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Identification_Information Abstract Purpose Supplemental Information Data_Quality_Information Spatial_Data_Organization_Information Entity_and_Attribute_Information Detailed Description Overview Distribution_Information Metadata_Reference_Section
Identification_Information
Citation_Information Originator: Mo Tangestani Publication_Date: 06/07/02 Title: GIS Analyst Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Format: Atlas Publication_Information Publication_Place: Publisher: Pacific Southwest Region, R(5)Description ALP PLSS coverage of the Plumas National Forest, California Metadata: Identification_Information Spatial_Data_Organization_Information Distribution_Information Metadata_Reference_Information Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Pacific Southwest Region (R5), USDA Forest Service Publication_Date: 20020607 Title: ALP PLSS coverage of the Plumas National Forest, California Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: atlas Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Vallejo, CA Publisher: Pacific Southwest Region (R5), USDA Forest Service Description: PLSS, Plumas National Forest, CA Abstract: This coverage contains Public Land Survey System information for the Plumas National Forest, in the Northern Sierra-Nevada range, California. The data is ar 2 region subclasses (themes): TOWNSHIPS and SECTIONS. The land net portrayed is based upon Forest Service Cartographic Feature Files (CFFs) and BLM Geographic Coordinate Data Base (GCDB). Purpose: The purpose of this coverage is to provide a standardized base layer of Townships and Sections for U.S. Forest Service GIS applications. It is a by-product the Forest Service Automated Lands Project. This project is the conversion of the Forest Services hard-copy Land Status base maps and associated Oracle-linked LOS database to Arc coverages. The resulting ALP product will provide tools to display and update land survey and land ownership information for Forest Service lands specialists, planners and land managers. Supplemental_Information: ***** Spatial Reference Information (Beg) ***** Projection Parameters Projection: Geographic Datum: NAD27 Units: Decimal Degrees Spheroid: CLARKE 1866 Spatial Information Vector: Scale of original/hardcopy map: 1:24000 Feature Type: region Attributes: TOWNSHIPS subclass: 3 user attributes: town_code - ten digit character string, in which fields 1-3 are the township number (integer), field 4 is the township fraction, field 5 is township direction, North or South of the Baseline, fields 6-8 are the range number (interger), field 9 is the range fraction, field 10 is the range direction, East or West of the Principal Meridian. mer - a two digit number identifying the Principal Meridian. townships_id - a random number used to link to the Oracle records. SECTIONS subclass: 2 user attributes: section - the section number, usually 1-36, but 3 digits are provided. sections_ID - a random number used to link to the Oracle records. ***** Spatial Reference Information (End) ***** Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20020607 Ending_Date: Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed Spatial_Domain: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -120.013 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.694 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.282 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.323 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: dictionary Theme_Keyword: township Theme_Keyword: section Theme_Keyword: land tenure Theme_Keyword: tenencia de la tierra Theme_Keyword: National Forest Theme_Keyword: bosque nacional Theme_Keyword: floresta nacional Theme_Keyword: surveys Theme_Keyword: estudios Theme_Keyword: pesquisas Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Geographic Name Database Place_Keyword: Plumas National Forest Place_Keyword: California Access_Constraints: no limits to access. public information. Use_Constraints: This data is supplied with no warranties, expressed or implied, concerning the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or suitability. The Government shall be under no liability whatsoever resulting from the recipients use of this data. The entire risk as to the quality of the data is with the end user. This coverage is preliminary; many of the features captured may be meaningless prior to linking with associated Oracle tables. Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Mo Tangestani Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region (R5) Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address Address: 1323 Club Drive City: Vallejo State_or_Province: CA Postal_Code: 94592 Country: United States of America Contact_Voice_Telephone: 707-562-8871 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 707-562-9103 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mtangest@fs.fed.us Distribution_Liability: This data is supplied with no warranties, expressed or implied, concerning the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or suitability. The Government shall be under no liability whatsoever resulting from the recipients use of this data. The entire risk as to the quality of the data is with the end user. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20020607 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Mo Tangestani Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region (R5) Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards -Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Abstract Purpose Supplemental_Information Procedures_Used Revisions Reviews_Applied_to_Data Related_Spatial_and_Tabular_Data_Sets References_Cited Notes Time_Period_of_Content Currentness_Reference Status Progress: Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency Spatial_Domain Bounding_Coordinates West_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.69351775 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -120.0134056 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.32346697 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.28216094
Keywords Theme Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: PLSS, townships, sections Place Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: Stratum Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Stratum_Keyword: Temporal Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Temporal_Keyword:
Access_Constraints Use_Constraints Point_of_Contact: See Distribution_Information for contact information.
Data_Set_Credit Security_Information Security_Classification_System: None Security_Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Security_Handling_Description: None
Native_Data_Set_Environment: AIX UNIX, ARC/INFO version 7.2.1
Cross_Reference Originator: Mo Tangestani Publication_Date: 06/07/02 Publication_Time: Title: GIS Analyst Edition: Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Atlas Series_Information Series_Name: Issue_Identification: Publication_Information Publication_Place: Vallejo, CA Publisher: Pacific Southwest Region R(5) Other_Citation_Details: Online_Linkage: Larger_Work_Citation:
Data_Quality_Information
Attribute_Accuracy Attribute_Accuracy_Report: See Entity_Attribute_InformationQuantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment Attribute_Accuracy_Value: See Explanation Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation: Attribute accuracy is described, where present, with each attribute defined in the Entity and Attribute Section.
Logical_Consistency_Report: Polygon and chain-node topology present.
Completeness_Report Positional_Accuracy Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Lineage: See Supplemental_Information for overview.Process_Steps Process_Step Process_Description: MTANGEST REGIONCLEAN XX143417 XX143417 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020716 Process_Time: 1436 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: MTANGEST DROPFEATURES XX143417 REGION.* Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020716 Process_Time: 1437 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: MTANGEST RESELECT XX143417 XX00000 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020716 Process_Time: 1437 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: MTANGEST LABELERRORS XX00000 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020716 Process_Time: 1437 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: MTANGEST CREATELABELS XX00000 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020716 Process_Time: 1437 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: MTANGEST BUILD XX00000 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020716 Process_Time: 1437 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: MTANGEST POLYREGION XX00000 XX00000 SECTIONS Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020716 Process_Time: 1437 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: MTANGEST DISSOLVE XX00000 XX00001 #ALL REGION.SECTIONS Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020716 Process_Time: 1437 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: MTANGEST RENAME XX00001 XX00000 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020716 Process_Time: 1437 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: MTANGEST ARCEDIT /FSFILES/UNIT/ENG/ALP/PNF/LX/XX00000 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020716 Process_Time: 1439 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: MTANGEST ARCEDIT /FSFILES/UNIT/ENG/ALP/PNF/LX/XX00000 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020716 Process_Time: 1441 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: MTANGEST ARCEDIT /FSFILES/UNIT/ENG/ALP/PNF/LX/XX00000 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020716 Process_Time: 1441 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: MTANGEST ARCEDIT /FSFILES/UNIT/ENG/ALP/PNF/LX/XX00000 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020716 Process_Time: 1441 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: MTANGEST RENAME XX00000 PNF_PLSS Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020716 Process_Time: 1441 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: MTANGEST ARCEDIT /FSFILES/UNIT/ENG/ALP/PNF/LX/PNF_PLSS Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020716 Process_Time: 1443 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: MTANGEST CLEAN PNF_PLSS # 0 .05 POLY Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020716 Process_Time: 1443 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: MTANGEST PROJECT COVER PNF_PLSS XX00000 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020716 Process_Time: 1443 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: MTANGEST PROJECTDEFINE COVER XX00000 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020716 Process_Time: 1443 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: MTANGEST CLEAN XX00000 # 0 .0000000000001 POLY Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020716 Process_Time: 1443 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: MTANGEST RENAME XX00000 PNF_PLSS Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020716 Process_Time: 1443 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: MTANGEST DOCUMENT PNF_PLSS COPY /FSFILES/UNIT/ENG/ALP/PNF/LX/PNF_PLSS_O MTAN Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020716 Process_Time: 1505 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: SRUZICKA IMPORT COVER PNF_PLSS.E00 PNF_PLSS Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020731 Process_Time: 1457 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information SDTS_Terms_Description SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 3432 SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 7386 SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains' Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 3428
Spatial_Reference_Information
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_DefinitionGeographic Latitude_Resolution: Longitude_Resolution: Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal Degrees Geodetic Model Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927 Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866 Semi-major_Axis: 6,378,206.4 Denominator_of_Flattening: 294.98
