Identifier
name GNIS_Name
Band
descriptor Area of feature in square kilometers. Calculated when feature in Albers Equal Area projection.
sequence Identifier
name AreaSqKm
Band
descriptor Length of the feature, which may differ from the field measured length due to differences in calculation. Units are map units.
sequence Identifier
name Shape_Length
Band
descriptor Area of feature in map units squared.
sequence Identifier
name Shape_Area
Band
descriptor The name of the country.
sequence Identifier
name Country_Name
Band
descriptor Population estimate for the feature.
sequence Identifier
name Population
Band
descriptor A two-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Insular Areas of the United States.
sequence Identifier
name State_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the state.
sequence Identifier
name State_Name
Band
descriptor A three-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Insular Areas.
sequence Identifier
name County_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the county.
sequence Identifier
name County_Name
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies counties and equivalent entities in the United States, Its possessions, and Associated states. The first two digits are the numeric code for a US State and the last three digits are the numeric code for a county within the state or possession.
sequence Identifier
name StCo_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies populated places, primary county divisions, and other locational entities within a state. The codes are assigned based on the alphabetic sequence of the entity names within a state. The Place FIPS Code values used in this model are the values reported by US Census.
sequence Identifier
name Place_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the place in which the feature is located.
sequence Identifier
name Place_Name
Band
descriptor This is a unique identifier for the first division that is built by appending the first division elements on the Township identifier.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVID
Band
descriptor This is the number, letter or designator for the first division of the PLSS Township.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVNO
Band
descriptor This is a code to indicate whether the first division is a duplicated area or identifier.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVDUP
Band
descriptor This is the type of first division and is commonly the section but may be a lot, parcel, tract or other division.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVTYP
Band
descriptor This is the first division type as a text field.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVTXT
Band
descriptor Concatenation of the state, principal meridian, township, range, and duplicate code that forms a unique ID for the PLSS Township.
sequence Identifier
name PLSSID
Band
descriptor This is the label for the first division that is used for cartographic of web display purposes.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVLAB
Band
descriptor Code for the type of special survey.
sequence Identifier
name SURVTYP
Band
descriptor Special survey type code text description.
sequence Identifier
name SURVTYPTXT
Band
descriptor The number of the special survey.
sequence Identifier
name SURVNO
Band
descriptor Special survey suffix designation that makes the identification of the area unique.
sequence Identifier
name SURVSUF
Band
descriptor Notes about the polygon feature that are important for using or understanding the feature.
sequence Identifier
name SURVNOTE
Band
descriptor Area of the feature in acres. The survey note needs to be consulted to determine the type of acres (approximate, official etc).
sequence Identifier
name ACRES
Band
descriptor Label that is used for cartographic output or web display.
sequence Identifier
name SURVLAB
Band
descriptor Survey revision date.
sequence Identifier
name REVISEDDATE
Band
descriptor State abbreviation code two letter postal code.
sequence Identifier
name STATEABBR
Band
descriptor Principal meridian code from the BLM PM Code list.
sequence Identifier
name PRINMERCD
Band
descriptor Principal meridian name as a text.
sequence Identifier
name PRINMER
Band
descriptor Township number. The Township Number indicates the number of rows of townships, north or south from a Public Land Survey System Origin.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPNO
Band
descriptor Township fraction. Township Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPFRAC
Band
descriptor Township direction. The direction of a row of Townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially North and South in the West but may be East and West in Ohio.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPDIR
Band
descriptor Range number. The Range Number indicates the number of columns of townships, east or west from a Public Land Survey System Origin.
sequence Identifier
name RANGENO
Band
descriptor Range fraction. Range Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
sequence Identifier
name RANGEFRAC
Band
descriptor Range direction. The direction of a column of townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially East or West in the west but may be north or south in Ohio.
sequence Identifier
name RANGEDIR
Band
descriptor If there are multiple townships in a Public Land Survey System Origin, State and Survey Name, the Township Duplicate Status is used to establish uniqueness. When more than one Public Land Survey System Township has the same Township and Range numbers and directions and fractions, and are in the same State, this attribute is used to distinguish among duplicate values.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPDPCD
Band
descriptor Data steward for the polygon.
sequence Identifier
name STEWARD
Band
descriptor Township label that is used for cartographic output or web display.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPLAB
Band
descriptor Survey name.
sequence Identifier
name SRVNAME
Band
descriptor Section survey name.
sequence Identifier
name SECSRVNAME
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies populated places, primary county divisions, and other locational entities within a state. The codes are assigned based on the alphabetic sequence of the entity names within a state. The FIPS 55 codes are state-based. Native American Areas in more than one state will have multiple FIPS 55 codes; that is, a different FIPS 55 code for each state portion of the Native American Area entity.
sequence Identifier
name NativeAmericanArea_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The owner or managing agency.
sequence Identifier
name OwnerOrManagingAgency
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Coverage description

Type of coverage content 
Cell value attribute description:  
Band
descriptor Feature geometry.
sequence Identifier
name Shape
Band
descriptor Internal feature or event number.
sequence Identifier
name OBJECTID
Band
descriptor A 40-character globally unique ID (GUID) value that uniquely identifies the occurrence of each feature or event in The National Map.
sequence Identifier
name Permanent_Identifier
Band
descriptor Identifier of the feature or event in the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_FeatureID
Band
descriptor Identifier of the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_DatasetID
Band
descriptor Brief narrative of the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_DataDesc
Band
descriptor Name of the organization or individual that developed the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_Originator
Band
descriptor A code from Executive Order 12958-Classified National Security Information (EO12958) used to describe the highest classification of a United States document (e.g., confidential, secret, top secret, no markings).
sequence Identifier
name Data_Security
Band
descriptor Data access and use constraints.
sequence Identifier
name Distribution_Policy
Band
descriptor Date and time feature or event was loaded into the database. Timestamp indicating when the feature or event was last edited.
sequence Identifier
name LoadDate
Band
descriptor Official name of the feature.
sequence Identifier
name Name
Band
descriptor The type of organization with administrative responsibility for a feature.
sequence Identifier
name AdminType
Band
descriptor A five-digit numeric place code used to identify legal and statistical entities for county subdivisions, places, and American Indian areas/Alaska Native areas/Hawaiian home lands. The Census Code is the same as the former Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 55-3 Place Code, which was withdrawn by NIST in 2005 and replaced with the Geographic Names Information System feature identifier code (GNIS ID).
