U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Neal Smith NWR, formerly Neal Smith NWR- Spatial Metadata Files

The following metadata describes files that are in Arc/Info vector format:

  1. Contours - all, 10 ft contours for rectangular clipping universe including and surrounding Neal Smith NWR acquisition boundary.
  2. Contours, 10 ft contours for area within Neal Smith NWR acquisition boundary only.
  3. Individual parcels not owned by Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge but within Refuge acquisition boundaries.
  4. Individual land parcels owned by Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge.
  5. Basemap of Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge.
  6. Neal Smith NWR 1994 calendar year prescribed burn locations.
  7. Proposed Iowa DOT bypass of Prairie City on hwy 163 as of 12/1/92.
  8. Clipped Neal Smith NWR, clipping frame depicting universe of entire Neal Smith watershed by WRT for master plan, 1992.
  9. Clipping for Neal Smith NWR, rectangular, clipping frame for rectangular universe of Neal Smith NWR acquisition boundary and surrounding area by WRT for master plan, 1992.
  10. Neal Smith NWR area closed due to construction in calendar year 1995.
  11. Iowa's Des Moines planned greenbelt area, circa 1992.
  12. Hunting Roads - 1995, road map for 1995 Neal Smith NWR hunting season.
  13. Hydrology, streams within and surrounding Neal Smith NWR acquisition boundary.
  14. Iowa Counties, outline of Iowa and of all counties as well as acreage info for each county.
  15. Municipalities in Warren, Polk, Jasper, and Marion counties in central Iowa.
  16. individual parcels not owned by Neal Smith NWR but within Refuge acquisition boundaries.
  17. Roads, Neal Smith NWR roads as of 11/10/95)
  18. NWI polygons, National Wetland Inventory wetland determinations for Jasper, Warren, Marion and Polk counties in central Iowa.
  19. Individual land parcels owned by Neal Smith NWR.
  20. Ownbound, all land owned by Neal Smith NWR with outer boundary only.
  21. Parcels, individual land within Neal Smith NWR acquisition boundaries.
  22. Prairie Plantings Calendar Year 1993.
  23. Prairie Plantings Calendar Year 1994.
  24. Presettlement vegetation for Neal Smith NWR acquisition boundary and surrounding area from 1846 survey notes.
  25. River and stream network for Jasper, Warren, Marion and Polk counties.
  26. 1992 Roads for Marion, Polk, Jasper and Warren counties in central Iowa.
  27. Watersheds within clipping rectangle for Neal Smith NWR acquisition boundary.
  28. Universal frame for Neal Smith NWR acquisition boundary by WRT for masterplan, 1992.
  29. Slope Contours, 10 ft slope contours for Neal Smith NWR acquisition boundary as utilized in 1992 master plan.
  30. Streams in Neal Smith NWR watershed.
  31. Sub-watersheds within clipping rectangle for Neal Smith NWR acquisition boundary.
  32. Transportation Lines for rectangular clipping area surrounding Neal Smith NWR acquisition boundary.
  33. All vegetation types, native and anthropogenic, found within clipping window for Neal Smith NWR acquisition boundary as determined by 1992 Refuge vegetation survey.
  34. Vegetation - refuge, all vegetation types, anthropogenic and native, found within Neal Smith NWR acquisition boundaries as determined by 1992 Refuge vegetation survey.
  35. Vegetation Parcels, a ll vegetation types, native and anthropogenic, found within Neal Smith NWR as determined by 1992 Refuge vegetation survey. Classified by individual land parcels.)
  36. Neal Smith Boundary, outline of entire Neal Smith NWR acquisition boundary.

The following metadata decsribes files that are in EPPL7 raster format:

  1. Parcel ownership - top 1/3, iIndividual parcel ownership for top 1/3 of Neal Smith NWR acquisition boundary.
  2. Parcel ownership - middle 1/3 , individual parcel ownership for middle 1/3 of Neal Smith NWR acquisition boundary.
  3. Parcel ownership - bottom 1/3 , individual parcel ownership for bottom 1/3 of Neal Smith NWR acquisition boundary.
  4. All land not owned , by Neal Smith NWR within acquisition boundaries.
  5. All land owned , by Neal Smith NWR within acquisition boundaries.
  6. Acquisition boundaries , showing refuge owned and privately owned land within Neal Smith NWR.
  7. Bison enclosure as of 10/1/95.
  8. Bison enclosure vegetation, all vegetation types found within bison enclosure area from the Refuge vegetation survey of 1992.
  9. Burn Locations - 1994, Neal Smith NWR 1994 calendar year prescribed burn locations.
  10. Closed Area - 1995, Neal Smith NWR area closed due to construction, 1995.
  11. Vegetation, all vegetation types, native and anthropogenic, found within NLS as determined by 1992 Refuge vegetation survey.

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Last Modified October 11, 2006