Public Land Survey System - Sections on USDA Forest Service Lands

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Identification Information

Citation
Citation Information
Originator USDA Forest Service, Southwestern Regional Office
Publication Date 2009-07-26
Publication Time 00:00:00
Title Public Land Survey System - Sections on USDA Forest Service Lands
Geospatial Data Presentation Form vector digital data
Publication Information
Publication Place Albuquerque, New Mexico
Publisher USFS Southwestern Regional Office
Other Citation Details
Online Linkage https://gstore.unm.edu/apps/rgisarchive/datasets/390b0196-1e76-4ed6-88eb-f85e1f73777e/fs_sections.original.zip
Online Linkage https://gstore.unm.edu/apps/rgisarchive/datasets/390b0196-1e76-4ed6-88eb-f85e1f73777e/metadata/FGDC-STD-001-1998.xml
Online Linkage https://gstore.unm.edu/apps/rgisarchive/datasets/390b0196-1e76-4ed6-88eb-f85e1f73777e/metadata/FGDC-STD-001-1998.html
Online Linkage https://gstore.unm.edu/apps/rgisarchive/datasets/390b0196-1e76-4ed6-88eb-f85e1f73777e/metadata/ISO-19115:2003.xml
Online Linkage https://gstore.unm.edu/apps/rgisarchive/datasets/390b0196-1e76-4ed6-88eb-f85e1f73777e/metadata/ISO-19115:2003.html
Larger Work Citation
Description
Abstract This feature class depicts the boundaries of Land Survey features called sections, defined by the Public Lands Survey System Grid. Normally, 36 sections make up a township. The entire extent of each of these units should be collected, not just the portion on National Forest System lands. This dataset is derived from the USFS Southwestern Region ALP (Automated Lands Program) data Project. This is one of six layers derived from ALP for the purpose of supplying data layers for recourse GIS analysis and data needs within the Forest Service. The six layers are Surface Ownership, Administrative Forest Boundary, District Boundary, Townships, Sections, and Wilderness. There were some gapes in the ALP data so a small portion of this dataset comes from CCF (Cartographic Feature Files) datasets and the USFS Southwestern Region Core Data Project. ALP data is developed from data sources of differing accuracy, scales, and reliability. Where available it is developed from GCDB (Geographic Coordinate Data Base) data. GCDB data is maintained by the Bureau of Land Management in their State Offices. GCDB data is mostly corner data. Not all corners and not all boundaries are available in GCDB so ALP also utilizes many other data sources like CFF data to derive its boundaries. GCDB data is in a constant state of change because land corners are always getting resurveyed. The GCDB data used in this dataset represents a snapshot in time at the time the GCDB dataset was published by the BLM and may not reflect the most current GCDB dataset available. The Forest Service makes no expressed or implied warranty with respect to the character, function, or capabilities of these data. These data are intended to be used for planning and analyses purposes only and are not legally binding with regards to title or location of National Forest System lands.
Purpose The purpose of this feature class is to depict USFS administrative and ownership boundaries on this National Forest to be used in conjunction with the management activities.
Time Period of Content
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date 2007-03-01
Currentness Reference Current
Status
Progress Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency As needed
Spatial Domain
Bounding Coordinates
West Bounding Coordinate -113.318731
East Bounding Coordinate -99.356139
North Bounding Coordinate 37.0717
South Bounding Coordinate 31.079174
Keywords
Theme
Thesaurus None
Keyword Surface Ownership
Keyword Administrative Boundaries
Keyword Ranger District Boundaries
Keyword Townships
Keyword Sections
Keyword Wilderness
Keyword United States Forest Service
Keyword Proclaimed Boundary
Theme
Thesaurus ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Keyword planningCadastre
Place
Thesaurus None
Keyword Arizona
Keyword New Mexico
Keyword Oklahoma
Keyword Texas
Keyword Apache
Keyword Carson
Keyword Cibola
Keyword Coconino
Keyword Coronado
Keyword Gila
Keyword Kaibab
Keyword Lincoln
Keyword Prescott
Keyword Santa Fe
Keyword Sitgreaves
Keyword Tonto
Access Constraints None.