sequence Identifier
name CensusCode
Long Wavelength  99999
Short Wavelength  00001
units
Band
descriptor Indicates whether or not the featuret is the capital city.
sequence Identifier
name IsCapitalCity
Band
descriptor Indicates whether or not the boundary point is the county seat.
sequence Identifier
name IsCountySeat
Band
descriptor A permanent, unique number assigned by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) to a geographic feature name for the sole purpose of uniquely identifying that name application as a record in any information system database, dataset, file, or document
sequence Identifier
name GNIS_ID
Long Wavelength  9,999,999,999
Short Wavelength  1
units
Band
descriptor The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) assigned proper name, specific term, or expression by which a particular geographic entity is known.
sequence Identifier
name GNIS_Name
Band
descriptor Area of feature in square kilometers. Calculated when feature in Albers Equal Area projection.
sequence Identifier
name AreaSqKm
Band
descriptor Length of the feature, which may differ from the field measured length due to differences in calculation. Units are map units.
sequence Identifier
name Shape_Length
Band
descriptor Area of feature in map units squared.
sequence Identifier
name Shape_Area
Band
descriptor The name of the country.
sequence Identifier
name Country_Name
Band
descriptor Population estimate for the feature.
sequence Identifier
name Population
Band
descriptor A two-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Insular Areas of the United States.
sequence Identifier
name State_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the state.
sequence Identifier
name State_Name
Band
descriptor A three-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Insular Areas.
sequence Identifier
name County_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the county.
sequence Identifier
name County_Name
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies counties and equivalent entities in the United States, Its possessions, and Associated states. The first two digits are the numeric code for a US State and the last three digits are the numeric code for a county within the state or possession.
sequence Identifier
name StCo_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies populated places, primary county divisions, and other locational entities within a state. The codes are assigned based on the alphabetic sequence of the entity names within a state. The Place FIPS Code values used in this model are the values reported by US Census.
sequence Identifier
name Place_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the place in which the feature is located.
sequence Identifier
name Place_Name
Band
descriptor This is a unique identifier for the first division that is built by appending the first division elements on the Township identifier.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVID
Band
descriptor This is the number, letter or designator for the first division of the PLSS Township.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVNO
Band
descriptor This is a code to indicate whether the first division is a duplicated area or identifier.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVDUP
Band
descriptor This is the type of first division and is commonly the section but may be a lot, parcel, tract or other division.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVTYP
Band
descriptor This is the first division type as a text field.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVTXT
Band
descriptor Concatenation of the state, principal meridian, township, range, and duplicate code that forms a unique ID for the PLSS Township.
sequence Identifier
name PLSSID
Band
descriptor This is the label for the first division that is used for cartographic of web display purposes.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVLAB
Band
descriptor Code for the type of special survey.
sequence Identifier
name SURVTYP
Band
descriptor Special survey type code text description.
sequence Identifier
name SURVTYPTXT
Band
descriptor The number of the special survey.
sequence Identifier
name SURVNO
Band
descriptor Special survey suffix designation that makes the identification of the area unique.
sequence Identifier
name SURVSUF
Band
descriptor Notes about the polygon feature that are important for using or understanding the feature.
sequence Identifier
name SURVNOTE
Band
descriptor Area of the feature in acres. The survey note needs to be consulted to determine the type of acres (approximate, official etc).
sequence Identifier
name ACRES
Band
descriptor Label that is used for cartographic output or web display.
sequence Identifier
name SURVLAB
Band
descriptor Survey revision date.
sequence Identifier
name REVISEDDATE
Band
descriptor State abbreviation code two letter postal code.
sequence Identifier
name STATEABBR
Band
descriptor Principal meridian code from the BLM PM Code list.
sequence Identifier
name PRINMERCD
Band
descriptor Principal meridian name as a text.
sequence Identifier
name PRINMER
Band
descriptor Township number. The Township Number indicates the number of rows of townships, north or south from a Public Land Survey System Origin.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPNO
Band
descriptor Township fraction. Township Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPFRAC
Band
descriptor Township direction. The direction of a row of Townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially North and South in the West but may be East and West in Ohio.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPDIR
Band
descriptor Range number. The Range Number indicates the number of columns of townships, east or west from a Public Land Survey System Origin.
sequence Identifier
name RANGENO
Band
descriptor Range fraction. Range Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
sequence Identifier
name RANGEFRAC
Band
descriptor Range direction. The direction of a column of townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially East or West in the west but may be north or south in Ohio.
sequence Identifier
name RANGEDIR
Band
descriptor If there are multiple townships in a Public Land Survey System Origin, State and Survey Name, the Township Duplicate Status is used to establish uniqueness. When more than one Public Land Survey System Township has the same Township and Range numbers and directions and fractions, and are in the same State, this attribute is used to distinguish among duplicate values.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPDPCD
Band
descriptor Data steward for the polygon.
sequence Identifier
name STEWARD
Band
descriptor Township label that is used for cartographic output or web display.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPLAB
Band
descriptor Survey name.
sequence Identifier
name SRVNAME
Band
descriptor Section survey name.
sequence Identifier
name SECSRVNAME
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies populated places, primary county divisions, and other locational entities within a state. The codes are assigned based on the alphabetic sequence of the entity names within a state. The FIPS 55 codes are state-based. Native American Areas in more than one state will have multiple FIPS 55 codes; that is, a different FIPS 55 code for each state portion of the Native American Area entity.
sequence Identifier
name NativeAmericanArea_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The owner or managing agency.
sequence Identifier
name OwnerOrManagingAgency
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Type of coverage content 
Cell value attribute description:  
Band
descriptor Feature geometry.
sequence Identifier
name Shape
Band
descriptor Internal feature or event number.
sequence Identifier
name OBJECTID
Band
descriptor A 40-character globally unique ID (GUID) value that uniquely identifies the occurrence of each feature or event in The National Map.
sequence Identifier
name Permanent_Identifier
Band
descriptor Identifier of the feature or event in the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_FeatureID
Band
descriptor Identifier of the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_DatasetID
Band
descriptor Brief narrative of the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_DataDesc
Band
descriptor Name of the organization or individual that developed the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_Originator
Band
descriptor A code from Executive Order 12958-Classified National Security Information (EO12958) used to describe the highest classification of a United States document (e.g., confidential, secret, top secret, no markings).
sequence Identifier
name Data_Security
Band
descriptor Data access and use constraints.
