Approved Acquisition Boundary for Baca National Wildlife Refuge

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 (Service), Refuges & Wildlife, Region 6, Division of Realty

Publication_Date: 200407

Title: Approved Acquisition Boundary for Baca National Wildlife Refuge

Description:

Abstract:

An approved acquisition (AA) boundary delineates the area that has been approved (by executive order, decision document, Migratory Bird Conservation Commission approval, etc.) to be included in a National Wildlife Refuge. Approval does not necessarily indicate that the entire area inside this boundary has been (or ever will be) acquired by the Service. The AA boundary also includes Refuge land interests currently held by the Service (e.g., fee, easements, leases, etc.). Data used to locate this boundary was obtained from the Service's Region 6, Refuges & Wildlife,Division, Division of Refuge Planning (DRP) program.

Purpose:

The intended application of the data is to serve as a spatial reference 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.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 200407

Currentness_Reference: Information from DRP, Land Protection Planning Branch Chief

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -105.907

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -105.692

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.988

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.721

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: national wildlife refuge

Theme_Keyword: Baca National Wildlife Refuge

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Alamosa

Place_Keyword: Saguache

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. Approval to acquire land inside the AA boundary does not necessarily indicate that the entire area inside this boundary has been (or ever will be) acquired by the Service.

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Refuge data were developed with ESRI's ArcGIS ArcInfo Workstation version 8.3, ArcGIS Sevice Pack 3 (build 800) software running on a Dell OPTIPLEX GX 270. Platform: Microsoft Windows XP, Professional, Version 5.1.2600, Service Pack 1.0.

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:

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.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

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 Refuge Planning

Publication_Date: unknown

Title:

Arcview shape file of Baca National Wildlife Refuge Approved Acquisition Boundary

Type_of_Source_Media: digital

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 200407

Ending_Date: 200407

Source_Currentness_Reference: DRP, Land Protection Planning Branch Chief

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: None

Source_Contribution:

Used to determine the current location and extent of the approved acquisition boundary. The shape file was converted to an ArcInfo coverage, and the resulting line work was used to create the digital approved acquisition boundary coverage.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

An Arcview shape file was converted to an ArcInfo 8.3 coverage. In the resulting coverage, the projection was defined, node snap and fuzzy tolerances were lowered, and a polygon label was added; the line work was not altered from the original shape file. Existing user-defined arc items were dropped, and user-defined arc and polygon items required by the legislative boundary project were added and populated. Network topology was rebuilt, and the coverage was run through quality control steps.

Process_Date: 200407

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: 13

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: .9996

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -105

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 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, certain types of easements, 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 also an arc- item named METHOD; codes in this item indicate the method of creation of arcs. A blank code in the METHOD arc-item indicates the arc came from the shape file provided by the DRP, Land Protection Planning Branch Chief.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GIS and Mapping Branch Chief

Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing Address

Address: Division of Refuge Planning

Address: P.O. Box 25486

Address: DFC

City: Denver

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80225

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-236-4368

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mark_ely@fws.gov

Distribution_Liability: None

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ARCE - ArcInfo export format

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://mountain-prairie.fws.gov/gis/>

Access_Instructions: None for HTTP

Fees: None for HTTP

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 200407

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GIS and Mapping Branch Chief

Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing Address

Address: Division of Refuge Planning

Address: P.O. Box 25486

Address: DFC

City: Denver

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80225

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-236-4368

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mark_ely@fws.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Spatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998