Shapefile for Coastal Zone Management Program counties of the United States and its territories, 2009 (CZMP_counties_2009.shp)

Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
Shapefile for 492 Coastal Zone Management Program (CZMP) counties and county equivalents, 2009, extracted from the U.S. Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER database of U.S. counties and cross-referenced to a list of CZMP counties published by the NOAA/NOS Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM). Data extent to the nearest quarter degree is 141.00 E to 64.50 W longitude and 14.75 S to 71.50 N latitude. TL2009 in this document refers to metadata content inherited from the original U.S. Census Bureau (2009) TIGER/Line shapefile. TL2009: The TIGER/Line Shapefiles are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the Census MAF/TIGER database. The Census MAF/TIGER database represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts. However, each TIGER/Line Shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent dataset or the shapefiles can be combined to cover the whole nation.
Citation
Title Shapefile for Coastal Zone Management Program counties of the United States and its territories, 2009 (CZMP_counties_2009.shp)
publication  Date   2013-01-01
Edition version 1
presentationForm  mapDigital
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey
Contact information
Address
, Reston, VA
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Stephen R. Hartwell
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Dana K. Wingfield
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Alan O. Allwardt
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Florence L. Wong
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Frances L. Lightsom
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1284/
Topic Category:  boundaries,environment,geoscientificInformation,location,oceans,planningCadastre,society
Keywords:
Theme keywords (theme):
gazetteer
coastal zone
thesaurus name >
Title none
Location keywords:
United States
U.S.
thesaurus name >
Title INCITS.38-200x (R2004), INCITS.31-200x (R2007), INCITS.454-200x, INCITS 455-200x, INCITS 446-2008
purpose:
These polygons are provided as criteria for selecting georeferenced data from other databases. The precision of geographic searches in any system that employs these polygons will depend on the nature of the search algorithm. This information is not intended for navigational purposes. These data are intended for science researchers, students, policymakers, and the general public. The data can be used with geographic information systems (GIS) software to display geologic and oceanographic information. TL2009: In order for others to use the information in the Census MAF/TIGER database in a geographic information system (GIS) or for other geographic applications, the Census Bureau releases to the public extracts of the database in the form of TIGER/Line Shapefiles.
Browse image (thumbnail):
thumbnail file name:  ...
file type: GIF
thumbnail file description:  browse graphic of CZMP counties shapefile
Resource language:  eng; USA
Resource progress code:  completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  asNeeded
Constraints on resource usage:
Constraints
Use limitation statement:
TL2009: No warranty, expressed or implied is made with regard to the accuracy of these data, and no liability is assumed by the U.S. Government in general or the U.S. Census Bureau in specific as to the spatial or attribute accuracy of the data. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. government in the use of these files. The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles is for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes do not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions.USGS:This dataset has been approved for release and publication by the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Although this dataset has been subjected to rigorous review and is substantially complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. Furthermore, it is released on condition that neither the USGS nor the United States Government may be held liable for any damages resulting from its authorized or unauthorized use.Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof.
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
use constraint:  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Use Constraints: This product provides polygons for coastal counties (and equivalent entities) as an aid in discovering online information about coastal and nearshore regions. This product is not an authoritative description of the counties currently included in the Coastal Zone Management Program (CZMP), although a 2009 list of CZMP counties was used to select the counties that are included. The current list of CZMP counties should be obtained directly from the NOAA/NOS Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM). This information is not intended for navigational purposes.
