Approved Acquisition Boundary for Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_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: 200404

Title:

Approved Acquisition Boundary for Fish Springs 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 Realty 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: 200404

Currentness_Reference: Research of Region 6 Realty files

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -113.417

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -113.323

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.905

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.811

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: national wildlife refuge

Theme_Keyword: Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Utah

Place_Keyword: Juab

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:

The digital boundary was compared to source material for completeness. 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. Line work was checked for omissions.

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 Realty

Publication_Date: unknown

Title: Various information from Division of Realty

Type_of_Source_Media: Paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: unknown

Ending_Date: unknown

Source_Currentness_Reference: None

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: None

Source_Contribution:

Used to determine the current location and extent of the approved acquisition boundary. A document summarizing the specific information used to determine the extent of the approved acquisition boundary is on file in Region 6 Realty (document location: Refuges/RE, LA-Utah, Fish Springs NWR, General file folder).

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title:

7.5 Minute Topographical Quadrangle(s) for the area covering Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge approved acquisition boundary

Type_of_Source_Media: Digital Raster Graphics (DRGs)

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: unknown

Ending_Date: unknown

Source_Currentness_Reference: None

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: DRG

Source_Contribution:

Features on the DRG were screen-digitized to create the approved acquisition boundary line work.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

An empty ArcInfo coverage was created, fuzzy tolerance was set to .001, network topology was built, the user-defined arc and polygon items required by the legislative boundary project were added, and the projection was defined. Arcs were screen-digitized from the DRG, a polygon label was added, arc and polygon items were populated. The coverage was rebuilt and run through quality control steps.

Process_Date: 200404

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: 12

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: .9996

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -111

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. Arcs coded as Dig-DRG were screen-digitized from the DRG. 6.1 DISTRIBUTOR 10.1 Contact Person Primary 10.1.1 Contact Person: GIS and Mapping Branch Chief 10.1.2 Contact Organization: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 10.4 Contact Address 10.4.1 Address Type: Mailing Address 10.4.2 Address: Division of Refuge Planning 10.4.2 Address: P.O. Box 25486 10.4.2 Address: DFC 10.4.3 City: Denver 10.4.4 State or Province: CO 10.4.5 Postal Code: 80225 10.5 Contact Voice Telephone: 303-236-4368 10.8 Contact Electronic Mail Address: mark_ely@fws.gov 6.3 Distribution liability: None 6.4 Standard Order Process: 6.4.2 Digital Form: 6.4.2.1.1 Format Name: ARCE - ArcInfo export format 6.4.2.2 Digital TRANSFER OPTION 6.4.2.2.1 Online Option: 6.4.2.2.1.1 Computer Contact Information: 6.4.2.2.1.1.1 Network Address: 6.4.2.2.1.1.1.1 Network Resource Name: <http://mountain-prairie.fws.gov/gis/> 6.4.2.2.1.2 Access Instructions: None for HTTP 6.4.3 Fees None for HTTP

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 200404

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