Use Constraints This product is geospatial information prepared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. These data has been developed from sources of differing accuracy, scales, and reliability and may not be spatially accurate. Public Land Survey, ownership, and administrative boundary lines are not definitive in their location and do not necessarily represent the location of legally surveyed boundaries. The Forest Service makes no expressed or implied warranty with respect to the character, function, or capabilities of these data. These data are intended to be used for planning and analyses purposes only and are not legally binding with regards to title or location of National Forest System lands. The Forest Service reserves the right to correct, update, modify, or replace this information without notification.
Point of Contact
Contact Information
Contact Person Primary
Contact Person
Contact Organization
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization USDA Forest Service, Southwest Regional Office
Contact Person
Contact Position Forest Land Staff
Contact Address
Address Type mailing and physical address
Address 333 Broadway SE
City Albuquerque
State or Province New Mexico
Postal Code 87102
Country
Contact Voice Telephone 505-842-3292
Contact Facsimile Telephone 505-842-3855
Contact Electronic Mail Address Mailroom_R3@fs.fed.us
Hours of Service
Contact Instructions
Security Information
Security Classification System None
Security Classification Unclassified
Security Handling Description None
Native Data Set Environment Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.5.1450
Cross Reference
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Publication Date Unknown
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Title Unknown
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
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Data Quality Information

Attribute Accuracy Report
Report Accuracy and completeness was checked by manually comparing this dataset with other datasets of similar subject with on-screen review.
Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Assessment
Attribute Accuracy Value
Attribute Accuracy Explanation
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
Report Based on accuracy statements made for USGS topographic quadrangle maps. Targeted to National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy (NSSDA). The National Map Accuracy Standards for 7.5 minute 1:24,000 quadrangles applies to this feature class, which state that a feature will be within approximately 40 feet of its true position.
Quantitative Horizontal Positional Accuracy Assessment
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Value
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Explanation
Logical Consistency Report Polygon topology present.
Completeness Report Data set is complete.
Lineage
Source Information
Source Citation
Citation Information
Originator USDA Forest Service, Geospatial Service and Technology
Publication Date Unknown
Publication Time
Title Cartographic Feature File (CFF)
Geospatial Data Presentation Form vector digital data
Publication Information
Publication Place Salt Lake City, UT
Publisher USDA Forest Service, Geospatial Service and Technology
Other Citation Details Cartographic Feature Files (CFFs) are digital files containing a vector representation of the point and line features shown on a Forest Service Primary Base Series (PBS) map. CFF data are collected by digitizing PBS maps and revised using correction guide information provided by field units. GSTC began producing Vintage 11 CFFs in 1996.
Source Scale Denominator 24000
Type of Source Media electronic bulletin board
Source Time Period of Content
Source Currentness Reference Most current data available within the stated time period.
Source Citation Abbreviation Unknown
Source Contribution Unknown
Source Information
Source Citation
Citation Information
Originator USFS Southwestern Regional Office
Publication Date 2007-03-01
Publication Time
Title Automated Lands Program (ALP)
Geospatial Data Presentation Form vector digital data
Publication Information
Publication Place
Publisher
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Online Linkage None
Source Scale Denominator 24000
Type of Source Media electronic bulletin board
Source Time Period of Content
Source Currentness Reference Most current data available within the stated time period.
Source Citation Abbreviation ALP
Source Contribution data
Source Information
Source Citation
Citation Information
Originator BLM Arizona State Office, and New Mexico State Office
Publication Date Unknown
Publication Time
Title Geographic Coordinate Data Base (GCDB)
Geospatial Data Presentation Form vector digital data
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Source Scale Denominator 24000
Type of Source Media electronic bulletin board
Source Time Period of Content
Source Currentness Reference Most current data available within the stated time period.
