BLM Range Allotment Pastures

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Dept of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
Publication_Date: 20061030
Title: BLM Range Allotment Pastures
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Denver, CO
Publisher: Bureau of Land Management
Online_Linkage: <http://www.geocommunicator.gov/NILS-PARCEL2/map.jsp?MAP=GA>
Online_Linkage: Server=www.geocommunicator.gov; Service= BLM_RANGELAND_wms
Description:
Abstract:
National Integrated Land System's (NILS) GeoCommunicator provides a Web Mapping Application and Map Service showing BLM range allotment pastures on federal l>ands. The pastures are lands designated and managed (i.e. allotted) for livestock grazing. Pastures are subdivisions of allotments.
Purpose:
The purpose is to provide information on grazing locations and acitivities on federal lands, type and number of livestock, and seasonal use.
Supplemental_Information:
For the NILS GeoCommunicator interactive mapping application go to <http://www.geocommunicator.gov>. For the map image services from www.geocommunicator.gov use BLM_RANGELAND_wms .
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2007
Currentness_Reference:
Data is 2-4 weeks behind published in LR2000. For the latest case record information see the Legacy Rehost (LR2000) reporting application <http://www.blm.gov/lr2000>
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Continually
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -127.255046
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -67.144954
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49.698165
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.127523
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO19115TopicCategory, FGDC
Theme_Keyword: boundaries
Theme_Keyword: BLM range allotments
Theme_Keyword: BLM
Theme_Keyword: Bureau of Land Management
Theme_Keyword: BLM pastures
Theme_Keyword: grazing
Theme_Keyword: cattle grazing
Theme_Keyword: sheep grazing
Theme_Keyword: federal lands
Theme_Keyword: Forest Service
Theme_Keyword: USFS
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
The parcels can be used for information, mapping, graphics, and planning purposes only. No warranty, including accuracy, relevancy, timeliness, or completeness of the records, is made by the BLM for use of the data for purposes not intended by BLM. Any hardcopies utilizing these data sets shall clearly indicate their source. If the user has modified the data in any way they are obligated to describe the types of modifications they have performed in the metadata. User specifically agrees not to misrepresent these data sets, nor to imply that changes they made were approved by the Bureau of Land Management.
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.2 (Build 3790) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
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: 0
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: RA_Pastures
Entity_Type_Definition:
The pasture polygon features are defined below. These pasture attribtues may be duplicated in RAS but are considered minimum information for unique identification and cartographic purposes. Domain values are used when appropriate.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Geospatial Data Model for Pasture and Allotment Polygons
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
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: createdby
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: datecreated
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: modifiedby
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: datemodified
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: documenthyperlink
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: allot_no
Attribute_Definition:
The allotment number is a five-digit number that is unique within the BLM administrative state. An allotment number may never be reused. If an existing allotment is divided or combined, all changed allotments should be assigned a new allotment number. New allotment numbers are normally assigned by the system; however users may assign unique unused numbers according to office policy. Once an allotment has been created, any office can attach authorization(s) to it. Only the office creating the allotment is allowed to modify the allotment. The leading zeros must be included in the values entered in this field. _00045_ is the correct entry, not _45_.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Geospatial Data Model for Pasture and Allotment Polygons
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: allot_name
Attribute_Definition:
The name given to the allotment, defined as __an area of land designated and managed for grazing of livestock._ It may include private, state, and public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management and/or other federal agencies.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Geospatial Data Model for Pasture and Allotment Polygons
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: past_no
Attribute_Definition:
The pasture number is a two-digit number that is unique within an allotment if there is more than one pasture within the allotment. The default value for a Pasture Number is "01" if there is only one pasture within the allotment. This in effect means that the pasture is the allotment. All additional pastures shall be numbered sequentially from "01".
Attribute_Definition_Source: Geospatial Data Model for Pasture and Allotment Polygons
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: past_name
Attribute_Definition:
A pasture name is given to an area that is a subset area of an allotment. Some allotments may have multiple pastures where a name would be appropriate while some allotments may have no pastures delineated in which case the default value should be 'NA'.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Geospatial Data Model for Pasture and Allotment Polygons
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: gis_acres
Attribute_Definition:
This is a calculated value of area in units of acres based on the area field created by default within the ESRI Polygon data structure. For the purposes of a _national data layer_, the data are to be stored in geographic coordinates which do not correspond to ground values. This requires that there be a standard method for calculating this attribute. The method used for this data is as follows. The data are projected into a standard projection such as the ESRI default Albers projection for the continental United States. "US Albers NAD 1983" Once the data are projected, then a calculation of "SHAPE_Area (square meters) * 0.0002471044 = acres" is applied to the existing 'area' field that is default area created by the ESRI software resulting in the field (Attribute) 'SHAPE_Area'. Please note that the figure used in this calculation is the factor for converting the US Survey Foot value of for the length of a meter as opposed to the International Standard for converting meters and feet. A tool will be developed to ensure there is a consistent transformation of geographic coordinates to projected coordinates and an acreage calculation. A standard conversion constant will be used to ensure consistent acreage computations.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Geospatial Data Model for Pasture and Allotment Polygons
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: admin_st
Attribute_Definition:
This is a two digit state code. The two letter Postal code is the correct value for this attribute.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Geospatial Data Model for Pasture and Allotment Polygons
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: admin_do
Attribute_Definition:
This is a two digit code designating the second administrative layer down from a state office.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Geospatial Data Model for Pasture and Allotment Polygons
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: admin_fo
Attribute_Definition:
This is a three digit code designating the third administrative layer down from a state office.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Geospatial Data Model for Pasture and Allotment Polygons
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: st_allot_past
Attribute_Definition:
This is a concatenation of three existing attributes but is not a substitute for having any of those three attributes. It is the existing unique code that identifies individual allotments throughout the entire United States. This concatenated value serves as a nationwide unique identifier that allows for a linkage from any unique Pasture polygon in the Geospatial dataset to the RAS dataset.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Geospatial Data Model for Pasture and Allotment Polygons
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: sys_id
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SE_Area_shape_
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SE_Length_shape_
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE_Length
Attribute_Definition: Length of feature in internal units.
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.
Distribution_Information:
Resource_Description: Map Image Web Service (ArcIMS and WMS) and Application
Distribution_Liability:
Distribution_Liability: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) provides these geographic data "as is." BLM makes no guarantee or warranty concerning the accuracy of information contained in the geographic data. BLM further makes no warranties, either expressed or implied as to any other matter whatsoever, including, without limitation, the condition of the product, or its fitness for any particular purpose. The burden for determining fitness for use lies entirely with the user. Although these data have been processed successfully on computers of BLM, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by BLM regarding the use of these data on any other system, nor does the fact of distribution constitute or imply any such warranty. In no event shall the BLM have any liability whatsoever for payment of any consequential, incidental, indirect, special, or tort damages of any kind, including, but not limited to, any loss of profits arising out of use of or reliance on the geographic data or arising out of the delivery, installation, operation, or support by BLM.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20070124
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: BLM Division of Land & Resource Information Systems
Contact_Person: John Reitsma
Contact_Position: GIS Coordinator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Bldg. 40 Denver Federal Center
Address: Mail Stop WO-330D
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 236-1984
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: John_Reitsma@blm.gov
Hours_of_Service: 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. MDT M-F
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
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