FWSApproved

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 and Wildlife Service

Publication_Date: 20180731

Title: FWSApproved

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Falls Church, VA

Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Online_Linkage: https://www.fws.gov/gis/data/CadastralDB/index_cadastral.html

Online_Linkage:

https://gis.fws.gov/arcgis/rest/services/FWSCadastral_Internet/MapServer

Description:

Abstract:

This data layer depicts the external boundaries of lands and waters that are approved for acquisition by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in North America, U.S. Trust Territories and Possessions. The primary source for this information is the USFWS Realty program.

Purpose:

The intended application of this data layer is as a cadastral framework for use with 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:

The FWSApproved feature class is an aggregated data layer derived by appending separate regional feature data sets into a single national set. The spatial and positional accuracy of this information will vary depending on the original source data and methods utilized. Data sources are not listed in this document but are maintained for each region and can be requested. We strive to improve the accuracy of this data and incorporate more reliable information when available.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20180731

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -179.150067

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 179.77173

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 70.329407

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -14.559753

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories

Theme_Keyword: planningCadastre

Theme_Keyword: boundaries

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword:

planningCadastre, boundaries, national wildlife refuge, national fish hatchery, wetland management district, waterfowl production area, National Geospatial Data Asset, NGDA, Cadastre Theme, United States

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: United States

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

Although these data and information have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data and information on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. Inherent in any data set used to develop graphical representations are limitations of accuracy as determined by, among others, the source, scale and resolution of the data. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and information, and aggregate use with other data and information. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with this data and information, and aggregate use with other data and information. The USFWS is not liable for the user’s improper or incorrect use of the data and information described and/or contained herein. These data and any derived products are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such. The information contained in these data may be dynamic and could change over time. The data are not better than the original sources from which they are derived. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data appropriately and consistent with the limitations of geospatial data in general and these data in particular. It is strongly recommended that the data described or contained herein be acquired directly from an authorized USFWS source and not indirectly through some other sources which may have changed the data in some way. The USFWS is not liable for data or information that indirectly acquired through other sources.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Realty

Contact_Position: Chief Cartographer

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical

Address: 5275 Leesburg Pike MS: NWRS

City: Falls Church

State_or_Province: VA

Postal_Code: 22041

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (703) 358-2404

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: CDWG@fws.gov

Security_Information:

Security_Classification_System: FIPS Pub 199

Security_Handling_Description: Standard Technical Controls

Native_Data_Set_Environment: Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.6.0.8321

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report: Tests for integrity have not been performed.

Completeness_Report: Features represented have not been tested for completeness

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Data were collected using methods that have unknown accuracy

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Processes vary by Region

Process_Date: Unknown

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

FWRI staff downloaded these data from USFWS. The data were reselected for features that are in Florida and then were reprojcted.

Process_Date: 20190307

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 33

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 24.0

Standard_Parallel: 31.5

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -84.0

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 24.0

False_Easting: 400000.0

False_Northing: 0.0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.0001

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.0001

Planar_Distance_Units: meter

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D NAD 1983 2011

Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: FWSApproved

Entity_Type_Definition:

US Fish & Wildlife Service Approved Acquisition Boundary Encompasses land and/or water that the USFWS has authority to acquire in whole or in part for inclusion in the National Wildlife Refuge System.

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MAXACRES

Attribute_Definition:

Maximum Acres - The maximum number of calculated acreage the USFWS has approval to acquire of an interest in land and/or water within an Approved Acquisition boundary with a limited approval type.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Positive real numbers that are derived from official planning documents.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: APPTYPE

Attribute_Definition:

Approval Type - Extent of authority the USFWS has to acquire an interest in land and/or water within the Approved Acquisition boundary. Authority to acquire an interest in all lands and/or waters within the Approved Acquisition boundary constitutes full approval (Inclusive). Authority to acquire an interest in a percentage of the lands and/or waters within the Approved Acquisition boundary constitutes partial approval (Limited).