sequence Identifier
name Distribution_Policy
Band
descriptor Date and time feature or event was loaded into the database. Timestamp indicating when the feature or event was last edited.
sequence Identifier
name LoadDate
Band
descriptor Official name of the feature.
sequence Identifier
name Name
Band
descriptor The type of organization with administrative responsibility for a feature.
sequence Identifier
name AdminType
Band
descriptor A five-digit numeric place code used to identify legal and statistical entities for county subdivisions, places, and American Indian areas/Alaska Native areas/Hawaiian home lands. The Census Code is the same as the former Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 55-3 Place Code, which was withdrawn by NIST in 2005 and replaced with the Geographic Names Information System feature identifier code (GNIS ID).
sequence Identifier
name CensusCode
Long Wavelength  99999
Short Wavelength  00001
units
Band
descriptor Indicates whether or not the featuret is the capital city.
sequence Identifier
name IsCapitalCity
Band
descriptor Indicates whether or not the boundary point is the county seat.
sequence Identifier
name IsCountySeat
Band
descriptor A permanent, unique number assigned by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) to a geographic feature name for the sole purpose of uniquely identifying that name application as a record in any information system database, dataset, file, or document
sequence Identifier
name GNIS_ID
Long Wavelength  9,999,999,999
Short Wavelength  1
units
Band
descriptor The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) assigned proper name, specific term, or expression by which a particular geographic entity is known.
sequence Identifier
name GNIS_Name
Band
descriptor Area of feature in square kilometers. Calculated when feature in Albers Equal Area projection.
sequence Identifier
name AreaSqKm
Band
descriptor Length of the feature, which may differ from the field measured length due to differences in calculation. Units are map units.
sequence Identifier
name Shape_Length
Band
descriptor Area of feature in map units squared.
sequence Identifier
name Shape_Area
Band
descriptor The name of the country.
sequence Identifier
name Country_Name
Band
descriptor Population estimate for the feature.
sequence Identifier
name Population
Band
descriptor A two-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Insular Areas of the United States.
sequence Identifier
name State_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the state.
sequence Identifier
name State_Name
Band
descriptor A three-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Insular Areas.
sequence Identifier
name County_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the county.
sequence Identifier
name County_Name
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies counties and equivalent entities in the United States, Its possessions, and Associated states. The first two digits are the numeric code for a US State and the last three digits are the numeric code for a county within the state or possession.
sequence Identifier
name StCo_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies populated places, primary county divisions, and other locational entities within a state. The codes are assigned based on the alphabetic sequence of the entity names within a state. The Place FIPS Code values used in this model are the values reported by US Census.
sequence Identifier
name Place_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the place in which the feature is located.
sequence Identifier
name Place_Name
Band
descriptor This is a unique identifier for the first division that is built by appending the first division elements on the Township identifier.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVID
Band
descriptor This is the number, letter or designator for the first division of the PLSS Township.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVNO
Band
descriptor This is a code to indicate whether the first division is a duplicated area or identifier.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVDUP
Band
descriptor This is the type of first division and is commonly the section but may be a lot, parcel, tract or other division.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVTYP
Band
descriptor This is the first division type as a text field.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVTXT
Band
descriptor Concatenation of the state, principal meridian, township, range, and duplicate code that forms a unique ID for the PLSS Township.
sequence Identifier
name PLSSID
Band
descriptor This is the label for the first division that is used for cartographic of web display purposes.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVLAB
Band
descriptor Code for the type of special survey.
sequence Identifier
name SURVTYP
Band
descriptor Special survey type code text description.
sequence Identifier
name SURVTYPTXT
Band
descriptor The number of the special survey.
sequence Identifier
name SURVNO
Band
descriptor Special survey suffix designation that makes the identification of the area unique.
sequence Identifier
name SURVSUF
Band
descriptor Notes about the polygon feature that are important for using or understanding the feature.
sequence Identifier
name SURVNOTE
Band
descriptor Area of the feature in acres. The survey note needs to be consulted to determine the type of acres (approximate, official etc).
sequence Identifier
name ACRES
Band
descriptor Label that is used for cartographic output or web display.
sequence Identifier
name SURVLAB
Band
descriptor Survey revision date.
sequence Identifier
name REVISEDDATE
Band
descriptor State abbreviation code two letter postal code.
sequence Identifier
name STATEABBR
Band
descriptor Principal meridian code from the BLM PM Code list.
sequence Identifier
name PRINMERCD
Band
descriptor Principal meridian name as a text.
sequence Identifier
name PRINMER
Band
descriptor Township number. The Township Number indicates the number of rows of townships, north or south from a Public Land Survey System Origin.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPNO
Band
descriptor Township fraction. Township Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPFRAC
Band
descriptor Township direction. The direction of a row of Townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially North and South in the West but may be East and West in Ohio.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPDIR
Band
descriptor Range number. The Range Number indicates the number of columns of townships, east or west from a Public Land Survey System Origin.
sequence Identifier
name RANGENO
Band
descriptor Range fraction. Range Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
sequence Identifier
name RANGEFRAC
Band
descriptor Range direction. The direction of a column of townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially East or West in the west but may be north or south in Ohio.
sequence Identifier
name RANGEDIR
Band
descriptor If there are multiple townships in a Public Land Survey System Origin, State and Survey Name, the Township Duplicate Status is used to establish uniqueness. When more than one Public Land Survey System Township has the same Township and Range numbers and directions and fractions, and are in the same State, this attribute is used to distinguish among duplicate values.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPDPCD
Band
descriptor Data steward for the polygon.
sequence Identifier
name STEWARD
Band
descriptor Township label that is used for cartographic output or web display.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPLAB
Band
descriptor Survey name.
sequence Identifier
name SRVNAME
Band
descriptor Section survey name.
sequence Identifier
name SECSRVNAME
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies populated places, primary county divisions, and other locational entities within a state. The codes are assigned based on the alphabetic sequence of the entity names within a state. The FIPS 55 codes are state-based. Native American Areas in more than one state will have multiple FIPS 55 codes; that is, a different FIPS 55 code for each state portion of the Native American Area entity.
sequence Identifier
name NativeAmericanArea_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The owner or managing agency.
sequence Identifier
name OwnerOrManagingAgency
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Coverage description

Type of coverage content 
Cell value attribute description:  
Band
descriptor Feature geometry.
sequence Identifier
name Shape
Band
descriptor Internal feature or event number.
