Political Boundaries Features


DATA CATEGORY ATTRIBUTE TYPE MAJOR CODE MINOR CODE DESCRIPTION
Boundaries Nodes 090 0001 Boundary monument (monumented point on a boundary)
0002 Deleted (Boundary turning point)
Areas 090 0100 Civil township, district, precinct, or barrio
0101 Incorporated city, village, town, borough, or hamlet
0103 National park (monument, lakeshore, seashore, parkway, battlefield, or recreation area)
0104 National forest (or grassland)
0105 National wildlife area (refuge, game preserve, or fish hatchery)
0106 National wilderness area (scenic waterway, riverway, wild and scenic river)
0107 Indian reservation
0108 Military reservation
0109 Deleted (Non-military government reservation)
0110 Federal prison
0111 Miscellaneous Federal reservation
0113 Deleted (Land grant)
0129 Miscellaneous State reservation
0130 State park (recreation area arboretum, or lake)
0131 State wildlife area (refuge, game preserve, or fish hatchery)
0132 State forest (or grassland)
0133 State prison
0134 Miscellaneous county reservation (county game preserve)
0135 Ahupuaa (Hawaii)
0136 Hawaiian homestead
0150 Large park (city, county, or private)
0151 Small park (city, county, or private)
0197 Canada
0198 Mexico
0199 Open water
Lines 090 0200 Deleted (Approximate boundary)
0201 Indefinite or approximate boundary
0202 Disputed boundary
0203 Historical line
0204 Boundary closure line (claim)
0299 Processing line
Single-point 090 0301 Reference monument for boundary point
Parameter 090 0000 Photorevised feature
091 00-- State FIPS code
092 0--- County or county equivalent FIPS code
093 00-- Civil township or civil township equivalent FIPS code, first two digits
094 0--- Civil township or civil township equivalent FIPS code, last three digits
095 ---- Monument number
096 XXYY Alphabetic portion of any monument number (substitute numeric equivalent of alphabetic for XX and for YY as follows: 00 blank, 01=A, 02=B, 03=C, 04=D, 05=E, 06=F, 07=G, 08=H, 09=I, 10=J, 11=K, 12=L, 13=M, 14=N, 15=O, 16=P, 17=Q, 18=R, 19=S, 20=T, 21=U, 22=V, 23=W, 24=X, 25=Y, 26=Z.)
098 0000 Deleted (Best estimate of classification or position)
099 00-- Deleted (Coincident feature)

Description items in regular print are the current codes. Items in italics and parentheses are older codes or notes on the codes.


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