Land Ownership Status (Relative to the Refuge System) Within The Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge \ Centennial Valley Conservation Easement Approved Acquisition Boundaries

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 (USFWS), Region 6, Refuges & Wildlife, Division of Refuge Planning, GIS & Mapping Branch

Publication_Date: 200412

Title:

Land Ownership Status (Relative to the Refuge System) Within The Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge \ Centennial Valley Conservation Easement Approved Acquisition Boundaries

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name:

Land ownership data (relative to the Refuge System) for lands within each National Wildlife Refuge approved acquisition boundary

Issue_Identification:

Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge \ Centennial Valley Conservation Easement

Description:

Abstract:

This data set indicates the nature of land ownership (relative to the Refuge System) of tracts within the Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge approved acquisition boundary; it also includes the area approved for possible Centennial Valley conservation easement acquisition. An approved acquisition boundary delineates an area that has been approved for inclusion in a National Wildlife Refuge. However, approval does not necessarily indicate that any inholdings (areas coded as "i" in the polygon "STATUS" item) that fall within the boundary will be acquired by USFWS.

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.

Supplemental_Information:

Data are available both in the UTM projection described herein, and in geographic coordinates.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: unknown

Currentness_Reference:

May 1972 Red Rock Lakes NWR Status map was taken as the most current information for the Red Rock Lakes NWR. The Supervisory Realty Specialist using RPMIS was consulted to determine acquisitions to date for Centennial Valley.

Status:

Progress: In work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Unknown

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -112.279340

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -111.536166

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 44.745548

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 44.531733

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

Theme_Keyword: land ownership in wildlife refuges

Theme_Keyword: RRL

Theme_Keyword: land status

Theme_Keyword: Centennial Valley

Theme_Keyword: conservation easements

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Montana

Place_Keyword: Beaverhead

Place_Keyword: MT

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

Land status 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 U.S.G.S. 7.5-minute mapping standards. The data is specifically not intended to be used as a land survey or representation of land for conveyance or tax purposes. An approved acquisition boundary delineates an area that has been approved for inclusion in a National Wildlife Refuge. However, approval does not necessarily indicate that any inholdings (areas coded as "i" in the polygon "STATUS" item) will be acquired by USFWS.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GIS and Mapping Branch Chief

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Sevice, Region 6, Refuges & Wildlife, Division of Refuge Planning

Contact_Position: GIS & Mapping Branch Chief

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: P.O. Box 25486

Address: DFC

City: Lakewood

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80225

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 236-4368

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mark_ely@fws.gov

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

The data set was developed with ESRI's ArcGIS ArcInfo Workstation Version 9.0, ArcGIS Service Pack 1 (build 9.0.0.550) software running on a Dell OPTIPLEX GX 270. Platform: Microsoft Windows XP, Professional, Version 5.1.2600, Service Pack 2.0

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Arc and polygon item values were rechecked by data-entry staff against the source material for omissions and correctness. The pat- item "ARC_ACRES" was populated using a numerical expression with the Arcedit "calculate" command. The aat-item "BOUNDARY" codes were randomly checked for correctness after the item was populated by an AML program.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

The land status data were compared to source material for completeness. Software capabilities were used to ensure arcs have no dangling nodes, intersection errors, or polygon label errors.

Completeness_Report:

Line work was re-checked against the source material for ommissions and locational correctness by data-entry staff

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Data created in ArcGIS Workstation 9.0 double precision

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

United States Department of the Interior\U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service\ Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife\compiled in the Branch of Engineering from surveys by F. & W.S., B.L.M., and U.S.G.S.

Publication_Date: 197205

Title: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

Series_Information:

Series_Name:

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Region 6, Division of Realty, "Refuge Land Status Atlas"

Issue_Identification: IR MONT 177 432

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Portland, Oregon

Publisher: Branch of Engineering, USFWS

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 197205

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Status Atlas

Source_Contribution:

Used as the reference of land ownership status within the Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Division of Realty

Publication_Date: Unpublished Material

Title:

Tract maps and/or legal descriptions from the hardcopy easement instruments

Series_Information:

Series_Name: conservation easement instruments and tract maps

Issue_Identification: Tracts 47C, 48C, 48C,1, 49C, 50C, 51C, 52C, 52C,1, 107C

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Source_Currentness_Reference: date on document

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: easement; tract map

Source_Contribution:

The location and extent of the conservation easement tracts in the Centennial Valley conservation easement area was obtained from these tract maps and/or easements.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

A copy of the digital file named "rrlleg" (Red Rock Lakes NWR approved acquisition boundary) was edited and reprojected to create this data set. Metadata detailing the creation of the coverage "rrlleg" is also available on-line.

Process_Date: 200412

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Contact_Position: GIS and Mapping Branch Chief

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: Refuges & Wildlife, Division of Refuge Planning

Address: P.O. Box 25486

Address: DFC

City: Lakewood

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80225

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 236-4368

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mark_ely@fws.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Complete chain

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 657

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Label point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 125

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 125

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: 0.999600

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -111.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000

False_Easting: 500000.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000427

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000427

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: rrlbnd.aat

Entity_Type_Definition: linear boundary information

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Region 6

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FNODE#

Attribute_Definition: Internal node number for the beginning of an arc (from-node)

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Whole numbers that are automatically generated

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: TNODE#

Attribute_Definition: Internal node number for the end of an arc (to-node)

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Whole numbers that are automatically generated

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LPOLY#

Attribute_Definition: Internal node number for the left polygon

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Whole numbers that are automatically generated

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: RPOLY#

Attribute_Definition: Internal node number for the right polygon

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Whole numbers that are automatically generated

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LENGTH

Attribute_Definition: Length of feature in internal units

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: RRLBND#

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: RRLBND-ID

Attribute_Definition: User-defined feature number

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: BOUNDARY

Attribute_Definition: Type of boundary

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) Realty Division

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name:

SOP ("United States Fish & Wildlife Service Lands Boundary Data" - last revision January 15, 1998). See also the "Entity and Attribute Detail Citation" section of this metadata

Codeset_Source: USFWS Realty Division

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: IFWSNO

Attribute_Definition:

Unique number assigned to each refuge for administrative purposes

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS Realty Division

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name:

SOP, and also the "Entity and Attribute Detail Citation" section of this metadata

Codeset_Source: USFWS Realty Division

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NWRNAME

Attribute_Definition: Full name of the Refuge

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS Realty Division

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name:

SOP, and also the "Entity and Attribute Detail Citation" section of this metadata

Codeset_Source: USFWS Realty Division

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NWRUNIT

Attribute_Definition:

3-letter abbreviation assigned to smallest refuge division recognized by USFWS

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS Realty Division

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name:

SOP, and also the "Entity and Attribute Detail Citation" section of this metadata

Codeset_Source: USFWS Realty Division

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: rrlbnd.pat

Entity_Type_Definition: polygonal boundary information

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USFWS Realty Division

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AREA

Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PERIMETER

Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of feature in internal units

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: RRLBND#

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential real numbers that are automatically generated

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: RRLBND-ID

Attribute_Definition: User-defined feature number

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential real numbers that are automatically generated

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: IFWSNO

Attribute_Definition:

Unique number assigned to each refuge for administrative purposes

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS Realty Division

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name:

See SOP, and also the "Entity and Attribute Detail Citation" section of this metadata

Codeset_Source: USFWS Realty Division

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NWRNAME

Attribute_Definition: Full name of the refuge

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS Realty Division

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name:

See SOP, and also the "Entity and Attribute Detail Citation" section of this metadata

Codeset_Source: USFWS Realty Division

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NWRUNIT

Attribute_Definition:

3-letter abbreviation assigned to smallest refuge division recognized by USFWS

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS Realty Division

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name:

See SOP, and also the "Entity and Attribute Detail Citation" section of this metadata

Codeset_Source: USFWS Realty Division

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATUS

Attribute_Definition: Nature of land ownership relative to the Refuge System

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS Realty Division

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name:

See SOP, and also the "Entity and Attribute Detail Citation" section of this metadata

Codeset_Source: USFWS Realty Division

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: TRACTNO

Attribute_Definition:

Tract number - Unique numeric and alpha codes created for each tract

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS Realty Division

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name:

See SOP, and also the "Entity and Attribute Detail Citation" section of this metadata

Codeset_Source: USFWS Realty Division

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ENCUMBRANCE

Attribute_Definition:

Permit number of any parcel encumbrance that has been granted by USFWS

Attribute_Definition_Source: Region 6 GIS & Mapping Branch

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name:

Region 6 GIS & Mapping Branch digital land status project guidelines

Codeset_Source: Region 6 GIS & Mapping Branch

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ARC_ACRES

Attribute_Definition:

Acreage of each tract (polygon) within the Refuge approved acquisition boundary

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS Realty Division

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name:

See SOP, and also the "Entity and Attribute Detail Citation" section of this metadata

Codeset_Source: USFWS Realty Division

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

This data set contains land ownership status relative to the Refuge System for the tracts encompassed by the Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge \ Centennial Valley conservation easement area approved acquisition boundary.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

Further information regarding attribution can be accessed at: < > Select the document named: "Service Lands Spatial Data Guidelines Standard Operating Procedures, DRAFT". To view the document: download the zip file, extract the contents, and change the name of the file extension on extracted file from ".fws" to ".doc". The .doc file can be viewed using MS Word. Tables 1 and 2 contain the attribute information. For this digital land status data set, the code of "l" (indicating approved legislative boundary) has been changed to a code of "a" (indicating approved acquisition boundary) in the aat-item named "BOUNDARY". The parameters of the arc and polygon items named "NWRNAME" have been ammended to accomodate the full name of the refuge. A code of "CVC" in the aat and pat items named "NWRUNIT" indicates the line or polygon is a part of the Centennial Valley conservation easement area. A code of "999" in the pat item named "TRACTNO" is not a tract number; rather it is a place holder that indicates an inholding within the approved acquisition boundary. The "ARC_ACRES" pat-item contains the acreage of each tract (polygon). The pat-item "ENCUMBRANCE" has been added by Region 6 GIS & Mapping Branch.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GIS and Mapping Branch Chief

Contact_Organization:

U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Region 6, Refuges & Wildlife, Division of Refuge Planning

Contact_Position: GIS and Mapping Branch Chief

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: P.O. Box 25486

Address: DFC

City: Lakewood

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80225

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 236-4368

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mark_ely@fws.gov

Resource_Description:

Land ownership status data pertaining to the tracts encompassed by USFWS National Wildlife Refuge approved acquisition boundaries.

Distribution_Liability:

Although these data and information have been processed successfully on a computer system at the USFWS, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data and information 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 information, and aggregate use with other data and information. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data and information. The USFWS shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data and information described and/or contained herein.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ARCE - ArcInfo export format

File_Decompression_Technique: WinZip compression applied

Transfer_Size: 0.272

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://www.fws.gov/data/r6gis/landstatus.htm>

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://www.fws.gov/data/r6gis/landstatus.htm>

Access_Instructions: None for HTTP

Fees: None for HTTP

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20041202

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Region 6, Refuges & Wildlife, Division of Refuge Planning

Contact_Person: GIS and Mapping Branch Chief

Contact_Position: GIS and Mapping Branch Chief

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: P.O. Box 25486

Address: DFC

City: Lakewood

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 Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Access_Constraints: None

Metadata_Use_Constraints: None

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile