Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Areas

Metadata from the RGIS Metadata Repository

Identification Information

Title Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Areas
Date 2008-12-16
Date Type Publication
Cited Responsible Party
Organization Name Bureau of Land Management - New Mexico State Office
Role identify
Presentation Form vector digital data
Abstract This dataset is meant to depict wilderness areas within the state of New Mexico managed by the Bureau of Land Management These wilderness areas are officially designated by the U.S. Congress. Data was collected by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), New Mexico State Office.
Purpose To provide a current delineation of the BLM administered wilderness areas within the state of New Mexico.
Data Set Credit U.S. Bureau of Land Management - New Mexico State Office
Status Complete
Point of Contact
Individual Name
Organization Name Bureau of Land Management - New Mexico State Office
Position Name Geosciences Team Lead
Role Point of contact
Voice 505-438-7400
Facsimile 505-438-7435
Address
Delivery Point P.O. Box 27115
City Santa Fe
Administrative Area New Mexico
Postal Code 87502-0115
Country USA
Address
Delivery Point 1474 Rodeo Road
City Santa Fe
Administrative Area New Mexico
Postal Code 87505
Country USA
Electronic Mail Address
Maintenance and Update Frequency As needed
Descriptive Keywords Wilderness, Wilderness Areas, Bureau of Land Management, BLM
Access Constraints none
Use Constraints No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data for individual use or aggregate use with other data, or for purposes not intended by BLM. Spatial information may not meet National Map Accuracy Standards. This information may be updated without notification.
Language English
Topic Category boundaries
Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
West Bound -108.195970085452
East Bound -106.887021323185
North Bound 36.3821995387753
South Bound 34.5748265884313
Temporal Extent
DateTime 2008-12-10
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Distribution Information

Distributor
Individual Name
Organization Name Earth Data Analysis Center
Position Name Clearinghouse Manager
Role Point of contact
Voice 505-277-3622 ext. 230
Facsimile 505-277-3614
Address
Delivery Point MSC01 1110
Delivery Point 1 University of New Mexico
City Albuquerque
Administrative Area NM
Postal Code 87131-0001
Country USA
Electronic Mail Address clearinghouse@edac.unm.edu
Transfer Options
Online Resource ZIP
Online Resource ESRI Shapefile (shp)
Online Resource GML
Online Resource KML
Online Resource GeoJSON
Online Resource JSON
Online Resource Comma Separated Values (csv)
Online Resource MS Excel format (xls)
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Spatial Reference Information

Spatial References
Spatial Reference North American Datum of 1983
Online Reference EPSG:4269
Spatial Reference Geodetic Reference System 80
Online Reference EPSG:7019
Spatial Reference Universal Transverse Mercator, 13
Online Reference EPSG:26713
Spatial Reference none
Online Reference EDAC:Unknown
Indirect Spatial Reference Rio Arriba County (35039)
Geometric Object Type G-polygon
Geometric Object Count 19
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Data Quality Information

Logical Consistency Report The data was built to check for topological errors and verified that there were none.
Completeness Report The data is considered to be inclusive of every BLM administered wilderness area in New Mexico.
Lineage
Source Information
Source Citation
Source Scale Denominator 24000
Type of Source Media paper
Source Time Period of Content
DateTime 2006-04-04
Source Currentness Reference publication date
Source Citation Abbreviation Maps of designated wilderness areas
Source Contribution These maps are submitted with the legislation designating wilderness areas and are considered to be the basis of the wilderness area boundaries.
Source Information
Source Citation
Source Scale Denominator
Type of Source Media documents
Source Time Period of Content
DateTime Unknown
Source Currentness Reference publication date
Source Citation Abbreviation land descriptions as found in the wilderness legislation for each individual wilderness area
Source Contribution Unknown
Process Step
Process Description Individual wilderness data were consolidated from individual coverages, merged, edgematched and built into a single state wide dataset
Process Date 2000-06-30
Process Time
Process Contact
Process Step
Process Description New designated wilderness added to the dataset.
Process Date 2006-03-21
Process Time
Process Contact
Process Step
Process Description Metadata was imported
Process Date 2006-04-04
Process Time
Process Contact
Process Step
Process Description Attribute information updated.
Process Date 2006-12-01
Process Time
Process Contact
Process Step
Process Description Metadata imported.
Process Date Unknown
Process Time
Process Contact
Process Step
Process Description Coverage data was converted into geodatabase format.
Process Date 2008-10-01
Process Time
Process Contact
Process Step
Process Description Data edited to ensure vertical integration with GCDB landnet points where available. Data edited to conform to written description found in the wilderness legislation.
Process Date 2008-11-01
Process Time
Process Contact
Process Step
Process Description Data exported to shapefile for distribution.
Process Date 2008-12-10
Process Time
Process Contact
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Metadata Reference Information

File Identifier 53bcf418-d1c2-47d7-900f-aa2116155ae3
Metadata Language English
Hierarchy Level Dataset
Date Stamp 2025-05-25
Metadata Standard Name ISO 19115:2003
Metadata Standard Version 1.0
Metadata Contact
Individual Name
Organization Name Earth Data Analysis Center
Position Name Clearinghouse Manager
Role Point of contact
Voice 505-277-3622 ext. 230
Facsimile 505-277-3614
Address
Delivery Point MSC01 1110
Delivery Point 1 University of New Mexico
City Albuquerque
Administrative Area NM
Postal Code 87131-0001
Country USA
Electronic Mail Address clearinghouse@edac.unm.edu
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