BLM New Mexico Surface Ownership - 2019

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Identification Information

Title BLM New Mexico Surface Ownership - 2019
Date 2020-01-10
Date Type Publication
Cited Responsible Party
Organization Name U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Role identify
Presentation Form vector digital data
Abstract This data was collected by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in New Mexico at both the New Mexico State Office and at the various field offices. This dataset is meant to depict the surface owner or manager of the land parcels. In the vast majority of land parcels, they will be one and the same. However, there are instances where the owner and manager of the land surface are not the same. When this occurs, the manager of the land is usually indicated. BLM's Master Title Plats are the official land records of the federal government and serve as the primary data source for depiction of all federal lands. Information from State of New Mexico is the primary source for the depiction of all state lands. Auxilliary source are referenced, as well, for the depiction of all lands. Collection of this dataset began in the 1980's using the BLM's ADS software to digitize information at the 1:24,000 scale. In the mid to late 1990's the data was converted from ADS to ArcInfo software and merged into tiles of one degree of longitude by one half degree of latitude. These tiles were regularly updated. The tiles were merged into a statewide coverage. The source geodatabase for this shapefile was created by loading the merged ArcInfo coverage into a personal geodatabase. The geodatabase data were snapped to a more accurate GCDB derived land network, where available. In areas where GCDB was not available the data were snapped to digitized PLSS. In 2006, the personal geodatabase was loaded into an enterprise geodatabase (SDE). This shapefile has been created by exporting the feature class from SDE.
Purpose To provide a current delineation of the surface ownership and/or surface management in the state of New Mexico.
Supplemental Information A published revision of the Department Manual’s Part 305: Departmental Science Effects, Chapter 3: Integrity of Scientific and Scholarly Activities (305 DM 3), effective December 16, 2014, is available online at http://elips.doi.gov/ELIPS/DocView.aspx?id=4056. Scholarly information considered in Departmental decision making must be robust, of the highest quality, and the result of as rigorous scientific and scholarly processes as can be achieved. Most importantly, it must be trustworthy. This policy helps us to achieve that standard (http://www.doi.gov/scientificintegrity/index.cfm). Each state office has a Data Steward or Contact Person for this data. Please contact the specific state office for additional information on their state dataset.
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 505-954-2000
Facsimile
Address
Delivery Point 301 Dinosaur Trail
City Santa Fe
Administrative Area NM
Postal Code 87508
Country USA
Electronic Mail Address blm_nm_comments@blm.gov
Maintenance and Update Frequency As needed
Descriptive Keywords boundaries, 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
Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
West Bound -109.049046204
East Bound -102.943952543
North Bound 37.050137196
South Bound 31.309341007
Temporal Extent
DateTime 2011-08-01
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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 NAD 1983 UTM Zone 13N
Online Reference EPSG:26913
Indirect Spatial Reference New Mexico
Geometric Object Type GT-polygon composed of chains
Geometric Object Count 18670
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Data Quality Information

Attribute Accuracy Report
Report Please contact the specific office Point of Contact for additional information on the provenance, history, logical consistency, accuracy and quality of their data.
Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Assessment
Attribute Accuracy Value
Attribute Accuracy Explanation
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
Report Please contact the specific office Point of Contact for additional information on the provenance, history, logical consistency, accuracy and quality of their data.
Quantitative Horizontal Positional Accuracy Assessment
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Value
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Explanation
Vertical Positional Accuracy Report
Report Please contact the specific office Point of Contact for additional information on the provenance, history, logical consistency, accuracy and quality of their data.
Quantitative Vertical Positional Accuracy Assessment
Vertical Positional Accuracy Value
Vertical Positional Accuracy Explanation
Logical Consistency Report Original data is in ESRI geodatabase format (SDE). The data was built to check for topological errors and verified that there were none. Also, data was verified that no label errors existed.
Completeness Report The data is considered to be a complete picture of the surface ownership and / or surface management of all lands in the state of New Mexico. Every effort is made to reference official, federal land records and information from State of New Mexico land management agencies to depict federal and state lands. No effort is made to track private land interests, unless they return to federal or state ownership.
Lineage
Source Information
Source Citation
Source Scale Denominator
Type of Source Media None
Source Time Period of Content
DateTime Unknown
Source Currentness Reference Unknown
Source Citation Abbreviation Master Title Plats
Source Contribution Master Title Plats These are the Bureau of Land Management's official record of title for all federal lands. They provide the basis for federal lands in this dataset.
Process Step
Process Description Surface ownership data from individual 1:100,000 map series tiles were merged, edgematched and built in ArcInfo coverage format.
Process Date 2005-01-01
Process Time
Process Contact
Individual Name
Organization Name Bureau of Land Management - New Mexico State Office
Position Name Geosciences Team Lead
Role Point of contact
Voice 505-954-2000
Facsimile
Address
Delivery Point 301 Dinosaur Trail
City Santa Fe
Administrative Area NM
Postal Code 87508
Country USA
Electronic Mail Address blm_nm_comments@blm.gov
Process Step
Process Description File clipped to NM Boundary. Metadata updated to be FGDC compliant.
Process Date 2020-01-08
Process Time
Process 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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Metadata Reference Information

File Identifier 087b7340-f8be-453e-b355-aefdb879f2aa
Metadata Language English
Hierarchy Level Dataset
Date Stamp 2025-07-29
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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