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Detailed_Description Entity_Type Entity_Type_Label: PNF_PLSS.PAT Entity_Type_Definition: Internal to info Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ARC/INFO Attribute: Attribute_Label: - Attribute_Definition: Internal to info Attribute_Definition_Source: ARC/INFO Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: - Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: AREA Attribute_Definition: Area of poly/region in square coverage units Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: PERIMETER Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of poly/region in coverage units Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: PNF_PLSS# Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential unique positive integer Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: PNF_PLSS-ID Attribute_Definition: User-assigned feature number Attribute_Definition_Source: User-defined Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Integer Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: POLY# Attribute_Definition: Interanl to info Attribute_Definition_Source: Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: SUBCLASS Attribute_Definition: Interanl to info Attribute_Definition_Source: Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: SUBCLASS# Attribute_Definition: Internal to info Attribute_Definition_Source: Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: SECTION Attribute_Definition: Section number 1-36 Attribute_Definition_Source: GCDB Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: section Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: SECTIONS_ID Attribute_Definition: Interanl to info Attribute_Definition_Source: Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Entity_Type Entity_Type_Label: PNF_PLSS.AAT Entity_Type_Definition: Arc attributes Entity_Type_Definition_Source: GCDB Attribute: Attribute_Label: - Attribute_Definition: Arc attributes Attribute_Definition_Source: GCDB Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: - Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: FNODE# Attribute_Definition: Internal number of from-node Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential unique positive integer Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: TNODE# Attribute_Definition: Internal number of to-node Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential unique positive integer Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: LPOLY# Attribute_Definition: Internal number of poly to left of arc Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential unique positive integer Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: RPOLY# Attribute_Definition: Internal number of poly to right of arc Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential unique positive integer Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: LENGTH Attribute_Definition: Length of arc in coverage units Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: PNF_PLSS# Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential unique positive integer Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: PNF_PLSS-ID Attribute_Definition: User-assigned feature number Attribute_Definition_Source: User-defined Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Integer Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: SOURCE Attribute_Definition: Source indicates the origin of the arcs Attribute_Definition_Source: GCDB, CFF, ALP, COGO Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: GCDB, CFF, ALP, COGO Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Entity_Type Entity_Type_Label: PNF_PLSS.PATTOWNSHIPS Entity_Type_Definition: Township subclass Entity_Type_Definition_Source: 'GCDB''s plss' Attribute: Attribute_Label: - Attribute_Definition: Township subclass Attribute_Definition_Source: 'GCDB''s plss' Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: - Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: AREA Attribute_Definition: Area of poly/region in square coverage units Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: PERIMETER Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of poly/region in coverage units Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: PNF_PLSS# Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential unique positive integer Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: PNF_PLSS-ID Attribute_Definition: User-assigned feature number Attribute_Definition_Source: User-defined Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Integer Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: MER Attribute_Definition: Meridian number, i.e. 21 or Mount Diablo Meridian Attribute_Definition_Source: 21 Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: 21 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: TOWN_CODE Attribute_Definition: Township and Range number, i.e. t010n0010e Attribute_Definition_Source: BLM Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: 10 digits Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: TOWNSHIPS_ID Attribute_Definition: Interanl to info Attribute_Definition_Source: Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:Overview_Description Entity_and_Attribute_Overview Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Not Available
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Section
Metadata_Date: 19020716 Metadata_Contact: Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: 19940608 Metadata_Time_Convention: Local Time Metadata_Security_Information: Metadata_Security_Classification_System: None Metadata_Security_Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Metadata_Security_Handling_Description: None
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