sequence Identifier
name OBJECTID
Band
descriptor A 40-character globally unique ID (GUID) value that uniquely identifies the occurrence of each feature or event in The National Map.
sequence Identifier
name Permanent_Identifier
Band
descriptor Identifier of the feature or event in the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_FeatureID
Band
descriptor Identifier of the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_DatasetID
Band
descriptor Brief narrative of the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_DataDesc
Band
descriptor Name of the organization or individual that developed the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_Originator
Band
descriptor A code from Executive Order 12958-Classified National Security Information (EO12958) used to describe the highest classification of a United States document (e.g., confidential, secret, top secret, no markings).
sequence Identifier
name Data_Security
Band
descriptor Data access and use constraints.
sequence Identifier
name Distribution_Policy
Band
descriptor Date and time feature or event was loaded into the database. Timestamp indicating when the feature or event was last edited.
sequence Identifier
name LoadDate
Band
descriptor Official name of the feature.
sequence Identifier
name Name
Band
descriptor The type of organization with administrative responsibility for a feature.
sequence Identifier
name AdminType
Band
descriptor A five-digit numeric place code used to identify legal and statistical entities for county subdivisions, places, and American Indian areas/Alaska Native areas/Hawaiian home lands. The Census Code is the same as the former Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 55-3 Place Code, which was withdrawn by NIST in 2005 and replaced with the Geographic Names Information System feature identifier code (GNIS ID).
sequence Identifier
name CensusCode
Long Wavelength  99999
Short Wavelength  00001
units
Band
descriptor Indicates whether or not the featuret is the capital city.
sequence Identifier
name IsCapitalCity
Band
descriptor Indicates whether or not the boundary point is the county seat.
sequence Identifier
name IsCountySeat
Band
descriptor A permanent, unique number assigned by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) to a geographic feature name for the sole purpose of uniquely identifying that name application as a record in any information system database, dataset, file, or document
sequence Identifier
name GNIS_ID
Long Wavelength  9,999,999,999
Short Wavelength  1
units
Band
descriptor The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) assigned proper name, specific term, or expression by which a particular geographic entity is known.
sequence Identifier
name GNIS_Name
Band
descriptor Area of feature in square kilometers. Calculated when feature in Albers Equal Area projection.
sequence Identifier
name AreaSqKm
Band
descriptor Length of the feature, which may differ from the field measured length due to differences in calculation. Units are map units.
sequence Identifier
name Shape_Length
Band
descriptor Area of feature in map units squared.
sequence Identifier
name Shape_Area
Band
descriptor The name of the country.
sequence Identifier
name Country_Name
Band
descriptor Population estimate for the feature.
sequence Identifier
name Population
Band
descriptor A two-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Insular Areas of the United States.
sequence Identifier
name State_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the state.
sequence Identifier
name State_Name
Band
descriptor A three-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Insular Areas.
sequence Identifier
name County_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the county.
sequence Identifier
name County_Name
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies counties and equivalent entities in the United States, Its possessions, and Associated states. The first two digits are the numeric code for a US State and the last three digits are the numeric code for a county within the state or possession.
sequence Identifier
name StCo_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies populated places, primary county divisions, and other locational entities within a state. The codes are assigned based on the alphabetic sequence of the entity names within a state. The Place FIPS Code values used in this model are the values reported by US Census.
sequence Identifier
name Place_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the place in which the feature is located.
sequence Identifier
name Place_Name
Band
descriptor This is a unique identifier for the first division that is built by appending the first division elements on the Township identifier.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVID
Band
descriptor This is the number, letter or designator for the first division of the PLSS Township.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVNO
Band
descriptor This is a code to indicate whether the first division is a duplicated area or identifier.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVDUP
Band
descriptor This is the type of first division and is commonly the section but may be a lot, parcel, tract or other division.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVTYP
Band
descriptor This is the first division type as a text field.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVTXT
Band
descriptor Concatenation of the state, principal meridian, township, range, and duplicate code that forms a unique ID for the PLSS Township.
sequence Identifier
name PLSSID
Band
descriptor This is the label for the first division that is used for cartographic of web display purposes.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVLAB
Band
descriptor Code for the type of special survey.
sequence Identifier
name SURVTYP
Band
descriptor Special survey type code text description.
sequence Identifier
name SURVTYPTXT
Band
descriptor The number of the special survey.
sequence Identifier
name SURVNO
Band
descriptor Special survey suffix designation that makes the identification of the area unique.
sequence Identifier
name SURVSUF
Band
descriptor Notes about the polygon feature that are important for using or understanding the feature.
sequence Identifier
name SURVNOTE
Band
descriptor Area of the feature in acres. The survey note needs to be consulted to determine the type of acres (approximate, official etc).
sequence Identifier
name ACRES
Band
descriptor Label that is used for cartographic output or web display.
sequence Identifier
name SURVLAB
Band
descriptor Survey revision date.
sequence Identifier
name REVISEDDATE
Band
descriptor State abbreviation code two letter postal code.
sequence Identifier
name STATEABBR
Band
descriptor Principal meridian code from the BLM PM Code list.
sequence Identifier
name PRINMERCD
Band
descriptor Principal meridian name as a text.
sequence Identifier
name PRINMER
Band
descriptor Township number. The Township Number indicates the number of rows of townships, north or south from a Public Land Survey System Origin.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPNO
Band
descriptor Township fraction. Township Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPFRAC
Band
descriptor Township direction. The direction of a row of Townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially North and South in the West but may be East and West in Ohio.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPDIR
Band
descriptor Range number. The Range Number indicates the number of columns of townships, east or west from a Public Land Survey System Origin.
sequence Identifier
name RANGENO
Band
descriptor Range fraction. Range Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
sequence Identifier
name RANGEFRAC
Band
descriptor Range direction. The direction of a column of townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially East or West in the west but may be north or south in Ohio.
sequence Identifier
name RANGEDIR
Band
descriptor If there are multiple townships in a Public Land Survey System Origin, State and Survey Name, the Township Duplicate Status is used to establish uniqueness. When more than one Public Land Survey System Township has the same Township and Range numbers and directions and fractions, and are in the same State, this attribute is used to distinguish among duplicate values.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPDPCD
Band
descriptor Data steward for the polygon.
sequence Identifier
name STEWARD
Band
descriptor Township label that is used for cartographic output or web display.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPLAB
Band
descriptor Survey name.