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  -179.231086
eastBoundLongitude  179.859681
northBoundLatitude  71.441059
southBoundLatitude  -14.601813
Temporal Extent
2009-01-01
Additional information on resource:
The U.S. Census Bureau publishes density, land-use, and socio-economic information at various geographic scales (national, state, territory). Information on coastal zone counties is increasingly important as human growth, development, and reliance increases on coastal resources. The Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) provides important information on the preservation, protection, and management of the nation's coastal resources (<http://coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/czm/czm_act.html>). Implemented through the NOAA/NOS Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM), the Coastal Zone Management Program (CZMP) includes "those counties that are wholly or partially within the boundaries of a state's approved coastal management program" (<http://coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/success/media/contextualindicatormanual.pdf>). The attributes for the USGS product are adapted from the attributes for the Census Bureau product. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Spatial Extents for Marine Gazetteers project. Project leaders: Frances L. Lightsom, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP), Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (flightsom@usgs.gov) Alan O. Allwardt, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP), Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (aallwardt@usgs.gov) Project background: Gazetteers of terrestrial and marine regions, including the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), GEOnet Names Server (GNS), GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, and VLIZ Marine Gazetteer (VLIMAR), generally provide single-point locations or rectangular bounding boxes for named features, because the primary function of these gazetteers is to standardize geographic name usage. Many geospatial information services, however, would be improved if the authoritative place names from these gazetteers were associated with polygons representing the actual spatial extents of the features in question. The USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP) has created and compiled shapefiles to facilitate the retrieval of georeferenced information resources related to named oceans and seas, undersea features, coastal features and waterways, and relevant administrative areas including the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and Coastal Zone Management Program (CZMP) counties. Geospatial information systems with the capability for searching user-defined, polygonal geographic areas will be able to utilize these shapefiles or secondary products derived from them, such as well-known text (WKT) representations of the individual polygons within the shapefiles. CMGP and its collaborators would benefit from improvements in the gazetteers for these existing and planned geospatial information services: 1. The CMGP Knowledge Management Project provides online geospatial search services for research data and scientific information (for example, CMG InfoBank and CMGDS). These geospatial search services currently employ simple map interfaces and/or gazetteers with rectangular bounding boxes for spatial extents. 2. The internal USGS Geospatial Management Information System (GMIS) has a gazetteer with polygons for locating field studies on land, but it offers little aid for offshore searches, where many CMGP investigations are conducted. 3. Information services for two interagency initiatives, marine planning (<http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/oceans/cmsp>) and the Ocean and Coastal Mapping (OCM) Inventory (<http://iocm.noaa.gov/iwg/>), are under development and could incorporate spatially enhanced coastal and marine gazetteers. In this context, the primary purpose of including spatial extents for the place names in a gazetteer is to assist information retrieval, rather than to establish precise boundaries. Planned project products, compiled for incorporation into gazetteers: 1. Major ocean and sea boundaries (as defined by IHO and VLIMAR), incorporated into USGS gazetteers. 2. Defined spatial extents for high-priority undersea features, incorporated into the GEBCO Gazetteer (in collaboration with Lisa A. Taylor and John C. Cartwright, NOAA/NGDC/MGGD). 3. Spatial extents of named high-priority U.S. coastal features and waterways, incorporated into an authoritative gazetteer. 4. Spatial extents of relevant U.S. administrative areas, including the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), National Marine Sanctuaries, and Coastal Zone Management Program (CZMP) counties. Project results: The project will improve communication about coastal and marine activities, and enhance usability and interoperability of geospatial data services. The project will lay a foundation for future improvements by demonstrating formats and systems that can be used for incorporating additional spatial extents into marine gazetteers. Project outcome: People will be more successful in using familiar place names when they are looking for USGS projects and information, and other Federally funded geospatial information, about coastal and offshore features. Project objective: To generate a set of databases, in a standard format, that use polygons to define the spatial extents of named oceans and seas, undersea features, coastal features and waterways, and relevant administrative areas. Glossary of terms, acronyms, and abbreviations: >ACUF - U.S. BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features > <http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/acuf.html> >BGN - U.S. Board on Geographic Names > <http://geonames.usgs.gov/> >BODC - British Oceanographic Data Centre > <http://www.bodc.ac.uk/> >CMG InfoBank - USGS CMGP field activity and data catalog > <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/> >CMGDS - USGS Coastal and Marine Geoscience Data System > <http://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/> >CMGP - USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program > <http://marine.usgs.gov/> >GAZ - gazetteer >GEBCO - General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans > <http://www.gebco.net/> >GMIS - USGS Geospatial Management Information System (USGS Intranet) >GNIS - Geographic Names Information System > <http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/> >GNS - GEOnet Names Server > <http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/> >IHO - International Hydrographic Organization > <http://www.iho.int/> >Linestring - (aka polyline) an open graphic element composed of straight-line segments connected at the vertices. >MAF/TIGER - Master Address File/Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (U.S. Census Bureau database) >NGA - National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency > <http://www.nga.mil/> >NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration > <http://www.noaa.gov/> >NOAA/NGDC - NOAA National Geophysical Data Center > <http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/ngdc.html> >NOAA/NGDC/MGGD - NOAA/NGDC Marine Geology and Geophysics Division > <http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mggd.html> >NOAA/NOS - NOAA National Ocean Service > <http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/> >NOAA/NOS/OCRM - NOAA/NOS Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management > <http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/programs/ocrm/> >Polygon - a closed graphic element composed of straight-line segments connected at the vertices. >OCM Inventory - Ocean and Coastal Mapping Inventory (of the Interagency Working Group on Ocean and Coastal Mapping) > <http://iocm.noaa.gov/iwg/> >SCUFN - GEBCO Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names > <http://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/undersea_feature_names/> >Shapefile - geospatial vector data format that describes geometries as points, linestrings, and polygons (see above). A single shapefile may contain multiple features of the same geometry (several individual polygons, for instance). >UF - undersea feature >USGS - U.S. Geological Survey > <http://www.usgs.gov/> >VLIMAR - VLIZ Marine Gazetteer (now incorporated into Marine Regions website) > <http://www.marineregions.org/> >VLIZ - Flanders Marine Institute > <http://www.vliz.be/en/intro> >WKT - well-known text, a markup language for vector geometry objects > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well-known_text>
point of contact - pointOfContact
individual Name Frances L. Lightsom
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP)
position Name Supervisory Oceanographer
Contact information
Telephone
Voice (508) 457-2242
Fax (508) 457-2310
Address
USGS, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA, 02543 Country USA
electronic Mail Address flightsom@usgs.gov
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Vector spatial representation information

Geometric Objects
geometric Object Type  complex
geometric Object Count  501
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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 Internal feature number.
