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Title BLM New Mexico Surface Ownership March 2022

Date 2022-08-26

Date Type Publication

Cited Responsible Party

Organization Name BLM New Mexico

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. Auxiliary 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 GIS/Data 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 US

Electronic Mail Address blm_nm_comments@blm.gov

Maintenance and Update Frequency As needed

Descriptive Keywords boundaries, Management, BLM

Access Constraints None, these data are considered public domain.

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 -109.034887991
East Bound -94.321116624
North Bound 40.009119653
South Bound 31.24629074

Temporal Extent

DateTime 2022-03-01

Data Quality Information

Attribute Accuracy Report

Report GOOD

Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Assessment

Attribute Accuracy Value
Attribute Accuracy Explanation

Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report

Report GOOD

Quantitative Horizontal Positional Accuracy Assessment

Horizontal Positional Accuracy Value
Horizontal 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.

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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 GIS 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 US

Electronic Mail Address blm_nm_comments@blm.gov

BLM New Mexico Surface Ownership March 2022

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