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Inclusive or "0"

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Inclusive - USFWS has approval to acquire an interest in all land and/or water within the Approved Acquisition boundary.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Limited or "1

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Limited - USFWS has approval to acquire an interest in a specified percentage of land and/or water within the Approved Acquisition boundary.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CMPXNAME

Attribute_Definition:

Complex Name - Name of a number of stations combined under one management structure

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS National Wildlife Refuge System

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Regional National Wildlife Refuge complex list

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: GISACRES

Attribute_Definition:

Geographic Information System Acres - Acres calculated by GIS software for each polygon

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ModifiedBy

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COMMENTS

Attribute_Definition: Comments - Additional information

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Unique note for each tract when necessary.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DOCACRES

Attribute_Definition: Acres indicated in deed or other official document

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Positive real numbers that are derived from deed or other official document

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape_Area

Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CreatedBy

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LIT

Attribute_Definition:

Literals - Unique alpha codes assigned by the Washington Office, Division of Realty, that identify the organizational units, areas, and project sites on Service-owned lands.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS Data Element Standard for Literals

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: Master List of Literal Codes for FWS Land Units

Codeset_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: RSL_TYPE

Attribute_Definition:

Organization Type - Administrative categories that identify Service organizations by their primary facility function, program activities, specialized duties and responsibilities, and/or operational status.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS Data Element Standard for Organization Type

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: COORD

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Coordination Area

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: NFH

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: National Fish Hatchery

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: WRC

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Wildlife Research Center

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: WPA

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Waterfowl Production Area

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: FTC

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Fish Technology Center

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: FSA

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Farm Service Administration

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: WMA

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Wildlife Management Area

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: NWR

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: National Wildlife Refuge

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: AS

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Administrative Site

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: FR

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Fisheries Research Station

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LABELNAME

Attribute_Definition: Abbreviated Organization Name to faciliate cartographic labels

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Abbreviated Organization Name

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ORGNAME

Attribute_Definition:

Organization Name - Official name given to a Service organization that has been assigned an official five-digit numeric organization code by the Washington Office, Division of Financial Management

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS Data Element Standard for Organization Name

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Master List of Official Names for FWS Land Units

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ORGCODE

Attribute_Definition:

Organization Code - Unique five-digit numeric codes assigned by the Washington Office, Division of Financial Management, to Service organizations where personnel are assigned and all unstaffed land management units. Organization codes may also be assigned to meet an administrative requirement.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Financial Management

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: Master List of Organization Codes for FWS Land Units

Codeset_Source: USFWS Division of Financial Management

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CreatedDate

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: IFWS

Attribute_Definition:

Interior-USFWS number - Unique 1-6 character code assigned by the Washington Office, Division of Realty, to each organizational unit, area, or project site over which the Service has some type of jurisdiction.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS Data Element Standard for IFWS Number

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: Master List of IFWS Numbers for FWS Land Units

Codeset_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ModifiedDate

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape_Length

Attribute_Definition: Length of feature in internal units.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FWSREGION

Attribute_Definition:

FWS Region - Regional offices within the Service that have responsibility for program and/or administrative activities within a geographically-defined area

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mountain - Prairie Region or "6"

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Mountain - Prairie Region, Region 6

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Southwest or "2"

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Southwest Region, Region 2

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Pacific Region or "1"

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Pacific Region, Region 1

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Alaska Region or "7"

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Alaska Region, Region 7

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Southeast Region or "4"

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Southeast Region, Region 4

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Northeast Region or "5"

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Northeast Region, Region 5

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Midwest Region or "3"

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Midwest Region, Region 3

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Pacific Southwest Region or "8"

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Pacific Southwest Region (California and Nevada), Region 8

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USFWS Division of Realty

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Realty

Contact_Position: Chief Cartographer

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical

Address: 5275 Leesburg Pike MS:NWRS

City: Falls Church

State_or_Province: VA

Postal_Code: 22041

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (703) 358-2404

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: CDWG@fws.gov

Distribution_Liability:

Although these data and information have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data and information on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. Inherent in any data set used to develop graphical representations are limitations of accuracy as determined by, among others, the source, scale and resolution of the data. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and information, and aggregate use with other data and information. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with this data and information, and aggregate use with other data and information. The USFWS is not liable for the user’s improper or incorrect use of the data and information described and/or contained herein. These data and any derived products are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such. The information contained in these data may be dynamic and could change over time. The data are not better than the original sources from which they are derived. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data appropriately and consistent with the limitations of geospatial data in general and these data in particular. It is strongly recommended that the data described or contained herein be acquired directly from an authorized USFWS source and not indirectly through some other sources which may have changed the data in some way. The USFWS is not liable for data or information that indirectly acquired through other sources. No warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data to evaluate data set limitations, restrictions or intended use. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20180814

Metadata_Future_Review_Date: 20190416

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Realty

Contact_Position: Chief Cartographer

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical

Address: 5275 Leesburg Pike MS: NWRS

City: Falls Church

State_or_Province: VA

Postal_Code: 22041

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (703) 358-2404

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: CDWG@fws.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time