Feature Catalogue for GNIS: Oilfields, Mines, Dams, Towers, Man-made structures
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A geographic feature is any relatively permanent part of the natural or manmade landscape or seascape that has recognizable identity within a particular cultural context. The primary attributes of a geographic feature are name and location.
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FID
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Shape
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Coordinates defining the features.
Range Domain Max: 2413665 | Range Domain Min: 885549
FEATURE_ID
A permanent, unique identifying number for a geographic feature record. This number is assigned by the Geographic Names Information System and used as a relational key for uniquely identifying, indexing, and searching geographic features and for integrating or reconciling GNIS data with other data sets. The number has no information content. The GNIS Feature ID supersedes the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 55 Place Code as the Federal standard unique feature identifier and is under consideration as an ANSI standard.
Geographic Names Project, USGS, 523 National Center, Reston, VA 20192-0523.
FEATURE_NA
A geographic feature name and its written form and application approved or recognized as official by the United States Board on Geographic Names for use throughout the Federal Government. The official name is established either by policy or by decision of the Board on Geographic Names. A geographic feature may have only one official name, which must be the name applied to the feature on all Federal products, electronic or printed.
Principles, Policies, and Procedures: Domestic Geographic Names, By Donald J. Orth, Executive Secretary, Domestic Geographic Names (emeritus) and Roger L. Payne, Executive Secretary, United States Board on Geographic Names and Domestic Geographic Names, Third printing (revised) and Preliminary Online Edition, 1997 (http://geonames.usgs.gov/pppdgn.html).
Principles, Policies, and Procedures: Domestic Geographic Names
Principles, Policies, and Procedures: Domestic Geographic Names, By Donald J. Orth, Executive Secretary, Domestic Geographic Names (emeritus) and Roger L. Payne, Executive Secretary, United States Board on Geographic Names and Domestic Geographic Names, Third printing (revised) and Preliminary Online Edition, 1997 (http://geonames.usgs.gov/pppdgn.html).
Range Domain Max: 38.0 | Range Domain Min: 30.0
LATITUDE
Latitude
Geographic Names Project, USGS, 523 National Center, Reston, VA 20192-0523.
Range Domain Max: -102.0 | Range Domain Min: -110.0
LONGITUDE
Longitude
Geographic Names Project, USGS, 523 National Center, Reston, VA 20192-0523.
OID_
Unique Identifier
ESRI
Positive real numbers
Range Domain Max: 2413665 | Range Domain Min: 885549
FEATURE__1
Same as Feature ID
Geographic Names Project, USGS, 523 National Center, Reston, VA 20192-0523.
FEATURE__2
Same as Feature Name
Principles, Policies, and Procedures: Domestic Geographic Names, By Donald J. Orth, Executive Secretary, Domestic Geographic Names (emeritus) and Roger L. Payne, Executive Secretary, United States Board on Geographic Names and Domestic Geographic Names, Third printing (revised) and Preliminary Online Edition, 1997 (http://geonames.usgs.gov/pppdgn.html).
Principles, Policies, and Procedures: Domestic Geographic Names
Principles, Policies, and Procedures: Domestic Geographic Names, By Donald J. Orth, Executive Secretary, Domestic Geographic Names (emeritus) and Roger L. Payne, Executive Secretary, United States Board on Geographic Names and Domestic Geographic Names, Third printing (revised) and Preliminary Online Edition, 1997 (http://geonames.usgs.gov/pppdgn.html).
FEATURE_CL
A feature class is a designation for a group of features in a broadly defined descriptive category. All features are assigned to one and only one class. They do not individually classify all kinds of cultural and natural features. By design, there are no Federal or industry standards or guidelines for feature classification. These classifications originally were developed for mainframe file structure search purposes. Although the terms are generally consistent with dictionary definitions, they may not conform exactly and are not always intuitive.
Geographic Names Project, USGS, 523 National Center, Reston, VA 20192-0523 (gnis_manager@usgs.gov).
Feature class values and definitions for the Geographic Names Information System (http:\\geonames.usgs.gov).
Geographic Names Project, USGS, 523 National Center, Reston, VA 20192-0523 (gnis_manager@usgs.gov).
STATE_ALPH
State Abbreviation
Geographic Names Project, USGS, 523 National Center, Reston, VA 20192-0523.
Two letter designation for State
STATE_NUME
The State or States or State equivalents containing the geographic feature. This dataset contains features in States of the United States, the District of Columbia, territories, outlying areas of the United States, and associated areas. This is relational data, not spatial data. The data owner specifies the value(s) associated with each geographic feature. Values are represented by state name, state numeric code, and state alpha code. The primary State is the State containing the primary point and is assigned sequence number one. Secondary States are those other than the primary State containing the feature and are sequenced according to guidelines of the Board on Geographic Names, consistent with the primary and secondary counties containing the feature. For linear features (streams, valleys, arroyos) the sequencing is from mouth toward source. Secondary States are displayed in the GNIS public web query site but currently are not available from the GNIS web map service, XML service, or downloadable files. Customized data files will be provide upon request. This data may be particularly helpful for features having no known, recognized, standard, or available boundary data.
