Metadata

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Metadata contains detailed information about the map layers and map services available from GeoCommunicator.

Land & Mineral Use Records

Geothermal
Oil and Gas
Oil and Gas Density and Basin Study Areas
Mining Claims (unpatented mining claims)
Rights-of-way (power facilities, pipelines, roads, telephone, railroads, solar and wind energy, water facilities, communication)
Solid Minerals (coal, phosphate, potassium, oil shale, and other minerals; coal logical mining units; and known mineral leasing areas)

For a description of codes that may be used in NILS and not fully referenced such as casetype, case disposition, segregation, meridian, and survey type, please refer our LR2000 website.

Rangelands

BLM Range Allotments | Range Pastures | Range Pastures Arcs
U.S. Forest Service Range Allotments
Wild Horse & Burro Herd Management Areas and Herd Areas

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Base Maps and Reference Themes

Surface Management Agency (SMA) (federal surface management agency boundaries, state lands, and other lands)
Base Maps (Major Roads, Highways, States, Forest Service Boundaries, BLM Administrative Areas, Counties, Forest Service Regions, Urban Areas)

Map Services and data layers from other data providers

Base Maps
Aerial - Digital Ortho Imagery
Topo Map NGS
Roads Map -using ESRI's World Street Map

Reference Maps
Hydrologic Unit Codes
303(d) Listed Impaired Waters (pdf or xml)

Abandoned Mine Lands Data Collection (ppt)

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Land Survey Information System Metadata - Cadastral data including Public Land Survey System (PLSS) and other survey-based data from BLM and other (alternate) sources

Metadata for BLM Cadastral Data

BLM Shapefile Metadata for cadastral data created from Geographic Coordinate Data Base (GCDB) source files.
Public Land Survey System Township (Township)
Public Land Survey System Township First Division (Section)
Public Land Survey System Legal Area Description (ladesc)

BLM Points and Lines Export Interim Metadata for cadastral data exported from the National Integrated Land System (NILS) Survey Fabric. This file can be used along with the BLM shapefile metadata posted above until the final Points and Lines Export metadata has been developed.

Metadata for Cadastral Data from Alternate Sources

Alaska Alternate Source Shapefile Metadata for cadastral data provided by the BLM Alaska State Office.
Public Land Survey System Township
Public Land Survey System Section

Non-USFS Alternate Source Shapefile Data for cadastral data from alternate sources other than USDA Forest Service. This data is found mainly in the central and eastern U.S. on non-USFS lands. The majority of the data was provided to BLM by the USDA Risk Management Agency.
Public Land Survey System Township (township)
Public Land Survey System Section (firstdiv)
Public Land Survey System (seconddiv)
Public Land Survey System (thirddiv)
Public Land Survey System (minorsub)

U.S. Forest Service Regions Alternate Source Data for cadastral data provided by the USDA Forest Service. This data is exported from GeoCommunicator/LSIS in NAD83 datum; however, the following metadata files have not been updated to reflect the correct datum.
Region 1: Northern Region (Bitterroot National Forest, Montana)
Region 2: Rocky Mountain Region
Region 3: Southwestern Region
Region 4: Intermountain Region (Metadata Contact)
Region 5: Pacific Southwest Region
Region 6: Pacific Northwest Region
Region 8: Southern Region (Metadata Contact)
Region 9: Eastern Region (Metadata Contact)
Region 10: Alaska Region (Metadata Contact)