sequence Identifier
name SRVNAME
Band
descriptor Section survey name.
sequence Identifier
name SECSRVNAME
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies populated places, primary county divisions, and other locational entities within a state. The codes are assigned based on the alphabetic sequence of the entity names within a state. The FIPS 55 codes are state-based. Native American Areas in more than one state will have multiple FIPS 55 codes; that is, a different FIPS 55 code for each state portion of the Native American Area entity.
sequence Identifier
name NativeAmericanArea_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The owner or managing agency.
sequence Identifier
name OwnerOrManagingAgency
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Coverage description

Type of coverage content 
Cell value attribute description:  
Band
descriptor Feature geometry.
sequence Identifier
name Shape
Band
descriptor Internal feature or event number.
sequence Identifier
name OBJECTID
Band
descriptor A 40-character globally unique ID (GUID) value that uniquely identifies the occurrence of each feature or event in The National Map.
sequence Identifier
name Permanent_Identifier
Band
descriptor Identifier of the feature or event in the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_FeatureID
Band
descriptor Identifier of the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_DatasetID
Band
descriptor Brief narrative of the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_DataDesc
Band
descriptor Name of the organization or individual that developed the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_Originator
Band
descriptor A code from Executive Order 12958-Classified National Security Information (EO12958) used to describe the highest classification of a United States document (e.g., confidential, secret, top secret, no markings).
sequence Identifier
name Data_Security
Band
descriptor Data access and use constraints.
sequence Identifier
name Distribution_Policy
Band
descriptor Date and time feature or event was loaded into the database. Timestamp indicating when the feature or event was last edited.
sequence Identifier
name LoadDate
Band
descriptor Official name of the feature.
sequence Identifier
name Name
Band
descriptor The type of organization with administrative responsibility for a feature.
sequence Identifier
name AdminType
Band
descriptor A five-digit numeric place code used to identify legal and statistical entities for county subdivisions, places, and American Indian areas/Alaska Native areas/Hawaiian home lands. The Census Code is the same as the former Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 55-3 Place Code, which was withdrawn by NIST in 2005 and replaced with the Geographic Names Information System feature identifier code (GNIS ID).
sequence Identifier
name CensusCode
Long Wavelength  99999
Short Wavelength  00001
units
Band
descriptor Indicates whether or not the featuret is the capital city.
sequence Identifier
name IsCapitalCity
Band
descriptor Indicates whether or not the boundary point is the county seat.
sequence Identifier
name IsCountySeat
Band
descriptor A permanent, unique number assigned by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) to a geographic feature name for the sole purpose of uniquely identifying that name application as a record in any information system database, dataset, file, or document
sequence Identifier
name GNIS_ID
Long Wavelength  9,999,999,999
Short Wavelength  1
units
Band
descriptor The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) assigned proper name, specific term, or expression by which a particular geographic entity is known.
sequence Identifier
name GNIS_Name
Band
descriptor Area of feature in square kilometers. Calculated when feature in Albers Equal Area projection.
sequence Identifier
name AreaSqKm
Band
descriptor Length of the feature, which may differ from the field measured length due to differences in calculation. Units are map units.
sequence Identifier
name Shape_Length
Band
descriptor Area of feature in map units squared.
sequence Identifier
name Shape_Area
Band
descriptor The name of the country.
sequence Identifier
name Country_Name
Band
descriptor Population estimate for the feature.
sequence Identifier
name Population
Band
descriptor A two-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Insular Areas of the United States.
sequence Identifier
name State_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the state.
sequence Identifier
name State_Name
Band
descriptor A three-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Insular Areas.
sequence Identifier
name County_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the county.
sequence Identifier
name County_Name
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies counties and equivalent entities in the United States, Its possessions, and Associated states. The first two digits are the numeric code for a US State and the last three digits are the numeric code for a county within the state or possession.
sequence Identifier
name StCo_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies populated places, primary county divisions, and other locational entities within a state. The codes are assigned based on the alphabetic sequence of the entity names within a state. The Place FIPS Code values used in this model are the values reported by US Census.
sequence Identifier
name Place_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the place in which the feature is located.
sequence Identifier
name Place_Name
Band
descriptor This is a unique identifier for the first division that is built by appending the first division elements on the Township identifier.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVID
Band
descriptor This is the number, letter or designator for the first division of the PLSS Township.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVNO
Band
descriptor This is a code to indicate whether the first division is a duplicated area or identifier.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVDUP
Band
descriptor This is the type of first division and is commonly the section but may be a lot, parcel, tract or other division.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVTYP
Band
descriptor This is the first division type as a text field.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVTXT
Band
descriptor Concatenation of the state, principal meridian, township, range, and duplicate code that forms a unique ID for the PLSS Township.
sequence Identifier
name PLSSID
Band
descriptor This is the label for the first division that is used for cartographic of web display purposes.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVLAB
Band
descriptor Code for the type of special survey.
sequence Identifier
name SURVTYP
Band
descriptor Special survey type code text description.
sequence Identifier
name SURVTYPTXT
Band
descriptor The number of the special survey.
sequence Identifier
name SURVNO
Band
descriptor Special survey suffix designation that makes the identification of the area unique.
sequence Identifier
name SURVSUF
Band
descriptor Notes about the polygon feature that are important for using or understanding the feature.
sequence Identifier
name SURVNOTE
Band
descriptor Area of the feature in acres. The survey note needs to be consulted to determine the type of acres (approximate, official etc).
sequence Identifier
name ACRES
Band
descriptor Label that is used for cartographic output or web display.
sequence Identifier
name SURVLAB
Band
descriptor Survey revision date.
sequence Identifier
name REVISEDDATE
Band
descriptor State abbreviation code two letter postal code.
sequence Identifier
name STATEABBR
Band
descriptor Principal meridian code from the BLM PM Code list.
sequence Identifier
name PRINMERCD
Band
descriptor Principal meridian name as a text.
sequence Identifier
name PRINMER
Band
descriptor Township number. The Township Number indicates the number of rows of townships, north or south from a Public Land Survey System Origin.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPNO
Band
descriptor Township fraction. Township Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPFRAC
Band
descriptor Township direction. The direction of a row of Townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially North and South in the West but may be East and West in Ohio.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPDIR
Band
descriptor Range number. The Range Number indicates the number of columns of townships, east or west from a Public Land Survey System Origin.
