USGS:Biology Biological Informatics Program Vegetation Characterization Program Ouray National Wildlife Refuge Boundary Metadata

Boundary Metadata

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Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Refuges & Wildlife, Region 6, Division of Realty

Publication_Date: 200302

Title:

Approved Acquisition Boundary for Ouray National Wildlife Refuge

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map

Online_Linkage:

<http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/oura/index.html#geospatial_veg_info>

Description:

Abstract:

National Wildlife Refuges are federal lands managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Data used to locate this boundary was obtained from the USFWS Realty program.

Purpose:

The intended application of the data is to serve as a spatial reference of refuge boundaries for other data layers in GIS and mapping applications. It is specifically not intended to be used as a land survey or representation of land for conveyance or tax purposes.

Supplemental_Information: NA

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 200302

Currentness_Reference: Research of Region 6 Realty files

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Ouray National Wildlife Refuge and environs

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -109.678

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -109.565

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.204

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.093

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: national wildlife refuge

Theme_Keyword: Ouray National Wildlife Refuge

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Utah

Place_Keyword: Uintah

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Biological Informatics, MS 302, Room 8000, Building 810, Denver Federal Center

City: Denver

State_or_Province: Colorado

Postal_Code: 80225

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 202-4220

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 202-4219

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

Refuge boundary data were compiled for resource applications. It is inappropriate to use this data in legal situations, or other applications where spatial error cannot exceed the USGS 7.5' mapping standards. This data is specifically not intended to be used as a land survey or representation of land for conveyance or tax purposes. An approved acquisition boundary delineates an area that has been approved for inclusion into a National Wildlife Refuge. However, approval does not necessarily indicate that the entire area inside this boundary has been (or ever will be) acquired by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Refuge data were developed with ESRI's ArcInfo version 7.2.1 Patch 2 software on a PC running WINDOWS NT version 4.0 (Build 1381: Service Pack 6) operating system.

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Arc and polygon item values are rechecked by data entry staff for omissions and against the original data for accuracy.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

The digital boundary was compared to source material for completeness. Software capabilities were used to ensure arcs have no dangling nodes and intersection errors and to check polygons for label errors.

Completeness_Report:

Arcs that represent the entire approved acquisition boundary were included. Line work was checked for omissions.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Digital boundary was overlain on USGS 7.5 minute topo. quad(s) (DRG). Data are stored in ArcInfo double precision.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Refuges and Wildlife, Region 6, Division of Realty

Publication_Date: unknown

Title: Various information from Division of Realty

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map

Type_of_Source_Media: Paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: unknown

Ending_Date: unknown

Source_Currentness_Reference: None

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: None

Source_Contribution:

Used to determine the current location and extent of the approved acquisition boundary. A document summarizing the specific information used to determine the extent of the approved acquisition boundary is on file in Region 6 Realty (document location: Refuges/RE, LA-Utah, Ouray NWR, General folder 1993 - ).

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey

Publication_Date: unknown

Title:

7.5 Minute Topographical Quadrangle(s) for the area covered by Ouray National Wildlife Refuge approved acquisition boundary.

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map

Type_of_Source_Media: Digital Raster Graphics (DRGs)

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: unknown

Ending_Date: unknown

Source_Currentness_Reference: None

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: DRG

Source_Contribution: Features on the DRG were digitized to create the boundary.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

An empty ArcInfo coverage was created; the fuzzy tolerance was set to .001, and the coverage was built for network topology; arc and polygon items required by the project were added; features were screen-digitized from the DRG, and arc and polygon items were populated; the projection was defined, and the coverage was rebuilt and run through quality control steps. Even though the Green River is included in the area delineated by the approved acquisition boundary, it has not been determined whether this should be the case.

Process_Date: 200302

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 12

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: .9996

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -111

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0

False_Easting: 500000

False_Northing: 0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: .001

Ordinate_Resolution: .001

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: NAD27

Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866

Semi-major_Axis: 6,378,206.4

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: USFWS National Wildlife Refuge Approved Acquisition Boundary

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

An approved acquisition boundary as it applies to Region 6 and to the digital legislative boundary set forth in 97-01, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lands Boundary Data Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is defined as an area that is approved for acquisition into a National Wildlife Refuge; it may also include lands that have been acquired by fee, lease, easement, agreement, and permit, etc.. See SOP under "Labeling Files and Geographic Features - Legislative Boundary" (in process 1) for information on arc and polygon items and item values. Polygon items in addition to those referenced in the SOP include: ARC_ACRES (replaces SOP ACREAGE item), REC_ACRES and METHOD (these two items are no longer considered applicable, and therefore are not populated; however, the items are being retained to maintain consistency with coverages created previously that contain these items). There is an aat-item named METHOD which contains a code for the method of arc creation; a code Dig-DRG indicates an arc digitized from the DRG or created using ArcEdit construction methods on DRG-digitized lines; a code of e indicates an arc that was extrapolated (using the DRG as a reference) to match the Realty Status Map.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: USGS Center for Biological Informatics

Contact_Position: USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

United States Geological Survey, Center for Biological Informatics

Address: MS 302, Bldg 810, Room 8000

Address: Denver Federal Center

City: Denver

State_or_Province: Colorado

Postal_Code: 80225

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303 202-4220

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303 202-4219

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303 202-4229

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: Digital data were compiled for use in NPS decision making.

Distribution_Liability:

The U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. These data and related graphics (i.e., GIF or JPG format files) are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such. The information contained in these data is dynamic and may change over time. The data are not better than the original sources from which they were derived. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data appropriately and consistent within the limitations of geospatial data in general and these data in particular. The related graphics are intended to aid the data user in acquiring relevant data; it is not appropriate to use the related graphics as data.

The U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from an NPS server and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. Although these data have been processed successfully on computer systems at the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the utility of the data on other systems for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. this disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: HTML

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

<http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/oura/index.html#geospatial_veg_info>

Access_Instructions: Internet Access

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 200302

Metadata_Review_Date: 20071106

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Biological Informatics, MS 302,
Room 8000, Building 810, Denver Federal Center

City: Denver

State_or_Province: Colorado

Postal_Code: 80225

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 202-4220

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 202-4219

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name:

FGDC-STD-001.1-1999 Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata, 1998 Part 1: Biological Data Profile, 1999

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage:

<http://metadata.nbii.gov/portal/community/Communities/Toolkit/Metadata/FGDC_Metadata/>

Profile_Name: Biological Data Profile FGDC-STD-001.1-1999