sequence Identifier
name FID
Band
descriptor Feature geometry.
sequence Identifier
name Shape
Band
descriptor Current state Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code
sequence Identifier
name STATEFP
Band
descriptor Current county Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code
sequence Identifier
name COUNTYFP
Band
descriptor Current county ANSI code
sequence Identifier
name COUNTYNS
Band
descriptor Current county identifier; a concatenation of current state Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code and county FIPS code
sequence Identifier
name CNTYIDFP
Band
descriptor Current county name
sequence Identifier
name NAME
Band
descriptor Current name and the translated legal/statistical area description for county
sequence Identifier
name NAMELSAD
Band
descriptor Current legal/statistical area description code for county
sequence Identifier
name LSAD
Band
descriptor Current Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 55 class code
sequence Identifier
name CLASSFP
Band
descriptor MAF/TIGER feature class code
sequence Identifier
name MTFCC
Band
descriptor Current combined statistical area code
sequence Identifier
name CSAFP
Long Wavelength  599
Short Wavelength  100
units
Band
descriptor Current metropolitan statistical area/micropolitan statistical area code
sequence Identifier
name CBSAFP
Long Wavelength  49999
Short Wavelength  10000
units
Band
descriptor Current metropolitan division code
sequence Identifier
name METDIVFP
Long Wavelength  49994
Short Wavelength  10004
units
Band
descriptor Current functional status
sequence Identifier
name FUNCSTAT
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Content information: feature catalog description

Included With Dataset  true
Feature Types  
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Scope of quality information
scope level  dataset
Resource lineage description
source
source description  Source Contribution: county shapefileSource Type online
source citation
Title TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2008, nation, U.S., County and Equivalent (tl_2008_us_county.shp)
publication  Date   2008-01-01
Edition Aug 2009 download
presentationForm  mapDigital
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  U.S. Census Bureau
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2008/tl_2008_us_county.zip
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2008-01-01
source
source description  Source Contribution: county shapefileSource Type online
source citation
Title TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2009, nation, U.S., Current county and Equivalent National Shapefile (tl_2009_us_county.shp)
publication  Date   2009-01-01
Edition May 2011 download
presentationForm  mapDigital
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  U.S. Census Bureau
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2009/tl_2009_us_county.zip
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2009-01-01
source
source description  Source Contribution: Appendix A: Counties within the Coastal ZoneSource Type online
source citation
Title Coastal Zone Management Act Performance Measurement System: Contextual Indicators Manual (working document)
publication  Date   2009-01-01
Edition Sep 2009
presentationForm  documentDigital
other Citation Details  downloaded March 2010
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/success/media/contextualindicatormanual.pdf
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2009-01-01
source
source description  Source Contribution: list of added or deleted counties, boundary changes, and name changesSource Type online
source citation
Title Substantial Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present
publication  Date  
Edition 2010 download
presentationForm  documentDigital
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/reference/county-changes.html
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
Completeness Commission
evaluation Method Description  This dataset encompasses all of the Coastal Zone Management Program (CZMP) counties as defined in 2009, including the data for Alaska, which later withdrew from the CZMP. Retention of the Alaska data enhances the search capability that is the primary focus of this compilation. Data completeness of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles reflects the contents of the Census MAF/TIGER database at the time the TIGER/Line Shapefiles were created.
Completeness Omission
evaluation Method Description  This dataset encompasses all of the Coastal Zone Management Program (CZMP) counties as defined in 2009, including the data for Alaska, which later withdrew from the CZMP. Retention of the Alaska data enhances the search capability that is the primary focus of this compilation. Data completeness of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles reflects the contents of the Census MAF/TIGER database at the time the TIGER/Line Shapefiles were created.
