Louisiana Private Lands Restoration - Farmers Home Administration Properties
Metadata:
- Identification_Information:
- Citation:
- Citation_Information:
- Originator: Midcontinent Ecological Science Center (MESC)
- Publication_Date: 19970529
- Title: Louisiana Private Lands Restoration - Farmers Home Administration
Properties
- Description:
- Abstract:
- This data set represents former Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) inventory properties
in the State of Louisiana currently managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
and Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF). Property information was
acquired and consolidated by USFWS personnel in the Lafayette, LA, Field Office. The FmHA
project boundaries were transferred from 8.5" by 11" black-and-white copies of
various maps (e.g., soil maps, 15-minute USGS topographic quadrangles, survey plat maps,
etc.) to mylar overlays of 7.5-minute USGS topographic quadrangles. The final map file
contains the following fields of information for each FmHA project: FmHA number, Quad
name, Parish name, property owner, easement acres, fee title transfer (FTT) acres,
easement manager, and FTT manager. Due to the extremely small size of some conservation
easements, the entire ownership was digitized with the interior lines showing the easement
boundary. This was necessary in order to display the tract when using small-scale maps for
landscape planning purposes. Users are cautioned to be extremely careful interpreting
boundaries on individual tracts. [Polygonal Data]
- Purpose:
- This data set was developed by the USFWS to use as a resource planning tool for recovery
efforts, wetland restoration efforts, and habitat management. Acreage figures presented in
attributes are from project files and are not acreages calculated by the GIS.
- Time_Period_of_Content:
- Time_Period_Information:
- Range_of_Dates/Times:
- Beginning_Date: 1996
- Ending_Date: 1997
- Currentness_Reference: Date of data transfer from source materials
- Status:
- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None Planned
- Spatial_Domain:
- Bounding_Coordinates:
- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -93.58603712
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.33324296
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.93305201
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.28884581
- Keywords:
- Theme:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Theme_Keyword: Restoration projects
- Theme_Keyword: Farmers Home Administration
- Theme_Keyword: Property information
- Theme_Keyword: Private lands restoration
- Place:
- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Place_Keyword: LA
- Place_Keyword: Louisiana
- Place_Keyword: USA
- Temporal:
- Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Temporal_Keyword: 1996
- Access_Constraints: None
- Use_Constraints: None
- Point_of_Contact:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Person_Primary:
- Contact_Person: Kevin Roy
- Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
- Address: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Address: Ecological Services
- Address: 825 Kaliste Saloom Road
- Address: Building 2, Suite 102
- City: Lafayette
- State_or_Province: Louisiana
- Postal_Code: 70508
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: (318) 262-6662
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (318) 262-6663
- Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday
- Data_Set_Credit:
- The FmHA Data Table printouts and 8" by 11" black-and-white source maps were
acquired by USFWS personnel at the Lafayette, LA, Field Office. Zoom transfer, digitizing,
and lookup table development were completed at the USGS-MESC, Fort Collins, CO.
- Native_Data_Set_Environment:
- ARC/INFO Version 7.1.1 double precision, UNIX Solaris operating system
- Data_Quality_Information:
- Attribute_Accuracy:
- Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
- The accuracy is tested by manually comparing hard copy plots of the digital data with
the source materials. When attributes cannot be visually verified on plots they are
interactively queried and verified on screen. In addition, the attributes are compared
against a master set of valid attributes.
- Logical_Consistency_Report:
- ARC/INFO software is used to create and maintain topological relationships between
features. There are no duplicate features, but coincident lines are maintained between
data layers where appropriate. Polygonal features begin and end at the same point, contain
no overshoots or undershoots, and contain a single label. Linear features are continuous
where appropriate, i.e., dangling arcs are removed if they are not required.
- Completeness_Report:
- All FmHA Fee Title Transfer and Easement properties provided by the USFWS for the State
of Louisiana were transferred from black-and-white xerox copies of various source maps to
1:24,000-scale USGS topographic quads and manually digitized.
- Positional_Accuracy:
- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
- The horizontal positional accuracy is tested by visual comparison of hard copy check
plots to the source materials and verifying the location of the data on-screen relative to
other data layers in the same geographic area.
- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Not applicable
- Lineage:
- Source_Information:
- Source_Citation:
- Citation_Information:
- Originator: Kevin Roy, USFWS Lafayette, LA, Field Office
- Publication_Date: 1996
- Title:
- Xerox copies of USGS 15-minute quadrangles, plat maps, soils maps, Parish road maps, and
conservation plan maps
- Publication_Information:
- Publication_Place: Louisiana
- Publisher: Unknown
- Type_of_Source_Media: Stable-Base Material
- Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
- Time_Period_Information:
- Range_of_Dates/Times:
- Beginning_Date: 1996
- Ending_Date: 1997
- Source_Currentness_Reference: Date of data transfer from source materials
- Source_Contribution: Spatial and attribute information
- Process_Step:
- Process_Description:
- Using a Zoom Transfer Scope, the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) properties were
transferred and drafted from black-and-white xerox copies of various source maps to mylar
overlays punch-registered to 7.5-minute USGS topographic quadrangles. Source maps used for
transfer were of various scales and quality, and included copies of USGS 15-minute
topographic quads, plat maps, soils maps, parish road maps, conservation plan maps, etc.