Geographic Names Project, USGS, 523 National Center, Reston, VA 20192-0523.
Codes For The Identification Of The States, The District Of Columbia And The Outlying Areas Of The United States, And Associated Areas.
Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 5-2, Codes For The Identification Of The States, The District Of Columbia And The Outlying Areas Of The United States, And Associated Areas.
COUNTY_NAM
The county or counties or county equivalents containing the geographic feature. This dataset contains features in counties or county equivalents of the States of the United States, the District of Columbia, territories, outlying areas of the United States, and associated areas. This is relational data, not spatial data. The data owner specifies the value(s) associated with each geographic feature. Values are represented by county name and county numeric code. The primary county is the county containing the primary point and is assigned sequence number one. Secondary counties are those other than the primary county containing the feature and are sequenced according to guidelines of the Board on Geographic Names. For linear features (streams, valleys, arroyos) the sequencing is from mouth toward source. Secondary counties are displayed in the GNIS public web query site but currently are not available from the GNIS web map service, XML service, or downloadable files. Customized data files will be provide upon request. This data applies particularly to features for which there is no known, recognized, standard, or available boundary data.
Geographic Names Project, USGS, 523 National Center, Reston, VA 20192-0523.
Counties And Equivalent Entities Of The United States, Its Possessions, And Associated Areas.
Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 6-4, Counties And Equivalent Entities Of The United States, Its Possessions, And Associated Areas.
COUNTY_NUM
The county or counties or county equivalents containing the geographic feature. This dataset contains features in counties or county equivalents of the States of the United States, the District of Columbia, territories, outlying areas of the United States, and associated areas. This is relational data, not spatial data. The data owner specifies the value(s) associated with each geographic feature. Values are represented by county name and county numeric code. The primary county is the county containing the primary point and is assigned sequence number one. Secondary counties are those other than the primary county containing the feature and are sequenced according to guidelines of the Board on Geographic Names. For linear features (streams, valleys, arroyos) the sequencing is from mouth toward source. Secondary counties are displayed in the GNIS public web query site but currently are not available from the GNIS web map service, XML service, or downloadable files. Customized data files will be provide upon request. This data applies particularly to features for which there is no known, recognized, standard, or available boundary data.
Geographic Names Project, USGS, 523 National Center, Reston, VA 20192-0523.
Counties And Equivalent Entities Of The United States, Its Possessions, And Associated Areas.
Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 6-4, Counties And Equivalent Entities Of The United States, Its Possessions, And Associated Areas.
Range Domain Max: 370000N | Range Domain Min: 310000N
PRIMARY_LA
Primary Latitude (DMS)
Geographic Names Project, USGS, 523 National Center, Reston, VA 20192-0523.
Range Domain Max: 1092500W | Range Domain Min: 1030000W
PRIMARY_LO
Primary Longitude (DMS)
Geographic Names Project, USGS, 523 National Center, Reston, VA 20192-0523.
Range Domain Max: 37 | Range Domain Min: 31
PRIMARY__1
Primary Latitude (Degree)
Geographic Names Project, USGS, 523 National Center, Reston, VA 20192-0523.
Range Domain Max: -103 | Range Domain Min: -109
PRIMARY__2
Primary Longitude (Degree)
Geographic Names Project, USGS, 523 National Center, Reston, VA 20192-0523.
SOURCE_LAT
Source Latitude
Geographic Names Project, USGS, 523 National Center, Reston, VA 20192-0523.
No Values
SOURCE_LON
Source Longitude
Geographic Names Project, USGS, 523 National Center, Reston, VA 20192-0523.
No Values
SOURCE_L_1
Source Latitude (1)
Geographic Names Project, USGS, 523 National Center, Reston, VA 20192-0523.
No Values
SOURCE_L_2
Source Longitude (1)
Geographic Names Project, USGS, 523 National Center, Reston, VA 20192-0523.
No Values
Range Domain Max: 20,500 | Range Domain Min: -13,500
Elevation
The elevation above sea level of the feature at the primary point (positive number) or depth of a feature at the lowest point below sea level (negative number). Elevation figures are not official and do not represent precisely measured or surveyed values. The data are extracted from digital elevation models of the National Elevation Dataset (http://ned.usgs.gov/) for the primary coordinates and may differ from elevations cited in other sources. The differences will be most evident for features such as summits where precision is of more concern and where the local relief (rate of change of elevation) may be more prominent. However, the elevation figures are within tolerances for the data for most points and sufficiently accurate for purposes of general information. Elevation data are displayed in the GNIS public web query site but currently are not available from the GNIS web map service, XML service, or downloadable files. Customized data files will be provide upon request.
Geographic Names Project, USGS, 523 National Center, Reston, VA 20192-0523.
MAP_NAME
USGS Topo Quad
USGS
Map Reference
Principles, Policies, and Procedures: Domestic Geographic Names, By Donald J. Orth, Executive Secretary, Domestic Geographic Names (emeritus) and Roger L. Payne, Executive Secretary, United States Board on Geographic Names and Domestic Geographic Names, Third printing (revised) and Preliminary Online Edition, 1997 (http://geonames.usgs.gov/pppdgn.html).