sequence Identifier
name RANGENO
Band
descriptor Range fraction. Range Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
sequence Identifier
name RANGEFRAC
Band
descriptor Range direction. The direction of a column of townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially East or West in the west but may be north or south in Ohio.
sequence Identifier
name RANGEDIR
Band
descriptor If there are multiple townships in a Public Land Survey System Origin, State and Survey Name, the Township Duplicate Status is used to establish uniqueness. When more than one Public Land Survey System Township has the same Township and Range numbers and directions and fractions, and are in the same State, this attribute is used to distinguish among duplicate values.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPDPCD
Band
descriptor Data steward for the polygon.
sequence Identifier
name STEWARD
Band
descriptor Township label that is used for cartographic output or web display.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPLAB
Band
descriptor Survey name.
sequence Identifier
name SRVNAME
Band
descriptor Section survey name.
sequence Identifier
name SECSRVNAME
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies populated places, primary county divisions, and other locational entities within a state. The codes are assigned based on the alphabetic sequence of the entity names within a state. The FIPS 55 codes are state-based. Native American Areas in more than one state will have multiple FIPS 55 codes; that is, a different FIPS 55 code for each state portion of the Native American Area entity.
sequence Identifier
name NativeAmericanArea_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The owner or managing agency.
sequence Identifier
name OwnerOrManagingAgency
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Coverage description

Type of coverage content 
Cell value attribute description:  
Band
descriptor Feature geometry.
sequence Identifier
name Shape
Band
descriptor Internal feature or event number.
sequence Identifier
name OBJECTID
Band
descriptor A 40-character globally unique ID (GUID) value that uniquely identifies the occurrence of each feature or event in The National Map.
sequence Identifier
name Permanent_Identifier
Band
descriptor Identifier of the feature or event in the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_FeatureID
Band
descriptor Identifier of the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_DatasetID
Band
descriptor Brief narrative of the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_DataDesc
Band
descriptor Name of the organization or individual that developed the source dataset.
sequence Identifier
name Source_Originator
Band
descriptor A code from Executive Order 12958-Classified National Security Information (EO12958) used to describe the highest classification of a United States document (e.g., confidential, secret, top secret, no markings).
sequence Identifier
name Data_Security
Band
descriptor Data access and use constraints.
sequence Identifier
name Distribution_Policy
Band
descriptor Date and time feature or event was loaded into the database. Timestamp indicating when the feature or event was last edited.
sequence Identifier
name LoadDate
Band
descriptor Official name of the feature.
sequence Identifier
name Name
Band
descriptor The type of organization with administrative responsibility for a feature.
sequence Identifier
name AdminType
Band
descriptor A five-digit numeric place code used to identify legal and statistical entities for county subdivisions, places, and American Indian areas/Alaska Native areas/Hawaiian home lands. The Census Code is the same as the former Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 55-3 Place Code, which was withdrawn by NIST in 2005 and replaced with the Geographic Names Information System feature identifier code (GNIS ID).
sequence Identifier
name CensusCode
Long Wavelength  99999
Short Wavelength  00001
units
Band
descriptor Indicates whether or not the featuret is the capital city.
sequence Identifier
name IsCapitalCity
Band
descriptor Indicates whether or not the boundary point is the county seat.
sequence Identifier
name IsCountySeat
Band
descriptor A permanent, unique number assigned by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) to a geographic feature name for the sole purpose of uniquely identifying that name application as a record in any information system database, dataset, file, or document
sequence Identifier
name GNIS_ID
Long Wavelength  9,999,999,999
Short Wavelength  1
units
Band
descriptor The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) assigned proper name, specific term, or expression by which a particular geographic entity is known.
sequence Identifier
name GNIS_Name
Band
descriptor Area of feature in square kilometers. Calculated when feature in Albers Equal Area projection.
sequence Identifier
name AreaSqKm
Band
descriptor Length of the feature, which may differ from the field measured length due to differences in calculation. Units are map units.
sequence Identifier
name Shape_Length
Band
descriptor Area of feature in map units squared.
sequence Identifier
name Shape_Area
Band
descriptor The name of the country.
sequence Identifier
name Country_Name
Band
descriptor Population estimate for the feature.
sequence Identifier
name Population
Band
descriptor A two-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Insular Areas of the United States.
sequence Identifier
name State_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the state.
sequence Identifier
name State_Name
Band
descriptor A three-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Insular Areas.
sequence Identifier
name County_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the county.
sequence Identifier
name County_Name
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies counties and equivalent entities in the United States, Its possessions, and Associated states. The first two digits are the numeric code for a US State and the last three digits are the numeric code for a county within the state or possession.
sequence Identifier
name StCo_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies populated places, primary county divisions, and other locational entities within a state. The codes are assigned based on the alphabetic sequence of the entity names within a state. The Place FIPS Code values used in this model are the values reported by US Census.
sequence Identifier
name Place_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The name of the place in which the feature is located.
sequence Identifier
name Place_Name
Band
descriptor This is a unique identifier for the first division that is built by appending the first division elements on the Township identifier.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVID
Band
descriptor This is the number, letter or designator for the first division of the PLSS Township.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVNO
Band
descriptor This is a code to indicate whether the first division is a duplicated area or identifier.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVDUP
Band
descriptor This is the type of first division and is commonly the section but may be a lot, parcel, tract or other division.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVTYP
Band
descriptor This is the first division type as a text field.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVTXT
Band
descriptor Concatenation of the state, principal meridian, township, range, and duplicate code that forms a unique ID for the PLSS Township.
sequence Identifier
name PLSSID
Band
descriptor This is the label for the first division that is used for cartographic of web display purposes.
sequence Identifier
name FRSTDIVLAB
Band
descriptor Code for the type of special survey.
sequence Identifier
name SURVTYP
Band
descriptor Special survey type code text description.
sequence Identifier
name SURVTYPTXT
Band
descriptor The number of the special survey.
sequence Identifier
name SURVNO
Band
descriptor Special survey suffix designation that makes the identification of the area unique.
sequence Identifier
name SURVSUF
Band
descriptor Notes about the polygon feature that are important for using or understanding the feature.
sequence Identifier
name SURVNOTE
Band
descriptor Area of the feature in acres. The survey note needs to be consulted to determine the type of acres (approximate, official etc).
sequence Identifier
name ACRES
Band
descriptor Label that is used for cartographic output or web display.
sequence Identifier
name SURVLAB
Band
descriptor Survey revision date.