The mylar overlays were manually digitized using an Altek Datatab digitizer to capture the
data at a resolution of at least 0.001 inches. Four control points corresponding to the
four corners of the quadrangle were used for registration during data collection. Features
continuing onto adjacent quadrangles were adjusted to intersect the boundary at a common,
coincident node. Attributes were assigned as the data were digitized, or in an editing
session after the digitizing was completed. All map files in the study area were joined
into a single map file. Neat lines were removed and attributes and arcs along map edges
were verified. The map file was geographically compared to other property data layers
being developed for the USFWS. A table which contains additional data on each FmHA
property was created and merged into the final map files. Refinements to the digitized
properties and tabular data were made by MESC personnel based on information provided by
the USFWS Lafayette, LA, Field Office.
- Process_Date: 19970529
- Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
- Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Not applicable
- 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: 15
- Transverse_Mercator:
- Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -93
- Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0
- False_Easting: 500000
- False_Northing: 0
- Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: .9996
- Planar_Coordinate_Information:
- Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Coordinate Pair
- Coordinate_Representation:
- Abscissa_Resolution: .61
- Ordinate_Resolution: .61
- Planar_Distance_Units: Meters
- Geodetic_Model:
- Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
- Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
- Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4
- Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98
- Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
- Detailed_Description:
- Entity_Type:
- Entity_Type_Label: FmHA_Properties
- Entity_Type_Definition:
- Former FmHA inventory properties that are now managed as conservation easements or in
fee title transfer by the USFWS or the LDWF.
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USFWS Lafayette, LA, Field Office
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label: FmHA_NUMBR
- Attribute_Definition: Property identification number assigned by the FmHA.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: FmHA Data Table
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Codeset_Domain:
- Codeset_Name: FmHA Property Number
- Codeset_Source: FmHA Data Table
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label: FEE_EASE
- Attribute_Definition:
- User-assigned code that identifies the FmHA property as a conservation easement, fee
title transfer property, or other property type.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: User defined
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Enumerated_Domain:
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: EASEMENT, FEE_TITLE, OTHER, or OUT
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
- "EASEMENT" are Conservation Easement properties. "FEE_TITLE" are Fee
Title Transfer properties. Properties which are neither Fee Title Transfer nor
Conservation Easement are "OTHER". "OUT" identifies non-property
areas.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FmHA Data Table
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label: QUAD
- Attribute_Definition: Name of the 7.5-minute USGS quadrangle in Louisiana where
FmHA property is located.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Louisiana Index to Topographic and Other Map
Coverage
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Unrepresentable_Domain:
- Name of 7.5-minute quadrangle assigned by the USGS
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label: PARISH
- Attribute_Definition: Name of Louisiana Parish where the FmHA property is
located.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: FmHA Data Table
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Unrepresentable_Domain: Name of Louisiana Parish
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label: OWNER
- Attribute_Definition: Name of person who owned the property prior to FmHA
foreclosure.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: FmHA Data Table
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Unrepresentable_Domain: FmHA property owner
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label: EASEMNT_AC
- Attribute_Definition: Number of acres of conservation easement within the FmHA
property.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: FmHA Data Table
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
- Range_Domain_Maximum: 1500
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label: FTT_AC
- Attribute_Definition:
- Number of acres within the FmHA property that were transferred to the USFWS or LDWF.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: FmHA Data Table
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
- Range_Domain_Maximum: 1500
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label: EASE_MGR
- Attribute_Definition: Code representing the name of the conservation manager of
the FmHA property.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: FmHA Data Table
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Unrepresentable_Domain:
- Written out version of the code is in MGR_Text
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label: FTT_MGR
- Attribute_Definition:
- Code representing the manager of the FmHA property fee title transferred to the USFWS or
LDWF.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: FmHA Data Table
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Unrepresentable_Domain:
- Written out version of the code is in MGR_Text
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label: MGR_TEXT
- Attribute_Definition: Written out version of the codes used in EASE_MGR and
FTT_MGR.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS Lafayette, LA, Field Office
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Unrepresentable_Domain: Full text for EASE_MGR and FTT_MGR codes.
- Distribution_Information:
- Distributor:
- Distribution_Liability:
- Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S.
Geological Survey, 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. This disclaimer applies both to
individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended
that these data are directly acquired from a U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service server, and not
indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. It is also
strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file
associated with these data. 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.
- Standard_Order_Process:
- Digital_Form:
- Digital_Transfer_Information:
- Format_Name: ARCE
- Digital_Transfer_Option:
- Online_Option:
- Computer_Contact_Information:
- Network_Address:
- Network_Resource_Name:
http://www.fws.gov/data/r4gis/gislabnd.html
Fees: None
- Metadata_Reference_Information:
- Metadata_Date: 19971010
- Metadata_Contact:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Person_Primary:
- Contact_Person: Kevin Roy
- Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
- Address: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Address: Ecological Services
- Address: 825 Kaliste Saloom Road
- Address: Building 2, Suite 102
- City: Lafayette
- State_or_Province: Louisiana
- Postal_Code: 70508
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: (318) 262-6662
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (318) 262-6663
- Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday
- Metadata_Standard_Name:
- Draft Content Standard for National Biological Information Infrastructure Metadata,
National Biological Service
- Metadata_Standard_Version: December 1995
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