ConceptualConsistency
measure Description  Polygon topology present. TL2009: The Census Bureau performed automated tests to ensure logical consistency and limits of shapefiles. Segments making up the outer and inner boundaries of a polygon tie end-to-end to completely enclose the area. All polygons are tested for closure. The Census Bureau uses its internally developed geographic update system to enhance and modify spatial and attribute data in the Census MAF/TIGER database. Standard geographic codes, such as FIPS codes for states, counties, municipalities, county subdivisions, places, American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian areas, and congressional districts are used when encoding spatial entities. The Census Bureau performed spatial data tests for logical consistency of the codes during the compilation of the original Census MAF/TIGER database files. Most of the codes for geographic entities except states, counties, urban areas, Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs), American Indian Areas (AIAs), and congressional districts were provided to the Census Bureau by the USGS, the agency responsible for maintaining FIPS 55. Feature attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for consistency. For the TIGER/Line Shapefiles, the Point and Vector Object Count for the G-polygon SDTS Point and Vector Object Type reflects the number of records in the shapefile attribute table. For multi-polygon features, only one attribute record exists for each multi-polygon rather than one attribute record per individual G-polygon component of the multi-polygon feature. TIGER/Line Shapefile multi-polygons are an exception to the G-polygon object type classification. Therefore, when multi-polygons exist in a shapefile, the object count will be less than the actual number of G-polygons. The TIGER/Line Shapefile products are not copyrighted, however TIGER/Line and Census TIGER are registered trademarks of the U.S. Census Bureau. These products are free to use in a product or publication, however acknowledgement must be given to the U.S. Census Bureau as the source. The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles are for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes does not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions. Coordinates in the TIGER/Line shapefiles have six implied decimal places, but the positional accuracy of these coordinates is not as great as the six decimal places suggest. Additional aspects of the TIGER/Line shapefiles were clarified in a written communication from the U.S. Census Bureau to the USGS project leaders: "We refer to the seaward limit of water in the TIGER/Line shapefiles as the 3-mile limit. This 3-mile limit serves to define the outer limit of coverage by the MAF/TIGER database. Our 3-mile limit does not represent any sort of formal legal or administrative boundary and is not intended to define official limits for Federal programs or legal disputes even though it is often very similar to the Submerged Lands Act boundary. In most areas, our 3-mile limit is approximately 3 nautical miles out to sea (or ocean), and is similar (but not identical) to the old limit of the United States' territorial waters (before the limit of territorial waters changed from 3 to 12 nautical miles in 1988). While our 3-mile limit has not been substantially modified since the creation of our TIGER Database, we are currently looking into possible modifications/improvements for the future to make it more consistent with other Federal limits" (Geographic Products Branch, Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau, written communication to Alan O. Allwardt dated 13 June 2011). USGS: This product provides polygons for coastal counties (and equivalent entities) as an aid in discovering online information about coastal and nearshore regions. This product is not an authoritative description of the counties currently included in the Coastal Zone Management Program (CZMP), although a 2009 list of CZMP counties was used to select the counties that are included. The current list of CZMP counties should be obtained directly from the NOAA/NOS Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM). This information is not intended for navigational purposes. Read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to data use. Uses of these data should not violate the spatial resolution of the data. Where these data are used in combination with other data of different resolution, the resolution of the combined output will be limited by the lowest resolution of all the data. Acknowledge the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in products derived from these data. Share data products developed using these data with the U.S. Geological Survey. This dataset has been approved for release and publication by the Director of the USGS. Although this dataset has been subjected to rigorous review and is substantially complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. Furthermore, it is released on condition that neither the USGS nor the United States Government may be held liable for any damages resulting from its authorized or unauthorized use. Although this Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata file is intended to document these data in nonproprietary form, as well as in ArcInfo format, this metadata file may include some ArcInfo-specific terminology.

Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
individual Name Frances L. Lightsom
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP)
position Name Supervisory Oceanographer
Contact information
Telephone
Voice (508) 457-2242
Fax (508) 457-2310
Address
USGS, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA, 02543 Country USA
electronic Mail Address flightsom@usgs.gov
Standard ordering process
fees none
Format
Format name shapefile
Format version 
file Decompression Technique  unzip
Digital Transfer Options
transfer Size 18.6 MB
Linkage for online resource
name shapefile
URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1284/data/CZMP_counties_2009.zip
link function 
Description Coastal county boundaries with attributes from the original TIGER data file.

Metadata data stamp:  2013-12-04
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  annually
notes: This metadata was automatically generated from the 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.
Metadata contact - pointOfContact
individual Name Frances L. Lightsom
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP)
Contact information
Telephone
Voice (508) 457-2242
Fax (508) 457-2310
Address
USGS, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA, 02543 Country USA
electronic Mail Address flightsom@usgs.gov
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:  73075a86-c7ea-45c9-9191-485b69178f1e

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)