sequence Identifier
name REVISEDDATE
Band
descriptor State abbreviation code two letter postal code.
sequence Identifier
name STATEABBR
Band
descriptor Principal meridian code from the BLM PM Code list.
sequence Identifier
name PRINMERCD
Band
descriptor Principal meridian name as a text.
sequence Identifier
name PRINMER
Band
descriptor Township number. The Township Number indicates the number of rows of townships, north or south from a Public Land Survey System Origin.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPNO
Band
descriptor Township fraction. Township Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPFRAC
Band
descriptor Township direction. The direction of a row of Townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially North and South in the West but may be East and West in Ohio.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPDIR
Band
descriptor Range number. The Range Number indicates the number of columns of townships, east or west from a Public Land Survey System Origin.
sequence Identifier
name RANGENO
Band
descriptor Range fraction. Range Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
sequence Identifier
name RANGEFRAC
Band
descriptor Range direction. The direction of a column of townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially East or West in the west but may be north or south in Ohio.
sequence Identifier
name RANGEDIR
Band
descriptor If there are multiple townships in a Public Land Survey System Origin, State and Survey Name, the Township Duplicate Status is used to establish uniqueness. When more than one Public Land Survey System Township has the same Township and Range numbers and directions and fractions, and are in the same State, this attribute is used to distinguish among duplicate values.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPDPCD
Band
descriptor Data steward for the polygon.
sequence Identifier
name STEWARD
Band
descriptor Township label that is used for cartographic output or web display.
sequence Identifier
name TWNSHPLAB
Band
descriptor Survey name.
sequence Identifier
name SRVNAME
Band
descriptor Section survey name.
sequence Identifier
name SECSRVNAME
Band
descriptor A five-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) numeric code that uniquely identifies populated places, primary county divisions, and other locational entities within a state. The codes are assigned based on the alphabetic sequence of the entity names within a state. The FIPS 55 codes are state-based. Native American Areas in more than one state will have multiple FIPS 55 codes; that is, a different FIPS 55 code for each state portion of the Native American Area entity.
sequence Identifier
name NativeAmericanArea_FIPSCode
Band
descriptor The owner or managing agency.
sequence Identifier
name OwnerOrManagingAgency
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Scope of quality information
scope level  dataset
Resource lineage description
source
source description  Source Contribution: ImageSource Type digital data
representative resolution scale:
Scale denominator: 24000
source citation
Title Schools
publication  Date   2014-04-01
presentationForm  mapDigital
other Citation Details  The schools within this dataset are composed of Public elementary and secondary education in the US as defined and tracked by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Common Core Dataset (CCD). Private schools in this dataset are composed of Private elementary and secondary education in the US as defined by the Private School Survey, NCES. The colleges and Universities are composed of postsecondary education facilities as defined by the Integrated Post Secondary Education System (IPEDS), NCES. Included are Doctoral and Research Universities, Masters Colleges and Universities, Baccalaureate Colleges, Associates Colleges, Theological seminaries, Medical schools and other health care professions, schools of engineering and technology, business and management, art, music, design, Law schools, Teachers colleges, Tribal colleges and other specialized institutions.
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  State and Federal Partners
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://nationalmap.usgs.gov
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2008-01-01 2014-02-18
source
source description  Source Contribution: Geographic feature namesSource Type digital data
representative resolution scale:
Scale denominator: 24000
source citation
Title Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
publication  Date   2014-04-01
presentationForm  mapDigital
other Citation Details  The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is the Federal and national standard for geographic nomenclature. The U.S. Geological Survey developed the GNIS in support of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names as the official repository of domestic geographic names data, the official vehicle for geographic names use by all departments of the Federal Government, and the source for applying geographic names to Federal electronic and printed products.
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey, National Geospatial Technical Operations Center
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://geonames.usgs.gov/
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2012-01-01 2014-02-18
source
source description  Source Contribution: International Boundary between Canada and the United StatesSource Type digital data
source citation
Title U.S.-Canada National Boundary
publication  Date   2014-04-01
presentationForm  mapDigital
other Citation Details  The international boundary dataset between Canada and the United States was provided by Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS), University of New Hampshire, Vermont Center for Geographic Information, Inc (VCGI). The dataset was collected from multiple source agencies such as the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census, Bureau of Parks and Lands, Coastal Island Registry (CIREG) and various state agencies. The data and attribution accuracy was tested by manual comparison of the source with hard copy printouts and/or symbolized display of digital files and corrected by each state GIS department for use at a scale not greater than 1:24,000.
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  International Boundary Commission
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://www.internationalboundarycommission.org/
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://www.internationalboundarycommission.org/products.html#nad83
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2006-01-01 2014-02-18
source
source description  Source Contribution: International Boundary between Mexico and the United StatesSource Type digital data
source citation
Title U.S.-Mexico National Boundary
publication  Date   2014-04-01
presentationForm  mapDigital
other Citation Details  The international boundary between Mexico and the United States, defined as a joint venture between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia of Mexico (INEGI), resulted in an unofficial United States-Mexico boundary dataset that was further enhanced by the U.S. Geological Survey's Border Environmental Health Initiative (BEHI). With the data frame scale set to 1:5,000 in ArcMap, the center of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo was digitized using the NAIP 2004 Imagery. In areas with dense stands of salt cedar (bounding box = UL -104.714 30.038, UR -104.664 30.037, LR -104.666 29.933, LL -104.717 29.934; NAD83), the center of the channel was difficult, and sometimes impossible, to easily determine. To determine the location of the boundary, the GIS analyst compared the location of the line in the INEGI 1:250K Limited feature class with the NAIP 2004 Imagery and adjusted the boundary to the image, thus, the delineation of the international boundary is less certain in these areas. The remaining part of the border was extracted from the INEGI 1:250K Limited feature class and appended to the line feature class created along the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo. The U.S. Geological Survey reviewed the original USDA data against 2007 NAIP imagery and further edited 9 line segments in the Rio Grande areas to conform to National Map Accuracy Standards.it>
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia of Mexico.