Source Citation Abbreviation BLM
Source Contribution database
Process Step
Process Description These seven layers were derived from ALP: Administrative Boundary Proclaimed Boundary District Boundary Surface Ownership Sections Townships Wilderness Data for six of the seven feature classes was loaded from individual ALP coverages for each Forest using ArcCatalog. The ALP coverages for the forests break on township lines rather then forest boundaries. Although the ALP coverages were edged matched some additional edge matching was required. Topology rules were created for editing utilizing "Must not Overlap" and "Must not have gaps" rules. Forest Administrative Boundaries were created by dissolving the Ranger District Boundaries. Notes: 1. Forest Administrative Boundaries were created by dissolving the Ranger District Boundaries. 2. Townships and Sections were merged with "Union" in a separate Geodatabase before loading into the final Geodatabase. Sections and townships were edited together. Townships were dissolved from sections after editing. 3. The Prescott data came from the more recent Prescott Pilot Project. All other data mostly came from ALP. The Prescott Pilot originates from more recent GCDB data then the rest. The edge of the Prescott with the Kaibab, Coconino, and Tonto did not edge match. Edge matching was done alone the outside edge of the Prescott boundary making it a clean dataset. 4. District Boundaries for the Prescott Project were missing. Prescott District Boundaries were derived from the most recent CFF data. Used the same version of CFF that was used to fill in gapes in the Prescott Project. 5. District Boundaries on the Gila were incomplete in ALP. What District Boundaries did exist in ALP for the Gila were wrong particularly in the area of the Wilderness District. District Boundaries for the Gila were derived fro vintage 11 CFF, the same CFF used in ALP to fill in gaps of data. 6. Wilderness Areas for the Prescott were derived from a combination of Prescott Project data and very recent cartography data. The cartography data comes from very close examination of the actual wilderness legal descriptions. 7. Sycamore Canyon Wilderness has many conflicts in its descriptions. Two of the larger conflicts are labeled as Proposed Wilderness in this data set. The one on the Kaibab is in ALP but may be wrong (Jacks Canyon.) The other one on the Coconino was not in ALP and may not actually be Congressionally designated Wilderness yet but apparently is managed as wilderness by the Coconino. This one was mapped by cartography data in the RO. 8. The boundary between the Gila and Apache Forests along the Arizona and New Mexico border did not edge match. This is probably because the two states have different GCDB data sets. In this data set that line was edge matched using the Arizona or Apache ALP data. 9. The Gila has three locations where Townships overlap each other. Some of them by as much as a half mile. The overlaps were left as overlaps for both Townships and Sections on the Gila for this dataset. The error was clearly an error in the GCDB data that has never been resolved. There were no conflicts with Surface Ownership because of this. 10. Surface Ownership was derived by linking to the ALP database using the ALP CN numbers. There were a small hand full of polygons that did not link to ALP. Mostly because they were missing CN numbers. Ownership for these parcels was derived by comparing with other ownership data layers including older versions of ALP. 11. Most of the Grassland units did not link to ALP. The ALP data for these units appears to be missing in ALP. Ownership for theses units was derived from somewhat older ALP data then the rest. The exception to this was the "Black Kettle" Grass Land unit where a link to ALP was made 12. Many of the ALP coverages had small slivers and gaps. These slivers and gaps were mostly found using the topology rules "Must Not Have Gaps" and Must Not Overlap." An example of these slivers would be where the corner of a rectangular meats and bounds parcel barely crossed over a section line leaving a very small triangular sliver. These slivers were sometimes missed in the editing of the coverages in ALP but became obvious in Geodatabase with topology rules. In most cases it was obvious what parcel the sliver belonged to so theses slivers were merged with there appropriate parcel. 13. Some ALP data had overlapping in Surface Ownership and Section polygons. I all most all cases it was only editing error and the overlap had the same attributes. In only a few cases did the overlap actually need to be reconciled. All overlaps were eliminated except for those in Sections and Townships on the Gila mentioned before. 14. The "Escudilla Wilderness" on the Apache N.F. was not in ALP. The boundary of this wilderness was derived from vintage 11 CFF data 15. The "Bear Willow Wilderness" on the Apache was not in the wilderness feature class in the ALP cover but the line work was. Wilderness area created from line work. 16. The "Columbine-Hondo Wilderness Study Area" on the Carson was not was not in ALP. This wilderness study area was added using Southwester Regional GIS code data. 17. Townships and Sections have a gap on the "Magdalena" ranger district on the Cibola. This gap also showed up in Surface Ownership. The gap was filled as "USFS" owned land. 18. District and Forest Boundary for the "Mountanair" district of the Cibola N.F. were depicted differently in two different feature classes in ALP. The boundary in the ranger_district feature class was clearly wrong so the boundary in surf_own was used here. 19. Some last minute land status changes were made on the Santa Fe National Forest. Because Lands is still working on entering data into the tabular ALP theses parcels do not yet have CN numbers although the line work is from ALP and the ownership is correct. 20. ALP was not consistent with private ownership within wilderness areas. In some areas the private land was cut out of the wilderness and in others it was not. In this dataset we made it consistent by cutting out all private land out of wilderness. There is one place on the "Kachina Wilderness" on the Coconino where this was not able to be reconciled.
Process Date 2007-02-26
Process Time
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Spatial Data Organization Information

Indirect Spatial Reference Method United States
Direct Spatial Reference Method Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type G-polygon
Point and Vector Object Count 52234
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Spatial Reference Information

Spatial Reference
Name North American Datum of 1983
Code EPSG:4269
URL http://www.epsg-registry.org/export.htm?gml=urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4269
Spatial Reference
Name Geodetic Reference System 80
Code EPSG:7019
URL http://www.epsg-registry.org/export.htm?gml=urn:ogc:def:ellipsoid:EPSG::7019
Spatial Reference
Name Lambert Conformal Conic
Code ESRI:Unknown
URL http://spatialreference.org/ref/esri/Unknown/
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Entity and Attribute Information

Detailed Description
Entity Type
Entity Type LabelSections
Entity Type Definition Feature Class
Entity Type Definition Source None
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 SECTION_CN
Attribute Definition number generated in Oracle
Attribute Definition Source National GIS Data Dictionary Standards - 6/30/2004
Attribute Domain Values
Unrepresentable Domain Text
Attribute
Attribute Label SECTIONS
Attribute Definition Section Number
Attribute Definition Source R3 Geodatabase Standards - 12/2004
Attribute Domain Values
Range Domain
Range Domain Minimum 1
Range Domain Maximum 36
Attribute Units of Measure Number
Attribute
Attribute Label TOWN_CODE
Attribute Definition Code representing the PLSS township and range - no spaces. EX; T11NR35.5E
Attribute Definition Source R3 Geodatabase Standards - 12/2004
Attribute Domain Values
Unrepresentable Domain Text
Attribute
Attribute Label MERIDIAN
Attribute Definition Identification of Principle Meridian
Attribute Definition Source R3 Geodatabase Standards - 12/2004
Attribute Domain Values
Enumerated Domain
Enumerated Domain Value 14
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Gila and Salt River (G&SR)
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source R3 GDB Standards - 12/2004
Enumerated Domain Value 23
Enumerated Domain Value Definition New Mexico - New Mexico (NM)
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source R3 GDB Standards - 12/2004
Enumerated Domain Value 11
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Oklahoma - Cimarron (C)
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source R3 GDB Standards - 12/2004
Enumerated Domain Value None
Enumerated Domain Value Definition None
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source R3 GDB Standards - 12/2004
Attribute
Attribute Label TOWNSHIP_C
Attribute Definition Township
Attribute Definition Source BLM
Attribute Domain Values
Unrepresentable Domain Township
Attribute
Attribute Label OBJECTID
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_Leng
Attribute Definition Area of shape Length
Attribute Definition Source ESRI
Attribute Domain Values
Unrepresentable Domain Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute
Attribute Label SHAPE_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.
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Contact Organization Earth Data Analysis Center
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Contact Position Clearinghouse Manager
Contact Address
Address Type mailing and physical address
Address MSC01 1110
Address 1 University of New Mexico
City Albuquerque
State or Province NM
Postal Code 87131-0001
Country USA
Contact Voice Telephone 505-277-3622 ext. 230
Contact Facsimile Telephone 505-277-3614
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Metadata Standard Name FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version FGDC-STD-001-1998
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