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://borderhealth.cr.usgs.gov/projectindex.html
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://extract.cr.usgs.gov/BorderHealth/Boundaries/Int_Boundary/International_Boundary_Shapefile.zip
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
1972-01-01 2014-02-18
source
source description  Source Contribution: National Forest Service BoundariesSource Type digital data
representative resolution scale:
Scale denominator: 24000
source citation
Title USDA Forest Service Boundary
publication  Date   2014-04-01
presentationForm  mapDigital
other Citation Details  The forest service boundaries defined by the USDA Forest Service encompassing the National Forest System (NFS) lands within the original proclaimed National Forests, along with lands added to the NFS which have taken on the status of 'reserved from the public domain' under the General Exchange Act. The following area types are included: National Forest, Experimental Area, Experimental Forest, Experimental Range, Land Utilization Project, National Grassland, Purchase Unit, and Special Management Area. The nationwide Proclaimed Forest dataset was created by the USDA Forest Service, Washington Office Automated Lands Program (ALP) staff from collected source data created by the Regional Offices. Only maps in USDA Forest Service areas will contain USDA Forest boundaries.
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service - Washington Office Automated Lands Program (ALP).
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2009-01-01 2014-02-18
source
source description  Source Contribution: State and Equivalent BoundarySource Type digital data
source citation
Title State and Equivalent Boundary
publication  Date   2014-04-01
presentationForm  mapDigital
other Citation Details  The Census Bureau collects boundaries from state and county governments through the Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS, http://www.census.gov/geo/www/bas/bashome.html), and publishes the results as TIGER files. The USGS uses the TIGER data without editing or alteration.
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  U.S. Census Bureau
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/index.html
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL: ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2010/STATE/2010/
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2010-01-01 2014-02-18
source
source description  Source Contribution: Boundary lines, installation namesSource Type digital data
representative resolution scale:
Scale denominator: 24000
source citation
Title U.S. Military Installations, Ranges, and Training Areas
publication  Date   2014-04-01
presentationForm  mapDigital
other Citation Details  Authoritative locations of Department of Defense sites, commonly referred to as installations, ranges, and training areas. This dataset does not necessarily represent a comprehensive collection of all Department of Defense facilities, and only those in the fifty United States and US Territories were considered for inclusion. Some sites were not included because geospatial data were not available, or because it is a leased site.
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment, Business Enterprise Integration Directorate
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://www.acq.osd.mil/ie/index.shtml
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2011-01-01 2014-02-18
source
source description  Source Contribution: Townships and ranges, sectionsSource Type digital data
representative resolution scale:
Scale denominator: 24000
source citation
Title Public Land Survey System
publication  Date   2014-04-01
presentationForm  mapDigital
other Citation Details  Section boundaries were generated from geodetic latitude and longitude coordinate pairs as recorded on BLM's official protraction diagrams of the state of Alaska. The SDMS_PROD protraction tables were modified to include pro_pt83, section83, and township83. The latitude and longitude values in the pro_pt83 table were transformed from geographic NAD27 coordinates to geographic NAD83 coordinates using NADCON for Alaska. The Informix Section83 table is a spatially-enabled table that contains all of the protraction information for each of the 655,483 sections. Section shapes are stored as NAD83 geographic multipolygons. Each section was individually constructed from NAD83 geographic pro_pt (Protracted Point) table and is fully densified by including all township/section offset corners from adjacent township/sections.
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  U.S. Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Division of Support Services, Branch of Information Resource Management
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://sdms.ak.blm.gov/sdms/data_protracted_grid_gis.html
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2012-01-01 2014-02-18
source
source description  Source Contribution: 2.5-minute geographic ticks, U.S. National Grid, UTM grid, State Plane Coordinate System ticks.Source Type raster data
source citation
Title Grids and Coordinate System
publication  Date   2014-04-01
other Citation Details  U.S. National Grid, UTM grid, and State Plane Coordinate System values are displayed along the map projection. State Plane Coordinate System State and Zone values are abbreviated per Appendix A in the following document: tem, J.E., 1990, 'State Plane Coordinate System of 1983', NOAA Manual NOS NGS 5, available at http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/ManualNOSNGS5.pdf.
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey, National Geospatial Technical Operations Center
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2012-01-01 2014-02-18
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
evaluation Method Description  This map product is compiled to meet National Map Accuracy Standards (NMAS). NMAS horizontal accuracy requires that at least 90 percent of well-defined points tested are within 0.02 inch of the true position. In this product, the projection line, grids, and orthoimage are believed to meet NMAS. Positional accuracy of the other data layers is less controllable because of diversity of data sources, and may not meet NMAS.
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Vertical Positional Accuracy Report
evaluation Method Description  Vertical accuracy is not applicable to this dataset.
Completeness Commission
evaluation Method Description  Each layer is extracted from the USGS national geospatial databases.
Completeness Omission
evaluation Method Description  Each layer is extracted from the USGS national geospatial databases.
ConceptualConsistency
measure Description  This product is a layered data datbase. The data is extracted and codified according to USGS standards.

Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey, National Geospatial Technical Operations Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1-888-ASK-USGS (1-888-275-8747)
Address
1400 Independence Road, Rolla, MO, 65401
electronic Mail Address http://www.usgs.gov/ask/
hoursOfService Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
contact Instructions
Metadata information can also be obtained through online services using The National Map Viewer, at http://nationalmap.usgs.gov or EarthExplorer, at http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov or Ask USGS at http://www.usgs.gov/ask.
Standard ordering process
fees None
Format
Format name Shapefile
Format version 
file Decompression Technique  No compression applied
Digital Transfer Options
transfer Size 8.405731
Linkage for online resource
URL: ftp://rockyftp.cr.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/GovtUnit/Shape/GOVTUNIT_23_Maine_GU_STATEORTERRITORY.zip

Metadata data stamp:  2014-04-02
Resource Maintenance Information
date of next update:  2015-04-01
maintenance or update frequency:  annually
notes: This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata standard (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using the 2012-06-20T17:21:00 version of the FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 transform.
notes: Last Metadata Review Date: 2014-04-01
Metadata contact - pointOfContact
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey, National Geospatial Technical Operations Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1-888-ASK-USGS (1-888-275-8747)
Address
1400 Independence Road, Rolla, MO, 65401
electronic Mail Address http://www.usgs.gov/ask/
hoursOfService Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
contact Instructions
Metadata information can also be obtained through online services using The National Map Viewer, at http://nationalmap.usgs.gov or EarthExplorer, at http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov or Ask USGS at http://www.usgs.gov/ask.
Metadata scope code  dataset
Metadata language  eng; USA
Metadata character set encoding:   utf8
Metadata standard for this record:  ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
standard version:  ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
Metadata record identifier:  ac14ed2d-80d0-4a02-b530-278dda087a70

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)